Spring Business Edition 2017 by Best Lawyers

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Diversity and the Bottom Line When Artists Disavow Their Work There Are No “So-Called” Judges in America Are There Two R’s in Rainmaking? What’s Next for Net Neutrality SPECIAL SECTION

Family Law

WO M E N of I N F LU E N C E The Future of the First Amendment Can the President Change Libel Law? Protecting LGBT Workers with Title VII

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4 20 Letter from the Editor There Are No “So-Called Judges” 6 in America Contributors ABA President:

By Linda Klein

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10 Are There Two R’s in Rainmaking? By Patricia K. Gillette

12 When Artists Disavow By Kevin P. Ray

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23 Broken Glass

BAL’s Commitment to Equality in the Workplace.

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24 Female Attorneys

Shaping the Future

14 How to Accelerate Gender

Baltimore’s Rosie the Lawyer initiative offers high school girls an insider’s look at the law. By Nicole Ortiz

Diversity on Boards

Slow progress in adding more women to boards has dominated the conversation. But tips from standout companies are more likely to inspire others to take firmer action. By Celia Huber and Sara O’Rourke

18 Federal Overtime Rule Injunction Calls for State-Level Attention

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28 FCC Stays ISP Privacy

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Benefits and Mechanics of Diverse Partner Integration By Patricia Brown Holmes and Leslie Davis

and Cybersecurity Rules in Favor of FTC Approach to Privacy Regulation By Aaron George and Laura Jehl

By Sebastian Chilco and Rachel Fendell Satinsky

29 What’s Next for

Network Neutrality? By Christopher W. Savage

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SPOTLIGHT: CIVIL RIGHTS

36 Civil Rights Work Has an All New Meaning

46 Flag Desecration as “Speech” A burning issue.

By Martin B. Margulies

Corporations now use federal law to fight regulation. By Thomas R. Julin

38 Sex, Gender,

and Stereotypes

48 Hate Crime Laws By Susan Gellman

Understanding custody issues in California courts. By Elizabeth Yang

Attention Business Owners: SPECIAL SEC TION

By Deborah Drooz and Barry Langberg

73 A Child’s Best Interest

Spitting against the wind.

By Elizabeth White

Change Libel Law?

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in a Hate-Filled Era

How courts are interpreting Title VII to protect LGBT Workers.

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If You Plan to Walk Down the Aisle By Mollie G. Caplis

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When the future isn’t free. By Julia Yoo

Engagement

Treating me like the managing partner of your firm. By Kim David Lexner

44 Presidential Attacks on Free Speech

A threat to our democracy. By Jennifer M. Kinsley

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we also showcased certain pro bono initiatives, such as the Rosie the Lawyer program based out of Baltimore. Maryland firm Wright, Constable & Skeen and the nonprofit CollegeBound Foundation teamed up to give back to their community and provide high school girls with an insider’s look at the legal profession. The students hear from attorneys who have backstories similar to their own, watch judges in live court sessions, learn about proper interview and job etiquette, and are able to see that a future as a lawyer is entirely feasible for women and minorities alike. In our cover story, Leslie Davis and Patricia Holmes Brown highlighted a trend within the law industry on why a firm might want to look at taking in a lateral partner and how to make those newcomers feel welcome in the new workplace, particularly if they’re a woman or minority. Both writers make an important note within their article, which is to say that a firm should constantly be evaluating how they can be more inclusive and accommodating, as there is always room for improvement. Celia Huber and Sara O’Rourke also shared how boards can diversify further, noting that only 19 percent of board members identified as female in the United States. In our Civil Rights and First Amendment Section, we saw a culmination of opinions that centered, most notably, around the turbulent political climate in the aftermath of the November election. When we initially

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This magazine is always an exciting point of the year for us and the lawyers and initiatives we collaborate with, particularly because diversity and inclusivity are MEREDITH HINSHAW-CHANEY such necessary topics within a male-dominated industry. This magazine serves as our way of furthering the conversation and highlighting powerful, inspiring female attorneys in their respective practice areas. This year we partnered with the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law to create our esteemed inaugural Women of Influence awards. Coalition members nominated 70 attorneys from firms and NICOLE ORTIZ companies across the nation based on their achievements and accolades in their specific practice areas, and 15 winners were selected based on factors such as number of nominations, nominator feedback, and editorial research. We believe peer recognition is worthy of celebration, and this list has been an enriching look at the encouragement amongst women in the law. Taking that a step further, Patricia K. Gillette shared what makes a successful rainmaker (encouragement, dominance, motivation, and risk-taking, in short), which offers an insightful look at a firm’s inner-workings as well as enriching advice for those in the field. In addition to focusing on impressive female attorneys,

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2017 COR POR AT E EQUA L I T Y I N DE X

A list of 112 law firms that scored perfect scores on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index out of the 156 firms included in the poll.

reached out about this section, we were inundated with responses. This wasn’t necessarily surprising, but it was encouraging to see so many lawyers interested in offering their input. Susan Gellman focused on the recent rise of hate crimes across the country, while Martin B. Margulies dove into Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about the legality of flag burning. We also received interpretations on Trump’s approach to free speech and libel law from Jennifer Kinsley, as well as Barry Langberg and Deborah Drooz. In a time when many people feel at odds with one another or are unnerved at the direction the country may be heading, it felt important to reach out to professionals and hear their thoughts. Through our “Women in the Law” publication, we aim to amplify the voices of women, minorities, and the disadvantaged within the legal field, which is becoming increasingly more diverse. It’s a publication we hold close to our hearts and share with our readers in the hope that it will resonate as deeply with them as it does with us.

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C O N T R I B U T O R S Peter Canfield, a media lawyer and Jones Day partner, discussed the breadth—and limits—on protestors’ First Amendment rights. Mollie G. Caplis is an attorney at Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP. Her practice focuses on family law, which includes separation and divorce, custody (including third party custody disputes involving grandparents), child support, alimony, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, as well as domestic violence and adoptions. In the context of divorce cases, Ms. Caplis routinely addresses business valuation disputes. Ms. Caplis has also been collaboratively trained to handle family law disputes. She is a frequent speaker on family law issues facing families in transition. Carrie R. Capouellez is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Temple University James E. Beasely School of Law. Ms. Capouellez focuses her practice on representing families in medical negligence and wrongful death cases involving prescription medication errors, surgical mistakes, birth injuries, and failure to diagnose serious medical conditions. Ellen S. Cappellanti is Jackson Kelly’s managing member and practices with the commercial law practice group. She assists clients in a wide variety of commercial transactions, including financings, leasings, acquisitions, and real estate development projects. She also regularly represents debtors, creditors, and trustees in business bankruptcies and out of court restructurings. Ms. Cappellanti is a past recipient of the YWCA of Charleston Women of Achievement Award and the WVU College of Law Women's Law Caucus Distinguished Women in the Law Award. Sebastian Chilco works closely with the firm's attorneys as a member of Littler's knowledge management department to effectively and efficiently answer clients’ labor and employment law questions. He supports the firm’s efforts to monitor, analyze, and report on legislative, regulatory, and case law developments. Sebastian also contributes to the development of client and firm compliance tools. Leslie D. Davis is an experienced and focused trial lawyer that employs innovative strategies to secure positive results for her clients. As a former television network legal analyst, she brings a dynamic and fresh approach to her cases, keeping optics, media coverage, and potential jury impact in mind when devising winning legal strategies. As lead counsel for numerous jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, Leslie is proud of the favorable verdicts and settlements she secures for her clients in complex, high-exposure cases.

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Deborah Drooz is of counsel at Pisanelli Bice. Ms. Drooz specializes in defamation appeals and has many published opinions, including those in Gordy v. New York Daily News (95 F. 3d 856), Steam Press Holdings Inc. v. Hawaii Teamsters (302 F. 3d 998), and Star Editorial v. Dangerfield (7 F. 3d 856). Laura Ellsworth is Jones Day’s first partner-in-charge of global community service initiatives, including the Peaceful Protest Project. Susan Gellman is the author of Sticks and Stones Can Put You in Jail, but Can Words Increase Your Sentence?, the seminal article on hate crimes laws, as well as numerous other articles on the topic. She represented the defendants in many of the leading cases challenging the constitutionality of hate crimes laws—including Wisconsin v. Mitchell and Ohio v. Wyant—testified before Congress on the federal hate crimes statute, and advised various universities, schools, and government bodies on speech codes and hate crimes policies. She is of counsel with the Columbus law firm Zacks Law Group. Aaron George is an associate in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hamptons's business trial practice and a member of the privacy and cybersecurity team. He has extensive experience representing cable operators and other broadband providers in matters involving communications law issues. He can be reached at ageorge@sheppardmullin.com. Pat Gillette is one of the country’s leading experts and most sought after speakers on gender diversity and equality. Rated as a top employment litigator and trial lawyer by Chambers and other organizations for 40 years and as a leader and rainmaker in her firms, Ms. Gillette’s legal career focused on solving the most critical business issues for Fortune 500 clients. At the end of 2015, she resigned from her firm to pursue her passion for empowering women through keynote speaking and writing. She was also invited to join JAMS in San Francisco, and she now spends some of her time mediating employment cases. Jamila Hall, a former prosecutor and Jones Day partner, spoke at the Atlanta Peaceful Protest gathering about interactions with law enforcement, including what to expect and how to react in the event of an arrest. Patricia Brown Holmes, a highly respected and accomplished lawyer, focuses her practice on high-stakes commercial litigation, whitecollar crime, and legal counseling. As a former state court judge and experienced prosecutor and defense lawyer, she

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brings a unique variety of capabilities to her practice. Comprehensive trial experience coupled with deft management abilities position Judge Holmes as a valuable advocate and trusted advisor to her clients. She navigates complicated and delicate legal matters with discretion and poise by applying sound judgment, creative strategies, and common sense. Given her familiarity with sensitive legal matters, including internal employment investigations for major colleges and universities, she is especially qualified to conduct internal investigations. Laura Jehl is co-leader of the privacy and cybersecurity team at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. She advises clients in connection with cybersecurity and data breach matters as well as U.S. and international data privacy, data transfer, and “Big Data” issues. She can be reached at ljehl@sheppardmullin.com. Regina Sharlow Johnson is licensed to practice law in New Jersey. She is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. She earned her J.D. from Seton University School of Law and her masters in health law from Widener School of Law. Ms. Johnson focuses her practice on representing individuals who have been injured by medical negligence, defective devices, and pharmaceuticals. Ms. Johnson balances her law practice with her family life, which includes raising her four sons. Thomas R. Julin is a shareholder in the Miami office of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. He represented the companies that won the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. in 2011. Jennifer M. Kinsley is an associate professor of law and director of experiential learning at Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. She has practiced First Amendment law on a national scale for nearly two decades, is a past president of the First Amendment Lawyers Association, and routinely authors amicus briefs in First Amendment cases before the United States Supreme Court. Linda A. Klein is president of the American Bar Association. She is the senior managing shareholder at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. She lives and works in Atlanta and became the first woman president of the State Bar of Georgia in 1997. Barry B. Langberg is of counsel at Pisanelli Bice. For over 40 years, he has specialized in defamation cases, including the landmark case Carol Burnett v. National Enquirer.

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C O N T R I B U T O R S Kim David Lexner is the general counsel of a Swiss-based family office. His private practice experience includes several years at one of Denmark’s leading M&A firms, as well as a number of years at the Zurich office of one of the largest U.S. law firms. He holds an LL.B. and an LL.M. from the University of Copenhagen, a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, and an LL.M. in tax from New York University. Martin B. Margulies received his A.B. from Columbia in 1961, his LL.B. from Harvard in 1964, and his LL.M. from NYU in 1966. He was a professor of law at Quinnipiac University (formerly the University of Bridgeport) School of Law from 1977 to 2004 and is currently a professor emeritus and adjunct professor of law, teaching criminal law, constitutional law, First Amendment law, and Connecticut constitutional law. He’s been published in scholarly journals and has argued numerous First Amendment and Connecticut constitutional cases for the ACLU of Connecticut. Kevin Ray focuses his practice in the areas of art and cultural heritage law and financial services (lending transactions and restructuring/insolvency matters). He represents and advises artists, art galleries, art collectors, museums, and cultural institutions in a variety of transactions, including consignments, questions of title, provenance, and compliance with national and international law. He advises lenders and debtors on issues unique to art, antiquities, and other cultural property in a variety of lending and commercial transactions. Prior to practicing law, Kevin was director of rare books, manuscripts, and art collections at Washington University in St. Louis and taught at the Washington University School of Art. Rachel Fendell Satinsky dedicates her practice to employment litigation and counseling. She advises clients on an array of issues, including hiring and terminations, wage and hour matters, leaves of absence, accommodations, harassment, and other matters related to federal and state discrimination and civil rights laws. Rachel partners with clients to draft policies, procedures, and processes that are tailored to clients’ business needs and workforce. She regularly advises and represents companies in matters involving the enforcement of restrictive

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covenants, including covenants not to compete and not to solicit and the protection of trade secrets. Christopher W. Savage is a partner in Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP’s communications and privacy and security practice groups and teaches cyberlaw and data security at the Columbus School of Law. He represents a range of communications service providers, including ISPs, cable operators, wireless providers, and others. Elizabeth White is a partner at Sheppard, White, Kachergus, & DeMaggio P.A. who practices primarily in the areas of civil rights and criminal defense. Upon admission to the bar in 1980, Ms. White became the first female private criminal defense attorney in Jacksonville, Florida. She has litigated several groundbreaking civil rights lawsuits, including Florida’s same-sex marriage case where she participated in overturning Florida’s same-sex marriage ban and preventing the state from obtaining a stay in the United States Supreme Court. Elizabeth Yang, founder of the Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang, has 10 years of experience and is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, putting her at the top 2.5 percent of attorneys across the nation. Her firm specializes in intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, licensing, litigation), business law (entity formation, contracts, business disputes, litigation), family law (divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, paternity, prenuptials, postnuptials, mediation) and traffic citations. She earned her electrical engineering and computer science degree from UC Berkeley and her J.D./ MBA from the University of La Verne. Julia Yoo is a partner at Iredale and Yoo, APC, a boutique law firm that focuses on criminal defense and civil rights litigation. Julia represents a broad spectrum of people whose civil rights and liberties have been violated. These include retaliatory arrests, First Amendment protests, excessive force, wrongful death, unlawful detention, sexual harassment, and prisoners’ rights. Julia is a vice president of National Police Accountability Project, the largest civil rights attorney organization in the country. Julia is the recipient of the 2016 American Constitution Society's Roberto Alvarez Award.

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RAINMAKERS: ATTORNEYS WITH $4 MILLION IN BUSINESS

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icture this: two firms are vying for the same engagement with a large client. Both firms have great reputations; both put forth lawyers who are experts in their fields; both sets of lawyers have handled matters that are similar to the potential subject. And yet only one firm will be retained by the client. What makes the client choose one firm over another? I had a theory about the answer to that question. I thought that it took more than just coming from a good firm and having a great reputation to bring business in the door. I believed rainmakers had something that differentiated them from other lawyers: the ability to sell. This is not a skill we are taught in law school, nor is it the focus of most business development training in firms. And yet it is precisely what rainmakers do: we sell ourselves, firms, expertise, and reputations. I theorized that successful business developers had personal characteristics that made them better at selling than other lawyers. And in a study I co-sponsored with Lawyer Metrics that was published in late 2013, my theory was verified. Through psychometric testing and background and behavioral interviewing of rainmakers (attorneys with $4 million in business) and client service partners (attorneys who are highly valued by their firms, but don’t have large books of business), we found that rainmakers do, in fact, display characteristics that are different from client service partners. Those characteristics are engagement, dominance, motivation, and risk-taking. And when you talk with successful rainmakers, you see these characteristics prominently displayed. Engagement is the ability to actively listen, look for connections, and be interested while also being interesting. Rainmakers like people, so they ask questions, gather information, and use that information to connect with the people. They see their work and personal lives as inextricably intertwined, so business development is not a burden but a part of everyday life. Dominance is the ability to persuade and lead. Rainmakers use this characteristic to help clients reach business solutions. How do they do that? They learn their client’s business and understand their business goals. So when they respond to

a client, they speak like business people, not lawyers. They are strategic, creative, and innovative in the way they approach business problems, always looking for the best way to help clients legally reach their business goals. Motivation is the ability to be a team player, but unlike client service partners, rainmakers view “the team” as the client. Rainmakers focus on making the client look good and bringing the client into the decision-making process so that she is invested in the decisions being made. Rainmakers empower others and delegate responsibility to their team in the office so that they can focus on bringing in new clients. The final characteristic is risk-taking, which is exactly what it sounds like: the ability and willingness to take risks. Rainmakers differentiate themselves from the pack by putting out ideas, approaches, and solutions that are outside the box. They are never satisfied with the status quo and are always looking for the next thing. So when a rainmaker is told “no” by a client, she actually hears “not now.” What the “Rainmaker Study” confirms is that business

“THIS IS NOT A SKILL WE ARE TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOL, NOR IS IT THE FOCUS OF MOST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IN FIRMS.” development has two parts. First, you must have an excellent reputation. You build that with your colleagues and in

the community by doing excellent work and by giving speeches, writing articles, winning cases, and making deals. You promote your reputation by being willing to talk about your successes, taking credit for your good ideas, and asking for opportunities that will enhance and expand your reputation. The second part of being a successful rainmaker is not as tactical, but is instead about knowing how to build relationships. That is what the four characteristics identified above are all about: knowing how to engage and connect with your client, understanding your client’s business goals and challenges, making your client feel like part of your team, and letting the client know that you are willing to push the envelope to find creative and innovative business solutions. Both of the R’s—the ability to build a reputation and the ability to build relationships—are what make lawyers successful rainmakers. So that brings us to the ultimate question: can anyone be a rainmaker? The study tells us that the personal characteristics of rainmakers are the same for men and women, meaning that gender is not an issue in terms of ability (although it might be an issue in terms of opportunity, but that is for another discussion). We all know that there are some people who are fabulous lawyers, but should never be allowed in front of a client. Then there are people who are natural rainmakers, who are born with the ability to connect with people and draw them in. They may need to refine some of their skills, but they are primed to be successful business developers. And lastly, there are those in the middle who can develop into rainmakers with the proper training. Unfortunately, that training is all but nonexistent in the world of law firms. Instead, most training is focused on building reputation, not building relationships. This needs to change. We have to admit that we are in the business of selling, and we need to focus on enhancing the rainmaking skillsets of lawyers by teaching them more than simply the tactics of rainmaking. It is the ability to build relationships that differentiates lawyers from rainmakers, and the sooner we refocus our training efforts on that, the sooner we will increase the rainmaking ranks of our firms.

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When Artists Disavow Their Work By Kevin P. Ray

ll artists edit their oeuvres, destroying works they deem to be inadequate before the works can leave the studio. Louise Bourgeois,1 Francis Bacon,2 Gerhard 3 Richter, Pablo Picasso, and Luc Tuymans4 all destroyed some of their own works in this editing manner. But what about an artist disavowing his or her work, sometimes not only after it has left the artist’s studio? Public—and collector—acceptance of the right (and the propriety) of an artist making such a disavowal is less universal. The artist Cady Noland has disavowed several of her works.5 In November 2011, she disavowed her 1990 silkscreen on aluminum, “Cowboys Milking.” The work was consigned by its owner to be included in an auction. Noland viewed the work and noted that the corners of the aluminum support were bent and damaged. She disavowed the work, stating that the work’s “current condition…materially differs from that at time of its creation.” The auction house withdrew the work from the auction, and the owner sued both the auction house and the artist. The court held in favor of the defendants, finding that the auction house’s consignment agreement gave it the Ian Phillips, “Indiscreet Charm of Louise Bourgeois,” The Observer, April 29, 2000, available at https://www. theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/apr/30/life1.lifemagazine ; Katy Diamond Hamer, “Assistant for 30 Years: Life with Louise Bourgeois,” Vulture, December 18, 2014, available at http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/lifewith-louise-bourgeois.html 2 Rebecca Daniels, “Francis Bacon: Behind the Myth,” The Telegraph, August 16, 2008, available at http://www. telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3558531/Francis-Bacon-behind-the-myth.html 3 Ulrike Knöfel, “His Own Harshest Critic: A New Look at Works Destroyed by Gerhard Richter,” Der Speigel, Feb. 3, 2012, available at http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/his-own-harshest-critic-a-new-lookat-works-destroyed-by-gerhard-richter-a-812515.html 4 Will Gompertz, “The Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Work,” BBC News, July 15, 2015, available at http:// www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33533960 1

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right to withdraw the work from sale if concerns about the work’s authenticity or attribution arose.6 In 2015, Noland disavowed her 1990 sculpture “Log Cabin with Screw Eyes and Café Door.”7 It was designed to be displayed outdoors, and exposed to the elements, the wooden sculpture suffered significant deterioration and was conserved. However, conservation was done without consulting Noland and without her consent. The reconstructed work was sold. Noland, learning of the repairs, faxed the buyer a handwritten note that stated, “This is not an artwork repaired by a conservator [sic] BUT THE ARTIST WASN’T CONSULTED.”8 The buyer sued the seller and the buyer’s own art advisor for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, respectively. The art advisor sought dismissal of the case, asserting that no fiduciary duty existed between the advisor and the buyer. The court agreed and dismissed the case against the advisor. The court also dismissed the case against the gallery since the buyer had failed to serve the complaint on the gallery, which was in Berlin.9 Continental European art law has long recognized a variety of “moral rights” (in contrast to the economic rights that most copyright law addresses).10 These moral rights are personal to the creator of a work and cannot be assigned. Particularly under French and German law, certain moral rights are perpetual and are passed down from artist to heirs by inheritance. As a consequence, an artist’s moral rights in these countries continue to be relevant, limiting a 5 Martha Buskirk, “Marc Jancou, Cady Noland, and the Case of the Authorless Artwork,” Hyperallergic, December 9, 2013, available at http://hyperallergic.com/97416/marc-jancou-cady-noland-and-the-case-ofan-authorless-artwork/ 6 Marc Jancou Fine Art Ltd. V. Sotheby’s, Inc., 2012 WL 7964120 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co., November 13, 2012), aff’d 107 A.D.3d 637 (1st Dept. 2013). 7 Eileen Kinsella, “Judge Throws out Lawsuit over $1.4 Million Cady Noland Artwork after Artist Disavows It,” ArtNet News, December 13, 2016, available at https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judge-dismisses-cadynoland-lawsuit-782264 8 Gem Seddon, “Who Loses Money When a Famous Artist Disavows Their Work?” Inverse, June 26, 2015, available at https://www.inverse.com/article/4137-who-loses-money-when-a-famous-artist-disavows-theirwork

collector’s ability to have a work conserved, and in some instances loaned or exhibited, long after the artist’s death. That is unless, of course, the artist’s heirs agree to such conservation, loan, or exhibition. The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA)11 incorporated into U.S. copyright law two of the four “moral rights” that have long been part of continental European art law: the right of attribution (which entitles an artist to be recognized as the creator of a work and conversely not be associated with works the artist did not create) and the right of integrity (which allows an artist to disavow works that have been damaged, altered, or mutilated in a manner that would be harmful to the artist’s reputation). Rights under VARA are more limited than those under traditional moral rights law; they are limited to the life of the artist, and they cannot be assigned or devised. They can, however, be waived. Prior to the enactment of VARA, 11 states had enacted moral rights statutes.12 Following VARA’s enactment, three additional states plus Puerto Rico enacted moral rights statutes.13 VARA expressly preempts state moral rights statutes (and any common law moral rights protections) to the extent that such laws are equivalent to the rights granted by VARA. To date, few cases have considered the critical

question of whether the rights afforded under a state’s moral rights statute are equivalent to those granted under VARA. As a result, it remains unclear to what extent the rights granted under these state moral rights laws may survive preemption. Moral rights are also variously protected “indirectly by state tort, privacy, and publicity laws; by the federal protection of the Lanham Act; and by the Copyright Act’s protection of an author’s exclusive rights in his or her derivative works.”14 Artist disavowals of their work are rare, but collectors and their advisors need to be aware of this risk and of the existence and meaning of artists’ moral rights in order to properly care for, and when necessary, conserve works of living artists (and under the laws of some countries, longdead artists) in their collections. In addition to potentially causing an artist to disavow a work (with a corresponding loss of value and marketability), the unauthorized modification or mutilation of a work can also give rise to liability for damages, statutory penalties, and attorney’s fees. Collectors own and enjoy the artworks in their collections, but they are also the custodians of those works and their artists’ reputations and places in history.

9 Mueller v. Janssen, et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-04827, Memorandum and Order (December 1, 2016) [Docket No. 33]. 10 The traditional “moral rights” are (i) the right of disclosure, (ii) the right of withdrawal, (iii) the right of attribution, and (iv) the right of integrity. 11 The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000).

12 The states with moral rights statutes enacted prior to VARA are California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. 13 Post-VARA moral rights statutes were enacted in Nevada, Utah, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico. 14 U.S. Copyright Office, “Waiver of Moral Rights: Executive Summary,” available at https://www.copyright.gov/ reports/exsum.html

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How to Accelerate Gender Diversity on Boards By Celia Huber and Sara Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke

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Slow progress in adding more women to boards has dominated the conversation. But tips from standout companies are more likely to inspire others to take firmer action.

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he tone of much public discourse on the issue of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representation on boards has been pessimistic of late, and understandably so, given the crawl toward gender parity in the United States. Women currently hold 19 percent of board positions there, while in European countries such as France, Norway, and Sweden, where legislative or voluntary targets are in place, they hold more than 30 percent. That said, some progressive companies are taking the lead, looking for female board members in new places and bringing them on board in new ways. Many feel they still have a long way to go, but their experiences are salutary for those that are lagging behind and want to better understand how to make change happen. We recently conducted an analysis of companies in the S&P 500 to identify top performers in board diversity, defined as those with the highest percentage of women on their boards as of August 2016 (see Exhibit 1 for the top 25 and footnote 1 for the full top 60).1 It showed that women occupied at least 33 percent of board seats among the top 50 companies (up to nearly 60 percent for the highest percentage). In all, female representation on those boards has increased on average by 24 percentage points since 2005.

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We then conducted a series of interviews with the CEOs and board chairs from a number of those standout companies, as well as some European businesses that have made similar progress. (For in-depth insights from executives at some of these companies, see “Straight talk about gender diversity in the boardroom and beyond.”a) Our goal was to hear directly from them about their gender-diversity journeys—the challenges they’ve faced, the best practices they’ve adopted, and the benefits that they continue to reap from increased representation of women, as well as other minorities, on their boards. What follows is a set of best practices, although by no means an exhaustive one. EXHIBIT 2

Change the mind-set Even laggards acknowledge that increasing the percentage of women in the workforce and on boards is the right thing to do. But general conviction isn’t sufficient. What’s too often missing, says Fabrizio Freda, president and CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies, is a sense of urgency: “People believe we are going to get there eventually. But that is not enough; it’s too slow. The real obstacle is the lack of urgency.” (For more on Freda’s efforts at Estée Lauder, see “Straight talk about gender diversity in the boardroom and beyond.”) Freda was one of many executives we interviewed who insisted that meaningful change will come only when executives make fewer excuses

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and work together quickly. What’s needed are purpose and intention—a set of goals and motivations that will underpin decision-making. For some, that has meant establishing a target number of board positions for women, while others take care to ensure that the list of candidates is diverse from the beginning, without adherence to a static quota. As Mary Dillon, CEO of Ulta, explains, “To maintain or expand diversity on our board, we continue to make an active effort to make sure that the slate is diverse. Just the act of being cognizant, and having it top of mind that every slate has to have diversity, will drive action.” Leaders at both Genpact and Microsoft underscored the importance of flexibility, recounting how their searches to fill one board seat yielded two highly qualified women, so they just decided to bring both of them on board.

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Expand your criteria Despite their best efforts, some companies cite the small pool of female executives as a continuing challenge. And they add that specific criteria for expertise in areas such as digital technology narrows the field even further. Overcoming this reality of unequal numbers requires openness to creative solutions. One is to move beyond the standard practice of focusing a search on executives with prior board experience. Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of Frontier Communications, notes that many of the women on his board were first-time directors. “We were willing to take risks on individuals—we look for someone who has the ability to move from the

tactical to the strategic—and it has turned out to be great.” (For more on McCarthy’s experiences, see “Straight talk about gender diversity in the boardroom and beyond.”) This approach can be particularly helpful for small- and mid-cap companies that struggle to compete with large corporations for highprofile candidates. Genpact president and CEO Tiger Tyagarajan observes that “some people may prefer to join the board of a mid-cap company, where they can actually be more engaged and have an impact on the company’s strategy, versus a large company, where more time may be spent on general governance issues.” Leaders also tell us that looking beyond current or former CEOs and C-suite executives for candidates in other spheres such as law, academia, and the social sector can be rewarding as well, creating a rich balance of perspectives at the table. Ultimately, it’s about defining what is nonnegotiable, such as digital or finance expertise, and then seeing what is flexible so as to deliver on gender-diversity goals and to meet specific challenges.

Maintain an active pipeline Effectively creating and cultivating an active pipeline of female candidates is arguably the single most important element of a successful boardinclusion effort. When conducting a search, this means relying on both personal networks and search firms to identify candidates. Relying only on the former, particularly where a board is composed primarily of men, risks perpetuating the candidate slates from the old-boys’ network of yore; relying solely on search firms can produce highly qualified candidates who are not particularly suited to the personal dynamics of the board. A little patience may also be necessary. As John Thompson, chairman of Microsoft, points out, some of the best candidates may take two or

three years to cultivate. By taking the trouble to get to know potential candidates, even those who may not be available for some time, companies will establish foundations for the long term. Companies that are open about their quest for diversity, meanwhile, will also benefit in the long run. Michael Roth, chairman and CEO of IPG, told us his reputation as a male champion for diversity had prompted a search firm to send him a qualified female board candidate proactively, even though he hadn’t initiated a search engagement with them.

Make the case The leaders we interviewed had long since crossed the bridge of understanding the benefits of gender diversity, but their experiences provide a useful checklist for those still trying to convince the skeptics: • Board diversity helps to draw in and motivate talented employees. As Genpact’s Tiger Tyagarajan explains, “To attract the best talent into the company, you need to appeal to 100 percent of the top talent, not 50 percent. To do that, you need strong female role models.” • Boards that represent the customer base have better intuition. For retailers in particular, the reality is that women make up more than half of global purchasers. Board diversity is simply better business. • A diverse board boosts decision-making quality. As Scott Anderson, chairman, president, and CEO of Patterson Companies, states, “The quality of discussions goes up dramatically when you have a more diverse group in the boardroom.” Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO of Kroger, adds that “you get questions from perspectives that you hadn’t thought of before, and I think this helps you avoid more blind spots.”

Several of our interviewees emphasized that getting more women on boards isn’t the end of the story. For starters, board diversity is not just about gender. As McMullen explains, “I always think diversity of background is important, but also diversity of experiences, thinking, and career paths.” Marc Lautenbach, president and CEO of Pitney Bowes, puts it this way: “While we don’t have a specific number in mind, we do have an appreciation for the value that diversity can bring. To my mind, it’s a little bit like assembling an orchestra. I know I need a bunch of different instruments; whether I have three of one and two of the other, or three of one and three of the other—that misses the point. It’s about how all of the instruments blend together.”

It’s important to recognize, of course, that broader gender inclusion at all levels of the company is critical. Companies can drive board inclusion by preparing their own female executives for future board participation: placing them in roles with profit-and-loss responsibility, ensuring they have committed mentors and sponsors, and equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to confront the governance and strategy issues that boards typically face. This can create a virtuous cycle that speeds progress on board diversity and counteracts cynicism with success stories such as those in our survey.

a) http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/leadership/ straight-talk-about-gender-diversity-in-the-boardroom-andbeyond This article was originally published by McKinsey & Company, www.mckinsey.com. Copyright (c) 2017 All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

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FEDERAL OVERTIME RULE INJUNCTION CALLS FOR STATE-LEVEL ATTENTION 1

By Sebastian Chilco and Rachel Fendell Satinsky

any businesses let out a sigh of relief after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction2 halting the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule increasing the minimum pay requirements for exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees. The preliminary injunction was issued about a week before the rule was scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016. The preliminary injunction effectively maintains the status quo under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires that these employees be paid at least $455 per week to maintain their exemption from the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements. However, under the halted final rule, the federal minimum weekly salary required for white-collar employees would have increased from $455 to $913 per week (or from $23,660 to $47,476 annually), exceeding any applicable state rate. In other words, if employers went ahead with salary adjustments in anticipation of the (now enjoined) federal rule, they likely would be in compliance with corresponding state laws. However, if the same employers decide to wait and see what transpires with the final rule before making wage adjustments, they should consider whether current salary levels for their exempt employees satisfy state law requirements. Additionally, because many state and local minimum wage rates steadily have increased—and will continue to do so—employers should be mindful of jurisdictions in which white-collar employees are entitled to be paid the state’s minimum wage (which is not required under federal law).3

1 This article has been reprinted with the firm’s permission. https://www.littler.com/publication-press/ publication/federal-overtime-rule-injunction-calls-state-level-attention © 2017 Littler Mendelson. All Rights Reserved. LITTLER MENDELSON® and Insight® are registered trademarks of Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2 See Sean McCrory, Maury Baskin, Robert Friedman, and Tammy McCutchen, Federal Court Blocks New Overtime Rule, Littler ASAP (Nov. 23, 2016). 3 For a discussion about minimum wage rates in 2017, see Josh Kirkpatrick and Sebastian Chilco, The Minimum Wage in 2017: A Coast-to-Coast Compliance Challenge, Littler Insight (Nov. 18, 2016).

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PAY REQUIREMENTS THAT EXCEED $455 PER WEEK

Under the DOL’s final rule, the minimum pay requirement for white-collar employees was to be $913 per week, or $47,476 annually. Because these requirements would have exceeded any equivalent state rate, paying the minimum federal rate essentially would have satisfied an employer’s pay obligations nationwide. But given the injunction against the regulations, for now, the $455 per week ($23,660 per year) standard will continue to apply; thus, employers must ensure the pay provided to executive, administrative, and/or professional employees meets or exceeds the baseline requirement under federal and state law. Employers in Alaska and California are not strangers to dual compliance because both states’ laws have required pay exceeding the federal rate for some time. Laws in these jurisdictions require white-collar employees be paid at least two times the state minimum wage for a 40-hour workweek, and these states have steadily increased their minimum wages. There are other states that link exempt employee pay to the state minimum wage—for example, Colorado, Maine, and Oregon. However, only recently has this become an issue for employers. Previously, the state weekly pay requirement was less than the federal $455/week pay requirement. Notably, all three states have scheduled multi-year minimum wage increases—through 2020 for Colorado and Maine and through 2023 for Oregon— and eventually their minimum wages will adjust annually, too. As a result, the 2017 Maine weekly rate will exceed federal requirements; Colorado’s weekly rate might exceed the FLSA standard in 2017; and depending on an employer’s location in Oregon, the state weekly rate may surpass $455 per week in either 2018 or 2020. Like in Alaska and California, employers in New York must also manage higher pay requirements. But compliance for New

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York employers now has become more challenging due to an April 2016 law that amended the state minimum wage law to create four new rates based upon an employee’s work location and/or the size of an employer’s workforce. This law also schedules minimum wage increases into the 2020s. Moreover, in late December 2016, the New York State Department of Labor adopted amendments to its wage orders that assign different minimum pay requirements for white-collar employees, depending on which minimum wage rate applies. The changes took effect on December 31, 2016.4 Finally, before 2004, federal law applied two tests for each exemption: a “long” test with more strenuous duties requirements and a “short” test with a greater minimum pay requirement. Some states, however, including Connecticut and Iowa, did not eliminate their two-test system, and their short tests require a minimum pay amount that exceeds the FLSA standard.

SOME STATE MINIMUM WAGE LAWS COVER WHITE-COLLAR EMPLOYEES Under the FLSA, executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from the law’s minimum wage and overtime requirements. However, numerous states’ laws only exempt these employees from their overtime laws, not their

minimum wage laws. Accordingly, in these locations, employees are entitled to receive their state’s minimum wage. This has not been a major concern for employers because many of these states’ rates were at, or only slightly above, the federal $7.25/ hour minimum wage, so an employee would need to work a considerable number of hours in a particular week before a violation hypothetically could occur. Although this remains true in many states that do not exempt white-collar employees from the minimum wage, other states (and cities and counties) have set their minimum wage rates well above the federal rate or have built-in multi-year minimum wage increases followed by an annual adjustment—e.g., Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois. Therefore, in these locations, an executive, administrative, or professional employee’s pay must meet the minimum salary and/or fee payment requirement and equal at least the minimum wage for all hours worked in a workweek.

CONCLUSION

Now that employers have some breathing room with respect to the delayed implementation of the federal white-collar overtime requirements, they should consider using this opportunity to examine state wage and hour law to ensure continued compliance with local requirements. 4 See Bruce Millman and Emma Fursland, Proposed Amendment to New York State Wage Orders Set To Substantially Raise Salary Requirements for Exempt Employees, Littler Insight (November 1, 2016) and New York State Has Adopted Amendments to Existing Minimum Wage Orders, Littler Insight (December 28, 2016).

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There Are No “So-Called Judges” in America Linda A. Klein, president of the American Bar Association, discussed threats to judicial independence, the need for due process in immigration, and other timely topics in a speech on February 6 to the ABA’s House of Delegates in Miami. Here is a condensed version of her remarks:

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hat defines the American Bar Association at this critical moment? It is our commitment to the rule of law, due process, and access to justice. With these foundations, our country has weathered every crisis: civil war, world wars, economic depressions, and social unrest. There’s been a lot of talk about protecting our borders. Let me tell you what the most important border is: it’s our Constitution and the rule of law it embodies. We as lawyers are called upon to protect it. As Winston Churchill put it, “Never give in. Never, never, never, never!” Make no mistake, personal attacks on judges are attacks on our Constitution. Let us be clear: the independence of the judiciary is not up for negotiation. As lawyers, we are trained to be thinkers and leaders—in our profession, in our communities, and in our society. So, lawyers: let’s lead! Let’s lead by promoting and protecting the rule of law. Let’s lead in our communities. Let’s lead together, in this, our defining season. For a nation based on the rule of law, nothing is more important than the impartiality and integrity of our court system. A fair and impartial judiciary is a proud hallmark of American democracy. It is vital that our judiciary remains independent and free from political pressure—independent from party politics, independent from Congress, and independent from the president of the United States himself. There are no “so-called judges” in America. There are simply judges, fair and impartial. And we must keep it that way. Another pressing justice issue is immigration. Every nation has a right to protect its borders. But we are concerned about significant portions of the executive orders recently issued. They jeopardize fundamental principles of justice, due process, and the rule of law. The Supreme Court has held that many fundamental rights apply to all “persons” within the United States, regardless of citizenship or status. We must avoid sweeping bans based on religion or national origin. We oppose detention, except in extraordinary

circumstances, such as a threat to public safety or flight risk. And we insist on the right to due process and legal representation, including hearings before impartial immigration judges. Under the rule of law, we owe due process to all, including those who face deportation. We are very proud of lawyers from around the nation who flocked to airports where immigrants were detained. It is important that lawyers represent their clients’ interests—even unpopular interests—without fear of retaliation or persecution. Faced with these serious concerns, the ABA has acted—and acted quickly. On Friday [February 3], the Law Practice Division Futures Committee and the ABA Center for Innovation accelerated a project to coordinate the volunteer efforts of lawyers responding to the president’s travel ban. Working with the American Immigration Lawyers Association,

convicted of low-level, nonviolent federal offenses received fair sentences. Of the more than 1,700 men and women granted commutations under President Barack Obama, more than half were supported by the Clemency Project. ABA members and other volunteers— backed by policies adopted by this House—made that happen. And here’s another way the ABA is changing lives, this time for young lawyers. In December, the ABA filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education. This is an issue of fairness. Lawyers and others were promised that their student loans would be forgiven if they dedicated 10 years of their new careers to public service. Many young lawyers made life-changing decisions based on this promise. And then the Education Department told some lawyers that their jobs no longer qualified for loan forgiveness, nine years into the 10-year program. That was unfair, a betrayal of not just a promise, but a violation of the law, one passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush to encourage public-service work. That’s why the ABA sued on behalf of these public-spirited young lawyers. Our lawsuit is also a stand for access to justice. We want young lawyers to become public defenders, prosecutors, and city attorneys. We want them in rural counties where lawyers are scarce or serving immigrants or children in foster care or low-income litigants who can’t afford representation. We should encourage those choices. So how do we meet the challenges of our defining season? We meet them together. Like America, the ABA’s strength is its diversity, and we need every member’s contribution. This is the ABA’s defining moment: to show our relevancy to our profession and the public. To hold power accountable. To insist on fundamental respect for our laws and the people they protect. At the ABA, we work together. We protect the rule of law. We defend the Constitution. We are lawyers. We took an oath, and these are our values. We will never give in. Never, never, never, never.

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“The independence of the judiciary is not up for negotiation.” they helped set up a website in one afternoon, with links to relevant law, habeas resources, how-to-help guides, and volunteer forms. The website is live now at www.immigrationjustice.us. The groups worked together and completed the project in less than half a day, during this Midyear Meeting and at zero cost. Thank you to everyone involved. Great work! This is a new model that will enable us to respond to events quickly, so the ABA and our members can make a difference. Another critical issue we face is adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation. Our commitment with state and local bars to LSC is stronger than ever. The LSC provides hope and help to hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. It is a bipartisan necessity. Reforming criminal justice should also be bipartisan. Thank you to the lawyers who helped inmates through the Clemency Project 2014. They ensured that many men and women

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erry Appleman & Leiden believes in creating a diverse workforce. But more than simply talk about it, they are doing it. BAL’s commitment to workforce diversity stems from the firm’s mission. As one of the leading corporate immigration law firms, BAL knows that in order to speak to the legal needs of the world, the firm must look like the world. With this in mind, BAL has a long record of promoting women and minorities. Throughout the firm’s ranks, women are leading the way. Of BAL’s more than 775 professional staffers, more than 70 percent are women. But this diversity is also found in the highest ranks. Of their more than 100 total attorneys, solicitors, and immigration managers, approximately 62 percent are women, and among their 18 U.S.-based partners, 11 are women. Three women hold the title of equity partner, the highest post at the firm. Frieda Garcia works in the San Francisco office and provides guidance on global initiatives, development of

best-in-class programs, and advice regarding requirements within various jurisdictions. Carla Tarazi also works in the San Francisco office and offers comprehensive immigration solutions to Fortune 500 clients. Kortney Gibson works in the Dallas office and provides advice and counsel on business immigration, with a focus on streamlining programs for high-volume clients. Clearly BAL is committed to promoting female leadership, and the legal community has taken notice. Law360 ranked BAL as one of the nation’s best law firms for female attorneys and partners in its recent Glass Ceiling Report. The publication called the firm a “ceiling smasher” and ranked BAL as third on the “100 Best Law Firms for Female Attorneys” list and second on the “25 Best Law Firms for Female Partners.” This is just the beginning for BAL. The firm believes diversity is not only the right way to do business—it’s the only way.

BAL’S COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE.

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SHAPING the FUTURE

Baltimore’s Rosie the Lawyer initiative offers high school girls an insider’s look at the law.

By Nicole Ortiz

he future of our country is in the hands of today’s teens. Wright, Constable & Skeen LLP is counting on that principle with its pro bono initiative Rosie the Lawyer. Alongside Baltimore’s CollegeBound Foundation, the firm is reshaping the perception of what it means to be a woman in the law. By highlighting different practice areas—particularly those that don’t typically see a lot of women—Rosie the Lawyer is able to offer high school girls in Baltimore a new perspective on the law industry

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outside of what they’ve seen in television and movies. The program began in 2013, when Lisa Sparks, a construction lawyer with Wright, Constable & Skeen, coupled with the CollegeBound Foundation. The program started small with only a handful of attorneys, and through the help of their marketing director has expanded its reach. The program went from being made up of four firm attorneys to involve the efforts of six firm attorneys, two judges, and two in-house counsel, and Ms. Sparks has kept it running since. It has also achieved local and national recognition, including being a recipient of the prestigious Mayor’s Business Recognition Award, which is given to Baltimore firms for pro bono efforts that have achieved far-reaching impacts on the community. “I run all of the sessions,” Sparks said. “I’m there from beginning to end with the young ladies, and sort of introduce our speakers and talk them through some discussions and activities.” At the ripe age of 22 and as a firstgeneration college student, Sparks became a lawyer after graduating from the University of Baltimore. She has a background that’s relatable to many of the high school students, which is also a common thread among the lawyers and judges involved in Rosie the Lawyer: they got to where they are in their careers due to their personal drive and determination. Rosie the Lawyer comprises four sessions in a fall semester, lasting approximately three and a half hours each. The first session is a meet and greet with the lawyers, who talk about their backgrounds, experiences, and practice areas. This session is invaluable to the students, offering them a perspective that puts them on a level playing field and shows them that women can succeed in male-dominated areas of law. In

“...their voices are important... and their voices matter.”

the second session, the girls meet a judge and observe her in a courtroom environment. The second day is business etiquette training, which focuses on how to dress, eat, and act in professional settings, as well as interview etiquette and building selfconfidence for those interviews. The third session is at the courthouse where the girls meet with judges, first in their chambers and then in the courtroom where they get to see the judges in action. The fourth and final session is a wrap up, a refresher, and culmination. The girls share highlights of the sessions over the past four months, lessons learned, and views changed or reinforced as well as ways that Rosie has affected their longand short-term plans as they move into their junior year and start thinking about the possibilities after graduation. Michelle Gomola, a family law attorney at Wright, Constable & Skeen and one of the attorneys who met with the students, recalls an inspirational guidance counselor from her high school who created a shadowing program that let students follow professionals in any career field. That was how she connected with law, and it ultimately brought her to the firm where she happily shares her experience with the Rosie students. “I got to speak with the ladies about my background and experiences with becoming a lawyer, and then my experiences with family law, being a family law attorney and what that means, what type of cases I handle. Then I answered all of their questions about family law,” she said. Many of the girls already had a basic understanding of the practice area, as they had witnessed divorces or struggles over custody within friends’ families or their own.

And in addition to questions about law, there were plenty of questions about balancing work and personal affairs. “They were also asking about balancing my career and my personal life and how one does that. So it was neat for me, because I actually have a relatively new perspective on that, because I have a two-year-old and a six-month-old.” Another lawyer involved in the program, Alicia Wilson of Sagamore Development, said, “I think one of the highlights is always meeting and having that turning point, when the young ladies go from being shy and a little removed from what you’re saying and what you’re trying to do, and then they open up and start telling you about their hopes and dreams and their fears and their anxieties. And you hope to try and work them through that and build them up to understand one of the things that we as lawyers understand: that their voices are important and that their voices matter, how to advocate for themselves. But, more importantly, to dream of things that they may have never dreamed of being before, whether it’s a lawyer or judge—and the many different aspects of what it means to be a lawyer.” For students to get involved in the program, they need to apply through CollegeBound. Between 15 and 20 students are accepted each year. Zyrashae Smith is in charge of that process and also attends every session. “My job was coordinating things on the school side of it all: gathering the applicants, contacting them, keeping in contact with the students to get their applications in, encouraging them to come, and coordinating between the program and my school and other schools.”

1 http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/women/current_glance_statistics_january2017.authcheckdam.pdf

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LAW GRADUATES BASED ON DEGREE and GENDER1 Legal Professions & Studies BACHELORS 4,513

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MASTERS 7,655

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DOCTOR ATES 44,169

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WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN IN LAW SCHOOL For the first time ever, women outnumber men in law school across the U.S., making up 50.32 percent of law students in ABA-accredited schools. However, gender bias is still rampant in law school, as the higher-ranked schools have smaller percentages of female students, and women are still less likely to be accepted to law school than men. 26 |

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Being at every session offered her the opportunity to see first-hand just how much it impacted the students. “It had a huge effect on them, especially the last session. We really got a chance to sit down and reflect on the things that we learned in the program.” She added that “having the opportunity to really see first-hand and interact first-hand with women who have gone through things, who have been successful … that was very important. And having it over a couple of months allowed the girls to consistently get that reinforcement of, ‘This is possible. This is what you can do. This is how you do it.’” This was a sentiment that Ms. RodgersWaire also shared. “I think it’s important for people who may not have had that exposure in their own backgrounds to get access to lawyers and how they work and where they came from and what they do in their practice, because otherwise they may not even consider it as a career.” This year’s session allowed the girls to watch Circuit Court Judge Audrey

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Carrion as she presided over an asbestos trial as well as Judge Diana Smith, who allowed them to sit in on a landlord/ tenant proceeding in the district court that she presides over. Judge Carrion first became interested in law when she would visit from Puerto Rico and join her grandfather, a notary public who lived in the Bronx, at the attorney’s office where he worked. While attending the College of Notre Dame, she had an internship with Judge Robert B. Watts, who became a mentor to her. She went on to graduate from the University of Baltimore Law School and worked with Russell & Thompson, who later merged with Piper and Marbury. “When there is a group or organization such as Rosie that involves young women who are leaders in their own way, I certainly would sign up for that. It’s not an imposition at all to meet with them; in fact, my whole chambers look forward to it.” Breyana Wade, a sophomore at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute who is interested in becoming a prosecutor, attended this year’s Rosie the Lawyer

session. She became interested in law when she realized she had a knack for arguing her point while on her school’s debate team, and she felt particularly impacted by watching Judge Carrion. “I like watching how they had to go back and forth with it. And I was like, ‘This is just really what I want to do.’ Being in that atmosphere and being in the courtroom, I felt like that was where I belong.” And she wasn’t the only one. Regarding the other girls involved, Wade said, “I felt like this program really helped them decide what kind of lawyer they would want to be.” She added, “I felt like it really set the foundation and gave them insight on where they want to go.” Rosie the Lawyer will continue to help girls in Baltimore by offering them insight into the legal field and introducing them to male-dominated areas of the law. According to the American Bar Association3, only 36 percent of the legal field is composed of women. Rosie the Lawyer serves as an example of what kind of change is possible.

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percent of male applicants were 79.5 accepted to law school percent of female applicants were 75.8 accepted to law school

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percent of male applicants were 57.9 accepted to law school percent of female applicants were 54.2 accepted to law school

1 Chart from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_318.30.asp?current=yes. 2 Stats from http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/women_outnumber_men_in_law_schools_for_first_time_newly_ updated_data_show and http://www.lstradio.com/women/documents/MerrittAndMcEnteeResearchSummary_Nov2016.pdf. 3 http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/women/current_glance_statistics_january2017. authcheckdam.pdf

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FCC STAYS ISP PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY RULES In Favor of FTC Approach to Privacy Regulation BY AARON GEORGE AND LAURA JEHL

ast October, in a vote split along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under thenchairman Tom Wheeler approved a new regulatory regime staking the FCC’s claim to aggressive privacy and cybersecurity regulation of Internet service providers (ISPs). The privacy and cybersecurity rules followed the FCC’s 2015 decision in the Open Internet Order (known as net neutrality) to classify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act.

“THE FCC’S RULES ARE ON THE BOOKS NOW, WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT IN STAGES OVER THE COURSE OF 2017.” One effect of the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order was to remove the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) oversight of ISPs by classifying them as common carriers exempted from Section 5 of the FTC Act. The FCC’s new privacy regime thus sought to fill the privacy gap left by the agency’s classification decision, but the FCC’s privacy rules went far beyond the guidelines established by the FTC. The FCC’s rules would firmly establish the FCC as the

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toughest privacy regulator in the Internet ecosystem by imposing significantly more onerous and restrictive requirements for use and collection of consumer data on ISPs than the FTC imposed on their non-ISP competitors who also collect, use, and share consumer data. The FCC’s privacy rules share some characteristics with the FTC’s longstanding regulation in this space, including requiring fixed ISPs and mobile data carriers that offer broadband services to obtain affirmative opt-in consent from consumers prior to using, sharing, or selling sensitive information. The FCC’s definition of sensitive information, however, is far more expansive than the FTC’s definition and includes geo-location information, web browsing, and app usage history in addition to the health and financial information considered sensitive by the FTC. Under the FCC’s rules, consumers would be entitled to opt out and prevent ISPs from using and sharing nonsensitive individually identifiable customer information as well. The FCC rules also require ISPs to provide customers with information about their collection, use, and sharing of consumer data to comply with additional protocols, protect consumer information, and adhere to new notification protocols in the event of a data breach that includes consumer information. The FCC’s rules are on the books now, with the substantive requirements scheduled to take effect in stages over the course of 2017. Several parties have filed petitions for reconsideration that are currently pending

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before the agency. Following the change in administration and the ascendancy of new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, the status of the FCC’s new privacy regime (and the agency’s decision to classify ISPs as common carriers under Title II) is in question. On March 1, 2017, the FCC entered an interim stay of the new rules related to data security, which were set to take effect on March 2, 2017, pending the agency’s resolution of the petitions for reconsideration. The FCC did not stay other aspects of the new rules, which have not yet taken effect. The same day, Chairman Pai and acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen released a joint statement announcing their belief that the FTC should be restored as the privacy regulator for ISPs (which would require reclassifying ISPs as non-common carriers) and that, in the meantime, the FCC’s privacy rules should be harmonized with the FTC’s standards applicable to other companies in the Internet ecosystem. It remains to be seen whether and how the FCC ultimately will revise its privacy and cybersecurity rules to align with the FTC’s standards. To the extent it is able to do so, the FCC’s approach could prove a useful template for other agencies seeking to harmonize their privacy and cybersecurity regulations with the FTC’s standards. The FCC’s approach also could serve as a valuable compass for other industries hoping for clear and uniform privacy and cybersecurity requirements across their various federal regulators.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR NETWORK NEUTRALITY?

BY CHRISTOPHER W. SAVAGE

ack in the 1990s, getting online required a dial-up connection to an Internet service provider (ISP). Dialup had limited bandwidth, but getting into the business was easy: the ISP just had to buy equipment, upstream connections to the Internet, and connect through phone lines for incoming calls. To overcome dial-up’s limitations, cable operators deployed cable modem service, and telephone companies deployed digital subscriber line (DSL) service. At that time, telephone companies had to offer DSL to competitors, but cable operators didn’t have to share their networks. Dial-up ISPs, desperate for higher bandwidth, pressed for access to cable networks. The issue came to a head in 2002 when the FCC said cable broadband was an unregulated “information service,” not a “telecommunications service,” so no access was required. The Supreme Court agreed in 2005, and the FCC promptly extended the ruling to DSL. At that time, the FCC issued an “Internet Policy Statement” setting out the basic ideas of net neutrality: unfettered access to all lawful content; the ability to run any lawful applications; and the ability to connect devices that don’t harm the network. The problem was that the FCC had just declared broadband to be unregulated. Where did it get the authority to impose obligations—even just “policies”—on an unregulated market? Answering that question took 10 years. The D.C. Circuit rejected one FCC legal rationale after another, even as the agency refined and expanded its rules. Finally, in 2015, the FCC reversed its earlier view and held that broadband was a regulated telecommunications service. This provided

clear authority to establish network neutrality rules. The D.C. Circuit accepted that decision and approved the FCC’s rules in June 2016. Treating broadband as a regulated telecommunications service was hugely controversial; both Republican commissioners—Commissioner O’Reilly and now-Chairman Pai—dissented. Chairman Pai has now said he wants to step back and impose only “light-touch” regulation on broadband ISPs. When control of the FCC shifts from one party to another, it’s natural for the new chairman to pursue a new regulatory approach. So it’s no surprise that Chairman Pai, as a general matter, wants to regulate less heavily. The question is: how will he go about it? One possibility is to leave the existing legal regime, broadband classified as a telecommunications service, in place while rolling back specific regulatory obligations. For example, the FCC has already exempted small ISPs from some obligations under the rules and has stayed the controversial privacy rules for broadband ISPs. Notably, the current rules already formally “forbear” from applying large swaths of telecommunications regulations to broadband ISPs, and the Pai FCC could choose even greater forbearance. Another possibility is to go back to viewing broadband as an information service and impose scaled-back regulations using a provision of the law known as Section 706, which the FCC tried to rely on before. The challenge would be that the D.C. Circuit has held, in effect, that Section 706 does not support imposing the core net neutrality obligations—no blocking of,

or discrimination against, lawful content— on information service providers. In fact, this ruling is likely what drove the FCC to treat broadband as a telecommunications service in the first place. Chairman Pai may be able to find some viable “light touch” net neutrality rules that would work under Section 706.

“WHEN CONTROL OF THE FCC SHIFTS FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER, IT’S NATURAL FOR THE NEW CHAIRMAN TO PURSUE A NEW REGULATORY APPROACH.” Still another possibility is to go all the way back to the original approach from 2005: to simply articulate “policies” that the FCC expects to be respected, even if they are not formally enforceable. This might work because, in 2017 as opposed to 2005, we know that the courts will accept regulating broadband as a telecommunications service. With a highly credible threat of potential regulation in the FCC’s arsenal, this might be enough to accomplish Chairman Pai’s lighttouch regulatory objectives. Nobody knows yet what the new chairman will do. But everyone is watching him closely. 1 In the Matter of Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Internet over Cable and Other Facilities; Internet over Cable Declaratory Ruling; Appropriate Regulatory Treatment for Broadband Access to the Internet over Cable Facilities, Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 4798 (2002).

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he millennial generation, known for switching jobs more frequently than previous generations, has started to influence the legal profession. Taking a cue from the younger generation, more senior attorneys are using lateral transitions to enhance their careers as well. For a variety of reasons, diverse attorneys change jobs at higher rates than other attorneys.1 But while lateral transitions are generally beneficial for both the attorney and the new law firm, those firms are now charged with finding more effective ways to quickly integrate lateral attorneys, particularly as those attorneys become more diverse. While most firms purportedly have an integration plan for laterals, these plans might benefit from a fresh approach that addresses the complexities of integrating diverse lateral candidates. Any subject involving race is always difficult to discuss; the integration of diverse lateral partners into the fabric of a large law firm falls within this category. Nonetheless, the subject deserves exploration; it is critical to the bottom line.

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According to the American Bar Association, in 1993, 8.3 percent of law firm associates and 2.5 percent of all partners were diverse.2 Today, approximately 20 percent of associates and 8.4 percent of all partners are diverse.3 This shift, while seemingly small, poses a unique set of challenges for the legal profession, which has historically lagged behind other professions in terms of diversity.4 In order to remain competitive, law firms must work to address the barriers that have inhibited the successful integration of diverse lateral attorneys, particularly as the numbers steadily increase. The racial makeup of attorneys is not the only change to be navigated. Women now make up 36 percent of the legal profession, including 45 percent of law firm associates and 18 percent of equity partners. Similarly, women account for almost 25 percent of Fortune 500 general counsels.5 These rising numbers of diverse and female attorneys represent an untapped opportunity for law firms to grow their books of business by reaching out to the social networks of the burgeoning numbers of diverse and female attorneys. In fact, it is our experience that approximately 40 percent of the decision-makers with whom our firm does business are women and approximately 24 percent of those are diverse. Of the remaining 60 percent of male decision-makers, 25 percent are diverse. It would not be wise to ignore relationships that diverse or female laterals may have with diverse in-house counsel, thereby potentially ignoring opportunities. This by no means indicates that diverse inhouse attorneys are the only source of business for other diverse attorneys. It is only one factor in a complex analysis regarding untapped potential frequently ignored when proper integration of diverse lateral partners is ignored. Lowering diverse lawyer attrition and enhancing lateral success is financially beneficial for law firms. Typically, it takes between three and 12 months before a firm recoups the initial costs of a lateral partner hire and longer for a lateral to become profitable.6 Focusing on successful integration of diverse

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laterals may expedite a firm’s return on its investment and ensure that expensive diverse lateral hires don’t flee the firm because of an unsuccessful onboarding experience. While successful lateral integration can be challenging in general, successfully integrating women and diverse lawyers requires strategic planning, innovation, and continuous evaluation. A determination to succeed in the integration process will have a positive impact on the financial bottom line for all involved.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

“LOW ER I NG DI V ER SE L AW Y ER AT T R I T ION A N D EN H A NCI NG L AT ER A L SUCCESS IS BEN EF ICI A L FOR L AW F I R MS.”

For female and minority attorneys, strategic planning is a crucial but sometimes neglected element of lateral integration. Welcoming a newcomer into a firm can be tricky. Without a formal plan, a new lawyer may arrive in a firm and feel out of place in its set culture, often contributing to the lateral’s inability to “catch on.” And if the lateral is female or diverse (or worse—both!), the feelings of isolation may be even more pronounced. Stereotypes and implicit biases may get in the way of the integration goal. This is, of course, counterproductive. It may seem like common sense, but many firms often fail to take advantage of the new synergies and contacts to be gained from adding a new diverse or female lateral partner. The increasing numbers of diverse and women lawyers in the profession means increasing opportunities to connect both in-house and outside counsel in meaningful relationships. It would be critical, therefore, to sit down with any lateral, and particularly a diverse or female lateral, to discern relationships they may have, activities in which they may have participated, and skills they honed during their career. Creating opportunities for a diverse lateral to interact with existing members of the firm in both casual and formal settings is essential. Making a concerted effort to get to know a diverse attorney on a personal basis can help ease their transition into the new workplace environment. These informal meetings are important ways of gauging the new attorney’s strengths and professional focuses in order to include the new lawyer in client introductions, RFPs, and client meetings. When we fail to get to know our lateral colleagues on a personal level, we may miss opportunities to strengthen the workplace and ultimately add to the bottom line.

Karen Hester, Mentoring Diverse Attorneys, NALP Bulletin, (December 2016), http://online.qmags.com/NALP1216?sessionID=43A60A44BF0894E7A85EC942E&cid=2784819&eid=20093#pg6&mode1. Aviva Cuyler, Diversity in the Practice of Law: How Far Have We Come?, 29 GP SOLO (2012), http://www.americanbar.org/publications/gp_solo/2012/september_october/diversity_ practice_law_how_far_have_we_come.html. 3 Jacqueline Bell, U.S. Law Firms Fail to Move Needle on Racial Diversity, LAW360, (May 15, 2016), https://www.law360.com/articles/794900. 4 ABA Section of Litigation, DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION: THE NEXT STEPS 17 (2011). 5 American Bar Association, A CURRENT GLANCE AT WOMEN IN THE LAW 2–3 (2017) http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/women/current_glance_statistics_ january2017.authcheckdam.pdf. 6 Edwin Reeser, Pricing the Purchase of Lateral Talent, San Francisco Daily Journal, June 18, 2012, at 8; Amy Kolz, Building a Better Lateral, The American Lawyer, February 1, 2013. 1

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Assessing diversity concerns is paramount to the strategic planning. As black female partners, we know first-hand the extensive and diverse network of lawyers and businesspeople that represent new opportunities to develop client relationships. Law firms can assist diverse lawyers in cultivating these relationships by alleviating concerns about origination credit and other forms of recognition. Acknowledging upfront that members of the firm may have relationships already with many of the same people that the new lateral partner has is an important first step. Embracing these relationships is extremely important― fostering them, even more so. Supporting the skillset of the lateral attorney is also critical when the lateral is a diverse attorney. Trusting that the diverse lateral lawyer adds value to existing matters helps the firm showcase talent, which in turn may lead to additional opportunities with existing and prospective clients.

INNOVATION

While there are a variety of ways to successfully integrate laterals, flexibility, teamwork, and inclusion are paramount to integration success. It is essential that law firms seeking to hire female or diverse attorneys implement ways to combat implicit biases and unequal distribution of work and credit. One way to accomplish this goal is to de-emphasize the billing hour, origination or billing credit, and realization rates. This would incentivize attorneys to help each other and place the success of the firm equally on all shoulders. An added benefit is that diverse attorneys are not penalized if it takes them slightly longer than other attorneys to get “up and running” in the new environment. Also within the innovation spectrum is embracing the notion that diverse and women attorneys tend to engage in more nontraditional business development opportunities. Golf and other sporting events tend to be the norm for non-diverse attorneys. Shopping sprees, spa outings, beer or wine tastings, book clubs, pro-bono activities, or child-

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friendly events are all the rage among women and diverse attorneys. Support of these ideas for diverse and women laterals is often essential to their success and impact on the bottom line.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

Lateral moves are definitely a two-way street. Best practice for successful integration should also include the firm and the lateral constantly conducting self-reviews, the firm soliciting feedback from the diverse lateral, and requiring other attorneys to evaluate their own participation in the integration process. The law firm should track whether diverse laterals are included in client meetings, introduced to existing or prospective clients, included in brainstorming opportunities, and invited to business and personal networking and social events. Neglecting these actions can inhibit the integration process. Continued assessment provides an instant opportunity to make necessary adjustments in a timely manner. While time-consuming, continuous evaluation is time well spent if it results in better integration and success. When diverse attorneys are included in the essential elements of the firm, it necessarily follows that the firm will reap the financial benefits of a more diverse, stable, and focused law firm environment. It is no longer just good business practice to fully integrate diverse attorneys, but a business imperative to do so to compete in the marketplace. Successful lateral integration is absolutely possible, and legal employers that address the challenges inherent in the process for women and diverse laterals will have a better chance of enjoying a boost in both the bottom line as well as in office morale.

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FIRST AMENDMENT & CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

CIVIL RIGHTS WORK HAS AN ALL NEW MEANING W

CORPORATIONS NOW USE FEDERAL LAW TO FIGHT REGULATION. By Thomas R. Julin

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hen lawyers talk about civil rights, they usually discuss protecting women and minorities against different forms of discrimination. When large U.S. corporations talk about civil rights, they have something quite different in mind. Work in the civil rights field increasingly involves battles against the government regulation of businesses. How did this happen? The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Almost a century earlier, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which many referred to as the Ku Klux Klan Act because it was designed to stop state officials from depriving African-Americans of their federal rights. Codified as 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983, the act stated that any person who, under color of any state law, deprived a U.S. citizen or any person in the United States of any federal

right would be liable for damages and could be enjoined from committing future violations. This was a powerful tool that became even more powerful with the enactment of the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, providing that one who prevails in a section 1983 action is entitled to recover attorney’s fees. These laws certainly were not passed with corporate America in mind. Large businesses usually got their way through well-funded lobbying efforts and supporting candidates who would act in their interests. But big business does come under attack by state officials from time to time. One example is a group of state laws that banned the sale of information for targeted marketing. The laws had been enacted in 2006 and 2007 after several big data companies found innovative ways to ensure that doctors knew about the most recent drug discoveries. The companies bought reams of data from large pharmacy chains, like CVS and Walgreens, and the data showed that many doctors weren’t prescribing the best drugs for their patients. The companies then sold this information to drug companies. States across the country became alarmed that this would drive up health care costs. Three states—New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont— banned pharmacies from continuing to sell their information.

The Reconstruction Civil Rights Act of 1871 came to the rescue, since the laws violated the companies’ rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to gather and sell information. It took six years of hard-fought litigation, however, to persuade federal judges that the old law could be used to protect businesses. Lower court judges were also quite divided on this. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the matter by a vote of six to three in Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc., 564 US 552 (2011). What is most exciting for civil rights lawyers is that Sorrell has opened the door to thousands of attacks on government regulations that limit the use of information, compel businesses to disclose data, or force businesses to advocate positions with which they disagree. Since 2011, Sorrell has been cited in more than 1,100 judicial opinions involving laws governing tobacco, meat, securities, credit cards, trademarks, guns, billboards, health care, and many other commercial activities. Not every challenge has been successful, because many judges still feel unsettled about seeing a Civil War-era law used to help big business. However, many challenges have been encountered and many more will be successful as the judiciary comes to accept that the law protects everyone’s federal civil rights.

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FIRST AMENDMENT & CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

SEX, GENDER, AND STEREOTYPES

HOW COURTS ARE INTERPRETING TITLE VII TO PROTECT LGBT WORKERS. By Elizabeth White

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ast August, in a case called Winstead v. Lafayette Board of County Commissioners, the federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida held that an employee who was discriminated against for being gay could sue her employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The opinion is part of a quiet transformation of Title VII, gradually being recognized by federal district courts across the country, including those in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Oregon, the District of Columbia, California, and Florida. The statute has not seen a major amendment since 1991 and is silent about sexual-orientation discrimination. However, due to recent administrative agency action and the growing prevalence of an—until recently— seldom-used theory of liability prohibiting gender stereotyping, LGBT workers enjoy more protection under federal employment laws than ever in history. The Supreme Court has long held that employers cannot discriminate against employees for failing to conform to stereotypes about how members of their sex are expected to behave. Title VII actions for gender stereotyping came to prominence in 1989, in a case called Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. There, a woman successfully sued her employer after she was passed over for a partnership because she failed to act the way a “woman should” and was told that she could increase her chances of promotion if she “walk[ed] more femininely, talk[ed] more femininely, dress[ed] more femininely, [wore] makeup, [had] her hair styled, and [wore] jewelry.” Fast forward two decades, and notions that “men should

be physically attracted to women” or “a person born female should self-identify as a woman” are now litigated under Title VII as forms of gender stereotyping, no different from requiring women to wear dresses or makeup at work. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has largely been responsible for spearheading efforts to expand Title VII into this area. The Commission can issue decisions as to whether employers violated employment discrimination laws or bring a lawsuit on an employee’s behalf. In recent years, the Commission has issued determinations that certain employment actions taken against LGBT workers violate Title VII. These actions include failing to hire an applicant because she is a transgender woman, denying an employee a promotion because he is gay or straight, or harassing an employee because of a gender transition, such as by persistently using a name or gender pronoun that does not correspond with the employee’s gender identity. EEOC determinations are not binding on courts, and the Commission’s stance on these issues may bend with a new Republican administration in control of its funding and appointments of key staff members. However, these determinations provide both a glimpse into the future battlegrounds of Title VII litigation and a torch to pass on to private litigants seeking relief in federal court. In the very near future, gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination suits are likely to be as commonplace as the “traditional” sex and race discrimination claims courts frequently hear.

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“THE SUPREME COURT HAS LONG HELD THAT EMPLOYERS CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST EMPLOYEES FOR FAILING TO CONFORM TO STEREOTYPES ABOUT HOW MEMBERS OF THEIR SEX ARE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE.”

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CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP CHANGE LIBEL LAW? By Deborah Drooz and Barry Langberg

onald Trump filed at least half a dozen libel cases in the course of his career, and he lost most of them. Apparently, he blames the nation’s libel law for his losses and for the press’ ability to make statements he does not like. It’s not surprising, then, that he threatened to radically alter those laws if elected president. Trump vowed during his campaign to “open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.” Trump wants to sue the media as they have “never been sued before.” Can President Trump make good on his threat? Not likely. In this case, the “law” in question features the “actual malice” evidentiary standard that has governed public figure libel cases and protected the press since the Supreme Court’s 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. Under this standard, public figures must prove with convincing clarity that media defendants published defamatory statements about them with “knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for truth.” Even plaintiffs that are not public figures have to prove actual malice in order to obtain punitive damages and often in order to obtain damages for presumed injury to reputation. The actual malice standard is rooted in the First Amendment and was created by the Supreme Court. It cannot be dissolved by executive fiat or revoked by legislation. Any attempt by a president to unilaterally repeal or circumvent the standard under the guise of discretionary executive action would undoubtedly violate constitutional restraints on executive authority. With Congressional approval, the president could theoretically appoint Supreme Court justices sympathetic to his views. (Perhaps New York Times v. Sullivan will take a place beside Roe v. Wade as a primary subject in Senate confirmation hearings.) But even if he were able to install several such justices, it is highly improbable that the standard would be changed. In order to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court would have to take up a new case that addressed the same First Amendment issues and would have to flout stare decisis to reach a different result than set forth in the more than 50-year-

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old case that has been cited affirmatively in many subsequent Supreme Court decisions and thousands of lower court decisions. The president could appoint like-minded federal judges in the hope that they would interpret the fact-intensive actual malice standard in a more plaintiff-friendly way at the trial court level. However, such appointments would have minimal effect as long as the actual malice standard is in place, particularly since the trial court’s decision on the issue is subject to rigorous review on appeal. Also, many defamation cases proceed in state courts, where the president has no power of appointment. Trump could urge legislators to

“THE PRESIDENT COULD THEORETICALLY APPOINT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SYMPATHETIC TO HIS VIEWS.” refrain from enacting a long-debated federal version of state antiSLAPP (Strategic Litigation against Public Participation) statutes. If successful, this would simply maintain the status quo. Of course, a constitutional amendment could change libel law. However, the likelihood of such an occurrence seems very remote. For example, Congress could propose an amendment under which public figures defamed on the Internet would be relieved of the obligation to prove actual malice. The proposal would first have to be approved by a supermajority and then ratified by three fourths of the state legislatures. In the end, it is doubtful that the president will succeed in changing defamation law significantly, although that may not stop him from trying.

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THE FUTURE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHEN THE FUTURE ISN’T FREE. By Julia Yoo

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am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right,” acting Attorney General Sally Yates wrote in a memo to Justice Department lawyers about President Trump’s executive order regarding the travel ban. “I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful.” Promptly after Sally Yates issued this statement, she was fired. In the days following Trump’s inauguration, the importance of the First Amendment has reached heights rarely seen in American history. Government efforts to limit First Amendment rights have also reached historical heights. While the removal of Ms. Yates may be legal,1 it highlights for the public what they perceive as the president’s continued battle with the freedoms of speech and religion. (Minutes after Ms. Yates was fired, the White House issued a statement that she, who served the United States for three decades, had “betrayed” the DOJ with her memo.)

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Trump issued an executive order banning all Syrian refugees indefinitely and banning people from seven mostly Muslim countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) for 90 days, which sparked spontaneous mass protests in airports across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by the Trump administration to freeze all grants and contracts, and employees were told not to speak to members of the press about it. White House advisor Steve Bannon has described the media as the “opposition party,” which should, in his words, “keep its mouth shut.” 2 At least six journalists were charged with felony rioting for covering Inauguration Day protests that turned violent, according to The Guardian.3 Such severe charges against journalists reporting on a newsworthy public event are highly unusual in modern American history. To the public, the charges appear to be linked to a hostile climate fostered by Mr. Trump. The tension between Trump’s policy positions and the previously undisputed right of concerned citizens to challenge such positions is palpable. If there is any context where this tension will be felt the most, it is in the rights of the public to monitor law enforcement officers—that is, to observe, photograph, and film police as they perform their duties. In October 2016, before Yates made an unwise career move, the DOJ Civil Rights Division filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit supporting the plaintiffs in Fields v. Philadelphia. In Fields, the district court had dismissed plaintiffs’ First Amendment retaliation claims, holding that there was no right to record police without engaging in additional forms of expressive conduct. The DOJ argued—on behalf of the plaintiffs— that increased recording of police conduct furthers the United States’ interest in promoting constitutional policing. It argued that photographing, video recording, or audio recording police activities are protected because each act of recording enables production of an expressive work. The recording is also protected as an information-gathering activity that later enables protected speech. This information gathering properly enables subsequent critical commentary on police activities, including documentaries, news reports, or complaints to oversight authorities.

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Or at least it properly enabled such commentary according to the Obama DOJ. Whether the newly installed Trump DOJ will be of the same view remains an open question. Indeed, early impressions suggest that the basic premise of the amicus brief—that critical commentary of police is valuable in a democracy—won’t find much purchase in a “law and order” regime. Having previously argued in an amicus brief for a broad reading of the First Amendment, it remains to be seen whether the next attorney general will ensure that the positions the DOJ takes in court remain consistent with the institution’s solemn obligation to always defend the citizenry’s constitutional rights.

“WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR STEVE BANNON HAS DESCRIBED THE MEDIA AS THE ‘OPPOSITION PARTY,’ WHICH SHOULD, IN HIS WORDS, ‘KEEP ITS MOUTH SHUT.’”

1 In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006), the Supreme Court found that a district attorney’s speech criticizing his employer was not subject to First Amendment protection because his statements were made in his position as a public employee rather than as a private citizen. 2 Grynbaum, M (January 26, 2017) “Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut,’” The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html (last visited February 8, 2017). 3 Swaine, J (2017, January 24) “Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest,” The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/24/journalists-charged-felonies-trump-inauguration-unrest (last visited February 8, 2017).

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PRESIDENTIAL ATTACKS ON FREE SPEECH A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

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ince being elected president on November 7, 2016, Donald Trump has levied a host of threats to the First Amendment right of free speech. For example, in a pre-inauguration tweet, then President-elect Trump threatened to revoke the citizenship of any American who burned or defaced the flag, despite the fact that flag burning was declared to be protected expression nearly three decades ago.1 Since taking office, President Trump has further weakened the First Amendment by freezing the social media accounts of several federal departments and their employees2 and by terminating the employment of government officials who vocally disagreed with him, thereby chilling the right of government employees to speak out on matters of national political importance.3 Even more alarmingly, Trump previously vowed to “open up” the libel and slander laws, eliminating the constitutional protection for statements of opinion and on matters of public concern, 4 and to “close up” the internet to restrict the free flow of information.5 In the wake of these threats, lawyers must take a more active role in defending our right to free expression, particularly regarding matters of political and social significance. Preserving the right of free speech is critical, not only to maintain the marketplace of ideas that the First

“TRUMP PREVIOUSLY VOWED TO ‘OPEN UP’ THE LIBEL AND SLANDER LAWS, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR STATEMENTS OF OPINION AND ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN.”

Amendment embodies, but to ensure that channels exist for an open and robust dialogue as we move forward in a new age of government. After all, it is through protests, rallies, and the sharing of truthful information that we are collectively able to call attention to other constitutional threats. The First Amendment acts as a gateway to the exercise of other freedoms, but aside from the right to speak freely, many other constitutional rights are at risk as well. Lawyers must therefore be vigilant, both in calling out threats to our free speech rights and in creating strong protections for the First Amendment through judicial and extrajudicial means. These include: • Using state law to solidify state constitutional protection of expression. The highest courts of several states, including Oregon and Massachusetts, interpret their state constitutions to provide broader protection to expression than the First Amendment. Similar cases could be mounted in other states as well. • Lobbying local governmental bodies to remove existing barriers to the exercise of free speech rights and to expand their protection of political speech. Park boards, neighborhood associations, and city councils may be receptive to amending permit regulations that impact political events. These bodies may also be willing to create free speech zones on public property or repeal ordinances punishing speech in their jurisdictions. • Challenging federal regulations in federal court when they violate the First Amendment. The recent litigation challenging President Trump’s travel ban provides a strong model for how the federal courts can act as a check-and-balance system against unconstitutional executive orders. Our right of free expression hangs in the balance, and along with it, the constitutional future of our democracy. In these challenging times, we must not be silent, but must continue to speak out—and to speak up—for the First Amendment.

David Wright, “Trump: Burn the Flag, Go to Jail,” November 29, 2016, available at http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/donald-trump-flag-burning-penalty-proposal/; Texas v. Johnson, 419 U.S. 397 (1989). 2 “Trump Admin Institutes Media Blackout for EPA, Suspends Social Media Activity,” January 25, 2017, available at http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/25/source-trumpadmin-institutes-media-black-out-for-epa-suspends-social-media-activity.html. 3 Evan Perez and Jeremy Diamond, “Trump Fires Acting AG after She Declines to Defend Travel Ban,” January 31, 2017, available at http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/donald-trump-immigration-order-department-of-justice/. 4 Hadas Gold, “Donald Trump: We’re going to ‘open up’ libel laws,” February 26, 2016, available at http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/02/donald-trump-libel-laws-219866. 5 David Goldman, “Donald Trump Wants to ‘Close Up’ the Internet,” December 8, 2015, available at http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/08/technology/donald-trump-internet/. 1

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FLAG DESECRATION AS “SPEECH”

A BURNING ISSUE. By Martin B. Margulies

ur new president is no friend to the First Amendment. He has advocated curbs on journalists, violence against political demonstrators, and harsh punishment, such as imprisonment and loss of citizenship, for protesters who burn an American flag. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, has held in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) and U.S. v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990) that flag-burning is protected under the First Amendment’s speech clause. Both decisions were right. It is true that the Amendment’s framers would not have thought of flag-burning as “speech.” It was not that they were strangers to non-verbal expression—remember the Boston Tea Party?—but the discourse most familiar to them was verbal: a newspaper article or an address on the town green. And that is what they wanted to protect. Today, though, times have changed. The town greens are empty, and many Americans lack access to a newspaper or other media outlet: they are not prominent enough for their speeches to be reported by a newspaper, articulate enough to write for one, or affluent enough to advertise in one. Even the Internet has not broadened expressive opportunities for

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those who lack computers. An indigent speaker today who wishes to communicate to a sizable audience must find a way of attracting media attention—like publicly burning a flag. The flag-burning controversy therefore implicates the ancient debate over whether constitutional language should be construed as its authors literally intended (what proponents call “originalism”) or flexibly, so that original values are protected under modern conditions. But it implicates, as well, an issue unique to speech clause jurisprudence. The flag-burners prevailed in Johnson and Eichman because they were prosecuted under legislation that specifically targeted flag-burning. The Court pronounced the legislation “content-based” because it was enacted to suppress an offensive message. In consequence, it was subjected to “strict” judicial scrutiny, a standard that effectively foredoomed it. If instead the law had simply prohibited the public burning of any object, the result would probably have been different. The law would then have been characterized as “contentneutral” and hence received a lower level of scrutiny:

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Peaceful Protesting By Peter Canfield, Laura Ellsworth, and Jamila Hall

“AN INDIGENT SPE AKER TODAY WHO WISHES TO COMMUNICATE TO A SIZ ABLE AUDIENCE MUST FIND A WAY OF AT TR ACTING MEDIA AT TENTION.”

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A notionally “intermediate,” but in practice quite permissive. Under this standard, for instance, the Supreme Court upheld a regulation prohibiting demonstrators from camping overnight in Washington-area parks, even when their purpose was to dramatize the plight of the homeless. The government’s concerns, such as aesthetics and administrative convenience, outweighed the importance of speech. The content-based versus content-neutral dichotomy is flawed. It mutes impecunious speakers who must employ unconventional means of expression and, lacking property of their own, use public property to reach desired audiences. Further, it has content-based impacts, which means the muted speakers are the ones most disposed to challenge the mainstream. Law schools once taught that speech occupied a preferred position in relation to other values and was a means for people without property or power to acquire both. Today it is subordinate to aesthetics and administrative convenience, and one needs property and power in order to speak. Mr. Trump’s judicial appointees are unlikely to rectify the imbalance.

t the core of the First Amendment is the protection of “the right of the people to peaceably assemble,” a right best exercised with a nuanced understanding of not only First Amendment principles, but also criminal law and practice, media interest, and police and rescue personnel and procedures. In the summer of 2016, Jones Day attorneys of all levels, firm-wide and across practice groups, committed to making such an understanding more universally available by partnering with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights to create training materials dedicated to teaching the rules of the road for peaceful protests in cities across the country. The materials, including “Know Your Rights” brochures customized for Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, and Washington, D.C., provided organizers and participants with practical and legal guidance on how to organize and protest peacefully, while offering law enforcement and public safety officials a legal primer on constitutional rights, local ordinances, and procedures currently in place to ensure that peaceful protestors can exercise their First Amendment rights. The materials were put to great use earlier this year at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta—the birthplace of Martin Luther King and a cradle of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement—where peaceful protest is a right steeped in the city’s history. On January 17, 2017, the day after the national celebration of Dr. King’s birthday and just a few days before the presidential inaugural, Jones Day offered a public primer on how to effectively and safely protest at the Center’s downtown Atlanta auditorium. A capacity crowd of young and old, novices and veterans, responded, gathering to hear and question a panel of the firm’s lawyers, Atlanta’s assistant police chief and fire and rescue chief, and an Emmy awardwinning local news producer as they provided general information and specific tips and practical advice about how to successfully organize, conduct, and promote a safe and effective demonstration. Even the most basic rights benefit from repeated public education and discussion. www.bestlawyers.com | 4 7

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HATE CRIME LAWS IN A HATE-FILLED ERA

SPITTING AGAINST THE WIND. By Susan Gellman

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he 2016 election unleashed a flood of racist and nativist invective in America, and hate crimes across the country have skyrocketed. So you’d think that hate crime laws would be even more important than ever, and you might worry that the Trump administration’s apparent desire to cut government regulation in general, as well as Mr. Trump’s repeated derision of “political correctness” in particular, would lead to repeal or tepid enforcement of these laws. But that’s not the problem. Hate crime and hate speech laws have always been problematic. Their constitutionality is questionable, and they’re ineffective at reducing hate crime. But because it’s important, activists and legislatures have struggled to draft effective and constitutional hate crime laws. In the Trump era, though, it’s an outright surreal exercise to discuss what types of laws would be best at fighting bigotry and hate crime. When it’s the highest level of government itself, including the president and his chief strategist, that are the leading enablers—and sometimes disseminators—of bigoted speech and threats of discrimination, what kind of legislation (never mind its constitutionality) does anyone expect could beat back the predictable, even inevitable, increase in hate crimes and hate speech? Perpetrators of hate crimes now act with what they perceive as a newfound—and perhaps long-desired—government-issued license to air their hatred and commit their offenses. When you make anti-Muslim sentiment the

coin of the current realm, you’re inviting people to invest in it. Any attempt to craft policies deterring hate crime goes beyond the proverbial rearrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic. It’s trying to decide what kind of decorative cushions to put on those seats while the ship is already sinking. But this is worse, actually— more akin to taking the seats from the lifeboats. Approaching the issue as per usual belittles the crisis of increased bigotry and hate crime. Ignoring that the rules of the game have changed by the very people entrusted with protecting us normalizes the bigotry-friendly climate and

legitimizer of and provider of the leading platform for the racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Islamist, antiimmigrant, misogynistic, hatredpeddling “alt-right,” to a position of power and influence. President Trump’s disavowal of even the worst of the crimes and invective his campaign unleashed has been far too few, far too late, and far too feeble. Or entirely absent: when a reporter asked Mr. Trump—first explicitly acknowledging that he saw no evidence that Mr. Trump is himself anti-Semitic—about the recent rash of anti-Semitic incidents, including bomb threats to dozens of Jewish community centers, and what plans the administration had to address it, the president’s response was, “Number one, I am the least antiSemitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism. The least racist person. In fact, we did very well relative to other people running as a Republican.” He accused the reporter of insulting him and lying, told him to sit down, and added that bigoted harassment was actually the work of “the other side,” designed to foment anger among “people like you” against “people that love or live Donald Trump.” Unsurprisingly, there was not a word condemning or even commenting on the rise of anti-Semitism to its highest levels since the 1930s, let alone any plans to combat it. Criminal laws are hamhanded tools for effecting social change, even in the best of times. But no law intended to curb hate has a chance when the president himself winks at it and encourages it daily.

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“NO CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR OR PRACTITIONER CAN, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, ACT AS AN ENABLER.”

legitimizes the actions that have created it. No constitutional scholar or practitioner can, in good conscience, act as an enabler in that way. We as lawyers, too, are officers of the court who have taken an oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Parents struggle with what to tell their children about lying and bullying when they see their president do it without consequence. Likewise, it’s asking an awful lot of some little statute to deter people from acting out their bigotry and hatred when a president who encouraged it during his campaign elevates someone like Steve Bannon, proud

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very woman lawyer faces obstacles in her career. Sometimes because we are unlucky. Sometimes because we are women. Sometimes just because the career path we’ve chosen is not easy. We women lawyers know this because we live this. But knowing a problem exists is not the same thing as solving a problem. These obstacles have been on my mind quite a bit these last few months since a certain woman lawyer was not able to overcome all the obstacles in her path to win a certain election. What do we do—what can we do—after a profound professional setback? How do we regroup? And how do we help other women avoid the same result? A big part of my answer to those questions is the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law. As the past-president of the Coalition, I can attest to the enormous power of women lawyers working together for the advancement of all women seeking a real chance to succeed and lead in our profession. As the Coalition continues to grow, our goal is to be a springboard for even more women attorneys to use so that success is more attainable for all of us. We want to offer a community where women attorneys can speak candidly and confidently without being second guessed or sidelined. If

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you miss out on an opportunity, if you lose something you know you should have won, the Coalition helps you find the next step forward. If you are missing a critical piece in your network, the Coalition helps you make that final connection. If you are being overlooked, the Coalition helps you get that extra skill or credential that will make the difference the next time. And if you just need someone else to agree with you that, yes, this is all really hard, well, yes, the Coalition definitely agrees. That’s why the Coalition exists. The Coalition is where I’ve found many of my favorite people in our profession—some of the very best women, who lift me up, cheer me on, and have my back. As part of the Coalition, surrounded by these women, I’ve seen some of those big obstacles we all face start to shrink as we tackle them together.

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ne of the best ways employers can foster an O environment fertile for success is by training employees to recognize and correct for their implicit biases. This helps to create a workplace culture where employees are more likely to have the opportunity to succeed on the basis of their merit.

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demonstrate the numerous ways in which each of us harbors—often unknowingly—associations between certain types of people and their perceived strengths and weaknesses. By learning how to identify our implicit biases, we can re-design our processes and systems to try to protect against these biases and protect against our own biases when making decisions.

What strategies do you employ to win business? F or me, the best strategy to win business has been maintaining real, authentic relationships with people from a variety of stages of my life. In my experience, clients hire lawyers, not law firms. Some of my clients hired me because we were already friends, and others hired me because I was referred to them by someone they

trusted. Each and every client came to me as a result of my personal relationships, and many of my clients have become my friends over time.

By what standards do you measure success?

I think each of us can only measure success by our own standards. There is no one measure of success. One of the best things about getting older, for me, has been gaining the confidence to benchmark my success against myself and my goals as opposed to against other people.

For me, success has meant reaching a point where I have

control over my career. I am able to decide what kind of work I want to be doing, how many hours I want to be billing, and from where I want to work each day or whether I’d like to take a morning off so I can go with my daughter to her music class. My vision of success— today—isn’t about maximizing the dollars I take home or the prestige of the name on my business card (although both things are important to me), but instead it’s about exercising control. By having increased control over my career, I am also able to devote time to other things that are also important to me, such as my volunteer service and my family. My vision of success may be very different 10 or 20 years from now.

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“Jill has gone from being the only woman in the room in banking and finance law to leading young women into the field, coaching and mentoring along the way, giving freely of her time, and never ceasing to think of [her] team and others, and lifting up her more junior colleagues.”

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“At final approval of a nationwide sexual harassment settlement on behalf of 16,000 women, Judge Wayne Anderson (Ret.) praised Ms. Fegan, stating, “I have found working with you on this case one of the more interesting, challenging, and, at some level, uplifting things that I have been able to do.”

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How do you think firms/companies can develop environments fertile for success?

F irst and foremost, hire top talent. Second, train and support your people to be the very best lawyers in their practice area. Third, for firms, implement formal training on effective business development and retention for all junior lawyers. Fourth, encourage and directly reward collaboration and teamwork. Fifth, elect strong, strategic, and compassionate leadership. Last, it is important to foster a collegial and fun work environment so your attorneys and staff enjoy going to work.

What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside your career? A s a young lawyer, after a two-week trial having a judge

read my first jury verdict. I had never worked so hard in my life. The verdict was for my client. The other side was very sympathetic, and we represented a large company, so the challenge was to convince the jurors to set aside sympathy and apply the facts to the law. They did so. I was so proud of the result but also of our jury system. Twenty years later, I still believe it is the best system in the world.

By what standards do you measure success?

T here is financial success, of course, but I do not view that as success if you do not also enjoy what you do and create value for others. For me it is all three. I want to help support my family by doing something I love and hopefully, while doing so, I am having a positive impact on my clients, colleagues, firm, and the overall community in which I practice. www.bestlawyers.com | 5 3

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L E S L E E When did you first become interested in law?

y parents literally told me that I was going to be a lawyer M from the first day I can remember careers being raised as a topic in my home. They wanted me to have a degree that would allow me not to have to be dependent on a man to feed my children.

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each your associates by propping them up for their T good work rather than hammering them down for their mistakes. Take all associates to prospective client pitches and initial client meetings from the first day. Business development suddenly becomes key in the years just before partnership consideration, and most associates have no idea where to start. It should be ingrained in

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them by that time. Also, give young associates leadership opportunities within the firm.

What strategies do you employ to win business? I speak and mentor at various startup accelerator and incubator programs around Chicago. I also get very involved in the organizations I commit to, such as the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law and the Small Business Advocacy Counsel, through which I run venture pitch sessions. I continue to network and meet people whom my trusted connections believe would be helpful to my career and/or believe I could be helpful to.

By what standards do you measure success?

eadership and influence. Having achieved success to me L means that younger women lawyers look up to me as a mentor and want to learn from my accomplishments.

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Was there anyone along the way who mentored or influenced your work?

I learned a great deal about the kind of lawyer I wanted to be by watching, observing, and listening to other lawyers—both positive role models and others that exhibited behaviors and mannerisms that I did not wish to adopt as my own. While it is critical to develop excellent legal skills and expertise in your practice area, it is more important to have a reputation for honesty, professionalism, civility, and integrity.

What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside of your career?

A s to professional accomplishments, in 2013, I was honored to receive the Jerold S. Solovy Award from Jenner & Block. This award recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional service to the organized bar and to the community. The award, named for Jenner & Block’s esteemed late chairman emeritus, honors those attorneys who exemplify Mr. Solovy’s unwavering dedication to the

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organized bar, the public good, and the highest ideals of the legal profession. This award means a great deal to me because it came from my firm and honors Mr. Solovy’s lifelong love of the law and his untiring commitment to give back to those in need through his pro bono work and community involvement.

By what standards do you measure success?

I think how you view or define professional success is a very individual inquiry and no two lawyers probably view it the same way. For me, being successful as a lawyer means being an important part of and contributor to your firm or practice group, earning the role as a trusted business advisor to long-standing clients and knowing that your counsel and advice on critical legal issues matters to them, and having the good fortune to enjoy what you do and who you represent and work with on a regular basis. A very important part of success is finding a place you belong and having the opportunity to make a difference.

Irene Fiorentinos Of Counsel J O N E S DAY

“Irene is a real leader and inspiration at Jones Day, running cases with aplomb and spearheading programming specifically designed to help push women ahead in their careers and build community.”

“Ellen knows leasing from both the landlord’s chair and the tenant’s, and she deploys that dual knowledge to help her clients get the best results possible—leases that are fair and that appropriately represent the risks and benefits to which each side agreed.”

Ellen Friedler

Founding Partner/ Managing Partner

STRATEGIC LEASING LAW GROUP, LLP R ECO G N IZE D BY B EST L AW Y ERS F O R R E A L E S TAT E L A W SINCE 2013

Carol Gilden

Partner in Securities Litigation & Investor Protection Practice Group CO H E N M I L S TE I N

E. Lynn Grayson

Amanda Hollis

Partner, Chair of Environmental and Workplace Health & Safety Practice Group

Partner

K I R K L A N D & E LLI S LLP

J E N N E R & B LO C K

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Julianne Hartzell

Partner and Chair of Medical Devices M A RS H A LL , G E RS TE I N & B O RU N LLP

“Julianne takes on tasks to serve women in the profession without any regard to the reward or spotlight she may receive.”

R ECO G N IZE D BY B EST L AW Y ERS F O R I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y L I T I G AT I O N SINCE 2016

Corinne Heggie Counsel

SC H A R F BA N KS M A R M O R LLC

Sara Tonnies Horton

Partner

J E N N E R & B LO C K

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Jill M. Hutchison Partner

J E N N E R & B LO C K

Kirstin Ives

Founding Partner

FA LK E N B E RG F I E W EG E R & I V E S LLP

Mary Kay Kelly Attorney Coach

H I N S DA LE H I G H SC H O O L

“After an extremely successful career as a trial attorney and years in firm management as a mentor for women attorneys, Mary Kay left private practice to take on the voluntary role of trial team coach for Hinsdale High School. The team has been hugely successful after she took the helm, but the real success is the influence and guidance she has provided to the young women on the trial team, some of whom have had very serious personal troubles (yes, even in Hinsdale). The experience of working with Mary Kay provided the young women on the team with an incredible role model and left them more confident, stronger, and prepared to succeed. They also left with a lifelong professional and personal resource.”

Jennifer Kenedy

Managing Partner, Member of Board of Directors LO C K E LO R D LLP

R ECO G N IZE D BY B EST L AW Y ERS F O R C O M M E R C I A L L I T I G AT I O N A N D D E F E N D A N T S ’ P R O D U C T L I A B I L I T Y L I T I G AT I O N SINCE 2011

Andie Kramer Partner

M C D E R M OT T W I LL & E M E RY R ECO G N IZE D BY B EST L AW Y ERS F O R TA X L A W A N D L I T I G AT I O N A N D C O N T R O V E R S Y – TA X S I N C E 2 0 0 5

Anne E. Larson Shareholder

O G LE TR E E D E A K I N S

“Anne is a tremendous role model and advocate for the junior women lawyers at her firm. She is a bright, tenacious, detail-oriented but pragmatic lawyer who gets great results for her clients and sets an example of excellence and professionalism.”

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Amy Manning

Partner

M CG U I R E WO O DS LLP

“Amy has been a model of integrity, intelligence, and compassion—all qualities many of us want to emulate while at the same time maintaining a successful practice.”

Megan L. Mathias Partner

STAHL COWEN CROWLEY ADDIS LLC

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Was there anyone along the way who mentored or influenced your work? ruce Boruszak, my summer associate mentor and one B of the chairs of the real estate department when I started practicing law, was my mentor. We worked closely on a number of deals for the first seven years of my practice and continue to work on deals together now that he became general counsel. Aside from him, I would credit my clients with mentoring and influencing my work. While not attorneys for the most part, they are truly wise businesspeople and have taught me how to analyze risk vs. reward and to look for creative solutions to solve problems. Without understanding how clients see a transaction, it is hard to be an effective transactional attorney.

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How do you think firms/companies can develop environments fertile for success?

I n private practice, I believe firms would find greater success if the metrics for compensation and promotion were changed from evaluation on an individual basis. No matter how successful a team or how rich the experience

of a subject matter for a particular firm, compensation and evaluation systems that reward named billing partners will never foster the type of collaboration needed to create cohesive team environments and best service clients. With respect to the advancement of women, the institutional stereotypes need to be removed. Attorneys at all levels need to be educated on implied bias, as this tends to be the primary force that holds women back. I truly believe that if every attorney was made aware of the unconscious bias that affects women and can recognize unconscious bias in their own actions, they would strive to counteract it.

What strategies do you employ to win business?

Nothing beats good work and open communication. While continually striving to obtain and maintain the right credentials to win business in my area of practice, I truly believe that most opportunities are driven by hard work and a proven track record. Being vocal in asking for work or marketing your capabilities is important, but having a relationship of trust and confidence takes time to achieve.

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y father and grandfather were M litigators, so I literally grew up surrounded by the law. I first wanted to be a lawyer when I saw my father argue a case in the courtroom—I was captivated by his presentation and his ability to persuade others to his position. When it came time for me to practice law, I found that I enjoyed litigation because it constantly exposed me to new ideas and businesses; it is still so interesting and gratifying to learn what my clients do and help them achieve their goals. I also enjoy the challenge of putting together

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the puzzle of the defense of a case. My work in employment law gives me the opportunity to teach and counsel my clients on best practices and how to avoid litigation—and this is rewarding as well.

How do you think firms/ companies can develop environments fertile for success?

D iversity and attorney support are important elements of developing a fertile environment for success. Since I became chair of the diversity committee at Vedder Price, I am proud to say that we have achieved at great deal in a very short time.

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We have formed a very successful women’s initiative and a diverse attorneys’ initiative. Attorneys in all offices at the firm are now engaged, and we use the committee programming to provide attorneys with tools to succeed in their practices and better market to clients who are looking for diversity in their outside counsel as well.

What strategies do you employ to win business?

T o win business, I focus on the value I can provide to my clients. I am always looking for ways to enable my clients to succeed and to reach their business goals.

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Kathryn Homburger Mickelson Partner

B E E R M A N N PR ITI K I N M I R A B E LLI

Katherine Minarik Partner

BA RTLIT B EC K H E R M A N PA LE N C H A R & SCOT T LLP

Portia Moore Partner

DAV I S W R I G HT TR E M A I N E LLP

“Portia is among the most sought-after and winning-est trial lawyers in the management-side employment bar nationwide. She is often retained by clients when their case gets close to trial because of her well-demonstrated skills as a top trial lawyer.”

Margo Wolf O’Donnell Shareholder, Chair of Diversity Committee V E D D E R PR I C E

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Sonya Rosenberg

Partner

N E A L , G E R B E R & E I S E N B E RG LLP

“Sonya is whip-smart, keenly practical, and focused on getting the right result (even if it means delivering bad news or walking the client through changes in their practices).”

“Margo provides counsel to our company on employment matters. She is highly responsive and provides very practical advice to support our business initiatives.”

Marcia Owens Partner

H A M I LTO N TH I E S & LO RC H LLP R ECO G N IZE D BY B EST L AW Y ERS F O R R E A L E S TAT E L A W SINCE 2015

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Katie Rak

Senior Counsel

M CG U I R E WO O DS LLP

Jennifer Senior Associate

J E N N E R & B LO C K

“Jennifer keeps her cool in challenging situations and testy disputes, giving her a presence beyond her years and making her a trusted advisor. Jennifer strongly supports mentoring efforts and pro bono work, making a commitment to the profession and the community that is commendable.”

Tina M. Tabacchi Partner

J O N E S DAY

“Tina is an excellent litigator who also held several leadership positions during her more than 20 years of practice. She is currently the partner in charge of the Chicago office of Jones Day.”

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Erica Zolner

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Partner, Business Litigation Attorney, Member of Executive Committee, Member of Compensation Committee

TRO UTM A N S A N D E RS LLP

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K A T H E R I N E M I N A R I K What brought you to your specific practice area? n open mind, curiosity about complicated things, and A good fortune. I split my practice between IP litigation and major commercial contract disputes. When I first started practicing law, I would not have predicted that particular combination. But when I arrived at my firm, I was open to working on any case that was interesting. And I quickly found that I loved digging into complicated patents and contracts and the technology underlying them. There’s no more magic to it than that. I truly enjoy the trickiest legal puzzles, and I was fortunate enough to find myself at a firm where I could regularly tackle those puzzles.

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What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside your career?

ne of my proudest moments was in many ways a simple O moment that simply felt momentous. A few years ago, I was eight months pregnant with my daughter and I did a multi-hour summary judgment argument in federal court. I sat down for the final time at the end of the argument with nothing on my mind but whether I had made every point as well as I could. And then it occurred to me that my ability to be there that day had come on the shoulders of many determined, ambitious women lawyers before me, including many who were not given the same opportunity I was.

Perhaps in some courtrooms, I might have still gotten a strange look or two. And certainly a couple decades earlier, few corporate clients would have been so unconcerned about the courtroom performance abilities of a pregnant woman. But on the day of my argument, in my mind, in my clients’ minds, in the court’s mind, I was just a lawyer. So in some small way, I was part of the path of progress for women lawyers and quite a positive step. I’m still thrilled by that (and because my client got a nice result as well).

By what standards do you measure success?

M any years ago, I had to make one of those big life choices. I ultimately made the decision by picking the option that required me to believe in my own potential the most. And it turned out wonderfully. So now, I have a personal philosophy that I like to call “bet on yourself.” If I’m unsure of whether I can do something challenging, if I’m unsure whether to tackle something new, then I remind myself that the best decision is to bet on myself. Because of that, I think I tend to measure my success by whether I’ve done more than I once believed myself capable of doing. It motivates me to keep taking risks, to learn from imperfect outcomes rather than get defeated, and to appreciate that the most rewarding tasks are often the ones that don’t come easily from the beginning. And success is really just my past self, smiling into the future at what I’ve been able to do. www.bestlawyers.com | 6 1

Carrie A. Goldberg Founding Attorney

C . A . G O LD B E RG , PLLC

“Carrie fights for victims of privacy invasions and sexual assault. Her cases involve nonconsensual pornography, online harassment, rape, domestic violence, and Title IX lawsuits. Her firm’s mission is to use litigation to change the status quo of sexual exploitation, humiliation, and abuse in our culture.”

Kristen Hudson

Nneoma Maduike

Principal and General Counsel

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C H U H A K & TEC SO N , P.C .

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Precious Jacobs Partner

J E N N E R & B LO C K

“Precious is a dedicated attorney, consistently going above and beyond to hone her craft, zealously represent her clients’ best interests, and to represent those unable to obtain legal representation.”

LaDonna Lusher Partner

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Elizabeth McNamara

Partner

DAV I S W R I G HT TR E M A I N E LLP

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V I RG I N I A & A M B I N D E R , LLP

“LaDonna has taken on multiple industries for various wage and hour violations, helping to create new law in New York to protect workers rights.”

Cynthia Mitchell

Partner

S E Y FA RTH S H AW LLP

“Marisa led a complex RICO class action against a New York City slumlord, dedicating hundreds of hours to the representation of tenants who were being forced from their rent-controlled apartments through horrid conditions.”

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Marisa Perry Partner

H A R R I S W I N I C K H A R R I S LLP

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How do you think firms/companies can develop environments fertile for success?

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F irms and companies are statistically more successful when they engage in at least the following practices: (1) invest in their employees, particularly junior employees; (2) invest in creating a diverse work environment by including middle- and high-ranking persons from various backgrounds, thereby tapping into a wellspring of fresh ideas and perspectives; and (3)firms and companies should take the time to foster mentoring communities through which junior employees are empowered to create informal or formal mentor relationships.

What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside your career? M y proudest moments have been the work that I have done in giving back to my community by advancing

the rights of women via my pro bono work or within my firms. My pro bono work is almost exclusively with organizations working with those affected by domestic violence. In addition, I place enormous value on my work I have done within my firm in advancing its diversity efforts, including mentoring junior female associates or laying the groundwork [that has led] my firm to be one of the founding member firms of the New York chapter of the Coalition of Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Initiatives in Law, a nonprofit organization focused primarily on advancing the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women lawyers. I work in a company with the potential to be one of the great leaders in advancing the careers of many women, and it is important that I continue to use my voice to encourage younger attorneys to find their voices and speak up. Seeing the amount of work that still needs to get done, I am passionate about making sure that, despite how much we have accomplished, we keep the stride going. www.bestlawyers.com | 6 3

Katherine Posner Partner

CO N D O N & F O RSY TH LLP

Nancy Ross Partner

M AY E R B ROW N

“Kathy is among the trailblazers on many aviation women’s issues.”

Diana Gurfel Shapiro

Partner

CO N D O N & F O RSY TH LLP

“Nancy’s confidence in herself and her abilities, whether in the courtroom, on a client call, or at a firm meeting, always shines through, setting a wonderful example for women around her.”

“Diana leads some of our cutting edge electronic legal issues.”

Laura Sack

Partner, Co-Leader of East Coast Labor and Employment Law Practice DAV I S W R I G HT TR E M A I N E LLP

Christina Bost Seaton Partner

F I S H E R B ROY LE S , LLP

Jane M. Sigda

Partner

CO N D O N & F O RSY TH LLP

Karin Segall Partner

LE A SO N E LLI S LLP

WASHINGTON, D.C. Amy Epstein Gluck

Partner

F I S H E R B ROY LE S , LLP

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y career is indebted to my partners M Victor Kovner and Laura Handman. They kindled my passion for the First Amendment and media law and taught me that excellence is not divorced from compassion and collegiality. I still have the benefit

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of their counsel and little I do is not imbued with their influence.

How do you think firms/ companies can develop environments fertile for success?

iversity in all its forms is central D to success, today more than ever. Combining diverse experiences and

points of view with an environment that encourages creative approaches opens the door to real achievement.

What strategies do you employ to win business? roviding excellent work should be a P given; being knowledgeable and truly caring about your clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business changes the equation.

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Cynthia Abbott

Vice President-General Counsel C H I C AG O PU B LI C M E D I A

Melissa Bachhuber

Vice President and Associate General Counsel

“In working with Cindy on insurance matters while she was at Motorola Mobility, and again when she began at Chicago Public Media, I have been continuously impressed with her graceful but strong style, her passion for her company, and her detailed analysis and understanding of the legal issues at hand.”

Courtney Holohan

Chief IP Counsel

ACC E NTU R E LEG A L G RO U P

ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICES, INC .

“Melissa is well versed in litigation and environmental issues and manages outside counsel and her internal clients with strength, skill, and poise.”

Laura Coruzzi

Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property

Kristen Hudson

Principal & General Counsel C H U H A D & TEC SO N

Karen Klein

General Counsel H OTE L TO N I G HT

R EG E N X B I O I N C .

“Laura Coruzzi is one of the most impactful Biotech IP attorneys in the country and one of the few women attorneys in her field when she started her career.”

Veronica Gomez

SVP Regulatory & Energy Policy and General Counsel

CO M M O N W E A LTH E D I SO N CO M PA N Y

Maria A. Maras

Senior Legal Counsel in IP Litigation ACC E NTU R E

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Kathryn Hartrick

Vice President and General Counsel RO B E RTSO N LOWS TUTE R , I N C .

“Kathryn is a visionary: she became the first GC of Robertson Lowstuter, a global executive coaching and leadership development consultancy. She is also a professional coach and has her own law firm handling employment issues.” 66 |

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Michele Coleman Mayes

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary N E W YO R K PU B LI C LI B R A RY

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I first became interested in law during college. In addition to cohosting a talk radio show on the college radio station, I interned with two separate radio stations to learn the broadcasting business. During that time, I was sent to the courthouse with an on-air reporter to cover high profile trials. My job was to assist the reporter write copy that was then read on-air. I found the trials and entire legal proceedings fascinating! Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I got my first â&#x20AC;&#x153;itchâ&#x20AC;? to go into law.

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What brought you to your specific practice area?

To be a great general counsel, I believe one has to have adaptability, a thirst for knowledge, the ability to build constituencies and a wide variety of experience in different areas of the law. It was all of these drivers that lead me to my position at Alliant Credit Union over 9 years ago. Experience as a litigator, a prosecutor, in private practice, with the government and with a global

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technology consulting firm, gave me the background necessary to excel in the financial services industry as trusted counsel. I thrive on the variety of challenges and subject matter that comes my way on a daily basis. Most of all, I am driven to help my company and its business partners succeed.

How do you think firms/ companies can develop environments fertile for success?

I believe that both firms and companies can help their employees succeed by ensuring that the employees understand what is expected from them and how that employee will be evaluated. Making sure that a manager and his or her direct report understand how success will be measured is vital (that includes the measurement of success for the company or firm, the team and the individual). Encouraging development and growth are also important. I believe that managing attorneys is very

different than managing others. The most successful companies and firms convey the message that employees are valued, that their opinions count and that they will be rewarded for their success.

What strategies do you employ to hire outside counsel?

In Chicago, we have many talented attorneys from which to choose to handle legal matters. I am continuously meeting and evaluating potential outside counsel. First impressions do count. If I am favorably impressed by an attorney at a CLE or networking function, I file that information away. Then, when it comes time to vet different attorneys and firms, I pull out that information and often call on those folks to discuss the possibility of working with us. I always tell people not to underestimate the value of networking and making a great first impression. At the end of the day, selection will depend on criteria such as subject matter knowledge, fit and price/value. www.bestlawyers.com | 6 7

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N A O M I WA LT M A N What brought you to your specific practice area? fter law school, I clerked for a federal judge A for a year and then joined the litigation department of a large law firm in New York City. I was assigned to work for a partner who handled a lot of the firm’s trademark and copyright litigation. This allowed me to develop something of an expertise in trademark and copyright law, which was very helpful when I moved to CBS. At CBS, I handle much of the intellectual property litigation (including trademark, copyright, and more recently, patent cases) and serve as the cohead of the CBS law department’s intellectual property group.

Was there anyone along the way who mentored or influenced your work?

I have had many mentors over the years, both male and female, all of whom have provided me with guidance and positively influenced my work. Undoubtedly, my biggest mentor and role model was my mother. She attended law school when I was in high school and then became a practicing lawyer. Through her words and actions, she taught me that women can achieve anything they set their minds to and that no goal is out of reach.

What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside your career?

A s a relatively junior in-house lawyer, I supervised a defamation lawsuit involving a CBS News report that aired on “60 Minutes” (Kastrin v. CBS). The case culminated in a two-week trial in El Paso, Texas, in which the jury found in our favor. Another career highlight was working on the Aereo copyright infringement case (CBS was one of a number of broadcasters who objected to Aereo’s Internet streaming service). The case went up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the broadcasters ultimately prevailed. It was wonderful to have the chance to work with so many talented people, including many individuals at CBS, both inside and outside the CBS law department, our outside counsel, as well as my counterparts at the other networks. We achieved a great result for the company, and it is one of my proudest accomplishments. 68 |

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Kim Metrick

Director and Managing Counsel, Employment Law

WA LG R E E N CO.

Thalia Myrianthopoulos

Associate General Counsel

N O RTH W E S TE R N U N I V E RS IT Y

Meredith Ritchie

Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer A LLI A NT C R E D IT U N I O N

Sepideh Esmaili Smith

Senior Counsel of Labor & Employment C N H I N D US TR I A L

Naomi Waltman

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel C B S CO R P O R ATI O N

Monica Weed

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary N AV I G A NT CO N S U LTI N G , I N C .

Susan Zumph

First Vice President

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I became interested in the legal profession after working nearly 10 years in non-profit organizations championing educational research, reform, and services for low-income children. My parents were public school music teachers and ministers of music at our church, so my brother and I are also classically trained musicians. We sing and play several instruments. I noticed increasingly that so much of our lives was regimented by laws about which we knew little, and lawyers seemed to be perceived (for the most part) by our community members as intimidating rather than helpful. I was selected to be a community representative on the Legal Services Board of North Carolina while I was quite young and reveled in the intellectual discussion at our board meetings while worrying that many of us did not actually understand what the lawyers were staying. After five years as a “gadfly” on the board, I was encouraged by many of the lawyers to go to law school myself. And so I did. I have never regretted that decision, although I was 33 before I launched my career as an attorney.

What brought you to your specific practice area? hile clerking in the Eastern District of Michigan in the W chambers of the Hon. Anna Diggs Taylor, I enjoyed my experience so much that I thought I would love being a litigator and came to New York to pursue that dream. I since found out that I am a much better problem-solver than warrior; although I can certainly stand and do battle when I need to do so. After a stint as a litigation

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associate at a really great law firm, I was recruited by the Federal Trade Commission to a position as litigator that soon morphed into a role as a senior manager, litigation supervisor, community advocate, and intra-organizational educator. I loved having the opportunity to help people both within and without the organization and believe that all of the myriad jobs I have held helped to prepare me for the moment when I advanced from being a member of the staff to supervising the staff. While at the FTC, I learned about consumer marketing, data privacy, and security (an emerging practice area) and much, much more. I could never have imagined that I would become a social media marketing law maven. It is challenging, scary, and fun!

What is one of your proudest moments, inside or outside your career?

ne of my proudest moments is graduating from Yale O Law School in 1983, while my maternal grandmother, Mrs. Eva Belle Coleman Coles, was still alive. She had a sixth grade education, yet raised five children successfully to adulthood, all of whom obtained degrees ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctoral degrees while raising families and contributing to their communities. My grandmother was 4’ 11’’ and, in order to make sure she could see me receive my law school diploma, stood from the time they began reading names until I walked across the stage. She was 87 years old. In my mind’s eye, I can still see her standing there, waiting patiently, until my name was called. I shall never forget her. www.bestlawyers.com | 6 9

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decade ago, a small group of women attorneys in Chicago scattered among different law firms put out a small call to action: come to a meeting and share your experiences about being a woman lawyer in our city. A few weeks later, a couple dozen women found their way to a law firm conference room over a lunch hour. They began sharing their stories with one another, nodding along to shared experiences, and quickly running out of time for a conversation that had only skimmed the surface of their agenda. So, not surprisingly, from that meeting an idea was born. The women talked about the “women’s initiatives” at their own law firms. But what if those women’s initiatives worked together? Could they could accomplish more for women attorneys together than they could alone? Surely the answer was yes. From that meeting, the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law was created almost 10 years ago as a collaborative network of women’s initiatives across law firms. A law firm could join the Coalition and all of its women attorneys would have access to the shared programs, resources, and network of the Coalition. A few years later, the Coalition expanded its membership to include companies’ and non-profit organizations’ legal departments so that in-house women attorneys could participate in Coalition activities as well. Today, the Coalition is a non-profit membership association comprised of representatives of women’s initiatives in Chicago and New York area law firms and corporations. The Coalition’s mission remains the same now a decade into existence: to provide positive avenues of communication, support, networking, and career advancement for women lawyers. Any

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he “Women of Influence” awards are the result of the first-ever collaboration between the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law and Best Lawyers. Coalition members in both private and general practice submitted nominations, with each nominee named for her outstanding work in her area of expertise. Ballots were counted and evaluated by Best Lawyers publication editors, and final awards were based upon a number of factors, including number of nominations, votes, nominator feedback, editorial research, and inclusion in the 23rd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. We at Best Lawyers believe that an endorsement by one’s peers is one of the highest forms of recognition within the legal profession. We are pleased to co-host this special feature with the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law this year and look forward to its growth in years to come.

law firm or company with lawyers based in the Chicago or New York areas that are committed to addressing issues facing women lawyers in the firm or company is welcome to join the Coalition. The Coalition’s membership now includes more than 100 law firms and companies across the Chicago and New York chapters. Every year, the Coalition chapters host dozens of in-person and online programming for our members—all of which are free for our members’ attorneys and most of which provide CLE credit. Last year, the Chicago Coalition hosted more than 20 programs, including our Fourth Annual Managing Partner/ General Counsel Forum featuring Elena Kraus, the General Counsel of Walgreen Co., and our Sixth Annual Leadership Forum featuring Brigadier-General Maritza Ryan, along with more targeted programming on substantive legal issues, climbing the career jungle gym, and utilizing personality style to be a more effective leader. Meanwhile, the New York Coalition hosted nine programs in its first full year of programming, including a Women in the Courtroom panel with federal and state court women judges. Collectively, the Coalition’s programming reached more than 1,000 women attorneys in 2016 alone. The Coalition chapters grow every year—in membership and programming numbers—because of the strength and determination of the women attorneys at our member firms and companies who enthusiastically champion one another. And now as the Coalition begins its second decade, the number of Coalition chapters is growing as well with two potential new chapters already in planning stages for 2017–18. You can find out more at www.thewomenscoalition.com.

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2017 National Coalition Board of Directors • Chair: Nicole Auerbach, Valorem Law Group • Katherine Minarik, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott • Cynthia Mitchell, Seyfarth Shaw • Marcia Owens, Hamilton Thies & Lorch • Katie Rak, McGuireWoods • Christina Bost Seaton, FisherBroyles

2017 Chicago Officers

2017 New York Officers

• President: Katie Rak, McGuireWoods • Vice President: Kim Metrick, Walgreen Co. • Secretary: Jennifer Ryan, BMO Financial Group • Treasurer: Carolyn Blessing, Locke Lord • Member at Large: Anne Larson, Ogletree Deakins

• President: Cynthia Mitchell, Seyfarth Shaw • Vice President: Nneoma Maduike, Otterbourg • Treasurer: Jean Rose, Condon & Forsyth • Secretary: Mehtap Cevher Conti, Vedder Price • Member at Large: Laura Sack, Davis Wright Tremaine • Member at Large: Rekha Rangachari, American Arbitration Association

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F A M I LY L A W DENISE J. POMEROY MAXWELL H. PULLIAM, JR. STEPHEN W. SHAW JOSEPH C. SULLIVAN, JR. FAMILY L AW RONALD W. WISE LISA L. WOODS L. STEPHEN WRIGHT, JR.

ALABAMA STEPHEN R. ARNOLD ROBERT C. BARNETT J. RONALD BOYD DONALD M. BRISKMAN ROBIN L. BURRELL WILLIAM N. CLARK TERRY M. CROMER GERARD J. DURWARD ANNE LAMKIN DURWARD JOSEPH C. ESPY III GEORGE RICHARD FERNAMBUCQ CHARLES W. GORHAM JACK HELD JOHN A. HENIG, JR. HERNDON INGE III SAMMYE ODEN KOK ROBERT T. MEADOWS III J. FLOYD MINOR RANDALL W. NICHOLS J. JERRY PILGRIM

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JOHN R. BOLT BARRY L. BRODY HELEN R. DAVIS PETER ECONOMIDIS STEVEN EVERTS TODD H. FRANKS ARIS J. GALLIOS PHILIP C. GERARD CHARLES R. HALLAM FAMILY L AW JOHN E. HERRICK ROBERT A. JENSEN LEONARD KARP DANA M. LEVY DAVID H. LIEBERTHAL LEONARD J. MARK KATHLEEN A. MCCARTHY JEFFREY G. POLLITT DESHON PULLEN MITCHELL REICHMAN LEONCE A. RICHARD PAUL G. SCHMIDT ROBERT L. SCHWARTZ STEVEN M. SERRANO STEPHEN SMITH SUSAN M. SWICK W. PATRICK TRAYNOR STEVEN D. WOLFSON

GRENADIER, STARACE, DUFFETT & LEVI, PC,

ith over 30 years of collective ex p e r i e n ce, t h e l a w ye r s of Grenadier, Starace, Duffett & Levi, PC, know that family law cases are always best served by lawyers who not only have the skill to build client trust and use good judgment, but genuinely care about each client’s individual concerns. Grenadier, Starace, Duffett & Levi. P.C. handles, exclusively, family law matters, including: divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, property distribution, and routinely negotiates both pre- and postmarital agreements. T h e f i r m’s t wo m o s t s e n i o r partners, Ilona Grenadier and Arlene Starace, each with over 30 years of experience, have been recognized

by Best Lawyers®, Washingtonian magazine, and Super Lawyers for their success in handling family law matters. Both have earned the highest rating (AV Preeminent) from Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Grenadier is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Law yer s. M s. Starace has an active collaborative divorce practice for those clients who prefer to resolve their disputes out of the courtroom. Whether you decide to pursue litigation, negotiation, mediation, or collaborative divorce options, the attorneys at Grenadier, Starace, Duffett & Levi, PC, will use their experience and expertise to guide you to a successful resolution either in or out of the courtroom.

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COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW FREDERICK J. GLASSMAN KAREN HELLER BERDY SHANNON MILES AMY RODNEY PAULINE H. TESLER

ALASKA

JENNIFER M. COUGHLIN JENNIFER L. HOLLAND LYNDA A. LIMON JANET D. PLATT

CALIFORNIA

ARIS J. GALLIOS

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION ROBIN L. BURRELL TERRY M. CROMER SAMMYE ODEN KOK

GARY B. ROGERS JACK WAGONER III

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MARGARET L. ANDERSON RONALD W. ANTEAU JESSICA F. ARNER ANDREA FUGATE BALIAN BRIGEDA D. BANK DANIEL RICHARD BARBAKOW JULIE R. BARNES BRUCE M. BEALS ROBERT A. BENAVENTE RICHARD C. BERRA CINDY FRAZIER BILSBOROUGH MICHÈLE M. BISSADA NORDIN F. BLACKER SHARON ANN BLANCHET ROBERT E. BLEVANS LORIN B. BLUM ROBERT C. BRANDT SHARON M. BRAZ STEVEN ERNEST BRIGGS RONALD F. BROT FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION MEREDITH L. BROWN SHARON A. BRYAN MITCHELL REICHMAN GLENN S. BUZARD DALE CASTLE FAMILY L AW MEDIATION KIM W. CHEATUM CLIFFORD ROSS CHERNICK BARRY L. BRODY BRUCE A. CLEMENS PETER ECONOMIDIS KRISTINE COLBURN ARIS J. GALLIOS CATHERINE A. CONNER CHARLES R. HALLAM BRUCE E. COOPERMAN PAMELA A. LIBERTY JOSEPH P. CRAWFORD MARIE MENDELSON PICCARRETA JENNIFER CRUM ROBERT L. SCHWARTZ GORDON D. CRUSE JUDITH M. WOLF J. NICHOLAS CUNEO JUDITH ANNE CURTIN GARRETT C. DAILEY PATRICK DECAROLIS, JR. ROBERT P. DES JARDINS ANTHONY S. DICK THOMAS PAINE DUNLAP FAMILY L AW CHRISTOPHER F. EMLEY HILDY L. FENTIN MARCIA BARNES WALLACE S. FINGERETT BARRY E. COPLIN BOBETTE FLEISHMAN STEPHEN C. ENGSTROM JOHN A. FOLEY CARROL ANN HICKS JUDITH R. FORMAN SAM HILBURN A. KATHRYN FOX HENRY HODGES NEIL H. FREEDMAN JUDSON C. KIDD MANLEY FREID DAVID R. MATTHEWS IAN F. GASTON HARRY TRUMAN MOORE MICHAEL H. GAZIN BRYAN J. REIS SAUL M. GELBART

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e live in distressing times, where the divorce rate is the highest in the history of California and America overall. Therefore, it is important to be familiar with child support and child custody laws even if you are in a happy relationship. Understanding the law doesn’t mean you are looking for alternatives but preparing yourself in case bad times come your way in the near or far future.

A Child’s Best Interest Understanding custody issues in California courts.

BY ELIZABETH YANG California family law has been incorporated in order to settle all such disputes, as California is a community property state. Community states declare that the property be equally divided among two spouses at the time of divorce/separation in case a prenuptial document has not been signed. Some salient features, along with general misconception in the mind of the masses, have been discussed in order to educate parents of today about their legal rights. Some of the features include:

Best interest of the children.

All legal documents pertaining to the California state laws in regards to child support and child custody point toward one thing: that the interest of the child’s health, well-being, and psychological needs is the number one priority in any legal dispute in all California courts. It is the parent’s obligation to give financial and moral support to their child for that child’s interest, even after divorce.

Moms always win legal battles.

The general perception that prevails in society is that the best care for a child can only be done by the female. However, recent court rulings have busted this myth, because the best interest of the child comes first and the gender of the parent comes later. For instance, breastfeeding moms in some cases have been asked to pump milk in order for the dads to feed their children if custody is

given to the fathers by the court. Therefore, the best interest of the child is kept first, which usually gives 50/50 custody to both parents, barring issues that may arise while hearing the case.

Only money wins custody.

It is also a common belief that the parent who earns the most money will automatically be granted custody of the child. This is certainly not the case, since many other factors are considered before the custody decision is made by the court. The law usually allows for 50/50 custody in normal cases. However, in a case where negligence or abuse is proved toward the child, the custody will be completely given to the non-abusive parent.

Child support is calculated on salary only.

Child support is not calculated only by salary. It is usually calculated by the DissoMaster, which is a computer program that calculates the amount of child support that has to be paid based on different inputs. These inputs include income, custody time, schooling charges, and certain other expenses. A recent trend indicates that parents are contesting child custody because it is cheaper than child support in a state like California. This is against the interest of the child and is usually considered a crime according to state laws if a parent doesn’t fulfill the rights of their child after separation.

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DONNA T. GIBBS LARRY A. GINSBERG WILLIAM J. GLUCKSMAN GARY S. GORCZYCA MARC H. GRADSTEIN RONALD S. GRANBERG BELINDA HANSON JOHN E. HARDING J. WILLIAM HARGREAVES BARRY T. HARLAN SUZANNE HARRIS WARREN E. HAVILAND KAREN M. HEFFRON CAMILLE H. HEMMER JAMES A. HENNENHOEFER DANIEL C. HERBERT LIONEL P. HERNHOLM, JR. GREGORY W. HERRING NEAL RAYMOND HERSH MARJORIE A. HUNTINGTON RICHARD V. HYATT DANIEL J. JAFFE GREGORY F. JILKA ROBERT S. KAUFMAN ANNE C. KILEY DENA KLEEMAN STEPHEN A. KOLODNY LAURENCE A. KUTINSKY JANET BLEDSOE LACY LAURA S. LANDESMAN CRAIG B. LEEDS ALEXANDRA LEICHTER NICHOLAS A. LETO, JR. SARAH H. LEVERETT

ROGER J. LEWIS PETER G. LOEWENSTEIN S. MICHAEL LOVE DAVID M. LUBOFF SHARON F. MAH MELANIE D. MANDLES JOHN E. MANOOGIAN MARY J. MARTINELLI DEBORAH J. MARX JOHN S. MAY SANDRA L. MAYBERRY JOHN P. MCCALL GERALD L. MCMAHON CHRISTOPHER C. MELCHER LISA HELFEND MEYER LAURA H. MILLER HEATHER L. MILLIGAN STEVEN A. MINDEL MARK E. MINYARD STEPHEN J. MONTALVO CHRISTOPHER M. MOORE DONELLE C. MORGAN MICHAEL A. MORRIS SANDRA JOAN MORRIS BARBARA W. MOSER LAWRENCE A. MOSKOWITZ ANE R. MURPHY LANA L. NORRIS ROBERT J. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HAIR JAMES R. PARKE LEE C. PEARCE NANCY PERKOVICH SHERRY J. PETERSON LAUREN S. PETKIN

Kuder, Smollar, Friedman & Mihalik, PC

For nearly 40 years, the aaorneys of Kuder, Smollar, Friedman & Mihalik have been recognized as leading family lawyers in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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STACY D. PHILLIPS GERALD J. PHILLIPS PAMELA E. PIERSON ROBERT C. REDDING DIANA E. RICHMOND SCOTT K. ROBINSON AMY RODNEY RONALD D. ROSEN RONALD A. ROSENFELD ANDREW ROSS WILLIAM S. RYDEN LEE W. SALISBURY JOHN R. SCHILLING JASON M. SCHWARTZ DONALD P. SCHWEITZER PHILIP G. SEASTROM LONNIE K. SEIDE RICHARD M. SHACK PHILIP S. SILVESTRI MADELEINE SIMBORG STACI C. SIMONTON MARNIE SMITH NEVILLE K. SPADAFORE KRISTI COTTON SPENCE LANCE S. SPIEGEL JOSEPH P. SPIRITO, JR. THOMAS P. STABILE JOHN F. STALEY HAROLD J. STANTON ELEANOR ANN STEGMEIER MARC M. STERN JANIS K. STOCKS NANETTE S. STRINGER ELLEN WINICK STROSS JEFF M. STURMAN LOWELL H. SUCHERMAN FAHI TAKESH HALLIN JOHN H. TANNENBERG NANCY A. TAYLOR EDWARD J. THOMAS SUZIE S. THORN SORRELL TROPE MARLO VAN OORSCHOT STEPHEN JAMES WAGNER JENNIFER F. WALD GRETCHEN M. WALLACKER PETER M. WALZER DENNIS M. WASSER LAURA A. WASSER FERN Z. WENDER SCOTT N. WESTON JACQUELINE A. WHISNANT WILLIAM F. WHITING ROBERT C. WOOD D. THOMAS WOODRUFF

JANIS K. STOCKS HEIDI S. TUFFIAS

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REBECCA C. ALEXANDER FEDERICO C. ALVAREZ DEBORAH ANDERSON MARTIN DAVID BROWN E. MICHAEL CANGES DIANE MICHELE CARLTON CYNTHIA L. CIANCIO JOHN B. CICCOLELLA PATRICIA A. COOPER MARY JANE COX LISA M. DAILEY FRANK A. DEVINCENT MICHAEL F. DIMANNA STEVEN B. EPSTEIN JENNIFER G. FEINGOLD FRANCES C. FONTANA LOYCE A. FORREST JORDAN M. FOX PETER L. FRANKLIN TED D. GARDENSWARTZ STEPHEN J. HARHAI ROBERT T. HINDS, JR. KATHLEEN ANN HOGAN WILLIAM L. HUNNICUTT DAVID M. JOHNSON ROBERT C. KAUFMAN JAMES J. KEIL, JR. TERRANCE R. KELLY MARY KELLY ROBERT E. KENDIG DAVID A. LAMB STEVEN C. LASS MARK F. LEONARD RONALD LITVAK LAWRENCE LITVAK STEVE MCBRIDE FRANK L. MCGUANE JR. TIMOTHY R.J. MEHRTENS DENISE K. MILLS MICHAEL E. MINER LESLEIGH WIGGS MONAHAN MARIE AVERY MOSES JOHN G. OTTO NEETI PAWAR GARY L. POLIDORI DIANA L. POWELL FAMILY L AW MEDIATION CATHERINE PUTTMANN JERREMY M. RAMP RICHARD J. ROTOLE RICHARD C. BERRA MEGAN M. SHERR CLIFFORD ROSS CHERNICK PAULA J. SMITH GORDON D. CRUSE TODD A. STAHLY WILLIAM B. DOTY BRENDA L. STOREY HILDY L. FENTIN JOHN H. TATLOCK A. KATHRYN FOX MARTHA M. TIERNEY FRANKLIN R. GARFIELD TIMOTHY B. WALKER FREDERICK J. GLASSMAN GINA B. WEITZENKORN RONALD S. GRANBERG DANIEL A. WEST J. WILLIAM HARGREAVES KIMBERLY R. WILLOUGHBY JAMES A. HENNENHOEFER RICHARD I. ZUBER MICHELLE KATZ SANDRA L. MAYBERRY JOAN PATSY OSTROY FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION DIANA E. RICHMOND SCOTT K. ROBINSON ROBERT T. HINDS, JR. RONALD A. ROSENFELD CATHERINE PUTTMANN MADELEINE SIMBORG RICHARD J. ROTOLE NEVILLE K. SPADAFORE MEGAN M. SHERR KRISTI COTTON SPENCE

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Attention Business Ow ners:

CONSIDER A PRENUPTIAL AGR EEMENT BY MOLLIE G. CAPLIS

f you are a business owner contemplating marriage and you are under the impression that your business is “off limits” in the event of a divorce, you may be subjecting yourself and your business to a huge risk.

le s i A e h t n w o D Walk o t n a l P u o Y If

Just because you own a business prior to marriage does not necessarily mean that you will be able to protect it against a claim by your spouse in a divorce. Where the value of a business increases during the marriage, the appreciated value may be included when a court decides issues relating to the equitable distribution of marital property. Normally, an asset owned by a spouse prior to the marriage or an asset acquired by inheritance or gift from a third party is considered non-marital property. (See Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 8–201[e][3][i]– [ii].) Non-marital property is not included in the marital estate that is subject to equitable distribution. In Maryland, however, the law allows a spouse to claim an interest in the appreciation of non-marital property under some circumstances. When one or both spouses actively work to enhance the value of non-marital property, such as a family-owned business, a marital increase to non-marital property may occur. In this scenario, the appreciated value of the business may be deemed marital property, which in turn would be included in the marital estate for the purpose of a monetary award. In Merriken v. Merriken, 87 Md. App. 522, 535 (1991), the Maryland Court of Special Appeals explained, “We define the value of the inherited property as the value that the property held at the time it was inherited, or such value as it has acquired by virtue of passive appreciation. Insofar as the value of inherited property is increased by the expenditure of marital funds for its upkeep and/or development, the amount of such increase or accretion is marital and therefore is to be included in the monetary award.” Not all increases in value to nonmarital property during a marriage are considered marital, however. When appreciation in value occurs without any effort from either spouse during the marriage, such

a “passive” increase is considered a non-marital increase to non-marital property. While the principle of active versus passive appreciation seems relatively straightforward, these types of cases are complicated by the difficult burden of proof. If a spouse claims that there has been marital appreciation to non-marital property, he or she must prove that the value of the business has increased since the date of marriage and that such increase was the product of active efforts by one or both spouses. Business valuation experts are often needed to establish the value of the business both at the time of marriage and at the time of divorce. Further, spouses frequently offer dueling versions of facts to explain why a business appreciated in value over the course of a marriage. To protect yourself from the risk that a court may find that the appreciation of your business constitutes marital property, consider entering into a prenuptial agreement. Among other things, a prenuptial agreement can be used to resolve the property rights of spouses in the event of divorce. Indeed, the Maryland legislature recognized the use of prenuptial agreements when it allowed for an asset to be excluded as marital property “by valid agreement.” (See Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 8–201[e][3][iii].) While the terms of a prenuptial agreement are subject to negotiation, it is conceivable that a spouse can waive all interest in the other spouse’s business interests, including any appreciation in value regardless of whether such increase resulted from active or passive efforts. So if you are a business owner planning to get married, consider a prenuptial agreement as a way to avoid the uncertainty, stress, and expense that litigation may inevitably cause to your business.

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ANNE C. DRANGINIS CYNTHIA L. CIANCIO WAYNE D. EFFRON MICHAEL F. DIMANNA SARAH D. ELDRICH ELIZABETH HENSON MICHAEL A. FASANO, SR. DANIEL C. HIMELSPACH GAETANO FERRO ROBERT T. HINDS, JR. CARLO FORZANI WILLIAM L. HUNNICUTT CYNTHIA COULTER GEORGE MARY KELLY DAVID W. GRIFFIN LESLIE M. LAWSON KATE W. HAAKONSEN JOAN H. MCWILLIAMS JOCELYN B. HURWITZ STEVEN MEYRICH RICHARD G. KENT RICHARD J. ROTOLE WM. BRUCE LOUDEN BONNIE M.J. SCHRINER ELLEN B. LUBELL HELEN C. SHREVES AMY CALVO MACNAMARA LINDA L. MARIANI LEE MARLOW MORTON E. MARVIN MICHAEL A. MEYERS LYNDA MUNRO ANDREW P. NEMIROFF COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY EDWARD NUSBAUM L AW SARAH S. OLDHAM THOMAS P. PARRINO KATE W. HAAKONSEN RACHEL PENCU ANTHONY A. PIAZZA FAMILY L AW GERALD A. ROISMAN KENNETH B. RUBIN RICHARD L. ALBRECHT ARNOLD H. RUTKIN ELAINE S. AMENDOLA LOUISE T. TRUAX CAMPBELL BARRETT AIDAN R. WELSH JANET BATTEY JEAN L. WELTY JILL BLOMBERG CHRISTINE M. WHITEHEAD ANNMARIE P. BRIONES

CONNECTICUT

Robert F. Kohlman

Deanna S. Shifrin

Robert O. Dugan

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION ALBERT G. CARUANA KATE W. HAAKONSEN KENNETH B. RUBIN

DELAWARE FAMILY L AW CURTIS P. BOUNDS SHAWN DOUGHERTY JENNIFER A. HARTNETT CLAY T. JESTER GRETCHEN S. KNIGHT KATHRYN J. LAFFEY

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW PAUL R. SMOLLAR

FAMILY L AW SANFORD K. AIN BARBARA BURR STEPHEN J. CULLEN JONATHAN M. DANA DARRYL A. FELDMAN SUSAN M. FRIEDMAN ANNE MARIE JACKSON ARMIN U. KUDER RICHARD A. LEVIE ROBERT C. LIOTTA THERESA M. MIHALIK MARY S. PENCE WENDY H. SCHWARTZ LAUREN E. SHEA PAUL R. SMOLLAR ALAN B. SOSCHIN MARNA S. TUCKER SARAH J. ZIMMERMAN

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION ARMIN U. KUDER

FLORIDA Emily M. Bradfute

Jeannie M. Etter

Robin S. Buckner

COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW JESSE J. BENNETT, JR. KY M. KOCH

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BRENDA M. ABRAMS KRISTIN ADAMSON WENDY L. AIKIN LINDA A. BAILEY BERT BARCLAY ANTHONY J. BARRANCO, JR. HAROLD BLUESTEIN MARC H. BRAWER JOEL H. BROWN GORDON C. BRYDGER ALEXANDER CABALLERO VICTORIA A. CALEBRESE

JORGE M. CESTERO DEBORAH S. CHAMES JOHN T. CHRISTIANSEN LARRY K. COLEMAN MICHELE K. CUMMINGS ALBERT J. DATZ LAWRENCE C. DATZ MAYANNE DOWNS ELAINE N. DUGGAR JEANNIE M. ETTER TERRY L. FOGEL DORI FOSTER-MORALES JENNIFER C. FRANK BARRY S. FRANKLIN STANN W. GIVENS PETER L. GLADSTONE KENNETH A. GORDON RACHEL A. GORENFLO CARYN M. GREEN CYNTHIA L. GREENE RALEIGH W. GREENE III MARTIN L. HAINES III NANCY HUTCHESON HARRIS WILLIAM T. HAVERFIELD II JOHN FRASER HIMES JOSEPH HUNT LUIS E. INSIGNARES SAMUEL S. JACOBSON JAMES P. JUDKINS LEWIS KAPNER MITCHELL K. KARPF KIM L. KASZUBA JAMES P. KNOX KY M. KOCH GERALD I. KORNREICH MAURICE JAY KUTNER ANDREW M. LEINOFF NATALIE S. LEMOS MARK T. LUTTIER DAVID A. MANEY MIRIAM E. MASON MARIAN P. MCCULLOCH CHARLES FOX MILLER JAMES FOX MILLER RICHARD C. MILSTEIN C. RICHARD NAIL SHANNON L. NOVEY JEROME M. NOVEY YUEH-MEI KIM NUTTER EDITH G. OSMAN REBECCA L. PALMER CARIN MARIE PORRAS THOMAS L. POWELL RICHARD J. PREIRA ELIANE I. PROBASCO MARK RABINOWITZ JAMES G. ROBERTS JONATHAN S. ROOT ALAN J. RUBINSTEIN RONALD J. RUSSO ANDREW L. SALVAGE DALE R. SANDERS N. LEE SASSER, JR. THOMAS J. SASSER THOMAS J. SCHULTE, JR. DEANNA S. SHIFRIN ROBERT W. SIDWEBER CAROLINE BLACK SIKORSKE LAURA DAVIS SMITH MARCIA SOTO ROBERTA G. STANLEY EDDIE E. STEPHENS III WILLIAM H. STOLBERG JEANNE T. TATE JACQUELINE M. VALDESPINO BETH T. VOGELSANG JAIME L. WALLACE MICHAEL R. WALSH

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MICHAEL P. WALSH PHILIP S. WARTENBERG BARRY M. WAYNE NANCY S. WEBER JEFFREY A. WEISSMAN RICHARD D. WEST RALPH WHITE, JR. ELLIOT ZISSER

JEFFREY B. BOGART ROBERT D. BOYD J. STEPHEN CLIFFORD JOHN L. COLLAR JR. GERALD DAVIDSON, JR. HYLTON B. DUPREE JR. SHIEL G. EDLIN DAVID A. GARFINKEL GWENN DORB HOLLAND FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION H. MARTIN HUDDLESTON K. PAUL JOHNSON R. SCOT KRAEUTER REBECCA L. PALMER NANCY F. LAWLER FAMILY L AW MEDIATION JONATHAN R. LEVINE ELIZABETH GREEN LINDSEY BARRY B. MCGOUGH RALEIGH W. GREENE III TIMOTHY S. MIRSHAK RICHARD J. PREIRA RICHARD M. NOLEN N. LEE SASSER, JR. CHRISTOPHER D. OLMSTEAD TAMLYN SBAR B. WAYNE PHILLIPS NANCY S. WEBER TERA REESE-BEISBIER ALISON C. WEINGER MELODY RICHARDSON JEFFREY A. WEISSMAN TINA SHADIX RODDENBERY RICHARD W. SCHIFFMAN, JR. ALVAH O. SMITH STEPHEN C. STEELE CARLA F. STERN KICE H. STONE FAMILY L AW JONATHAN J. TUGGLE C. WILBUR WARNER, JR. MARK C. WILBY THOMAS F. ALLGOOD, JR. EMILY S. BAIR EDWARD E. BATES, JR. R. SCOTT BERRYMAN

GEORGIA

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION HYLTON B. DUPREE JR. LINDA WADE GETTLE JAMES E. HOLMES SUSAN A. HURST M. T. SIMMONS JR. F. MARIAN WEEKS JEANNE DIANE WOODS

FAMILY L AW JAMES A. BEVIS DEBRHA J. CARNAHAN DAVID D. GOSS JEAN R. URANGA STANLEY W. WELSH

HAWAII FAMILY L AW WILLIAM C. DARRAH GEOFFREY HAMILTON CHARLES T. KLEINTOP EDWARD R. LEBB ROSALYN LOOMIS TIMOTHY LURIA STEPHANIE A. REZENTS JOHN W. SCHMIDTKE, JR.

IDAHO

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION DAVID D. GOSS JEAN R. URANGA

ILLINOIS COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW MARGARET A. BENNETT JAMES H. FELDMAN

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION JENNIFER M. FLETCHALL JAMES K. HOENIG

CARLTON R. MARCYAN ISABEL M. MILLARD BRIGITTE SCHMIDT BELL JASON N. SPOSEEP

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FAMILY L AW ROBERTA S. BATLEY SARAH E. BENNETT JULIE BISHOP JANET E. CLOW VIRGINIA RUTH DUGAN JON A. FEDER JAN B. GILMAN-TEPPER MICHAEL J. GOLDEN KATHRIN M. KINZER-ELLINGTON SANDRA MORGAN LITTLE BRIAN SHOEMAKER GRETCHEN WALTHER DAVID L. WALTHER KATHRYN WISSEL JULIE A. WITTENBERGER

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ALTON L. ABRAMOWITZ JOAN CASILIO ADAMS FRANCIS C. AFFRONTI RICHARD B. ALDERMAN EDWARD B. ALDERMAN ELEANOR B. ALTER GRACE MARIE ANGE MICHAEL J. ANGELO DAVID ARONSON BRIAN J. BARNEY SUSAN L. BENDER JOEL C. BENDER HENRY S. BERMAN PETER BIENSTOCK PETER O. BODNAR JON W. BRENIZER ROBERT H. BRODRICK PETER E. BRONSTEIN SUZANNE L. BRUNSTING KENNETH D. BURROWS THOMAS R. CASSANO MARILYN B. CHINITZ BERNARD E. CLAIR ROBERT STEPHAN COHEN MITCHELL Y. COHEN BRUNO COLAPIETRO RICHARD G. CURTIS JOAN A. DE R. O’BYRNE ELEANOR M. DECOURSEY MICHAEL H. DIKMAN ROBERT Z. DOBRISH SHARON L. DYER SAUL EDELSTEIN NINA S. EPSTEIN MYRNA FELDER SAMUEL J. FERRARA VINCENT M. FERRERO DEBORAH K. FIELD PETER J. FIORELLA, JR. BARRY J. FISHER JENIFER J. FOLEY DONALD FRANK IRA E. GARR CARMAN M. GARUFI STEPHEN GASSMAN JOHN A. GEMELLI DONNA M. GENOVESE HARLAN B. GINGOLD SYLVIA GOLDSCHMIDT ELYSE S. GOLDWEBER RONNIE GOUZ PATRICIA A. GRANT JAD GREIFER NINA S. GROSS BARBARA E. HANDSCHU MICHELLE L. HASKIN RICHARD L. HAUSE

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LEWIS J. HEISMAN CHERYL M. HELFER NORMAN S. HELLER WILLIAM C. HERMAN CHARLES P. INCLIMA SOPHIE JACOBI-PARISI STEPHEN M. JACOBSTEIN PAMELA J. JENSON PHILIP C. JOHNSON MARTIN T. JOHNSON LEIGH BASEHEART KAHN ELENA KARABATOS MICHELE A. KATZ CARL A. KIEPER GLENN S. KOOPERSMITH DEBORAH E. LANS ALLAN D. MANTEL DONALD J. MARTIN CHRISTOPHER S. MATTINGLY ALLAN E. MAYEFSKY HAROLD A. MAYERSON KEVIN M. MCDONOUGH CHARLES J. MCEVILY LYDIA A. MILONE MICHAEL A. MOSBERG ROBERT H. MOSES GREGORY J. MOTT JAMES J. NOLLETTI PATRICK C. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;REILLY PAUL D. PEARSON RONALD A. PHILLIPS MARK I. PLAINE KAREN M. PLATT STANLEY PLESENT JUDITH L. POLLER ROBERT M. PRESTON SEYMOUR J. REISMAN JAMES P. RENDA KIETH I. RIEGER SHEILA G. RIESEL KAREN L. ROBARGE LEE ROSENBERG KAREN B. ROSENTHAL HOWARD P. ROY DEBRA L. RUBIN ELLIOT D. SAMUELSON ELLIOTT SCHEINBERG STEPHEN W. SCHLISSEL BENJAMIN E. SCHUB DONALD L. SCHUCK ERIC A. SEIFF DAVID M. SIEGAL MICHAEL S. SINICKI PAMELA M. SLOAN DIANE STEINER VINCENT F. STEMPEL, JR. MICHAEL D. STUTMAN DONALD M. SUKLOFF AJ TEMSAMANI ERIC A. TEPPER MARA T. THORPE MICHELE D. TORTORELLI PAUL A. VANCE MARCY L. WACHTEL BRUCE J. WAGNER JUDITH E. WHITE ELLIOT J. WIENER KENNETH B. WILENSKY JAMES R. WINKLER ADAM JOHN WOLFF HOWARD J. WORONOV ERIC I. WRUBEL NELSON F. ZAKIA ANDREA ZIEGELMAN JOHN F. ZULACK

BARRY J. FISHER JACQUELINE NEWMAN AMY SALTZMAN

JAYE MEYER CHARLES H. MONTGOMERY FRED M. MORELOCK BARBARA R. MORGENSTERN GENA G. MORRIS JOHN F. MORROW JOHN W. NARRON WILLIAM A. PARKER G. EDGAR PARKER COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY JOHN HILL PARKER L AW DAVID C. PISHKO SCOTT T. POLLARD HILLARY D. WHITAKER ROBERT A. PONTON, JR. CARLTON S. PRICKETT, JR. FAMILY L AW JOHNATHAN L. RHYNE, JR. JULIANNE ROTHERT MARY CRAVEN ADAMS MARIANA G. RUSSELL D. CALDWELL BAREFOOT, JR. THOMAS R. SALLENGER JIMMY H. BARNHILL DEBORAH SANDLIN MONTY C. BECK CHASE B. SAUNDERS SHELBY D. BENTON MICHAEL F. SCHILAWSKI M. DOUGLAS BERRY COURTNEY HAMER SMITH ROBERT S. BLAIR, JR. MARC W. SOKOL HEIDI C. BLOOM RICHARD D. STEPHENS JOHN A. BOWMAN TATE K. STERRETT KIMBERLY W. BRYAN ROBIN J. STINSON LYNN P. BURLESON ROSE H. STOUT ANDREA N. CAPUA ALICE C. STUBBS LEE M. CECIL S. NICOLE TAYLOR CHARLES W. CLANTON SHARON THOMPSON CARY E. CLOSE LORION M. VITALE CHARLES W. COLTRANE ALFRED D. WARD, JR. MICHELLE CONNELL LANA S. WARLICK FRED G. CRUMPLER, JR. S. REED WARREN JOSLIN DAVIS KARY C. WATSON RENNY W. DEESE HILLARY D. WHITAKER WILLIAM K. DIEHL, JR. ELISE M. WHITLEY MICHAEL W. DRYE CAROLYN J. WOODRUFF WILLIAM S. DURR WILEY P. WOOTEN A. DOYLE EARLY, JR. JACOB EHRMANN FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION CALEIGH H. EVANS MARILYN FEUCHS-MARKER J. GREGORY HATCHER KATHERINE WIGGINS FISHER N. JOANNE FOIL FAMILY L AW MEDIATION KATHERINE FRYE CAROLE S. GAILOR M. DOUGLAS BERRY JOSEPH J. GATTO ROBERT S. BLAIR, JR. NANCY L. GRACE JOHN A. BOWMAN C. RAY GRANTHAM, JR. CHARLES W. COLTRANE SUSAN H. GRAY MICHAEL W. DRYE HOWARD L. GUM WILLIAM O. KING DORIAN H. GUNTER JOHN W. KIRKMAN, JR. MONICA R. GUY FRED M. MORELOCK DEBORAH J. HALVORSEN BARBARA R. MORGENSTERN ROBERT P. HANNER II TATE K. STERRETT JAMES WADE HARRISON ROBIN J. STINSON J. GREGORY HATCHER KATHRYN K. HATFIELD FRED A. HICKS ELIZABETH T. HODGES KATHERINE S. HOLLIDAY EVAN HORWITZ J. RANDAL HUNTER FAMILY L AW JILL SCHNABEL JACKSON ELIZABETH J. JAMES DAVID R. BLISS STEPHANIE T. JENKINS JERILYNN BRANTNER ADAMS WILLIAM W. JORDAN JAMES R. BROTHERS ALICIA JURNEY MAUREEN HOLMAN K. MITCHELL KELLING SCOTT D. JENSEN WILLIAM O. KING CAROL E. JOHNSON JOHN W. KIRKMAN, JR. SHERRY MILLS MOORE G. RUSSELL KORNEGAY III JON B. KURTZ JAMES W. LEA III STEVEN D. MANSBERY FAMILY L AW MEDIATION JOHN M. MARTIN PATRICK S. MCCROSKEY LYNN MCNALLY SUZANNE L. BRUNSTING

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW MARY J. BIACSI MAURICE O. WHITE

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION GREGORY L. ADAMS DEBORAH AKERS-PARRY JUDE THADDEUS AUBRY ANTHONY AUTEN GERALD J. BABBITT ROBERT J. BEHAL WILLIAM R. BIVIANO RANDAL S. BLOCH PHYLLIS G. BOSSIN ROBERT H. BROWN DAVID E. BUTZ JAMES S. CAHN PETER T. CAHOON JOHN K. DAGGETT PAUL B. DAIKER WILLIAM A. DECENSO DEANNA L. DIPETTA JOHN M. DOHNER ELLEN ESSIG WILLIAM S. FRIEDMAN SCOTT N. FRIEDMAN SALLEE M. FRY SARAH J. GABINET CHRISTOPHER GEER RALPH P. GINOCCHIO CHARLES E. GRISI ANDREW S. GROSSMAN JEFFREY A. GROSSMAN R. CHRIS HARBOLD JILL L. HAYES JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN GUY M. HILD BARBARA J. HOWARD BRUCE A. HUNTER FREDERICK M. ISAAC SUZANNE M. JAMBE KEITH R. KEARNEY AMY M. KEATING AIMEE L. KELLER JACQUELINE KEMP JAMES R. KIRKLAND THOMAS J. LAFOND EUGENE B. LEWIS JEFFERSON EDWARD LISTON JAMES A. LOEB CHARLES D. LOWE RANDAL A. LOWRY JAMES G. MANNOS DENISE M. MIRMAN CARL A. MURWAY NORMAN J. OGILVIE, JR. DAVID WADE PECK CHRISTOPHER R. REYNOLDS JONATHAN A. RICH RON L. RIMELSPACH ELLEN B. RITTGERS ADRIENNE J. ROACH JEFFREY M. ROLLMAN GARY M. ROSEN BETH I. SILVERMAN JAMES R. SKIRBUNT SHERRI GOREN SLOVIN BRIAN A. SOMMERS JOHN L. STRAUB TIMOTHY A. TEPE CRAIG P. TRENEFF DOUGLAS W. WARNOCK AMY J. WEIS www.bestlawyers.com | 8 3

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JOHN R. WERREN MARSHALL J. WOLF ANDREW A. ZASHIN

FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION ERIC LAUBACHER

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION BEATRICE V. LARSEN DAVID WADE PECK SHERRI GOREN SLOVIN

OKLAHOMA COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW MOURA A. J. ROBERTSON

FAMILY L AW PAUL E. BLEVINS ALLEN CAMPBELL THOMAS J. DANIEL IV SAMUEL P. DANIEL, JR. RICHARD J. EAGLETON HEATHER FLYNN EARNHART NICHOLLE JONES EDWARDS ARNOLD D. FAGIN ROBERT G. FRY, JR. JOHN W. GILE P. WARREN GOTCHER JAMES R. GOTWALS BRADLEY A. GRUNDY JON L. HESTER N. SCOTT JOHNSON JAMES A. KIRK RONALD W. LITTLE LAURA MCCONNELL-CORBYN MICHAEL L. MULLINS CATHERINE H. PETERSEN MOURA A. J. ROBERTSON DEBORAH C. SHALLCROSS CHRISTOPHER D. SZLICHTA CAROLYN S. THOMPSON DAVID TRACY RICHARD A. WAGNER II

GILBERT B. FEIBLEMAN ZACHARY J. FRUCHTENGARTEN RICHARD W. FUNK CHARLES D. GAZZOLA DAVID C. GEARING JULIA M. HAGAN LAUREL P. HOOK WILLIAM J. HOWE III DAVID E. HULL JOEL J. KENT ERIC C. LARSON BRADLEY C. LECHMAN-SU JEFFREY S. MATTHEWS ALBERT A. MENASHE SHAWN N. MENASHE RUTH E. PEKELDER KIMBERLY QUACH LAURA E. RACKNER KATHRYN S. ROOT TED E. RUNSTEIN RICK A. SATURN PAUL SAUCY WILLIAM F. SCHULTE, JR. ANNELISA SMITH SCOTT SORENSEN-JOLINK MARSHAL P. SPECTOR TODD L. VAN RYSSELBERGHE ROBIN J. WRIGHT MICHAEL A. YATES GARY J. ZIMMER

WILLIAM L. GOLDMAN, JR. HARRY J. GRUENER NED HARK J. PAUL HELVY DAVID N. HOFSTEIN KENNETH J. HOROHO, JR. JOHN C. HOWETT, JR. KRISTEN HUMPHREY NEIL HUROWITZ MARGARET P. JOY MARGARET KLAW CANDICE L. KOMAR DAVID L. LADOV SAUL LEVIT JAMES E. MAHOOD CAROL S. MILLS MCCARTHY MARY K. MCDONALD SANDRA L. MEILTON CHARLES J. MEYER MARK A. MOMJIAN HILLARY MOONAY C. KURT MULZET COLLEEN M. NEARY BETHANY L. NOTARO DAVID S. POLLOCK MICHAEL A. RAFFAELE MARY SUE RAMSDEN DAVID S. RASNER REID B. ROBERTS MELAINE SHANNON ROTHEY JACK A. ROUNICK FAMILY L AW MEDIATION CHARLES C. SHAINBERG LORI K. SHEMTOB JAMIE SPERO J. MICHAEL DWYER DONALD F. SPRY II JOSHUA D. KADISH DAVID J. STEERMAN JAMES P. O’CONNOR WILLIAM L. STEINER WILLIAM F. SCHULTE, JR. MICHAEL R. SWEENEY SHARON A. WILLIAMS ANDREW TAYLOR BRIAN C. VERTZ KATHLEEN BILOTTA VETRANO MICHAEL L. VIOLA MEGAN E. WATSON ROBERT I. WHITELAW COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY JEFFREY M. WILLIAMS L AW CHERYL L. YOUNG

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION MARK O. ANDREWS BOBBY H. MANN, JR. ROBERT N. ROSEN JAMES C. SARRATT THOMAS W. TRAXLER AMOS A. WORKMAN

SOUTH DAKOTA COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW KRISTINE K. O’CONNELL

PENNSYLVANIA

LEA E. ANDERSON JONI J. BERNER DEBRA DENISON CANTOR MARK GUBINSKY MARGARET KLAW

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION STEPHEN J. ANDERER LEA E. ANDERSON CHARLES J. AVALLI MASON AVRIGIAN, SR. TODD M. BEGG CAROL A. BEHERS JOEL B. BERNBAUM JONI J. BERNER MICHAEL E. BERTIN JAY A. BLECHMAN COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY MELISSA M. BOYD L AW ROBB D. BUNDE BRIAN J. CALI KERRI LEE CAPPELLA RICHARD W. FUNK MARIA P. COGNETTI FAMILY L AW AMY P. DE SHONG MARK B. DISCHELL MARY CUSHING DOHERTY MARK R. BARZDA MICHAEL E. FINGERMAN THOMAS A. BITTNER FREDERICK N. FRANK JOHN H. CASE CHRISTINE GALE DYLAN M. CERNITZ CHRIS F. GILLOTTI CRAIG M. COWLEY DANIEL H. GLASSER JONATHAN R. DUERST MARK J. GOLDBERG MICHAEL J. FEARL JAMES R. GOTWALS BRADLEY A. GRUNDY MOURA A. J. ROBERTSON LARRY SPEARS

FAMILY L AW

RICHARD A. JOHNSON SCOTT D. KADING KRISTINE K. O’CONNELL FAMILY L AW MEDIATION LINDA LEA M. VIKEN

ANN LEE BEGLER JONI J. BERNER EDWARD BLUMSTEIN MICHAEL E. FINGERMAN FAMILY L AW MARGARET KLAW SANDRA L. MEILTON KATHLEEN BILOTTA VETRANO

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TENNESSEE COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW SHEREE L. HOFFMAN

RHODE ISLAND

OREGON

84 |

SUSAN EDWARDS VICTORIA L. ESLINGER GEORGE M. HEARN, JR. ROBERT M. HOLLAND KERMIT S. KING GRACE G. KNIE C. DIXON LEE III KEN H. LESTER TIMOTHY E. MADDEN JOHN O. MCDOUGALL JAMES T. MCLAREN SANDRA R. PARISE KENNETH C. PORTER JOSEPH M. RAMSEUR, JR. ROBERT N. ROSEN CAROL H. SANDERS REID T. SHERARD LON H. SHULL III ANN M. STIRLING J. MARK TAYLOR THOMAS W. TRAXLER JOHN B. WHITE, JR.

TIMOTHY J. CONLON JOSEPH J. MCGAIR JERRY L. MCINTYRE DEBORAH M. TATE

SOUTH CAROLINA MARK O. ANDREWS PAMELA E. DEAL R. SCOTT DOVER

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION

JOANIE L. ABERNATHY FAMILY L AW AMY AMUNDSEN DOUGLAS T. BATES III STEVAN L. BLACK LEW CONNER JAMES H. DRESCHER JOE M. DUNCAN GRANT C. GLASSFORD LARRY G. HAYES, JR. JOHN J. HOLLINS, JR. ROBERT L. JACKSON ROBERT TODD JACKSON CATHY SPEERS JOHNSON FAMILY L AW JENNIFER H. LAWRENCE MARLENE ESKIND MOSES ROSE T. PALERMO DOROTHY JOHNSON POUNDERS GLENNA M. RAMER

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SARAH Y. SHEPPEARD EDWARD P. SILVA GREGORY D. SMITH L. CAESAR STAIR III VIRGINIA LEE STORY PAMELA A. TAYLOR DOUGLAS J. TOPPENBERG ROBERT D. TUKE

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION LEW CONNER SHEREE L. HOFFMAN DOROTHY JOHNSON POUNDERS SARAH Y. SHEPPEARD

TEXAS COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW KRISTEN A. ALGERT KELLY AUSLEY-FLORES ANGELINE LINDLEY BAIN KYLE G. BASINGER MARTHA BOURNE JANET P. BRUMLEY CARLA M. CALABRESE RHONDA S. CLEAVES DUANE L. COKER CHRISTOPHER M. FARISH KEVIN R. FULLER JANICE L. GREEN CURTIS W. HARRISON II WINIFRED B. HUFF JOAN FOOTE JENKINS JODY L. JOHNSON PAULA LARSEN SHANNON R. LYNCH KEITH D. MAPLES ROBERT J. MATLOCK BETH E. MAULTSBY JAMES N. MUELLER ELIZABETH L. PORTER JULIE H. QUAID DONALD R. ROYALL CAMILLE COOPER SCROGGINS CARIE P. SILVESTRI HARRY L. TINDALL NORMA L. TRUSCH JENNIFER TULL LISA S. ZAHN

FAMILY L AW FRED ADAMS JR. CHRISTINE G. ALBANO ROBERT E. ALDRICH, JR. LEOTA H. ALEXANDER KRISTEN A. ALGERT J. D. BUCKY ALLSHOUSE JEFFREY O. ANDERSON THOMAS L. AUSLEY KELLY AUSLEY-FLORES P. LINDLEY BAIN ANGELINE LINDLEY BAIN JERRY E. BAIN BRUCE D. BAIN J. BENJAMIN BARLOW SAM C. BASHARA KYLE G. BASINGER STEVE A. BAVOUSETT GREGORY S. BEANE PAULA A. BENNETT DAVID S. BOUSCHOR II CHARLA H. BRADSHAW

PAUL H. BRUMLEY JANET P. BRUMLEY WENDY S. BURGOWER MICHAEL L.R. BURNETT CARLA M. CALABRESE LENNEA M. CANNON PATRICIA NELLENBACH CARTER MICHAEL C. CHILDS RHONDA S. CLEAVES DUANE L. COKER WARREN COLE MICHAEL J. COLLINS AUBREY M. CONNATSER THOMAS R. CONNER ANN E. COOVER JULIE CRAWFORD MONICA M. CRUZ EDWIN W. DAVIS MICHAEL R. DEBRUIN LAURENCE A. DEPLAZA JEFF V. DOMEN ESTHER R. DONALD R. SCOTT DOWNING WILLIAM A. DUDLEY ROBERT N. EAMES CARMEN E. EIKER ANGELA PENCE ENGLAND SHERRI A. EVANS CHRISTOPHER M. FARISH WILLIAM H. FORD DAWN E. FOWLER DIANA S. FRIEDMAN DONN C. FULLENWEIDER DENNIS A. FULLER KEVIN R. FULLER SHARLA J. FULLER STEWART W. GAGNON MICHAEL P. GEARY THOMAS P. GORANSON CYNTHIA BARELA GRAHAM RICHARD EDWIN GRAY III JANICE L. GREEN THOMAS A. GREENWALD DAVID E. GROVE LARRY HANCE CHARLES E. HARDY JENNIFER S. HARGRAVE DOUGLAS A. HARRISON A. CRAIG HASTON LINDA A. HINDS REGINALD A. HIRSCH ROBERT S. HOFFMAN LYNNE L. HOLDER ROBERT E. HOLMES JR. WINIFRED B. HUFF JOSEPH INDELICATO JR. JESSICA H. JANICEK MICHAEL E. JARRETT JOAN FOOTE JENKINS JODY L. JOHNSON LYNN KAMIN BRENDA D. KEEN AIMEE PINGENOT KEY HEATHER L. KING J. STEVEN KING ROBERT C. KUEHM BRAD M. LAMORGESE PAULA LARSEN MARILEA W. LEWIS STEVEN PAUL LINDAMOOD JO CHRIS LOPEZ CURTIS M. LOVELESS JAMES M. LOVELESS LON M. LOVELESS ROBERT B. LUTHER SHANNON R. LYNCH KEITH D. MAPLES LARRY L. MARTIN RONALD E. MASSINGILL

BETH E. MAULTSBY CATHERINE A. MAUZY DAVID R. MCCLURE JANET MCCULLAR MARY JOHANNA MCCURLEY MIKE MCCURLEY ASHLEY W. MCDOWELL SUSAN F. MCLERRAN JOHN V. MCSHANE, JR. JOE D. MILNER S. CAMILLE MILNER DAVID F. MINTON CHRISTINA MOLITOR JAMES E. MONNIG ADAM J. MORRIS JAMES N. MUELLER KATHRYN J. MURPHY ERIC A. NAVARRETTE STEPHEN J. NAYLOR KIMBERLY M. NAYLOR KEITH M. NELSON BO NICHOLS, JR. GARY L. NICKELSON LEA C. NOELKE RICHARD R. ORSINGER GEORGE M. PARKER B.F. PENNYPACKER III JAMES W. PIPER ELIZABETH L. PORTER KATHRYN L. PRUITT CHARLES J. QUAID JULIE H. QUAID GRIER H. RAGGIO JR. KENNETH G. RAGGIO THOMAS L. RAGGIO WILLIAM M. REPPETO III RICHEL RIVERS EBONY R. RIVON ERIC A. ROBERTSON CHARLES H. ROBERTSON RICK ROBERTSON REBECCA TILLERY ROWAN DONALD R. ROYALL BARBARA K. RUNGE KYLE W. SANDERS KEVIN J. SCHMID LARRY H. SCHWARTZ STEVEN H. SCHWEITZER JOAL CANNON SHERIDAN J. LINDSEY SHORT, JR. CARIE P. SILVESTRI GEORGANNA L. SIMPSON ANDREA B. ST. LEGER BARRETT A. STERN BROOK M. STUNTEBECK LISA L. TAYLOR JESSICA W. THORNE HARRY L. TINDALL NORMA L. TRUSCH JENNIFER TULL TRAVIS L. TURNER KAREN B. TURNER BARBARA G. VAN DUYNE IKE VANDEN EYKEL JAMES A. VAUGHT JIMMY L. VERNER, JR. G. THOMAS VICK, JR. SUSAN VRANA LAUREN E. WADDELL V. WAYNE WARD BRIAN L. WEBB CLINT J. WESTHOFF PATRICIA A. WICOFF RANDALL B. WILHITE CHARLES M. WILSON III W. WEIR WILSON CHERYL L. WILSON CHRISTOPHER K. WRAMPELMEIER PATRICK A. WRIGHT

ALVIN L. ZIMMERMAN

FAMILY L AW ARBITRATION RANDALL B. WILHITE

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION KRISTEN A. ALGERT STEVE A. BAVOUSETT CHARLES F. BOWES BENJAMIN R. CHAPPELL WARREN COLE KEVIN R. FULLER JANICE L. GREEN FRANCES A. HARRIS ROBERT J. MATLOCK BETH E. MAULTSBY JOE D. MILNER ROTHWELL B. POOL DONALD R. ROYALL KYLE W. SANDERS NORMA L. TRUSCH RANDALL B. WILHITE

UTAH FAMILY L AW DEAN C. ANDREASEN MARILYN MOODY BROWN STEPHEN C. CLARK MARY C. CORPORON MARTIN W. CUSTEN DAVID S. DOLOWITZ SHARON A. DONOVAN FREDERICK N. GREEN ELLEN M. MAYCOCK OSCAR W. MCCONKIE III SALLY MCMINIMEE DON R. PETERSEN ROBERT D. PUSEY DENA C. SARANDOS CLARK W. SESSIONS JOHN D. SHEAFFER, JR. CLARK K. TAYLOR KELLIE F. WILLIAMS BRENT D. YOUNG

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION DEAN C. ANDREASEN MARY C. CORPORON MARTIN W. CUSTEN DAVID S. DOLOWITZ SHARON A. DONOVAN WILLIAM W. DOWNES, JR. FREDERICK N. GREEN ELLEN M. MAYCOCK DON R. PETERSEN CLARK W. SESSIONS JOHN D. SHEAFFER, JR.

VERMONT COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW SUSAN M. MURRAY

FAMILY L AW JOHN J. BERGERON www.bestlawyers.com | 8 5

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CYNTHIA L. BROADFOOT STEPHEN A. DARDECK CHRISTOPHER L. DAVIS EMILY S. DAVIS PRISCILLA B. DUBÉ P. SCOTT MCGEE JAMES W. MURDOCH SUSAN M. MURRAY EUGENE RAKOW

FAMILY L AW MEDIATION CHRISTOPHER L. DAVIS SUSAN M. MURRAY

VIRGINIA COLL ABORATIVE L AW: FAMILY L AW LAWRENCE H. HOOVER, JR. ANNIE LEE JACOBS KAREN L. KEYES FRANK WEST MORRISON MARY BURKEY OWENS DILLINA WIMER STICKLEY JOHN K. TAGGART III SUSAN DAVIS WHITE P. MARSHALL YODER

FAMILY L AW MARC A. ASTORE EDWARD D. BARNES KYLE F. BARTOL TERRENCE R. BATZLI SCOTT I. BEMBERIS BETH A. BITTEL ALBERT M. BONIN JENNIFER BRADLEY DONALD K. BUTLER SUSAN M. BUTLER JOHN E. BYRNES ANN BRAKKE CAMPFIELD DANA JAMES CARLSON EDWARD CHAMBERS SANDRA T. CHINN-GILSTRAP GEORGE A. CHRISTIE JULIE M. CILLO DAVID RUST CLARKE RICHARD J. COLTEN MARY G. COMMANDER JOSEPH A. CONDO DEANNA D. COOK HEATHER A. COOPER JAMES RAY COTTRELL RICHARD E. CROUCH GERALD R. CURRAN KAREN C. DAVIS LAWRENCE D. DIEHL V. ANNE EDENFIELD CAROL L. EHLENBERGER RONALD S. EVANS CHESHIRE I’ANSON EVELEIGH MICHAEL S. EWING KIMBERLY P. FAUSS DAVID H. FLETCHER MAHLON G. FUNK, JR. RICHARD E. GARRIOTT, JR. DAVID L. GINSBERG KEENAN R. GOLDSBY CHERYL K. GRAHAM CAROL B. GRAVITT DANIEL L. GRAY ILONA ELY GRENADIER CAROLYN M. GRIMES 86 |

SANDRA HAVRILAK ROBERT E. HENLEY III SUSAN MASSIE HICKS BRIAN M. HIRSCH KELLY S. HITE LESLIE WEBER HOFFMAN VALERIE E. HUGHES ANNIE LEE JACOBS BRIAN H. JONES NAN M. JOSEPH BARRY KANTOR SHIRLEY KEISLER SEAN P. KELLY JAMES W. KORMAN CHRISTIAN M. LAPHAM DAVID M. LEVY SHARON K. LIEBLICH GARY L. LUMSDEN MARCIA M. MADDOX REEVES W. MAHONEY CHRISTOPHER F. MALINOWSKI CHRISTOPHER M. MALONE DAVID D. MASTERMAN J. PATRICK MCCONNELL MARTHA JP MCQUADE MEHAGEN D. MCRAE TRACY A. MEYER MARK B. MICHELSEN AMY L. MIRABILE ANN W. MISCHE GRANT T. MOHER JENNIFER MULLETT PAUL F. NICHOLS MARY BURKEY OWENS DAVID A. PENROD ALAN B. PLEVY RODNEY M. POOLE SONYA L. POWELL CHARLES E. POWERS COLLEEN M. QUINN CATHERINE M. REESE DAVID E. ROOP, JR. HOPE F. ROSEN BETTY MOORE SANDLER CHRISTOPHER W. SCHINSTOCK WILLIAM C. SCOTT IV JASON SEIDEN MATTHEW H. SMITH ARLENE T. STARACE ANDREA R. STILES ROBERT J. SUROVELL SCOTT A. SUROVELL JOHN K. TAGGART III RONALD R. TWEEL MELISSA VANZILE JAMES A. WATSON II DAVID G. WEAVER RICHARD M. WEXELL SUSAN DAVIS WHITE WILLIAM C. WOOD P. MARSHALL YODER

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ALAN B. PLEVY CHERYL WATSON SMITH

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Sara Anne Ford

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Sharon D. Stuart (D)

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Sharon D. Stuart (D)

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Rhonda Pitts Chambers

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Kathrine O. Wilburn

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Fern H. Singer (LE*)

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MAYNARD COOPER & GALE 205-254-1000

BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS 205-521-8000

WATTERSON & SINGER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 205-871-3980

Augusta S. Dowd*

Deborah Alley Smith

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Gaile Pugh Gratton (LE*)

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Susan S. Wagner

Julie Wilson Portera (S*)

J. Carin Burford (LE*)

SIROTE & PERMUTT 205-930-5100

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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW ARMBRECHT JACKSON 251-405-1300 M. Kathleen Miller

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Sandy G. Robinson (B*)

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Linda J. Peacock

Kelly G. Gwathney, Monica W. Sargent

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Jenna M. Bedsole (EM, LE*) Beverly P. Baker (EM)

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Leslie G. Allen

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GUIN, STOKES & EVANS 205-226-2282 Dawn Stith Evans (S*)

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CONSTANGY, BROOKS, SMITH & PROPHETE 205-252-9321

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Susan Orlansky

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Jennifer M. Coughlin

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Tara W. Lockett (E)

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MONTGOMERY INSURANCE LAW WILKERSON & BRYAN 334-265-1500

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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

INSURANCE LAW

BALCH & BINGHAM 334-834-6500

FARLEY & GRAVES 907-274-5100

CAPELL AND HOWARD 334-241-8000

HOZUBIN, MOBERLY, LYNCH & ASSOCIATES 907-276-5297

Laura L. Farley

Kelly F. Pate (EM, LE*)

Rebecca J. Hozubin

Barbara J. Wells (EI, LE*)

HUGHES GORSKI SEEDORF ODSEN &

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K&L GATES 907-276-1969

MUNICIPAL LAW Louisiana W. Cutler (EM, LE*) HASKELL SLAUGHTER & GALLION 334-265-8573

LAND USE & ZONING LAW

Constance C. Walker*

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Diane L. Karpman

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Ruth E. Fisher (M)

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Shawn Holley

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Judith R. Forman

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Fern Z. Wender

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Alexandra Leichter

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Lisa Helfend Meyer

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Sharon A. Bryan

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Anne C. Kiley

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Marlo Van Oorschot

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Marcia J. Harris (F)

Patricia L. Glaser (LE*)

Linda Auerbach Allderdice (EM)

LEEDS, WENDER & ROSENFELD 310-278-7560

Mia Farber (LE*)

LEICHTER LEICHTER-MAROKO 310-278-3112

Deborah Crandall Saxe (EM, LE*)

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Louise Ann Fernandez (EM) Beth A. Schroeder (LM)

TROPE AND TROPE 310-207-8228

Lisa L. Maki (EI)

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LOEB & LOEB 310-282-2000 Ivy Kagan Bierman (LM)

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Rebecca L. Torrey (LE*)

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Janie F. Schulman (LE*)

MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP 310-312-2000 Emma Luevano (LE*)

Heidi S. Tuffias

Debra L. Fischer (LE*)

MORRISON & FOERSTER 213-892-5200

Joan Patsy Ostroy

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Michelle Katz

Katherine M. Forster (EM, LM), Kathleen M. McDowell (EM)

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW NANCY BORNN LAW 310-821-8534

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Blair B. Berk

Genie Harrison (EI, LE*)

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Lyne A. Richardson (LM)

Lauren S. Petkin

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Alicia Olivares (EI)

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Stacy D. Phillips

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Gail Migdal Title (F)

David C. Veis

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Karen Vogel Weil (IP*, P*)

Jill M. Pietrini (C)

Elizabeth M. Weaver**

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Shiraz Tangri*

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 213-896-2400

Kimberly A. Dunne

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Barbara R. Gadbois

Diana Torres (IP*)

Debra E. Pole**

O'MELVENY & MYERS 213-430-6000

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KIRKLAND & ELLIS 213-680-8400

MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP 310-312-2000

Shawn Holley

MEYERS NAVE 213-626-2906

Linda Russano Morra

Lauriann C. Wright

Jane Shay Wald (C, IP*, P*, T)

Maureen F. Gorsen, Jocelyn N. Thompson**

Cynthia R. Pollock

Jodi E. Lopez, Debra E. Pole

Alison S. Ressler

Adrian M. Pruetz (IP*, P*)

ZIFFREN BRITTENHAM 310-552-3388

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JANE H. BARRETT 323-401-0631

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Juliette Youngblood (F)

Nancy Bornn (EI)

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Kelli L. Sager**

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O'MELVENY & MYERS 213-430-6000

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE 213-633-6800

Apalla U. Chopra (EM, LE*, LM)

Rochelle B. Spandorf

DEBORAH CHANG PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP is committed to providing clients with the most effective trial teams comprised of experienced and diverse trial lawyers, including talented women such as Deborah Chang. Known for its deep bench of skilled trial attorneys, the firm’s many female lawyers play important roles on its trial teams. “Deborah has been a big contributor to the success of our firm at trial. Her use of demonstrative evidence at trial is the best I have ever seen in over 30 years of trying cases,” says founding partner Brian J. Panish. Chang is the recipient of the 2014 Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Consumer Attorney of the Year Award, and has been a finalist for the same award in two other years. She was named by the Daily Journal as one of the “Top Women Lawyers in California 2016. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Los Angeles Chapter (ABOTA), and serves on its Executive Committee. She is a National Board Member of ABOTA, a member of the Membership Committee, and is the Chair of the Sponsorship Committee. She is also on the Executive Committee and Board of the CAOC, and is a Minority Caucus delegate for the American Association for Justice. She is listed in the 23rd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for personal injury litigation – plaintiffs in Los Angeles and Super Lawyers for Southern California. “This is a great time for women trial lawyers to show what they can do in the courtroom,” says Chang.

PANISH SHEA & BOYLE, LLP

11111 Santa Monica Blvd. #700 | Los Angeles, CA 90025 phone 877.800.1700 | fa x 310.477.1699 email chang@psblaw.com

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Phyllis Alden Truby

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Susan A. Grueneberg

Linda S. Husar (LM)

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POUST LAW 323-919-1800

SWERDLOW FLORENCE SANCHEZ SWERDLOW & WIMMER 310-288-3980

Teresa E. Poust

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Carol L. Gillam (EI)

Sarah G. Benator

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Tonette J. Jaramilla (EI)

Kathleen H. Drummy, Terri D. Keville

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Lori S. Richardson Pelliccioni, Diane Ung

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HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN 310-551-8111

Amy R. Forbes

Linda Randlett Kollar

LAW OFFICES OF CYNTHIA L. GIBSON 310-217-0064 Cynthia L. Gibson

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THE SOHAGI LAW GROUP 310-475-5700 Margaret Moore Sohagi

Esther Chang Weese

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NIXON PEABODY 213-629-6000 Jill H. Gordon

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS 310-312-4000

IMMIGRATION LAW Timi Anyon Hallem LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PRIVATE EQUITY LAW LAW OFFICES OF CARL SHUSTERMAN 213-623-4592 Ellen Ma Lee

WINSTON & STRAWN 213-615-1700

LOKE WALSH IMMIGRATION LAW 310-454-7920

Eva Davis

Tien-Li Loke Walsh

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS

MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP 310-312-2000 Frida P. Glucoft

SOSTRIN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS 818-435-3500

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 213-229-7000

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SIDLEY AUSTIN 213-896-6000

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Rita Sostrin

Gail E. Lees (D)

Debra E. Pole (D)

Josie Gonzalez

Sharon J. Arkin (P)

Terri Senesac Miller

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KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON 310-248-3830 Mary Craig Calkins**

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Gail Migdal Title

Margaret Levy

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Kelli L. Sager

Ruth E. Fisher

Eve M. Coddon

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HEIMBERG BARR 866-983-7063

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Marsha E. Barr-Fernandez (P)

Edith R. Matthai*

PATRICIA MARY TAZZARA

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Joan L. Lesser

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Christine D. Spagnoli (P)

M. Katharine Davidson**

Alexis B. Djivre (P)

Marla Aspinwall

Sherry E. Grant (C)

LOEB & LOEB 310-282-2000

LAW OFFICE OF ALEXIS DJIVRE 213-700-3436

MUNICIPAL LAW SIDLEY AUSTIN 213-896-6000 Debra E. Pole (D) COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY 530-432-7357

PAUL HASTINGS 213-683-6000

RICHARDS, WATSON & GERSHON 213-626-8484

FREEMAN, FREEMAN & SMILEY 310-255-6100

Robin D. Harris, Carol W. Lynch

NATIVE AMERICAN LAW POUST LAW 323-919-1800

ADR SERVICES 213-683-1600

GREENBERG GLUSKER FIELDS CLAMAN &

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Harriet M. Welch

Leah M. Bishop

HENDERSON, CAVERLY, PUM & CHARNEY 213-250-5800 M. Katharine Davidson

HOFFMAN, SABBAN & WATENMAKER 310-470-6010

Jeryll S. Cohen**, Erin L. Prouty, Geraldine A. Wyle* REAL ESTATE LAW HOLLAND & KNIGHT 213-896-2400 Linda M. Rottman**

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON 310-284-2200 BAUM, HEDLUND, ARISTEI & GOLDMAN 310-207-3233 Katherine E. Harvey-Lee (P)

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Suzelle M. Smith (D, P)

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NELSON & FRAENKEL 213-622-6469 Gretchen M. Nelson (P)

PANISH SHEA & BOYLE 877-800-1700 Deborah S. Chang (P)

PATRICIA MARY TAZZARA Patricia M. Tazzara (D)

SIDLEY AUSTIN 213-896-6000 Debra E. Pole (D)

TAYLOR BLESSEY 213-687-1600 N. Denise Taylor (D)

Marlene D. Goodfried, Sandra C. Stewart*

KARLIN & PEEBLES 323-852-0030

Jackie K. Park

KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN 310-788-4400

Amy R. Forbes

LAW OFFICE OF CYNTHIA R. POLLOCK 877-849-8916

Jane Peebles

DLA PIPER 213-330-7700

Abby L.T. Feinman**, Carol A. Johnston

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 213-229-7000

Cynthia R. Pollock

GREENBERG GLUSKER FIELDS CLAMAN & MACHTINGER 310-553-3610

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Elizabeth Watson

LOEB & LOEB 310-282-2000

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 213-896-2400

Leah M. Bishop, Linda N. Deitch, Rachel J. Harris**, Danielle E. Miller, Alyse N. Pelavin, Gabrielle A. Vidal

Susan Jennifer Booth

IRELL & MANELLA 310-277-1010

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 310-277-4110

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BERRA STROSS & WALLACKER 650-349-9920 HANSON CRAWFORD CRUM FAMILY LAW GROUP 650-524-2144

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Judy V. Davidoff, Maria Pracher

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Rachel B. Hooper*, Fran M. Layton**

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Nancy Lundeen

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Lana L. Norris

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Mary A. Collins

Ilene Dick

& KNIGHT 415-743-6900 FAMILY LAW HOLLAND Jennifer L. Hernandez**, Tamsen Plume

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Pamela S. Duffy**, Tay C. Via** CASTLE & NICHOLSON 415-262-5100 ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW COX, Margo N. Bradish, Anne E. Mudge**

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WINSTON & STRAWN 415-591-1000

Margaret N. Rosegay**

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SACKS RICKETTS & CASE 415-549-0580

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ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS 415-837-1515

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Elizabeth J. Cabraser (P)

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN 650-801-5000

ENTERTAINMENT LAW

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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN 415-956-1000

ENERGY REGULATORY LAW Annette L. Hurst (IP*, P*, T) Marie L. Fiala

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Rachel Krevans (IP*, P, P*)

SIDLEY AUSTIN 415-772-1200

Jill S. Dodd

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ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE 415-773-5700

Shawn M. Christianson

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GIRARD GIBBS 415-981-4800

MORRISON & FOERSTER 415-268-7000

Lisa A. Cottle

Pamela S. Kaufmann

Pamela K. Fulmer (T)

KEKER & VAN NEST 415-391-5400

AUSTIN 415-772-1200 BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS SIDLEY Marie L. Fiala / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW WINSTON & STRAWN 415-591-1000

HANSON BRIDGETT 415-777-3200

REED SMITH 415-543-8700

DENTONS 415-882-5000

Bette B. Epstein*

Paula M. Yost

SHARTSIS FRIESE 415-421-6500 April Hopkins Rox

NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW SIDEMAN & BANCROFT 415-392-1960

Denise De Mory (P*)

ADLER & COLVIN 415-421-7555

Ellen I. Kahn, Hilary C. Pierce

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FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL 415-954-4400

Clare H. Springs**

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FENWICK & WEST 650-988-8500

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GLADYS H MONROY

Jeanne B. Armstrong

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Laura A. Berezin, Barbara A. Kosacz, Marya A. Postner

JONES DAY 650-739-3939 Janet M. McNicholas

BALLARD SPAHR 303-292-2400

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Maureen E. Eldredge

HADDON, MORGAN, AND FOREMAN 303-831-7364

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CIANCIO CIANCIO BROWN 303-451-0300

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Bradley M. Matteoni

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MATTEONI, O'LAUGHLIN & HECHTMAN 408-293-4300

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SIDLEY AUSTIN 650-565-7000

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NATIVE AMERICAN LAW HOLLAND & HART 303-473-2700

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 650-687-9500 Laurie Edelstein

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Nancy H. Wojtas (G)

NATIVE AMERICAN LAW REAL ESTATE LAW MARTHA L. KING & ASSOCIATES 720-438-7244 Martha L. King

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LORD 202-220-6900 ENTERTAINMENT LAW LOCKE Denise E. Hanna

CONSTRUCTION LAW GREENBERG TRAURIG 202-331-3100

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

JONES DAY 202-879-3939

Gail E. Ross (F)

Susan M. Dadio (P*)

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000 Cathy Z. Scheineson

BASS, BERRY & SIMS 202-827-2950 Janelle D. Waack (IP*)

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND ITTIG & ITTIG 202-387-5508 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW POPEO 202-434-7300 Judith B. Ittig** Hope S. Foster SEDGWICK 202-204-1000 BERGESON & CAMPBELL 202-557-3800 Barbara G. Werther NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT 202-662-0200 Lynn L. Bergeson** Carol A. Poindexter BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND 202-789-6000 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE LAW Nessa Horewitch Coppinger*, Kathryn E. Szmuszkovicz* PHILLIPS & COHEN 202-833-4567 Mary Louise Cohen BAKER BOTTS 202-639-7700 BRACEWELL 202-828-5800 POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE 202-466-6550 Mary C. Spearing (C, G) Lisa M. Jaeger* Diane S. Millman BRYAN CAVE 202-508-6000 CLARK HILL 202-772-0909 REED SMITH 202-414-9200 Therese D. Pritchard (C, G) Jane C. Luxton Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson KING & SPALDING 202-737-0500 HAYNES AND BOONE 202-654-4500

COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

Maureen F. Browne (P*)

DLA PIPER 202-799-4000 Ann K. Ford (IP*, T)

GOODWIN 202-346-4000 Marcia H. Sundeen (IP*, P*)

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL 202-956-7500 Margaret K. Pfeiffer (IP*, P*)

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000 Marney Cheek (C)

Dixie L. Johnson (C)

Julie R. Domike**

Linda L. Griggs (C, G)

Amy L. Edwards**

BENACH COLLOPY 202-644-8600

Judith B. Ittig (C)

Colleen P. Mahoney (C, G)

Virginia S. Albrecht*, Andrea B. Field*

DUANE MORRIS 202-776-7800

Margrete Stevens (G)

Catherine T. Dixon (C, G)

Mary Ellen Powers*

ELLIOT & CHATAIN

Katia Yannaca-Small (G)

IMMIGRATION LAW ITTIG & ITTIG 202-387-5508

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 202-955-3000

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 202-371-7000 HUNTON & WILLIAMS 202-955-1500 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 202-682-7000

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000

JONES DAY 202-879-3939

& WATKINS 202-637-2200 CORPORATE LAW LATHAM Julia A. Hatcher

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT 202-662-0200

Yoon-Young Lee

LAW OFFICE OF LINDA M. HOFFMAN 202-331-9450

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000

Lucinda A. Low (G)

Linda M. Hoffman

LICHTMAN & ROSENBLUM 202-986-1666

WHITE & CASE 202-626-3600

Carolyn B. Lamm (C, G), Andrea J. Menaker (C, G), Abby Cohen Smutny (C, G)

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND 202-663-6000 MAGGIO KATTAR NAHAJZER + ALEXANDER 202-483-0053 DORR Rachael D. Kent (C, G) Anna Marie Gallagher, Jan M. Pederson, Elizabeth A. Quinn Lilah Rosenblum

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 202-682-7000

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000

Marinn Carlson (C, G)

MARZULLA LAW 202-822-6760 Margaret H. Warner*

Catherine S. Gallagher

SIDLEY AUSTIN 202-736-8000

Karen T. Grisez

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000

VINSON & ELKINS 202-639-6500

SHEARMAN & STERLING 202-508-8000

Fabienne Chatain

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON 202-639-7000

Nancie G. Marzulla*

Marilyn Mooney

KING & SPALDING 202-737-0500

Denyse M. Sabagh

LAW OFFICE OF SHEILA JONES 202-316-1307 Sheila D. Jones**

Stephanie M. Monaco

Ava Benach

Annemargaret Connolly

BROWN 202-263-3000 EQUIPMENT FINANCE LAW MAYER Elizabeth Espín Stern CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR CROWELL & MORING 202-624-2500 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000 Eleanor Pelta

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE LAW

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD 202-887-4000 Valerie A. Slater

BAKER BOTTS 202-639-7700

Eileen M. Gleimer

PALMA R. YANNI 202-338-1995

ARENT FOX 202-857-6000

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 202-408-8400

MILLER & CHEVALIER 202-626-5800

POLSINELLI 202-783-3300

CASSIDY LEVY KENT 202-567-2300

VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 202-467-8800

TROW & RAHAL 202-537-4830

FOSTER, MURPHY, ALTMAN & NICKEL 202-822-4100

Amy J. Conway-Hatcher, Julia E. Guttman, Mary C. Spearing Gina L. Simms

COZEN O'CONNOR 202-912-4800 K&L GATES 202-778-9000

FAMILY LAW

Carol Elder Bruce

Jennifer A. Hillman

Dawn M. Lurie

Mary Lou Soller

Pamela A. Bresnahan

Barbara Van Gelder

Kay C. Georgi, Teresa Polino

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW Palma R. Yanni

Barbara A. Murphy

Cynthia B. Hemphill, Linda A. Rahal

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 202-955-8500

INSURANCE LAW Judith Alison Lee

SIDLEY AUSTIN 202-736-8000

AIN & BANK 202-530-3300

ANDERSON KILL 202-416-6500

GREENBERG TRAURIG 202-331-3100

WILKINSON WALSH + ESKOVITZ 202-847-4000

BURR LAW FIRM 202-347-9002

COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000

HOGAN LOVELLS US 202-637-5600

FELDESMAN TUCKER LEIFER FIDELL 202-466-8960

KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON 202-508-5800

HUGHES HUBBARD & REED 202-721-4600

KUDER, SMOLLAR, FRIEDMAN & MIHALIK 202-331-7522

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000

JOCHUM, SHORE & TROSSEVIN 202-290-1120

WENDY H. SCHWARTZ AND ASSOCIATES 202-243-7800

PERKINS COIE 202-654-6200

KELLEY DRYE & WARREN 202-342-8400

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000

LAW OFFICES OF PEGGY A. CLARKE 202-552-7407

WILEY REIN 202-719-7000

MORRIS, MANNING & MARTIN 202-408-5153

Kristin Graham Koehler, Karen A. Popp Beth A. Wilkinson

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000

Rhonda D. Orin

Anne Marie Jackson, Lauren E. Shea

Anna P. Engh, Marialuisa S. Gallozzi, Georgia Kazakis

Barbara Burr

Mary S. Pence, Marna S. Tucker, Sarah J. Zimmerman

Jamie Gorelick

Susan M. Friedman, Theresa M. Mihalik

ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER 202-778-1800 Paula M. Junghans, Caroline Judge Mehta

EDUCATION LAW HOGAN LOVELLS US 202-637-5600

Wendy H. Schwartz

Margaret H. Warner Lorelie S. Masters

FDA LAW Antonia B. Ianniello

Stephanie J. Gold, Elizabeth B. Meers

ALSTON & BIRD 202-239-3300

Sherry Mastrostefano Gray

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 202-942-5000

POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE 202-466-6550

Erica J. Dominitz, Helen K. Michael

Laura A. Foggan

Julie K. Tibbets

Rosa S. Jeong

Jeanne S. Archibald F. Amanda DeBusk

Marguerite Trossevin

Kathleen W. Cannon, Dana S. Wood Peggy A. Clarke

Julie C. Mendoza

SIDLEY AUSTIN 202-736-8000 Brenda A. Jacobs

Allison W. Shuren

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW BEARDSLEY LAW 202-812-3600

ARENT FOX 202-857-6000

Kate C. Beardsley

BAKER MCKENZIE 202-452-7000

Ellen J. Flannery, Miriam J. Guggenheim, Jeannie M. Perron DVM

COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000

Carol Connor Cohen*, Nancy S. Heermans*

FOLEY HOAG 202-223-1200

Anne G. Batter

JANE C. BERGNER

Areta L. Kupchyk

BREDHOFF & KAISER 202-842-2600

HOGAN LOVELLS US 202-637-5600

Julia Penny Clark*

Meredith Manning

CAPLIN & DRYSDALE 202-862-5000 Patricia Gimbel Lewis

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL 202-408-4600 Karen L. Handorf*

K&L GATES 202-778-9000 Suzan Onel

KELLEY DRYE & WARREN 202-342-8400 Sarah Roller

COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000 Julie M. Edmond**, Amy N. Moore

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) 202-383-0100 Vanessa A. Scott

KING & SPALDING 202-737-0500

Pamela Furman Forrest, Christina M. Markus

KLEINFELD, KAPLAN & BECKER 202-223-5120

TRUSTS & ESTATES

Jennifer A. Davidson, Stacy Ehrlich

GRIFFITH & WHEAT 202-496-4963 Martha Jo Wagner**

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000

TAX

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

LITIGATION AND CONTROVERSY IN BOTH TAX AND TRUSTS & ESTATES

Vernessa T. Pollard

GROOM LAW GROUP 202-857-0620 Jennifer E. Eller, Andrée M. St. Martin

Kathleen M. Sanzo

IVINS, PHILLIPS & BARKER 202-393-7600

SIDLEY AUSTIN 202-736-8000

Jodi H. Epstein

Coleen E. Klasmeier

JONES DAY 202-879-3939

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 202-371-7000

Sara Pikofsky*

Jennifer L. Bragg

MILLER & CHEVALIER 202-626-5800

VENABLE 202-344-4000

Marianna G. Dyson

Claudia A. Lewis

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000 Rosina B. Barker

O'DONOGHUE & O'DONOGHUE 202-362-0041 Joyce A. Mader

ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER 202-778-1800 Alexandra W. Miller

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000 Melanie F. Nussdorf**

CHADBOURNE & PARKE 202-974-5600 Kerrie L. Campbell*

ENERGY LAW DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE 202-973-4200 Laura R. Handman**

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD 202-887-4000 Suedeen G. Kelly

ALSTON & BIRD 202-239-3300 Andrea Wolfman

CROWELL & MORING 202-624-2500 Jennifer N. Waters

HUSCH BLACKWELL 202-378-2300

FRANCHISE LAW WILEY REIN 202-719-7000 Christine E. Connelly

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE

Linda L. Walsh

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 202-942-5000

Becky M. Bruner

KING & SPALDING 202-737-0500

LAW OFFICE OF BECKY M. BRUNER MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000 Kirstin E. Gibbs

NIXON PEABODY 202-585-8000 Elizabeth W. Whittle

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT 202-662-0200 Julie A. Tassi

PIERCE ATWOOD 202-470-6420

Martha L. Cochran Eleanor J. Hill

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000 Erika Z. Jones

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000 Charlene Barshefsky, Jamie Gorelick

HEALTH CARE LAW

O. Julia Weller

SCHIFF HARDIN 202-778-6400

ARENT FOX 202-857-6000

STINSON LEONARD STREET 202-785-9100

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 202-942-5000

Barbara K. Heffernan Kelly A. Daly

THOMPSON COBURN 202-585-6900 Bonnie S. Blair, Adrienne E. Clair

TROUTMAN SANDERS 202-274-2950 M. Lisanne Crowley

VAN NESS FELDMAN 202-298-1800 Margaret A. Moore, Susan A. Olenchuk

WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER 202-783-4141 Karol Lyn Newman

Larri A. Short

Allison W. Shuren

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 202-508-3400 Donna K. Thiel

DENTONS 202-408-6400 Holley Thames Lutz

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN 202-861-0900 Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Carrie Valiant

ane C. Bergner, a former tax trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, has practiced law in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, and litigation for more than 40 years. She has extensive experience in tax controversies, tax audits, tax collection, and tax litigation before the Internal Revenue Service, the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue, and the courts. She has planned and administered high-net-worth estates and trusts. Mrs. Bergner is an elected fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. She is a former chair of the District of Columbia Bar’s Taxation Section, as well as that section’s Tax Audits and Litigation Committee. She is the author of several nationally recognized treatises on tax controversies, litigation, and procedure. Mrs. Bergner is included in the directory of The Best Lawyers in America 2012-2017 for trusts & estates and tax law, as well as for litigation and controversy in both of those fields.

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000 Susan G. Esserman, Lucinda A. Low

STEWART & STEWART 202-785-4185

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

THE SUAREZ FIRM 202-552-0310

TROUTMAN SANDERS 202-274-2950

TECHNOLOGY LAW SHAPIRO, BLASI, WASSERMAN & HERMANN 561-477-7800 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 202-942-5000

Elizabeth J. Drake

Kirstin E. Gibbs

Susan E. Hendrickson

Evelyn M. Suarez

M. Lisanne Crowley

Nora E. Garrote

VENABLE 202-344-4000

Brenda M. Abrams

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW THOMAS & LOCICERO 954-703-3416 Dana J. McElroy*

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION TRANSPORTATION LAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE BERTRAM & AMELL 202-803-5800 STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000 Charlene Barshefsky GREENBERG TRAURIG 954-765-0500 Laurie A. Amell (P), Catherine D. Bertram (P) Betty Jo Christian, Linda S. Stein Barbara A. Hall LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW CARR MALONEY 202-310-5500 THOMPSON HINE 202-331-8800 Jan E. Simonsen (D) Karyn A. Booth, Sandra L. Brown HEALTH CARE LAW ALDEN LAW GROUP 202-463-0300 JACK H. OLENDER & ASSOCIATES 202-879-7777 Kristin D. Alden (EI) TRUSTS AND ESTATES BROAD AND CASSEL 954-764-7060 Melissa Rhea (P) BARR & CAMENS 202-293-9222 Anne Novick Branan KOONZ, MCKENNEY, JOHNSON, DEPAOLIS & Barbara Camens (EI, LE*, LU)

ARENT FOX 202-857-6000

BERNABEI & KABAT 202-745-1942

LIGHTFOOT 202-659-5500

BLANK ROME 202-772-5800

THE COCHRAN FIRM, D.C. 202-682-5800

Paulette Chapman (P)

Deborah P. Kelly (EM, LE*)

Karen E. Evans (P), Sandra H. Robinson (P)

CORREIA & PUTH 202-602-6500

GREENSPOON MARDER 954-491-1120

Holly M. Bastian**, Lynn K. Pearle

Lynne Bernabei (EI)

Jodi B. Laurence

BLANK ROME 202-772-5800 Cynthia L. Gausvik

IMMIGRATION LAW

CAPLIN & DRYSDALE 202-862-5000 Beth Shapiro Kaufman, Anne J. O'Brien

LAW OFFICES OF SUSAN J. HAHN 305-374-8008 SUZAN C. BRAUWERMAN & ASSOCIATES 561-450-6933

Susan J. Hahn

PRIVATE FUNDS / HEDGE FUNDS LAW COVINGTON & BURLING 202-662-6000

Linda M. Correia (EI)

JAMES & HOFFMAN 202-496-0500

K&L GATES 202-778-9000

Doris Blazek-White

KATOR, PARKS, WEISER & HARRIS 202-898-4800

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000

Jane C. Bergner

Kathy L. Krieger (EI, LE*, LU), Judith A. Scott (EI, EM, LE*, LM, LU) Cathy Harris (EI)

Diane E. Ambler

LAW OFFICES OF JANE C. BERGNER 202-470-5520

Stephanie M. Monaco

KATZ, MARSHALL & BANKS 202-299-1140

LOEB & LOEB 202-618-5000

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

Mary Ann Mancini

FISHER PHILLIPS 954-525-4800

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000

Lisa J. Banks (EI), Debra S. Katz (EI)

Suzan C. Brauwerman

Suzanne K. Bogdan (EM), Cathy M. Stutin (EM, LE*)

LITTLER MENDELSON 202-842-3400

BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS 202-393-7150

Leigh-Alexandra Basha, Ellen K. Harrison**

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 954-525-1000

MARY K. O'MELVENY 202-387-0697

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000

Jeanne L. Newlon

THE AMLONG FIRM 954-519-2235

T. Sky Woodward (D)

Alison N. Davis (EM, LE*, LM)

Mary K. O'Melveny (LU)

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 202-659-6800

Erika Z. Jones (D)

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

Eleanor Pelta (EM, LM), Grace E. Speights (EM, LE*, LM)

PROJECT FINANCE LAW

O'DONOGHUE & O'DONOGHUE 202-362-0041

BRACEWELL 202-828-5800

PAUL HASTINGS 202-551-1700

CLIFFORD CHANCE 202-912-5000

Sally M. Tedrow (LE*, LU)

HILLS STERN & MORLEY 202-822-1600

Brigida Benitez (EM)

ZWERDLING, PAUL, KAHN & WOLLY 202-857-5000 Wendy L. Kahn (EI, LU)

OFFICE OF NANCY WODKA 202-468-6256 Nancy A. Wodka

LAND USE & ZONING LAW BALLARD SPAHR 202-661-2200

PUBLIC FINANCE LAW BALLARD SPAHR 202-661-2200

Emily J. Vaias

Linda B. Schakel

GOULSTON & STORRS 202-721-0011

Maureen E. Dwyer**, Allison C. Prince 202-846-7481 LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW CASTROHAASE Tanja H. Castro STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000

GOULSTON & STORRS 202-721-0011

VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 202-467-8800

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 202-955-3000

Antonia B. Ianniello (D)

Pamela A. Bresnahan (D)

Irene M. Lindner

ROGERS YOGODZINSKI 202-864-6666

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-373-6000

Kim Pagotto

Mary Ellen Powers

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 202-739-2800

VENABLE 202-344-4000 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 202-371-7000 Jennifer J. Bruton WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE 202-467-6900 Colleen P. Mahoney Deborah J. Israel*, Elizabeth C. Lee, Pamela V. Rothenberg WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000 SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 202-942-5000

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS Martha L. Cochran (R) CARR MALONEY 202-310-5500

BRYAN CAVE 202-508-6000

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON 202-974-1500

DECHERT 202-261-3300

LAW OFFICES OF DIANA SANTA MARIA 954-434-1077 Diana Santa Maria (P)

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW LEWIS LEGAL GROUP 954-660-4499

GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA 954-453-8000

AKERMAN 954-463-2700

MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD 954-356-2501

BILLING, COCHRAN, LYLES, MAURO & RAMSEY 954-764-7150 Susan F. Delegal Adele I. Stone

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER 954-356-0011

GREENBERG TRAURIG 561-955-7600

Sigrid S. Mccawley

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 954-525-1000 Judith E. Kreitzer, Debbie M. Orshefsky

Michele L. Stocker

KUBICKI DRAPER 954-768-0011

GREENSPOON MARDER 954-491-1120

Jane Carlene Rankin

Rebecca Faith Bratter

Jan E. Simonsen (D)

Therese D. Pritchard (R)

Sara D. Schotland (D)

Catherine Botticelli (R, S*)

THE COCHRAN FIRM, D.C. 202-682-5800 Karen E. Evans (P), Sandra H. Robinson (P)

MUTUAL FUNDS LAW ASHURST 202-912-8000

SUSAN F. KORNSPAN LAW 561-706-2318

Stephanie M. Monaco (R)

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000

CORPORATE LAW

GREENBERG TRAURIG 561-955-7600 Meredith B. Cross (S) Rebecca G. DiStefano, Kara L. MacCullough SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW GREENBERG TRAURIG 954-765-0500

BAKER MCKENZIE 202-452-7000

Kendall L. Houghton

DENTONS 202-408-6400

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 954-525-1000

Miriam L. Fisher*

LAW OFFICES OF JANE C. BERGNER 202-470-5520 Jane C. Bergner**

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 202-756-8000

Margaret A. Moore

FORDHARRISON 239-314-2280 Denise L. Wheeler

Barbara A. Hall

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Luna E. Phillips

Debbie M. Orshefsky

BRINKLEY MORGAN 561-241-3113

COHEN & GRIGSBY 239-390-1900 Kelley Geraghty Price

239-314-2280 FAMILY LAW FORDHARRISON Denise L. Wheeler

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-649-6200 Cathy S. Reiman

Yueh-Mei Kim Nutter, Yueh-Mei Kim Nutter,

MILLER & CHEVALIER 202-626-5800

BRINKLEY MORGAN 954-522-2200

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

Stanley

Linda E. Carlisle, Marianna G. Dyson*

Yueh-Mei Kim Nutter, Yueh-Mei Kim Nutter, Roberta G.

BRYDGER & PORRAS 954-527-2855 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 202-371-7000 Carin Marie Porras GRAYROBINSON 954-761-8111 Jody J. Brewster

NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW Mary B. Hevener**, Celia Roady HOLLAND & KNIGHT 202-955-3000

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CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

Dawn M. Meyers

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW Leigh-Alexandra Basha, Robin L. Greenhouse**, Jean A. Pawlow* Roberta G. Stanley

VAN NESS FELDMAN 202-298-1800

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BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Diane L. Jensen

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 954-462-2000

LATHAM & WATKINS 202-637-2200

G. Helen Athan (B)

PAVESE LAW FIRM 239-334-2195

Kathleen M. Nilles

Wilda Wahpepah

Kathleen M. Nilles

Theresa M.B. Van Vliet

Karen G. Sowell, Andrea Macintosh Whiteway

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 202-955-3000

Danielle Spinelli

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA 954-453-8000

GREENBERG TRAURIG 954-765-0500

EY 202-327-6000

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 202-663-6000

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW COLEMAN, YOVANOVICH & KOESTER 239-435-3535

Tammy L. Knight

Giovanna T. Sparagna**

Kathleen M. Nilles

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON 202-747-1900

Jeanne L. Seewald

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 954-525-1000

BERGER SINGERMAN 954-525-9900

Suzanne Schaeffer, V. Heather Sibbison

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 202-955-3000

HAHN LOESER & PARKS 239-254-2900

Patricia Gimbel Lewis**

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) 202-383-0100

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW

Rebecca G. DiStefano, Kara L. MacCullough

Carol A. Dunahoo

NATIVE AMERICAN LAW CAPLIN & DRYSDALE 202-862-5000 Arlinda F. Locklear

FORT MYERS

Kara L. MacCullough (C)

Elizabeth P. Gray (R, S*)

Ruth S. Epstein, Alison M. Fuller

Rose M. La Femina

GREENBERG TRAURIG 954-765-0500

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER 202-303-1000

ALSTON & BIRD 202-239-3300

ARLINDA F. LOCKLEAR 202-237-0933

ROSE M. LA FEMINA 954-332-2377

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE LAW

Catherine T. Dixon (R, S)

Stephanie M. Monaco

STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG 202-822-9611

Fabienne E. Fahnestock*

954-463-2700 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 202-371-7000 AKERMAN Stacy Bercun Bohm

TAX LAW

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000

Deborah Packer Goodall**

Linda L. Griggs (R, S)

Diane E. Ambler, Stacy L. Fuller

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

CONSTRUCTION LAW GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 954-462-2000

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 202-739-3000

Lynn A. Soukup

K&L GATES 202-778-9000

Maya S. Saxena (S*)

GOLDMAN FELCOSKI & STONE 561-395-0400

Susan F. Kornspan

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN 202-663-8000

Margaret A. Sheehan

SAXENA WHITE 561-394-3399

Marissa D. Kelley

MAYER BROWN 202-263-3000

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 202-682-7000

Melissa Rhea (P)

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 954-462-9500

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW Colleen P. Mahoney (R, S) JACK H. OLENDER & ASSOCIATES 202-879-7777

Sandra E. Krumbein

Maya S. Saxena

KING & SPALDING 202-737-0500

Laurie A. Amell (P), Catherine D. Bertram (P)

SHUTTS & BOWEN 954-524-5505

Linda A. Conahan

MEDIA LAW Dixie L. Johnson (R, S*)

BERTRAM & AMELL 202-803-5800

Linda A. Conahan*, Danielle DeVito-Hurley, Heidi Davis Knapik

GREENBERG TRAURIG 954-765-0500

SAXENA WHITE 561-394-3399

Elizabeth C. Koch

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 954-462-2000

Jordana L. Goldstein

T. Sky Woodward (D)

LEVINE SULLIVAN KOCH & SCHULZ 202-508-1100

Marcia H. Langley

FERENCIK LIBANOFF BRANDT BUSTAMANTE & GOLDSTEIN 954-474-8080

Sandra M. Hanna (R)

Laura R. Handman, Constance M. Pendleton

Theresa M. McLaughlin

Lisa M. Schiller

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 954-462-2000

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE 202-973-4200

Jeannete C. Lewis (P)

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 954-462-2000

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 954-468-2303

Elizabeth Baird

BRUCH HANNA 202-969-1630

Kristin E. Bianculli (P)

Mariaelena Gayo-Guitian

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON 202-747-1900

BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS 202-393-7150

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION KELLEY, UUSTAL 954-715-4511

Joan M. Levit**

Linda Chatman Thomsen

Jamie Gorelick

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY LAW

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS KELLEY, UUSTAL 954-715-4511 (P) Kristin E. Bianculli / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW REAL ESTATE LAW AKERMAN 954-463-2700

LINDNER & ASSOCIATES 202-429-8888

JONES DAY 202-879-3939

Debbie M. Orshefsky

Linda A. Conahan (B*)

LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT Debra D. Yogodzinski (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) SEYFARTH SHAW 202-463-2400 Michele E. Williams

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 954-525-1000

GRAYROBINSON 561-368-3808

Nancy W. Gregoire

Tara A. Scanlon, Janis Boyarsky Schiff, Erica H. Weiss

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL 202-962-7125

Wendy U. Larsen

APPELLATE PRACTICE Michelle F. Tanzer

GREGORIE 954-617-2300

Maureen E. Dwyer*, Allison C. Prince, Wendelin A. White

Christa L. Dommers

GRAYROBINSON 561-368-3808

BROAD AND CASSEL 954-764-7060

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY LAW Wendy L. Fields

Carol Weld King

Susan F. Delegal

Beverly A. Pohl REAL ESTATE LAW KIRSCHBAUM, BIRNBAUM, LIPPMAN &

KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN 202-625-3500

MORRIS, MANNING & MARTIN 202-408-5153

RAMSEY 954-764-7150

FLORIDA FORT LAUDERDALE

Laura H. Hills

Karen Coolman Amlong (EI)

LAND USE & ZONING LAW WATER LAW BILLING, COCHRAN, LYLES, MAURO &

Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit

Lori Ann Bean, Catherine McCarthy

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 202-429-3000

Ann M. Garfinkle

HUNTON & WILLIAMS 202-955-1500

Nancy J. Nelson

Barbara B. Brown (EM, LE*)

Erika R. Royal (EM, LE*)

VENABLE 202-344-4000

Michele K. Cummings

CONSTRUCTION LAW COHEN & GRIGSBY 239-390-1900 Kelley Geraghty Price*

CORPORATE LAW PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 239-593-2900 Mary Beth M. Clary

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FLORIDA QUARLES & BRADY 239-262-5959

LAND USE & ZONING LAW MIKKI CANTON 305-665-1985

S. DRESDEN BRUNNER 239-580-8104

Laura M. Holm

S. Dresden Brunner

FAMILY LAW

JACKSONVILLE

HENDERSON, FRANKLIN, STARNES & HOLT 239-498-6222

Beth T. Vogelsang GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-337-3850

Rebecca B. Creed

Donna J. Tisch

Jeanne L. Seewald (C, IP*, T)

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT BAMBI G. BLUM 305-371-3848 (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) Bambi G. Blum

Cristine M. Russell

Karen Haynes Curtis

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW Julissa Rodriguez

GREENE SMITH & ASSOCIATES 786-268-2553

MARKS GRAY 904-398-0900

Cynthia L. Greene

HICKS, PORTER, EBENFELD & STEIN 305-374-8171

THE HODAK LAW FIRM 904-399-2008

Dinah S. Stein

Corinne C. Hodak (P)

KUBICKI DRAPER 305-374-1212 Caryn L. Bellus

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION ROSS & GIRTEN 305-670-8010 Lauri Waldman Ross

EDUCATION LAW BOYD & JENERETTE 904-353-6241 Kristen M. Van der Linde (D)

RUSSO APPELLATE FIRM 305-666-4660 Elizabeth K. Russo

THE HODAK LAW FIRM 904-399-2008

Michelle Bedoya Barnett, Kelly L. DeGance

Jeanne L. Seewald

CLARKE SILVERGLATE 305-377-0700

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE Mary Bland Love (D)

ALEXANDER DEGANCE BARNETT 904-345-3277

HAHN LOESER & PARKS 239-254-2900

Corinne C. Hodak (P)

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW WEAVER AND WEAVER 904-260-5122 Dianne Jay Weaver (P) GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 904-354-1980 M. Lynn Pappas

& KNIGHT 904-353-2000 PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION HOLLAND Stacy Watson May* DONNA TISCH MEDIATION 239-826-3644

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 305-789-9300 Laura E. Besvinick

WHITE & CASE 305-371-2700

REAL ESTATE LAW

DORIS S. GOLDSTEIN 904-730-2960 Doris S. Goldstein

KELLY PASSIDOMO & ALBA 239-261-3453

ADAMS AND REESE 904-355-1700

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-337-3850

BOYD & JENERETTE 904-353-6241

Kathleen C. Passidomo

Beverly Grady, Cathy S. Reiman*

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-649-6200 Beverly Grady, Cathy S. Reiman*

PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 239-593-2900 Mary Beth M. Clary (R, S)

Deborah L. Russell

GOODMAN BREEN & GIBBS 239-403-3000 Dorothy M. Breen

QUARLES & BRADY 239-262-5959 Kimberly Leach Johnson

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-649-6200 Cathy S. Reiman*

Hilarie Bass (B*)

WELLS & WELLS 305-444-0016 Diane Noller Wells (B, B*)

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

Lauren Parsons Langham

TAX LAW

THE DEARING LAW FIRM 904-355-8001

ROGERS TOWERS 904-398-3911

Katie L. Dearing

Vicki L. Meadors**

ALEXANDER DEGANCE BARNETT 904-345-3277

Andrea S. Hartley**

BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580 GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA 305-349-2300 Allison R. Day

FISHER, TOUSEY, LEAS & BALL 904-356-2600

Michelle Bedoya Barnett (LE*)

Anne Buzby-Walt

KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON 305-372-1800 Corali Lopez-Castro

PROPHETE 904-356-8900

MIAMI

Heather A. Owen (EM, LE*, LM), Margaret P. Zabijaka (EM, LM)

DONNELLY + GROSS 352-374-4001 Laura A. Gross (EI, EM, LE*, LU)

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

TRUSTS AND ESTATES Mindy A. Mora**

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

TRUSTS AND ESTATES CONSTANGY, BROOKS, SMITH & CUMMINGS & LOCKWOOD 239-262-8311

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

SMITH HULSEY & BUSEY 904-359-7700

Kristen M. Van der Linde

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW Patricia M. Hernandez (B)

INSURANCE LAW Brenna Malouf Durden**

Leslie A. Wickes**

Raoul G. Cantero III

AVILA RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ MENA & FERRI 305-779-3560

HEALTH CARE LAW GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 904-354-1980 Donna J. Tisch (D) M. Lynn Pappas HULSEY & BUSEY 904-359-7700 HOLLAND & KNIGHT 904-353-2000 REAL ESTATE LAW SMITH Charmaine T.M. Chiu, Jeanne E. Helton Melissa S. Turra COLEMAN, YOVANOVICH & KOESTER 239-435-3535 LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER 904-353-6410 G. Helen Athan

APPELLATE PRACTICE Nancy A. Copperthwaite

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Cindy A. Laquidara

Neale Montgomery

Jill Nexon Berman (M)

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

AKERMAN 904-798-3700

SHEPPARD, WHITE, KACHERGUS & 904-356-9661 LAND USE & ZONING LAW DEMAGGIO Elizabeth L. White PAVESE LAW FIRM 239-334-2195

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW

RENNERT VOGEL MANDLER & RODRIGUEZ 305-577-4177

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY LAW

Melissa S. Turra

Kelley Geraghty Price (LE*)

Beverly Grady**

Leslie J. Lott (A, M)

ROGERS TOWERS 904-824-0879

ROGERS TOWERS 904-398-3911

COHEN & GRIGSBY 239-390-1900

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 239-337-3850

LOTT & FISCHER 305-448-7089

Brenna Malouf Durden

SHEPPARD, WHITE, KACHERGUS & DEMAGGIO 904-356-9661

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Elizabeth L. White

HAHN LOESER & PARKS 239-254-2900

LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER 904-353-6410

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 904-353-2000

TOWERS 904-398-3911 HEALTH CARE LAW ROGERS Cristine M. Russell

DONNA TISCH MEDIATION 239-826-3644

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

M. Lynn Pappas

APPELLATE PRACTICE Ellen M. Avery-Smith CREED & GOWDY 904-350-0075

Beverly Grady

Mirta P. Canton

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 904-354-1980

LEA SOUZA-RASILE 305-962-5573 Lea A. Souza-Rasile**

MARKOWITZ RINGEL TRUSTY & HARTOG 305-670-5000 Grace E. Robson

MARKS GRAY 904-398-0900

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF &

Susan S. Erdelyi (EM, LE*)

SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL 904-598-6100 Patricia J. Hill (EM, LM)

BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580

SITTERSON 305-789-3200

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

WELLS & WELLS 305-444-0016

A. Vicky Leiva

Patricia Ann Redmond**

Lucia A. Dougherty

Diane Noller Wells**

DIANA SANTA MARIA

Personal Injury Litigation

aving recently celebrated 25 years of service in the legal profession, Diana Santa Maria continues to be recognized as one of the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Trial Lawyers and is once again chosen among a select group of attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America©. Diana Santa Maria and her firm practice a legally dependable devotion to their clients in matters of plaintiffs’ personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. Each year Diana Santa Maria’s firm is recognized for its excellence in advocacy and adherence to the highest standards of ethics in the pursuit of justice for clients and their families. Over the past two decades, the firm has obtained multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for victims of auto, train, bus, aviation, and boating accidents; injuries and deaths on construction sites; drownings in unsafe pools and swimming venues; and medical malpractice and criminal assaults in public places resulting from inadequate security. Undeniably, Diana Santa Maria and her firm practice the moto they hold dearest to their hearts, attorneys who understand, who care, who can help.

The Firm Concentrates Its Practice on the Following Cases: ■ CATASTROPHIC INJURY ■ TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS ■ AUTO, BUS, TRAIN & TRUCKING ACCIDENTS

■ CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS ■ MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ■ NURSING HOME NEGLECT

■ PRODUCTS LIABILIT Y ■ INADEQUATE SECURIT Y ■ DEFECTIVE DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICAL DEVICES

Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria 5220 S. University Dr., Suite 205C | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328 phone 954.434.1077 | fax 954.434.4462 email diana@santamarialaw.net www.santamarialaw.net www.bestlawyers.com | 10 3

FLORIDA BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION MURAI WALD BIONDO & MORENO 305-444-0101

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FONTE IMMIGRATION FIRM 305-382-6630

M. Cristina Moreno

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500 Judith M. Korchin

WHITE & CASE 305-371-2700

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AVILA RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ MENA & FERRI 305-779-3560 Martha R. Mora

COLSON HICKS EIDSON 305-476-7400 Julie Braman Kane

DUANE MORRIS 305-960-2200

Sarah Lea Tobocman

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE BLACK, SREBNICK, KORNSPAN & STUMPF 305-371-6421

KURZBAN KURZBAN WEINGER TETZELI & PRATT 305-444-0060

Kerri L. Barsh**, Lucia A. Dougherty

FAMILY LAW Helena M. Tetzeli

MOSCOWITZ & MOSCOWITZ 305-379-8300

BUCKNER, SHIFRIN, ETTER, DUGAN, BRADFUTE & KOHLMAN 305-679-9744

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 305-577-7000

CARLTON FIELDS 305-530-0050

Maria De los Angeles Neyra Jane W. Moscowitz

Jeannie M. Etter, Deanna S. Shifrin

Rebekah J. Poston

Edith G. Osman

FOSTER-MORALES SOCKEL-STONE 305-577-0090

Hilarie Bass, Jacqueline Becerra, Susan J. Tarbe

BROAD AND CASSEL 305-373-9400

GREENE SMITH & ASSOCIATES 786-268-2553

Carol A. Licko

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500 Susan J. Tarbe

KLUGER, KAPLAN, SILVERMAN, KATZEN & LEVINE 305-379-9000

Marilyn J. Holifield, Judith M. Korchin, Tracy A. Nichols

K&L GATES 305-539-3300 Lee E. Stapleton

LEINOFF & LEMOS 305-661-1556

Lee E. Stapleton

MARRERO BOZORGI 305-577-9711 Susan K. Bozorgi

MARCIA SOTO 305-446-9791

Deborah S. Corbishley

MOSCOWITZ & MOSCOWITZ 305-379-8300 Jane W. Moscowitz

VALDESPINO & ASSOCIATES 305-442-1200

Corali Lopez-Castro, Gail A. McQuilkin, Detra P. Shaw-Wilder

PIÃ&#x2018;ERA-VAZQUEZ LAW FIRM 305-443-0629

Lea A. Souza-Rasile

RASKIN & RASKIN 305-444-3400

Raquel A. Rodriguez

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 305-577-7000

Jill Nexon Berman

THE LS LAW FIRM 305-503-5503

Dori Foster-Morales

Maria De los Angeles Neyra, Jacqueline L. Perczek

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500 K&L GATES 305-539-3300

KENNY NACHWALTER 305-373-1000 KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON 305-372-1800 LEA SOUZA-RASILE 305-962-5573

RENNERT VOGEL MANDLER & RODRIGUEZ 305-577-4177

HUGHES HUBBARD & REED 305-358-1666

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 305-376-6000

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500 Patricia M. MenÃ©ndez-Cambo

Gail A. McQuilkin (C, IP*, P*)

MALLOY & MALLOY 305-858-8000

Nina Greene

Janet T. Munn (IP*)

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 305-789-9300 Laura E. Besvinick (IP*)

Mirta P. Canton

HEALTH CARE LAW

Patricia M. MenÃ©ndez-Cambo

Stephanie Russo

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW ALLEN, NORTON & BLUE 305-445-7801

Maria T. Currier

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 305-358-3500 Jennifer A. Vecchio

Sharon Quinn Dixon

ENTERTAINMENT LAW

TAYON LAW 786-401-6203 Kathy J. Tayon

Susan Potter Norton (EM, LM) CARLTON FIELDS 305-530-0050 Patricia H. Thompson (EM, LM)

COZEN O'CONNOR 305-704-5940

Susan N. Eisenberg (EM, LE*), Jennifer T. Williams (EM)

T. DIAZ 305-377-8828 IMMIGRATION LAW ENA Ena T. Diaz (LE*)

BERNSTEIN OSBERG-BRAUN 305-895-0300 Linda M. Osberg-Braun

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE LAW GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

BROAD AND CASSEL 305-373-9400

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

Alison W. Miller (F)

RASCO KLOCK PEREZ & NIETO 305-476-7100

C. ALVAREZ 305-505-6751 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE STEPHANIE Stephanie C. Alvarez (C, P*)

DUANE MORRIS 305-960-2200 Amy Brigham Boulris Joanne B. Erde, Nanette O'Donnell EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

Jennie S. Malloy (C, IP*, P, T)

MIKKI CANTON 305-665-1985

Laura N. Camp

Esther L. Moreno

KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON 305-372-1800 305-448-7089 FRANCHISE LAW LOTT & FISCHER (C, Leslie J. Lott IP*, P, P*, T)

GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA 305-349-2300

CAMP & SCHUSTER 305-607-9398

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

Terri Meyers (IP*)

Carol A. Licko

Mary Leslie Smith

Melinda S. Gentile*

CORPORATE LAW

KLUGER, KAPLAN, SILVERMAN, KATZEN &

FOLEY & LARDNER 305-482-8400

Judith M. Korchin*

Joy Spillis Lundeen*

Judith M. Korchin (IP*)

Amy G. Dulin

EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW LEVINE 305-379-9000

Candis D. Trusty

Jill Nexon Berman*

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

Alison C. Weinger

CONSTRUCTION LAW MARKOWITZ RINGEL TRUSTY & HARTOG 305-670-5000

RENNERT VOGEL MANDLER & RODRIGUEZ 305-577-4177

Raoul G. Cantero III

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION Jacqueline Becerra (IP*)

ELDER LAW

PECKAR & ABRAMSON 305-358-2600

WHITE & CASE 305-371-2700

Louise McAlpin

Raoul G. Cantero III

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

Miranda Lundeen Soto*

HOGAN LOVELLS US 305-459-6500

Laura E. Besvinick

Fredrica B. Elder

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON 305-358-5171

Jacqueline M. Valdespino

Rebekah J. Poston

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

ELDER & LEWIS 305-667-4774

Valerie Shea

ALISON C. WEINGER 305-256-4157

Lauri Waldman Ross

WHITE & CASE 305-371-2700

SEDGWICK 305-670-4777

Marcia Soto

DERIVATIVES AND FUTURES LAW

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 305-789-9300

Irene M. Porter

Natalie S. Lemos

Silvia B. PiÃ±era-Vazquez

Barbara J. Riesberg

ROSS & GIRTEN 305-670-8010

INSURANCE LAW AKERMAN 305-374-5600

HICKS, PORTER, EBENFELD & STEIN 305-374-8171

Deborah S. Chames

Lilly Ann Sanchez

RIESBERGLAW 305-371-9617

Tammy Fox-Isicoff

Marcy Levine Aldrich, Nina S. Whiston

Cynthia L. Greene, Laura Davis Smith

Jayne C. Weintraub

Jane Serene Raskin

MCDONALD HOPKINS 305-704-3990

RIFKIN & FOX-ISICOFF 305-371-2777 Elaine F. Weiss

BLACK, SREBNICK, KORNSPAN & STUMPF 305-371-6421

HOGAN LOVELLS US 305-459-6500

Mary E. Kramer

WEISS & KAHN 305-668-0084

FOGEL RUBIN & FOGEL 305-577-4905

Alice K. Sum

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

LAW OFFICE OF MARY E. KRAMER 305-374-2300

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR Terry L. Fogel

Effie D. Silva

FOWLER WHITE BURNETT 305-789-9200

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 305-376-6000

Eileen Ball Mehta*

Alison W. Miller

Raoul G. Cantero III

Magda Montiel Davis, Kari Ann Fonte

BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

FORDHARRISON 305-808-2100 Elizabeth M. Rodriguez (LE*)

Women in the Law: Ava K. Doppelt Ava K. Doppelt is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Intellectual Property Law. She manages trademark and copyright portfolios, and has substantial litigation experience in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Ms. Doppelt advises clients on trademark, publishing, entertainment, and licensing, franchising, and copyright matters. She speaks frequently on intellectual property, publishing and entertainment law.

Ava K. Doppelt

ADDG is an Intellectual Property law firm established in 1972. The firm protects the intrinsic rights of clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original ideas and unique technologies through the effective application of patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, infringement, trade secrets and unfair competition protection. Every attorney in the firm is an Intellectual Property Attorney. Most are Shareholders, many are Board Certified. All are dedicated professionals.

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FLORIDA TAX LAW GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 850-521-1980

FOWLER WHITE BURNETT 305-789-9200 Elizabeth P. Johnson (EM)

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580

Marci K. Poliakoff

Kelly-Ann G. Cartwright (EM, LE*, LM), Marilyn J. Holifield (EM, LE*, LM)

Summer Ayers LePree

April L. Boyer (LM), Carol C. Lumpkin (EI, LM)

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 305-376-6000

LITTLER MENDELSON 305-400-7500

Mary E. Karr

Sherril M. Colombo (LE*), Gaye L. Huxoll (EM)

PHILLIPS, RICHARD & RIND 305-412-8322 Kathleen M. Phillips (EI, LU)

Miranda F. Fitzgerald

Sheila M. Cesarano (EM, LM)

ORLANDO

LAND USE & ZONING LAW BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580 A. Vicky Leiva, Eileen Ball Mehta** Patricia M. Baloyra

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500 Kerri L. Barsh**, Lucia A. Dougherty

LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW BARRETT, HURT, DONAHUE, MCLAIN & INSURANCE LAW RISSMAN, MANGAN 407-839-0120 Nicole D. Ruocco (E) BOEHM BROWN HARWOOD 407-660-0990 Janet L. Brown, Susan B. Harwood

RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL 407-872-7300

Julie Braman Kane (D, P)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

ELDER LAW BACH & JACOBS 941-906-1231 Babette B. Bach

LATHAM, SHUKER, EDEN & BEAUDINE 407-481-5800

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW WILLIAMS PARKER HARRISON DIETZ &

Lori T. Milvain (C, IP*, T) GETZEN 941-366-4800 BANKING AND FINANCE LAW LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Carol L. Myers

AKERMAN 407-423-4000

BAKER & HOSTETLER 407-649-4000

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 407-425-8500

CHANFRAU & CHANFRAU 386-258-7313

DEVINE GOODMAN RASCO & WATTSFITZGERALD 305-374-8200

Suzanne E. Gilbert (B, B*) BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

Elizabeth A. Green**

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW

SARASOTA

Lori J. Caldwell

Ava K. Doppelt (C, IP*, T)

Megan Costa DeVault (B*), Virginia B. Townes (B, B*, R)

COLSON HICKS EIDSON 305-476-7400

Laura K. Sundberg**

BEUSSE WOLTER SANKS & MAIRE 407-926-7700 APPELLATE PRACTICE Christine Q. McLeod (P)

FOLEY & LARDNER 407-423-7656 Kimberly A. Ashby

Jacqueline M. Arango

ZIMMERMAN, KISER & SUTCLIFFE 407-425-7010

Gail S. Seeram

ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST 407-841-2330

Miranda F. Fitzgerald

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

Norma Stanley

LAW OFFICES OF GAIL S. SEERAM 407-292-7730

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW

BROAD AND CASSEL 305-373-9400

Pamela O. Price

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & TRUSTS AND ESTATES REED 407-843-4600 Teresa B. Finer GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

Diana S.C. Zeydel**

SHUTTS & BOWEN 305-358-6300

GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880

DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & IMMIGRATION LAW LOWNDES, REED 407-843-4600

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

K&L GATES 305-539-3300

Lauren Y. Detzel**

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

Marlene Quintana (EM)

Diana S.C. Zeydel

DEAN, MEAD, EGERTON, BLOODWORTH, CAPOUANO & BOZARTH 407-841-1200

Allison E. Turnbull

GRAYROBINSON 305-416-6880

Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (EM, LE*)

FAMILY LAW

ICARD, MERRILL, CULLIS, TIMM, FUREN & GINSBURG 941-366-8100

Kelly H. Chanfrau (LU)

Jaime L. Wallace

FORDHARRISON 407-418-2300

Lori R. Benton (EM, LM), M. Susan Sacco (EM, LE*), Kay L. Wolf (EM, LM)

REAL ESTATE LAW

Abigail C. Watts-Fitzgerald

BAKER & HOSTETLER 407-649-4000

GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880

HARLLEE & BALD 941-744-5537

Hilarie Bass*

BURR & FORMAN 407-540-6600

JILL S. SCHWARTZ & ASSOCIATES 407-647-8911

WILLIAMS PARKER HARRISON DIETZ & GETZEN 941-366-4800

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

Jill S. Schwartz (EI, EM, LE*, LU)

LATHAM, SHUKER, EDEN & BEAUDINE 407-481-5800

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION Dorothy F. Green (EM, LE*, LM)

Alison W. Miller

RYAN LAW 407-359-0403

407-423-4000 NATURAL RESOURCES LAW AKERMAN Virginia B. Townes GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500 GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880 Kerri L. Barsh

SHUTTS & BOWEN 407-423-3200 Mary Ruth Houston (EM, LE*, LM)

LAND USE & ZONING LAW J. Allison Archbold Cecelia Bonifay

Karen C. Dyer

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880

COLSON HICKS EIDSON 305-476-7400

Mayanne Downs

GROSSMAN ROTH YAFFA COHEN 888-296-1681

Suzanne E. Gilbert, Judith M. Mercier

Julie P. Kendig-Schrader*

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 850-521-1980

LATHAM, SHUKER, EDEN & BEAUDINE 407-481-5800

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

Suzanne Barto Hill

PITA WEBER DEL PRADO 305-670-2889 Shannon N. Del Prado (P)

WICKER SMITH O'HARA MCCOY & FORD 305-448-3939 Leslie A. McCormick (D)

REED 407-843-4600

CARLTON FIELDS 407-849-0300

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS 727-461-1818 (EM, LE*, LM) Joan M. Vecchioli

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAW FIRM: ALEXANDER/ ABRAMSON 407-649-7777

DEAN, MEAD, EGERTON, BLOODWORTH, CAPOUANO & BOZARTH 407-841-1200

Suzan A. Abramson

ELDER LAW Jane Dunlap Callahan

REAL ESTATE LAW AKERMAN 305-374-5600

BERGER LAW 321-574-5295

BILZIN SUMBERG 305-374-7580

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

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GRAYROBINSON 305-416-6880

SHUFFIELD, LOWMAN & WILSON 407-581-9800

Rosemary O'Shea

Suzanne M. Amaducci-Adams, Marjie C. Nealon Barbara J. Ferrer

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500

Hilarie Bass*, Lucia A. Dougherty, Laura R. Gangemi Vignola, Nancy B. Lash

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

Anna Marie Hernandez*, Judith M. Korchin*

KATZ, BARRON, SQUITERO, FAUST, FRIEDBERG, ENGLISH & ALLEN 305-856-2444

Terry Abrams Berger

Heidi W. Isenhart

Patricia K. Green

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 305-577-3100 Beatriz Azcuy-Diaz

GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880

DEAN, MEAD, EGERTON, BLOODWORTH, CAPOUANO & BOZARTH 407-841-1200

Tracy A. Marshall

Vicki L. Berman

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW GREENBERG TRAURIG 407-420-1000

Esther L. Moreno (S)

BARBARA J. OIKLE 305-761-4322 Barbara J. Oikle (R, S)

BRESSLER, AMERY & ROSS 305-501-5480 Sara Soto (S*)

GREENBERG TRAURIG 305-579-0500 Hilarie Bass (S*), Jacqueline Becerra (S*)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500 Tracy A. Nichols (S*)

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200 Alison W. Miller (S)

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 305-789-9300

Susan W. Carlson

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 850-521-1980

LINDA SUZZANNE GRIFFIN 727-449-9800

Allison E. Turnbull

Linda Suzzanne Griffin

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 407-425-8500

Julie P. Kendig-Schrader

Suzanne E. Gilbert*, Kathryn W. Oberto

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

TALLAHASSEE

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600

Miranda F. Fitzgerald

Jacqueline Bozzuto, Miranda F. Fitzgerald, Meredith E. Level

FAMILY LAW SHUFFIELD, LOWMAN & WILSON 407-581-9800 FRANK FAMILY LAW PRACTICE 407-629-2208 Jennifer C. Frank

GRAY, GORENFLO & PARTLOW 407-324-0778

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW

Lynne R. Wilson

SHUTTS & BOWEN 407-423-3200

BERGER SINGERMAN 850-561-3010

VOSE LAW FIRM 407-645-3735

BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 850-681-0411

Melanie Ann Hines

Juli Simas James, Jennifer Slone Tobin

Linda Loomis Shelley

Gretchen R.H. Vose

GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880 Mayanne Downs

GREEN FAMILY LAW 407-403-5558 Caryn M. Green

PALMER, WEISS, GRUNOR & BARCLAY 407-843-3990 Rebecca L. Palmer

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 850-521-1980

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HOLLAND & KNIGHT 850-224-7000

ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAW FIRM: ALEXANDER/ ABRAMSON 407-649-7777

Karen D. Walker

HOPPING GREEN & SAMS 850-222-7500

Suzan A. Abramson (S)

Victoria L. Weber

SASSER & WEBER 407-896-0491

TAX LAW RADEY LAW FIRM 850-425-6654

Nancy S. Weber

THE AIKIN FAMILY LAW GROUP 407-644-4040 Wendy L. Aikin

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 407-422-6600 Martha A. Hartley

FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION DEAN, MEAD, EGERTON, BLOODWORTH, CAPOUANO &

PALMER, WEISS, GRUNOR & BARCLAY 407-843-3990 Rebecca L. Palmer

BOZARTH 407-841-1200

Nancy S. Weber

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE

Amy G. Dulin

BURR & FORMAN 407-540-6600 Vivien J. Monaco

Diane D. Tremor

APPELLATE PRACTICE GREENBERG TRAURIG 850-222-6891

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED 407-843-4600 Amanda F. Wilson

SUNDSTROM & MINDLIN 850-877-6555

Katherine Eastmoore Giddings

GRAYROBINSON 407-843-8880

SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW SASSER & WEBER 407-896-0491

Donna E. Blanton

AKERMAN 850-224-9634

Jane Dunlap Callahan, Lauren Y. Detzel

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION Pamela O. Price

Laura E. Besvinick (S*)

HUGHES HUBBARD & REED 305-358-1666

TAX LAW JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS 727-800-5980

Julie P. Kendig-Schrader

Cecelia Bonifay, Robyn D. Neely

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW Rachel A. Gorenflo

AKERMAN 305-374-5600

Mary Jo Carney

Sara W. Bernard, Laura Jo O. Thacker

GREENBERG TRAURIG 407-420-1000

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 305-789-3200

REAL ESTATE LAW POWELL, CARNEY, MALLER 727-898-9011

BROAD AND CASSEL 407-839-4200

Mary Doty Solik

SHUTTS & BOWEN 305-358-6300

Lisa A. Lerner

REESER, RODNITE, OUTTEN & ZDRAVKO 727-787-5919

Chandra L. Miller (D)

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 407-422-6600

DOTY SOLIK LAW 407-501-8606

AKERMAN 407-423-4000

SIEGFRIED, RIVERA, HYMAN, LERNER, DE LA TORRE, MARS & SOBEL 305-442-3334

Phyllis J. Towzey (EM, LM)

GOODIS THOMPSON & MILLER 727-823-0540

BAKER & HOSTETLER 407-649-4000

EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW Martha A. Hartley, Lynne M. White

RENNERT VOGEL MANDLER & RODRIGUEZ 305-577-4177 Margaret A. Rolando

LAW OFFICE OF PHYLLIS J. TOWZEY 727-895-1200

(EI, LE*) REAL ESTATE LAW Angela E. Outten MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

Cecelia Bonifay, Kathryn Bessmer Hoeck*

Norma Stanley

Erica L. English, Ellen Rose Jill Nexon Berman*

Kathlyn M. Mackovjak

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 407-425-8500

CORPORATE LAW Judith M. Mercier

FAMILY LAW

IMMIGRATION LAW MEDIA LAW IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP OF FLORIDA 727-471-0677

Jacqueline Bozzuto

Kelly Anne Luther (D)

Dana Clayton*, Elizabeth M. Hernandez*, Karen P. Kondell, Janice L. Russell

Marie Tomassi

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY LAW KOCH, HOFFMAN & KASZUBA 727-446-6248 CONSTRUCTION LAW LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & Kim L. Kaszuba

Charlotte L. Warren

Laura E. Besvinick (D)

TRENAM LAW 727-896-7171

Miranda F. Fitzgerald**, Rebecca Furman Wilson

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION FOLEY & LARDNER 407-423-7656 KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN 305-377-1666 Kimberly A. Ashby** STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN 305-789-9300

APPELLATE PRACTICE

Allison E. Turnbull

RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL 407-872-7300

Lyndall M. Lambert (D)

ST. PETERSBURG

GREENBERG TRAURIG 407-420-1000

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 407-425-8500 Jennifer S. Eden

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 305-374-8500

FERGESON, SKIPPER, SHAW, KEYSER, BARON & TIRABASSI 941-957-1900

AKERMAN 407-423-4000

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER 407-425-7118

Natasha S. Cortes (P)

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

SIGMAN & SIGMAN 407-332-1200

Virginia B. Townes

Julie Braman Kane (P)

TAX LAW Cheryl L. Gordon

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Patricia R. Sigman (EI) AKERMAN 407-423-4000

Abigail C. Watts-Fitzgerald

Michele B. Grimes

SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 941-366-6660

Cynthia Brennan Ryan (EM)

Mayanne Downs

NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW DEVINE GOODMAN RASCO & WATTSFITZGERALD 305-374-8200

Kimberly A. Bald*

Susan T. Spradley (EM, LM)

Denise D. Dell-Powell**

M. Hope Keating

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION HOLLAND & KNIGHT 850-224-7000

TRUSTS AND ESTATES Karen D. Walker AKERMAN 407-423-4000 Virginia B. Townes*

MAUREEN MCCARTHY DAUGHTON 850-345-8251 Maureen McCarthy Daughton

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APPELLATE PRACTICE BRANNOCK & HUMPHRIES 813-223-4300 Ceci Culpepper Berman, Celene H. Humphries

CORPORATE LAW BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 813-222-8180 Hala A. Sandridge

AUSLEY MCMULLEN 850-224-9115

BUELL & ELLIGETT 813-874-2600

Emily S. Waugh

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW CARLTON FIELDS 813-223-7000 Shannon B. Gray, Laurel E. Lockett, Gwynne A. Young*

THOMAS & LOCICERO 813-984-3060

FLETCHER & FISCHER 813-898-2828

Carol Jean LoCicero

Leigh Kellett Fletcher

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE GRAYROBINSON 813-273-5000 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 813-222-8180

Amy S. Farrior

Rhea F. Law

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR CARLTON FIELDS 813-223-7000 GREENBERG TRAURIG 813-318-5700

Melanie Ann Hines

CARLTON FIELDS 813-223-7000

Kimberly A. Mello

MEYER, BROOKS, DEMMA AND BLOHM 850-878-5212 Jennifer S. Blohm

Stacy H. Krumin

JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS 813-225-2500 TRENAM LAW 813-223-7474

Tracy R. Gunn

Cynthia A. Mikos

HILL WARD HENDERSON 813-221-3900

Mary H. Quinlan

IMMIGRATION LAW

Marie Attaway Borland

DRAPER 813-204-9776 ENERGY LAW KUBICKI Betsy E. Gallagher GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART 850-521-1980 KYNES, MARKMAN & FELMAN 813-229-1118 Beth Keating

POBJECKY & POBJECKY 863-294-0602

AKERMAN 850-224-9634

Cristin Conley Keane

INSURANCE LAW

AVIATION LAW GROELLE & SALMON 813-849-7200

BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 850-681-0411 CARLTON FIELDS 850-224-1585

Robin P. Keener

SWOPE, RODANTE 813-273-0017

Aileen S. Davis (B)

GREENBERG TRAURIG 850-222-6891

Angela E. Rodante**

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 813-227-8500

Maribel N. Nicholson-Choice

Barbara M. Yadley (B)

LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER 850-222-5702

DUGGAR & DUGGAR 850-386-6124 KRISTIN ADAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW 850-224-2000

Kristin Adamson

Lara Roeske Fernandez

Linda A. Bailey

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 850-681-0411

BRANNOCK & HUMPHRIES 813-223-4300

Karen D. Walker

BUSH ROSS 813-224-9255

Donna E. Blanton

CARLTON FIELDS 813-223-7000

Irene Bassel Frick, Margaret D. Mathews

HOLLAND & KNIGHT 850-224-7000

Ceci Culpepper Berman

RADEY LAW FIRM 850-425-6654

Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe

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HOLLAND & KNIGHT 813-227-8500

Lara J. Tibbals

Shannon Hartsfield Salimone

Stacy D. Blank, Natalie P. Thomas

LAU, LANE, PIEPER, CONLEY & MCCREADIE 813-229-2121 Mary A. Lau (LE*)

Janet Goldberg McEnery (EM, LM)

ADAMS AND REESE 813-402-2880

THOMPSON, SIZEMORE, GONZALEZ & HEARING 813-273-0050

EDNA L. CARUSO 561-371-1431

Julie H. Littky-Rubin Edna L. Caruso

KREUSLER-WALSH, COMPIANI & VARGAS 561-659-5455

Erin G. Jackson (EM)

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LAND USE & ZONING LAW MARJORIE GADARIAN GRAHAM 561-775-1204 Marjorie Gadarian Graham

Rhea F. Law, Andrea E. Zelman**

CORPORATE LAW

Gina K. Grimes

BARNETT BOLT KIRKWOOD LONG & KOCHE 813-253-2020 Leslie Wager Hudock

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT BROAD AND CASSEL 561-832-3300 (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) Patricia Lebow CARLTON FIELDS 561-659-7070

CARLTON FIELDS 813-223-7000

HILL WARD HENDERSON 813-221-3900

Stacey K. Sutton

Sylvia H. Walbolt

Rachel M. Feinman, S. Katherine Frazier

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GREENBERG TRAURIG 561-650-7900

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EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW GAYLORD MERLIN LUDOVICI & DIAZ 813-221-9000 Lorena Hart Ludovici, Kimbel L. Merlin

CARLTON FIELDS 850-224-1585

HOPPING GREEN & SAMS 850-222-7500

UTILITIES LAW Lila A. Jaber

RADEY LAW FIRM 850-425-6654 Susan F. Clark

TAMPA Rhea F. Law

Gayle B. Carlson

HARRIS & HUNT 813-223-5421

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CONSTRUCTION LAW Jacqueline S. Miller

GREENBERG TRAURIG 561-650-7900 Bridget A. Berry*

ELDER LAW

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Nancy Hutcheson Harris

Christine D. Hanley (LE*)

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Bridget A. Berry (LE*)

Angela E. Rodante (P)

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Patricia E. Lowry (EM, LE*)

Alexandra M. MacLennan

REAL ESTATE LAW

Caroline Black Sikorske

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& BOLIN 813-226-3000 FAMILY LAW BOCCHINO Mindy McLaughlin (D)

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Patricia A. Leonard

Rhea F. Law

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Margaret L. Cooper, Joanne M. O'Connor

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Laurel E. Lockett

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Susan Johnson-Velez

Laurel E. Lockett

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BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 813-222-8180

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Victoria L. Weber**

Nicole K. Atkinson

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Kirsten L. Vignec

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Carolyn T. Long

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Nancy G. Linnan

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 561-650-7200 Patricia E. Lowry

HILL WARD HENDERSON 813-221-3900

Tabatha A. Liebert*

Linda Loomis Shelley**

REAL ESTATE LAW

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

Marilyn Mullen Healy

CONSTRUCTION LAW BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY 813-222-8180

LAND USE & ZONING LAW ALLEN DELL 813-223-5351

Cheryl G. Stuart

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ADAMS AND REESE 813-402-2880

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Melanie Coleman Jacobson (A)

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Janice Matson Rickert (E)

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Martha H. Chumbler*, Nancy G. Linnan**

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Theresa M. Gallion (EM, LE*), Christine E. Howard (EM)

INSURANCE LAW Kelli A. Edson

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Mary Ann Stiles (E)

JACKSON LEWIS 813-512-3210

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Jamie L. Graham, Tina W. McKeon, Kathryn H. Wade

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Patricia T. Barmeyer*

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Joyce M. Mocek*

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

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ENERGY LAW Evelyn Fletcher Davis KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON 404-815-6500 Caroline W. Spangenberg**

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Leslie J. Bryan (P)

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Ellen Smith

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Lizanne Thomas (G)

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Margaret H. Campbell (EM, LE*), Dara L. DeHaven (EM, LE*, LM)

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Bridget A. Berry*, Laurie L. Gildan**

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CONSTRUCTION LAW POLSINELLI 404-253-6000

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Lynda J. Harris

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Adrienne E. Marting*

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Patricia G. Griffith (EM, LE*, LM)

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PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW

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SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 561-650-7200

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Laurie J. Adams (D)

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PHILLIPS 404-231-1400 HEALTH CARE LAW FISHER Ann Margaret Pointer (EM, LE*, LM)

L. LIN WOOD 404-891-1402

Edna L. Caruso (P)

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Carla F. Stern

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MUNICIPAL LAW

Charmaine D. Smith (IP*)

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Maria Baratta (IP*), Susan A. Cahoon (IP*, P*), Jamie L. Graham (P), Brenda O. Holmes (P), Christine P. James (T), Tywanda Harris Lord (IP*), Tina W. McKeon (P), Judith A. Powell (IP*, T), Virginia S. Taylor (IP*, T)

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Natasha H. Moffitt (P)

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Nancy E. Rafuse

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KEY LEONG KUPCHAK HASTERT 808-531-8031 ELDER LAW DAMON Anna H. Oshiro** GOODSILL ANDERSON QUINN & STIFEL 808-547-5600

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Sonja R. Tate

HUNTERMACLEAN 912-236-0261

CORPORATE LAW

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THE COCHRAN FIRM ATLANTA 404-222-9922 Jane Lamberti (P)

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Chilton Davis Varner (D)

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CADES SCHUTTE 808-521-9200

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Grace Nihei Kido, Patricia J. McHenry

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TRUSTS AND ESTATES Lisa A. Bail**, Lisa Woods Munger** ATWOOD CHOATE 912-264-4211

Susan J. Wilson

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Donna C. Marron*

Triece Gignilliat Ziblut

FAMILY LAW MANCINI WELCH & GEIGER 808-871-8351

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW Rosalyn Loomis

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL 706-542-5191

Philippa V. Ellis (D)

BRONSTER FUJICHAKU ROBBINS 808-524-5644

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE Patricia Tanzer Paul (E)

M. Diane Owens (D)

TROUTMAN SANDERS 404-885-3000

KOEHLER & RIDDICK 770-513-0113

N. Karen Deming (D)

HAWAII HONOLULU

Christine A. Koehler

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW THE MERCHANT LAW FIRM 404-828-0969 Ashleigh B. Merchant

THE LINLEY JONES FIRM 404-418-0000

EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW

Linley Jones (P)

Anne Woolf Sapp

ALSTON HUNT FLOYD & ING 808-524-1800

REESE-BEISBIER & ASSOCIATES 678-947-2988

Caryl Greenberg Smith

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QUI TAM LAW OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART 404-881-1300

F. Marian Weeks

HUFF, WOODS & STEELE 770-429-1001

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Lynn H. Murray

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Jill B. Berkeley**, Angela R. Elbert

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Linda L. Pence

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Lauren J. Wolven

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Donna E. Morgan

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FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-237-0300

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Alyssa Stamatakos (D)

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Caroline A. Gilchrist (P)

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FAMILY LAW FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-237-0300

EICHHORN & EICHHORN 219-931-0560

FROST BROWN TODD 317-237-3800

FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-569-9600

Anne L. Cowgur

Renee J. Mortimer (D)

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Ellen E. Boshkoff*, Gayle L. Skolnik

Regina M. Sharrow ANTITRUST LAW BARNES & THORNBURG 317-236-1313 Teresa Morton Nyhart ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

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FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-237-0300

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

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LEVY & DUBOVICH 219-794-1200

DELANEY & DELANEY 317-920-0400

Stephanie A. Smithey

THE MEDIATION GROUP 317-569-3000

Kathryn Hillebrands Burroughs, Nancy L. Cross

CHICAGO

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FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-237-0300 CROSS, PENNAMPED, WOOLSEY & GLAZIER 317-669-9134 Kathy Osborn

Heather L. Emenhiser

CLAIRE E. LEWIS 317-484-8115

Sharon B. Hearn

FAMILY LAW

STUART & BRANIGIN 765-423-1561

Patricia Polis McCrory (D)

Kandi Hidde*

Shaun Healy Clifford, Francina A. Dlouhy

Jennifer A. Shaw

HARRISON & MOBERLY 317-639-4511 MILLER 317-236-2100 ELDER LAW ICE Amy K. Fisher (D)

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Susan Traynor Chastain, Michelle L. Cooper

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

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Holly Brady (EI)

Peggy L. Crane**

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VOYLES ZAHN & PAUL 317-632-4463

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HINSHAW & CULBERTSON 309-674-1025

Renee J. Mortimer (D)

JESSIE A. COOK 812-232-4634

INSURANCE LAW Jennifer M. Lukemeyer Linda A. Polley

SPRINGFIELD-IL

Mary Solada**

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE

HUNT SUEDHOFF KALAMAROS 260-423-1311

Rachel N. Sostrin (C)

BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL 317-635-8900

Jessie A. Cook

Suzan Rutz

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW

IMMIGRATION LAW BARNES & THORNBURG 317-236-1313

Jan M. Carroll, Anne N. DePrez

FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-237-0300 Terry E. Hall**, Wendy W. Ponader

PROJECT FINANCE LAW

Miriam Smulevitz Dant

HEALTH CARE LAW ICE MILLER 317-236-2100

FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 317-569-9600 Terry E. Hall**, Wendy W. Ponader

Dina M. Cox (D)

DANT ADVOCACY 317-450-6182

ICE MILLER 317-236-2100

Jane N. Herndon

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CORPORATE LAW SIMMONS PERRINE MOYER BERGMAN 319-366-7641

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WYATT TARRANT & COMBS 502-589-5235

Dorrell J. Brister

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JOHNSON GRAY MCNAMARA 337-412-6003

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Karen J. Greenwell

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WYATT TARRANT & COMBS 502-589-5235

BANKS 502-568-4700

WYATT TARRANT & COMBS 859-233-2012

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Carole D. Christian, Kathie McDonald-McClure WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW COTTON WOLFINBARGER & ASSOCIATES 502-569-2711 STEPTOE & JOHNSON 859-219-8200 Nora Clevenger Currens (D) Cynthia L. Stewart

Eileen M. O'Brien (D)

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

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Michelle D. Wyrick (EM), Mitzi D. Wyrick (EM)

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Katherine W. King

BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL 502-589-4200

ANTITRUST LAW

Christine Lipsey

Susan C. Lonowski (LE*)

Shannon Antle Hamilton (EM, LE*, LM)

Stephanie D. Skinner

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Amy C. Lambert

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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION JONES & ALEXANDER 337-775-5714

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Erica L. Horn**, Jennifer S. Smart*

Theresa A. Barnatt

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Anne A. Chesnut*

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Lyn D. Powers (E)

STOLL KEENON OGDEN 502-333-6000

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LAKE CHARLES

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APPELLATE PRACTICE

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & 504-566-5200 CORPORATE LAW BERKOWITZ Nancy Scott Degan

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Dionne M. Rousseau

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Katherine W. King

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Ann B. Oldfather (P)

Virginia Hamilton Snell

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Jill F. Endicott (D)

Janet P. Jakubowicz, Margaret E. Keane

Karleen J. Green

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Melissa Norman Bork, Janet P. Jakubowicz, Margaret E. Keane

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Theresa A. Canaday

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Marjorie A. Farris

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Donna Wright Lee

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Debbie Reiss Hardesty

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Cynthia W. Young

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Amy Groves Lowe*

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Michelle D. Wyrick*

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Donna Phillips Currault

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Janet P. Jakubowicz

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REAL ESTATE LAW

LAFAYETTE

BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL 502-589-4200

JONES, SWANSON, HUDDELL & GARRISON 504-523-2500

Jaye A. Calhoun**

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KEAN MILLER 225-387-0999

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Sharon A. Mattingly

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JONES WALKER 225-248-2000

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Melissa Norman Bork

Laura Walker Plunkett

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Susan F. Desmond

Emily Black Grey

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BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL 502-589-4200

JACKSON LEWIS 504-208-1755

BREAZEALE, SACHSE AND WILSON 225-387-4000

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CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

Nancy S. Gregorie

HEALTH CARE LAW

STITES & HARBISON 502-587-3400

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BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL 502-589-4200

Pauline F. Hardin

Ann B. Oldfather (P) Susan D. Phillips (D)

Virginia Hamilton Snell

Judy Y. Barrasso

LEE & WALSH 225-344-0474

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WYATT TARRANT & COMBS 502-589-5235

BARRASSO USDIN KUPPERMAN FREEMAN & SARVER 504-589-9700

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Tracy S. Prewitt (D)

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STITES & HARBISON 502-587-3400

Anne J. Crochet**

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Amy Allums Lee*

Janet P. Jakubowicz (S*), June N. King (R, S)

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Mary Ellen Roy (IP*)

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Kim E. Moore (D)

Stacey C.S. Cerrone*, Nicole Eichberger*

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Alissa J. Allison

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Jane E. Armstrong

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Lea Ann Smith (D)

Katherine Conklin

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FOLEY & JUDELL 504-568-1249

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Susan K. Chambers

Caroline D. Lafourcade

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Nancy Scott Degan (S*)

Kathleen A. Manning (D)

Darnell Bludworth*

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Marion Welborn Weinstock

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Monique Gougisha Doucette (EM)

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JANET L. MACDONELL 985-867-9971

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Susan F. Desmond (EM, LE*, LM), René E. Thorne (EM, LE*)

Rose McCabe LeBreton**

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Terry Christovich Gay (D)

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Kathleen F. Drew (D), Deborah B. Rouen (D)

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Megan C. Riess

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ADAMS AND REESE 504-581-3234

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A. Kelton Longwell

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ENTERTAINMENT LAW BECKER ENTERTAINMENT & NEW MEDIA LAW 504-525-2552

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Susan E. Henning (D)

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ROEDEL PARSONS KOCH BLACHE BALHOFF & MCCOLLISTER 504-566-1801 Deborah Duplechin Harkins

Joy Goldberg Braun (D)

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Donna D. Fraiche

CHAFFE MCCALL 504-585-7000

Deborah Duplechin Harkins

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ROEDEL PARSONS KOCH BLACHE BALHOFF & MCCOLLISTER 504-566-1801

Katharine R. Colletta Cynthia A. Nicholson

Lynn Luker Lynn LynnLuker Luker

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BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 504-566-5200

Aimee W. Hebert

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Catherine R. Connors

Cynthia L. Leppert

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SAUL EWING 410-332-8600 ATWOOD 207-791-1100 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW PIERCE Rebecca West Greenfield, Jacquelyn M. Kurz, Judith F. Woodbury Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark EATON PEABODY 207-274-5266 BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW LAND USE & ZONING LAW Leslie C. Hallock, Anne E. O'Donovan

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ROACH HEWITT RUPRECHT SANCHEZ & BISCHOFF 207-747-4870

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Juliet T. Browne

PIERCE ATWOOD 207-791-1100

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Juliet T. Browne**

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NANCY WELLER 410-263-3660

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Elizabeth A. Olivier (EI, LM)

Jessica A. Lewis

RICHARDSON, WHITMAN, LARGE & BADGER 207-774-7474 CAROLYN H. WILLIAMS

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION Elizabeth G. Stouder (LE*) Melissa A. Hewey

PETERS & CLARK 410-990-0090

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BERGEN & PARKINSON 207-985-7000 BERNSTEIN SHUR 207-774-1200

TRAINOR, BILLMAN, BENNETT & MILKO 410-280-1700

Melissa A. Hewey

Leslie G. Billman

Geraldine G. Sanchez

CONSTRUCTION LAW JENSEN BAIRD GARDNER & HENRY 207-775-7271

BERGEN & PARKINSON 207-985-7000 BERNSTEIN SHUR 207-774-1200

Marian C. Hwang*

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Kathleen Howard Meredith (P)

Susan B. Driscoll*

Mary Costigan, Joan M. Fortin, Shana Mueller

CONSUMER LAW DRUMMOND WOODSUM 207-772-1941 Melissa A. Hewey*, Amy K. Tchao**

MILES & STOCKBRIDGE 410-727-6464

ILIFF, MEREDITH, WILDBERGER & BRENNAN 410-685-1166

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Deborah M. Mann**

THOMPSON BOWIE & HATCH 207-774-2500

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LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT CORBIN, SCHAFFER & AVILES 410-544-0314 (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) Ann L. Lamdin

JENSEN BAIRD GARDNER & HENRY 207-775-7271 Deborah M. Mann

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW

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Kelly L. Baetz, Juliet T. Browne

DRUMMOND WOODSUM 207-772-1941

Leslie G. Billman

Catherine R. Connors**

VERRILL DANA 207-774-4000

Patricia A. Peard

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Natalie L. Burns**, Sally J. Daggett

PIERCE ATWOOD 207-791-1100

Susan B. Driscoll

Constance H. Baker

Marika M. Ostendorf**

Rebecca S. Webber (EI, EM, LE*)

Catherine R. Connors

EDUCATION LAW CH BAKER LAW 410-630-8324

PIPER 410-580-3000 FAMILY LAW DLA Linda Marotta Thomas

Geraldine G. Sanchez (LE*)

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW SKELTON TAINTOR & ABBOTT 207-784-3200 PIERCE ATWOOD 207-791-1100

Deborah H. Diehl

BALDWIN LAW GROUP 410-828-5510

Carolyn H. Williams

ROACH HEWITT RUPRECHT SANCHEZ & BISCHOFF 207-747-4870

DRUMMOND WOODSUM 207-772-1941

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-347-8700

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Nancy L. Weller

PRETI FLAHERTY BELIVEAU & PACHIOS 207-791-3000

BERNSTEIN SHUR 207-774-1200

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Margaret K. Minister (IP*), Gloria A. Pinza (C, P, T)

BERNSTEIN SHUR 207-774-1200

Andrea Bopp Stark

VENABLE 410-244-7400

Elizabeth Connellan Smith (E)

PIERCE ATWOOD 207-791-1100

APPELLATE PRACTICE Catherine R. Connors

Karen M. Bilodeau (C)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW VERRILL DANA 207-774-4000

VERRILL DANA 207-774-4000

GOLDSTEIN LEVY 410-962-1030 PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION BROWN Dana McKee

ILIFF, MEREDITH, WILDBERGER & BRENNAN 410-685-1166 GORDON FEINBLATT 410-576-4156 Kathleen Howard Meredith (P)

Sheila K. Sachs

HOOPER & JACOBS 410-821-8718 Ilene Glickman

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FAMILY LAW MEDIATION SHAWE ROSENTHAL 410-752-1040 Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella (EM, LE*)

GORDON FEINBLATT 410-576-4156 Sheila K. Sachs

Deborah Dopkin

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 410-685-1120

Jennifer R. Busse

CH BAKER LAW 410-630-8324 Linda S. Woolf (D)

Linda H. Jones

KRAMON & GRAHAM 410-752-6030

MCNAMEE, HOSEA, JERNIGAN, KIM, GREENAN & LYNCH 301-441-2420

COLLABORATIVE LAW: CIVIL

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-347-8700

OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN 301-424-8081

Deborah H. Diehl

Suzy Eckstein

REAL ESTATE LAW

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-884-0700

KRAMON & GRAHAM 410-752-6030

Darcy A. Shoop

Cynthia A. Berman

FIERST & FINK 301-762-8872

LESLIE S. RIES 410-235-1753

GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN 410-783-4000 Amy B. Heinrich (D), Susan T. Preston (D)

& PRETE 301-694-6363 IMMIGRATION LAW KASLICK Mary Elizabeth Kaslick (D)

Stephanie L. Fink

Ana Claudia Zigel

Lesley Amano Sheela Murthy

TAYLOR & RYAN 410-486-5800

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW LESSMAN KATZ 410-913-7127

Sandra L. Howard

Natalie C. Magdeburger (D), Mairi Pat Maguire (D), Catherine W. Steiner (D)

ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG 410-727-6600

Mary McNamara Koch (P)

Jane A. Wilson

INSURANCE LAW PESSIN KATZ LAW 410-938-8800

NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW

Jennifer Ryan Lazenby

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-347-8700

Cheryl O'Donnell Guth

ASTRACHAN GUNST THOMAS 410-783-3550

Donna M.D. Thomas (C, T)

WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE 410-545-5800 Julie Hopkins (IP*, T)

Patricia M. Weaver

ELDER LAW

SEMMES, BOWEN & SEMMES 410-539-5040

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW MCGUIREWOODS 410-659-4400

ETHRIDGE, QUINN, KEMP, MCAULIFFE, ROWAN & HARTINGER 301-762-1696

GORDON FEINBLATT 410-576-4156

Kathleen M. Dumais

FIERST & FINK 301-762-8872 Stephanie L. Fink

TRUSTS AND ESTATES HESS FAMILY LAW 240-389-4377 Geraldine Welikson Hess

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Sandra P. Gohn, Marianne Schmitt Hellauer

Mary Alane Downs (D)

Lynn B. Sassin

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ABATO, RUBENSTEIN AND ABATO 410-321-0990 GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES 410-727-7702

MILES & STOCKBRIDGE 410-727-6464 SEMMES, BOWEN & SEMMES 410-539-5040 Marisa A. Trasatti (D)

HOSTETTER STRENT 301-657-0010 Heather Q. Hostetter, Amy B. Strent

HOULON, BERMAN, FINCI, LEVENSTEIN & SKOK 301-444-4432

WASHINGTON DC

Linda S. Woolf (D) Robin Silver (D)

FAMILY LAW DELANEY MCKINNEY 301-913-5236 DORNBRAND LAW 301-913-0650

Laura Zois (P)

GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN 410-783-4000

Camilla O. McRory

TAX LAW Faith D. Dornbrand

MILLER & ZOIS 410-779-4600

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

CAMILLA O. MCRORY 301-762-7473

Linda A. Delaney, Kristin Henrikson, Margaret J. McKinney

Ava E. Lias-Booker (S*)

Lynn B. Sassin Mary Claire Chesshire VENABLE 410-244-7400 PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Jennifer A. Pratt Alice G. Pinderhughes (P)

Cynthia Blake Sanders (C, T)

PALEY ROTHMAN 301-656-7603

Caroline Hecker, Cynthia Spell

ALICE G. PINDERHUGHES 410-671-5151

BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ 410-685-1120

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Felicia M. Hulit

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW Ann Clary Gordon Deborah H. Diehl

MCGUIREWOODS 410-659-4400

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Anne (Jan) W. White

SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER 410-385-0202

Patricia McHugh Lambert, Mairi Pat Maguire

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-832-2000

PASTERNAK & FIDIS 301-656-8850

Susan M. Wilkins

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-347-8700

Martha Lessman Katz

Robin B. Taub

RENO & CAVANAUGH 202-783-2800

WAIS, VOGELSTEIN, FORMAN & OFFUTT 410-998-3600

Mary E. Ryan, Frances O'Connell Taylor

PARADISO, TAUB, SINAY, OWEL & KOSTECKA 301-986-7900

MILES & STOCKBRIDGE 410-821-6565

Mary Alane Downs (D)

PESSIN KATZ LAW 410-938-8800

MURTHY LAW FIRM 410-356-5440

Suzy Eckstein

Ilene A. Bailey

NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER 410-332-8550

MORGAN, CARLO, DOWNS 410-584-2800

MILES & STOCKBRIDGE 410-727-6464

OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN 301-424-8081

MCGUIREWOODS 410-659-4400

M. Natalie McSherry (D)

KRAMON & GRAHAM 410-752-6030

LAW OFFICE OF ANA C. ZIGEL 410-602-2155

COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 240-428-1531

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW Leslie S. Ries

M. Natalie McSherry Sigrid C. Haines

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW Janet M. Nesse

MCKENNON SHELTON & HENN 410-843-3500

ABRAMOFF NEUBERGER 410-539-8300

GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN 410-783-4000

GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES 410-727-7702

Jeanne M. Phelan (EM, LM)

Kristin H. R. Franceschi

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS Nancy Haas

Constance H. Baker

JEANNE PHELAN 443-465-2651

DLA PIPER 410-580-3000

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON 410-832-2000

Carol M. McCarthy

Kathy Kelley Hoskins (EM)

PUBLIC FINANCE LAW

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Patricia M. Weaver

LAND USE & ZONING LAW Elizabeth A. McKennon

HEALTH CARE LAW DEBORAH C. DOPKIN 410-821-0200

H. Victoria Hedian (LE*, LU)

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW

KATHLEEN CAHILL LAW 410-321-6171

THE LAW OFFICES OF HILL, BARNES & MCINERNEY 410-848-7500

Stuart Muntzing Skok

JENNIFER FAIRFAX 301-221-9651 Jennifer Fairfax

JO BENSON FOGEL 301-468-2288 Jo Benson Fogel

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Susan E. Siebert (B)

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Ruth H. Silman

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Juliane Balliro

Paula J. DeGiacomo

Irene C. Freidel

Deidre J. Johnson, Jane E. Willis**

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Maria R. Durant, Kathy B. Weinman

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FERNANDEZ, PATRICIA S. & ASSOCIATES 978-681-5454

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Fern L. Frolin

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GRINDLE ROBINSON 781-235-3300

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Katherine J. Michon (EI, LE*, LU), Barbara A. Robb (EI)

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FIRST AMENDMENT LAW HOLLAND & KNIGHT 617-523-2700 Miriam J. McKendall (EM)

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Joan A. Lukey*

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Alice O. Carroll (P), Susan G. L. Glovsky (T), Deirdre E. Sanders (P)

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to Marianne C. LeBlanc for being recognized by The Best Lawyers in America © for 12 consecutive years from 2005-2017; and to Stacey L. Pietrowicz on her recent appointment to partner.

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CONGR ATULATIONS

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LE*, LM)

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Nancy S. Shilepsky (EI, EM, LE*)

Ilana E. Greenstein

SPORTS LAW ASSOCIATES 207-776-4551

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO 617-542-6000

Janet P. Judge (EM)

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PEABODY & ARNOLD 617-951-2100

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Janice W. Howe (D) BURNS & LEVINSON 617-345-3000

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CROWE & MULVEY 617-426-4488 Elizabeth N. Mulvey (P)

ESDAILE, BARRETT, JACOBS & MONE 617-482-0333 Patricia L. Kelly (P)

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FICKSMAN & CONLEY 617-720-1515 Nancy L. Watson (D)

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CHOATE HALL & STEWART 617-248-5000

IMMIGRATION LAW DICKINSON WRIGHT 734-623-7075

SULLIVAN, HAYES & QUINN 413-736-4538

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Suzanne K. Sukkar Meghan B. Sullivan (EM, LE*, LM) ROPES & GRAY 617-951-7000 IRANI & WISE 734-995-4900 Julie H. Jones (S) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW Dawn Welk Wise SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW BULKLEY, RICHARDSON AND GELINAS 413-781-2820 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW

MURRAY, KELLY & BERTRAND 781-569-0020

ROPES & GRAY 617-951-7000

Annette Gonthier-Kiely (P)

JONES KELLEHER 617-737-3100 Donna R. Corcoran (P) Krysia J. Syska (P) Carol A. Kelly (D)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW FOLEY & LARDNER 617-342-4000

Diana K. Lloyd (S*)

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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Claudia Rast HOOPER HATHAWAY PRICE BEUCHE & SPORTS LAW BULKLEY, RICHARDSON AND GELINAS 413-781-2820 WALLACE 734-662-4426 TAX LAW ROBINSON DONOVAN 413-732-2301

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THE LAW OFFICE OF RONDA G. PARISH 413-301-0850

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ow does a law firm truly innovate how it provides professional legal services? For one regional New England law firm, innovation means recognizing superior talent and providing it directly to clients. Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC started out as a three-person boutique firm in Vermont cultivating a strong relationship-based approach to its practice. The legal team continues to grow―now with 46 attorneys and seven offices―because it maintains a personal touch when servicing clients. “We made a deliberate decision to provide legal services to our clients all across the northern New England region,” says Gary Karnedy, chair of the Board of Directors and managing shareholder. “Our span of offices allows us to serve clients who do business in more than one state. We are the only law firm in this region to have a significant presence in the commercial centers of Vermont (Burlington)

and New Hampshire (Manchester).” As the firm has grown from a small to regional firm, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC has been particularly attentive to cultivating and recognizing its attorney talent on the rise. This provides clients the best fitting legal team to address legal problems. To that end, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC recently elevated nine lawyers to the position of stockholder, seven of whom are women. “Of the 46 attorneys in our firm, 14 are women and 11 of those women are shareholders,” says Karnedy. “Thirty-three percent of our lawyers are women, compared to the national average of only 18%. We have more women shareholders than any other law firm in New Hampshire and Vermont. To be honest, gender has not really been a consideration as we have grown; raw talent drove our hiring decisions. These are all great attorneys, who happen to be women.”

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Gita F. Rothschild (LE*)

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Tova Indritz

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Gita F. Rothschild (D)

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Alyson M. Leone

Noreen M. Giblin

Lauren E. Handler (D) Beth S. Rose (D)

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Brett R. Harris

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Roberta Cooper Ramo (A, M)

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Jocelyn C. Drennan

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Andrea J. Sullivan

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Mary Ann Green

Tracy J. Ahr

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Brett R. Harris

Susan M. Holzman**

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MARY ANN GREEN ATTORNEY AT LAW 505-254-0600

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW TRUSTS AND ESTATES AHR LAW OFFICES 505-821-5122

Brett R. Harris

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Susan K. Tomita

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Randi McGinn

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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

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REAL ESTATE LAW Tova Indritz Monica J. Ceres

Noel S. Tonneman

Randi Schillinger

Nancy Hollander

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TONNEMAN & CONNORS 732-696-2500

SAIBER 973-622-3333

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR FREEDMAN BOYD HOLLANDER GOLDBERG URIAS & WARD 505-842-9960

PUBLIC FINANCE LAW MCGINN, CARPENTER, MONTOYA AND

FAMILY LAW

Robin F. Lewis

Tova Indritz

Rachel A. Placitella (P)

STARK & STARK 609-896-9060

GENOVA BURNS 973-533-0777

TOVA INDRITZ ATTORNEY AT LAW 505-242-4003

COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH 888-861-4190

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW

Deirdre E. Moore

MCGINN, CARPENTER, MONTOYA AND LOVE 505-843-6161

Brett R. Harris

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

FOX ROTHSCHILD 973-992-4800

Jacquelyn Robins

WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER 732-636-8000

Vicki W. Beyer (C)

Colleen R. Donovan

GARCIA IVES NOWARA 505-899-1030 Mary Schmidt-Nowara

REAL ESTATE LAW

Lisa S. Presser

Jeannette M. Bond

Nancy Hollander

Lynne M. Kizis (P)

Meryl A.G. Gonchar**

Diana C. Manning (D)

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE Maureen S. Binetti (EI, LE*) FREEDMAN BOYD HOLLANDER GOLDBERG URIAS & MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS WARD 505-842-9960 WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER 732-636-8000

Diane P. Sullivan (D)

Beth S. Rose (D)

Alison K. Schuler

WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER 732-636-8000

Diane M. Frenier

RIKER DANZIG SCHERER HYLAND & PERRETTI 973-538-0800

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS / UCC LAW MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER 732-636-8000

Meryl A.G. Gonchar**

Mary J. Hildebrand

Leslie McCarthy Apodaca, Theresa W. Parrish

INSURANCE LAW Maureen Sanders

LAND USE & ZONING LAW

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER 973-597-2500

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-765-5900

GREENBAUM, ROWE, SMITH & DAVIS 732-549-5600

Wendy L. Mager

VIVIAN DEMAS 908-272-2700

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Gwendolyn M. Robosson

WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER 732-636-8000

SMITH, STRATTON, WISE, HEHER & BRENNAN 609-924-6000

SILLS CUMMIS & GROSS 973-643-7000

LITTLE, GILMAN-TEPPER & BATLEY 505-246-0500

COMMERCIAL FINANCE LAW IMMIGRATION LAW MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

INSURANCE LAW Brett R. Harris

PORZIO, BROMBERG & NEWMAN 973-538-4006

COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW GEER WISSEL & LEVY 505-243-1733 Kathryn Wissel

Beth Christian

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Elizabeth G. Litten

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Maureen Sanders

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION

STEVENS & LEE 609-243-9333

Lori J. Braender

Colleen A. Foley

NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS 908-252-4295

Shannon L. Kennedy

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WECHSLER, LEPP & D'ONOFRIO 908-922-4238 FAMILY LAW SHIMALLA, PEACOCK MYERS 505-998-1500 Amy Zylman Shimalla Janeen Vilven-Doggett FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION

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Karla K. Poe

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Diane P. Sullivan

RIKER DANZIG SCHERER HYLAND & PERRETTI 973-538-0800

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW ROSE L BRAND & ASSOCIATES 505-833-3036

FREEDMAN BOYD HOLLANDER GOLDBERG URIAS &

CORPORATE LAW

PORZIO, BROMBERG & NEWMAN 973-538-4006

Catherine T. Goldberg (B, B*), Theresa W. Parrish (B*)

NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS 908-252-4295

Diane P. Sullivan

MCCARTER & ENGLISH 973-622-4444

SAUL EWING 973-286-6700

Ruth M. Schifani (B, R)

ENERGY LAW RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-765-5900

Virginia Long

SILLS CUMMIS & GROSS 973-643-7000

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

Ellen Torregrossa-O'Connor

GEER WISSEL & LEVY 505-243-1733

Kathryn Wissel

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WALTHER FAMILY LAW 505-889-8240

AHERNLAW 505-395-4421

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KATZ AHERN HERDMAN & MACGILLIVRAY 505-982-3610

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION Patricia Tucker* LITTLE, GILMAN-TEPPER & BATLEY 505-246-0500 Sandra Morgan Little

MARGARET A. FOSTER 505-280-1562 MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

Malanie E. MacGillivray

NEW YORK ALBANY

SUTIN, THAYER & BROWNE 505-883-2500

HEALTH CARE LAW Suzanne Wood Bruckner Caroline W. Blankenship

WILCOX LAW FIRM 505-554-1115 Vickie R. Wilcox**

TRANSPORTATION LAW

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800 Jennifer G. Anderson*

SIMIONE HEALTHCARE CONSULTANTS 800-653-4043 Kathleen A. Hessler

INSURANCE LAW HINKLE SHANOR 505-858-8320

CIVEROLO, GRALOW, HILL & CURTIS 505-842-8255 Megan Day Hill

APPELLATE PRACTICE HARRIS BEACH 518-427-9700 Victoria A. Graffeo

Michele M. Monserrate

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

JUDITH D. SCHRANDT 505-842-5363

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600

Judith D. Schrandt

Jennifer A. Noya

Margaret J. Gillis

MARGARET A. FOSTER 505-280-1562

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Margaret A. Foster

MARY ANN GREEN ATTORNEY AT LAW 505-254-0600

PEACOCK MYERS 505-998-1500

Mary Ann Green

PREGENZER, BAYSINGER, WIDEMAN & SALE 505-872-0505

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Susan K. Tomita

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MCNAMEE, LOCHNER, TITUS & WILLIAMS 518-447-3200

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Jennifer A. Noya (EI, LE*)

Amy S. O'Connor

Vickie R. Wilcox**

MOODY & WARNER 505-227-8343

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Sharon L. Dyer

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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION COUGHLIN & GERHART 607-821-2202 LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON 607-763-9200 Lauren A. Saleeby (D)

TRUSTS AND ESTATES LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON 607-763-9200 Kathryn Grant Madigan

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Krista Gottlieb (A, M)

HARTER SECREST & EMERY 716-853-1616 Carol E. Heckman (M)

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Rebecca Sitterly (D)

ROSWELL

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Ruth E. Leistensnider

HARTER SECREST & EMERY 716-853-1616

FAMILY LAW Carol E. Heckman

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW THE LAW FIRM OF DENISE M. TORRES 575-526-3333 Denise M. Torres (M)

Mary Moran Behm (D), Kathleen M. Wilson (D)

MCGINN, CARPENTER, MONTOYA AND LOVE 505-843-6161

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Randi McGinn (P)

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RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-765-5900

Sandra L. Beerle (D), Ellen T. Skrak (D) MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW Bonnie J. Paisley

Patricia Salazar-Ives

SCHULER DALY 505-872-0800

Michelle L. Haskin

LAW OFFICE OF SUSAN WILLIAMS 505-660-8222

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

BARCLAY DAMON 518-429-4200

Martha M. Anderson (B)

Melissa M. Zambri Carolyn Shearer

IMMIGRATION LAW WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600

INSURANCE LAW

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS 518-431-6700

COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW

DONATELLI 505-988-8004 NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW ROTHSTEIN Sarah E. Bennett

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800 Marjorie A. Rogers

ELIZABETH BOAZ COOPER 205-616-3140 OIL AND GAS LAW JULIA Julia Boaz Cooper

MARTE D. LIGHTSTONE, ATTORNEY 505-220-1464

Marte D. Lightstone

LISA ENFIELD 505-501-8288 Lisa Enfield

CURTIS & LUCERO LAW 505-243-2808 Lisa K. Curtis (P)

MCGINN, CARPENTER, MONTOYA AND LOVE 505-843-6161

JONES, SNEAD, WERTHEIM & CLIFFORD 505-982-0011 Carol A. Clifford

ENERGY LAW

Allegra C. Carpenter (P), Kathleen J. Love (P), Randi McGinn (P)

JONES, SNEAD, WERTHEIM & CLIFFORD 505-982-0011

Rebecca Sitterly (P)

Sunny J. Nixon

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RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-765-5900

Carol A. Clifford

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-954-3900

FAMILY LAW

Lisa Ortega (D)

MCGINN, CARPENTER, MONTOYA AND LOVE 505-843-6161

KATHRIN KINZER-ELLINGTON 505-986-0677

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

Sarah E. Bennett

Randi McGinn (P)

WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600

Deborah A. Doxey (B), Victoria L. Grady (B)

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW PHILLIPS LYTLE 716-847-8400 Angela Zwirecki Miller

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

Susan C. Roney

Helen Osgood

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW HARTER SECREST & EMERY 716-853-1616

ISEMAN, CUNNINGHAM, RIESTER & HYDE 518-462-3000 Carol A. Hyde (EM)

TOWNE, RYAN & PARTNERS 518-587-7300

Claudia A. Ryan (LE*)

Carol E. Heckman

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

Laurie Styka Bloom, Susan C. Roney

PHILLIPS LYTLE 716-847-8400 Tamar P. Halpern

CORPORATE LAW

Norma G. Meacham (EM, LM)

LAND USE & ZONING LAW HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000 STOCKLI SLEVIN & PETERS 518-449-3125 Mary Elizabeth Slevin**

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS BARCLAY DAMON 518-429-4200 Linda J. Clark (D)

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW E. STEWART JONES HACKER MURPHY 518-584-8886

Meghan R. Keenholts (P)

& MCCARTHY 505-988-4476 PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION CUDDY Julie A. Wittenberger

PHILLIPS LYTLE 716-847-8400

COMMERCIAL FINANCE LAW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW LIPPES MATHIAS WEXLER FRIEDMAN 716-853-5100

Dianne C. Bresee

WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600

COMMUNICATIONS LAW

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION

O'CONNOR, O'CONNOR, BRESEE & FIRST 518-465-0400

Margaret J. Gillis (IP*)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Victoria J. Saxon (B)

HURWITZ & FINE 716-849-8900

APPELLATE PRACTICE Marcia D. Alazraki OFFICE OF JANE BLOOM YOHALEM 505-988-2826 NATIVE AMERICAN LAW LAW Jane Bloom Yohalem

HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000

HEALTH CARE LAW Diane K. Church (B)

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW Leslie K.L. Thiele CUDDY & MCCARTHY 505-988-4476

PAISLEY BUSINESS 505-200-9516

MCNAMEE, LOCHNER, TITUS & WILLIAMS 518-447-3200

BOND, SCHOENECK & KING 518-533-3000

MONTGOMERY & ANDREWS 505-884-4200

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW

GORDON, TEPPER & DECOURSEY 518-399-5400

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Eleanor M. DeCoursey

HINKLE SHANOR 505-858-8320

Susan M. Williams

FAMILY LAW LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON 607-763-9200

BOND, SCHOENECK & KING 518-533-3000

Doreen U. Saia

Maria O'Brien

REBECCA SITTERLY 505-238-5151

Alison K. Schuler

ELDER LAW LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON 607-763-9200

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW Clover M. Drinkwater**

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW BARCLAY DAMON 518-429-4200 LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW GARCIA LAW GROUP 505-629-1576 Yvonne E. Hennessey* Katherine E. Tourek (E)

Susan M. Hapka (EM)

Mariette Geldenhuys

GREENBERG TRAURIG 518-689-1400

MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800

Barbara G. Stephenson (EM, LM)

MARIETTE GELDENHUYS, ATTORNEY AT LAW 607-273-2272

Amelia M. Klein

Tessa T. Davidson

Susan M. Williams

SHEEHAN & SHEEHAN 505-247-0411

BINGHAMTON COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW

EDUCATION LAW Rachel A. Abbott (P)

CONKLIN, WOODCOCK & ZIEGLER 505-224-9160 Charlotte Lamont (EM, LM)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600 Margaret J. Gillis

Deborah A. Peacock (C, P, P*, T) MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Marjorie A. Rogers Christa M. Hazlett (EM)

Margaret J. Gillis*

Kathryn Grant Madigan

TRUSTS AND ESTATES O'CONNOR, O'CONNOR, BRESEE & FIRST 518-465-0400 GAELLE D. MCCONNELL 505-254-0600 Gaelle D. McConnell

Kathleen M. Wilson*

WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600

Sarita Nair

Susan K. Tomita

BLANKENSHIP HEALTH LAW 505-681-0661

Amy S. O'Connor

SARITA NAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 505-369-6196

SUSAN K. TOMITA LAW OFFICE 505-883-4993

Maureen Sanders*

TRUSTS AND ESTATES MCNAMEE, LOCHNER, TITUS & WILLIAMS 518-447-3200

Janice M. Ahern

WATER LAW

Margaret A. Foster**

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW Marjorie A. Rogers SANDERS & WESTBROOK 505-243-2243

REAL ESTATE LAW

AHR LAW OFFICES 505-821-5122 Tracy J. Ahr**

Gretchen Walther

LINNAN & FALLON 518-650-1119

Pamela Davis Heilman

HURWITZ & FINE 716-849-8900 Ann E. Evanko

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW BOND, SCHOENECK & KING 716-416-7000 Michele O. Heffernan

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW MAGAVERN MAGAVERN GRIMM 716-856-3500 Cheryl Smith Fisher

FAMILY LAW

Charlene S. Fallon (P)

Kathrin M. Kinzer-Ellington

O'CONNOR, O'CONNOR, BRESEE & FIRST 518-465-0400

ROTHSTEIN DONATELLI 505-988-8004

Michele M. Monserrate (D)

ANGE & ANGE 716-361-2488

Dianne C. Bresee (D)

Lisa McDougall

Grace Marie Ange

POWERS & SANTOLA 518-465-5995 J. ADAMS & ASSOCIATES 716-568-8200 Laura M. Jordan (P), Margie A. Soehl (P) THOMPSON, HICKEY, CUNNINGHAM, CLOW, APRIL & Joan Casilio Adams DOLAN 505-988-2900 PUBLIC FINANCE LAW Janet E. Clow MUNICIPAL LAW HEALTH CARE LAW SHERMAN & HOWARD 505-814-6958 OSTERMAN & HANNA 518-487-7600 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE WHITEMAN BARCLAY DAMON 716-856-5500 Jill K. Sweeney Margaret J. Gillis* Susan A. Benz & ANDREWS 505-982-3873 REAL ESTATE LAW MONTGOMERY PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000 Nancy M. King Bonnie A. Redder LEBARRON LAW 505-503-1345 E. STEWART JONES HACKER MURPHY 518-584-8886 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Meghan R. Keenholts (P) NOTARO & LAING 716-854-4080 Barbara J. LeBarron Linda C. Laing MODRALL SPERLING 505-848-1800 MILLER STRATVERT 505-989-9614 O'CONNOR, O'CONNOR, BRESEE & FIRST 518-465-0400 PHILLIPS LYTLE 716-847-8400 Martha G. Brown (D)

Margaret Lewis Meister, Ruth M. Schifani

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-765-5900

Paula G. Maynes (EM)

Catherine T. Goldberg, Theresa W. Parrish*

SUTIN, THAYER & BROWNE 505-883-2500 Anne P. Browne

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-954-3900 Sunny J. Nixon

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW PAISLEY BUSINESS 505-200-9516 Bonnie J. Paisley (S)

& SANTOLA 518-465-5995 MINING LAW POWERS Laura M. Jordan (P), Margie A. Soehl (P)

STEWART JONES HACKER MURPHY 518-584-8886 NATURAL RESOURCES LAW E. Meghan R. Keenholts (P)

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB 505-954-3900 Sunny J. Nixon

IMMIGRATION LAW

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Laraine Kelley (P)

Felicia Pasculli

PEABODY 716-853-8100 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW NIXON Vivian M. Quinn (D)

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW

PHILLIPS LYTLE 716-847-8400

HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000

Cindy Kaplan Bennes (D), Tamar P. Halpern (D), Lisa L. Smith (D)

Ranjana Kadle (P)

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW Grace D. Moran

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY 716-856-4200

BOND, SCHOENECK & KING 716-416-7000

Kathleen M. Sweet (D)

Melinda G. Disare (EM, LE*, LM), Sharon M. Porcellio (LE*)

CREIGHTON JOHNSEN & GIROUX 716-854-0007

REAL ESTATE LAW

Catherine Creighton (LU)

HARTER SECREST & EMERY 716-853-1616

BARCLAY DAMON 716-856-5500

HURWITZ & FINE 716-849-8900

HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000

Amy L. Hemenway (LE*)

Susan C. Roney (LE*)

SCHRÖDER, JOSEPH & ASSOCIATES 716-881-4900

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS BARCLAY DAMON 716-856-5500 Carol G. Snider (D)

NIXON PEABODY 516-832-7500

Laraine Kelley (P)

VENABLE 212-307-5500 Po Yi

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Claudia Hinrichsen

ABIGAIL PESSEN DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES 212-961-0668

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Abigail J. Pessen (A, M)

FARRELL FRITZ 516-227-0700

CLAIRE P. GUTEKUNST 917-734-5458

JACKSON LEWIS 631-247-0404

IRENE C. WARSHAUER 212-695-1004

Claire Gutekunst (M)

Domenique Camacho Moran (EM)

Irene C. Warshauer (M)

Ana Shields (EM)

TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAMB & BARNOSKY 631-694-2300

BARCLAY DAMON 716-759-9759

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA 716-849-1333

Linda A. Goldstein

Debra A. Silverman

TAX LAW

Julie M. Bargnesi (D)

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 718-990-2000 Elayne E. Greenberg (M)

Sharon N. Berlin (LM)

Victoria L. D'Angelo, Catherine T. Wettlaufer

BARCLAY DAMON 716-856-5500

PEGALIS & ERICKSON 516-684-2900

HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

LAW OFFICES OF LISA J. ALLEN 716-580-3113

SULLIVAN PAPAIN BLOCK MCGRATH & CANNAVO 516-742-0707

Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard (P), Rhonda Meyer (P), Linda M. Oliva (P)

BEACH 716-200-5050 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW HARRIS Judy N. Cuzzacrea Wagner

Katherine E. Cauley, Catherine B. Eberl

Martha M. Anderson

& WEISS 716-852-5200 PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION HAMBERGER Susan R. Duffy (E)

BARCLAY DAMON 716-856-5500 Hedwig M. Auletta (D)

LONG ISLAND

BURGIO, KITA, CURVIN & BANKER 716-854-1744 Hilary C. Banker (D)

COLUCCI & GALLAHER 716-853-4080

DAVIDOW, DAVIDOW, SIEGEL & STERN 631-234-3030

MARSH ZILLER 716-842-1717

IRENE V. VILLACCI, ATTORNEY AT LAW 516-280-1339

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 212-230-8800

REAL ESTATE LAW

WESTERMAN BALL EDERER MILLER ZUCKER & SHARFSTEIN 516-622-9200

PROSKAUER ROSE 212-969-3000 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN 212-849-7000 SHAPIRO ARATO 212-257-4880

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW

Ellen G. Makofsky

BALLARD SPAHR 212-223-0200 Marjorie J. Peerce

BRACEWELL 212-508-6100

Andrea Schillaci (D)

Barbara S. Jones

Lindi Beaudreault

Hannah Berkowitz

Katherine McGrail

Kathleen M. Sullivan

NEW YORK CITY

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION MAKOFSKY & ASSOCIATES 516-228-6522 Nancy Burner

APPELLATE PRACTICE Gloria C. Phares

TRUSTS AND ESTATES Bettina B. Plevan

Wendy H. Sheinberg

NANCY BURNER & ASSOCIATES 631-941-3434

Molly S. Boast

HOFFMANN MARSHALL STRONG 646-741-4503

Joanne Feil

Irene V. Villacci

HURWITZ & FINE 716-849-8900

Christine A. Varney

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ 212-403-1000

FARRELL FRITZ 516-227-0700

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA 716-849-1333

Cheryl A. Possenti (D)

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE 212-474-1000 Yvonne S. Quinn**

ELDER LAW Ilene S. Cooper*

Marylou K. Roshia (D)

GOLDBERG SEGALLA 716-566-5400

Helene D. Jaffe

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Ilene Knable Gotts

LYTLE 716-847-8400 NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW PHILLIPS Sharon L. Wick** PEGALIS & ERICKSON 516-684-2900 HODGSON RUSS 716-856-4000 WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard (P) Pamela Davis Heilman

Linda J. Marsh (D, P)

BROWN RUDNICK 212-209-4800

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL 212-558-4000

Mary Anne Walling (P)

Lisa J. Allen

Laraine Kelley (P)

ANTITRUST LAW

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

Victoria L. D'Angelo, Catherine T. Wettlaufer

Pamela Davis Heilman

FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ 212-980-0120

HEALTH CARE LAW MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS 212-790-4500

RIVKIN RADLER 516-357-3000

RUSS 716-856-4000 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW HODGSON Carol A. Fitzsimmons GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY 716-856-4200 HARRIS BEACH 716-200-5050

Helene D. Jaffe

SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW Michele A. Masucci

Susan C. Roney (D)

Kathleen M. Sweet (D)

BROWN RUDNICK 212-209-4800 Candice Kersh, Terri J. Seligman

Helen Osgood

Martha M. Anderson

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

ADVERTISING LAW

RUBIN & ROSENBLUM 631-462-5888

GARFUNKEL WILD 516-393-2200

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW

Gina M. Venezia

Cheryl M. Helfer

Nancy W. Saia

LIPPES MATHIAS WEXLER FRIEDMAN 716-853-5100

Ginger D. Schröder (EM, LM)

Dana G. Fleischman

FAMILY LAW FREEHILL HOGAN & MAHAR 212-425-1900

HELFER & HELFER 516-221-0400

Elena Karabatos

LAW OFFICES OF NANCY W. SAIA 716-832-1118

LATHAM & WATKINS 212-906-1200

Lizabeth L. Burrell

SCHLISSEL OSTROW KARABATOS 516-877-8000

Amy J. Fitch, Victoria J. Saxon, Sujata Yalamanchili

NIXON PEABODY 716-853-8100

Carmen J. Lawrence

CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE 212-696-6000

Debra L. Rubin

Anne C. Evans

Ann E. Evanko (EM, LE*)

MORAN KARAMOUZIS 516-678-6660

KING & SPALDING 212-556-2100

Elizabeth Del Cid

Hong Le Webb

Alexandra A.E. Shapiro

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW COOLEY 212-479-6000

Celia Goldwag Barenholtz (B*)

MORRISON & FOERSTER 212-468-8000 Barbara R. Mendelson (B, B*, R)

SHEARMAN & STERLING 212-848-4000 Maura E. O'Sullivan (B)

Sharon O’Shaughnessy

Patricia Wallace

The Murphy & McGonigle Women’s Initiative: Recognizing and celebrating the importance of women in business, the legal profession, and our communities. The number of women attorneys at Murphy & McGonigle has grown by over 40% in the last year. We welcome our most recent hire, Patricia Wallace. For information contact Kate McGrail at KMcGrail@mmlawus.com

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SULLIVAN & CROMWELL 212-558-4000 Elizabeth T. Davy (B, R)

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER 212-836-8000 Madlyn G. Primoff

BAKER & HOSTETLER 212-589-4200 Geraldine E. Ponto

BAKER MCKENZIE 212-626-4100 Debra A. Dandeneau**

Murphy & McGonigle:

BRYAN CAVE 212-541-2000 Stephanie Wickouski

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON 212-225-2000 Lindsee P. Granfield

COOLEY 212-479-6000 Cathy Hershcopf

DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON 212-909-6000 M. Natasha Labovitz, My Chi To

GREENBERG TRAURIG 212-801-9200 Nancy A. Mitchell

HAYNES AND BOONE 212-659-7300 Judith Elkin**

HOGAN LOVELLS US 212-918-3000 Robin E. Keller

HUGHES HUBBARD & REED 212-837-6000 Kathryn A. Coleman**

JONES DAY 212-326-3939 Corinne Ball**

LAW OFFICES OF SANDRA MAYERSON 212-644-0606 Sandra E. Mayerson

LECLAIRRYAN 212-697-6555 Heidi J. Sorvino

LINKLATERS 212-903-9000 Margot B. Schonholtz**

OTTERBOURG 212-661-9100 Melanie Cyganowski

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON 212-373-3000 Kelley A. Cornish**, Alice Belisle Eaton

SIDLEY AUSTIN 212-839-5300 Lee S. Attanasio**

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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 212-310-8000

Ronit J. Berkovich, Marcia L. Goldstein, Jacqueline Marcus

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BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON 212-373-3000 Jennifer Gordon

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COOLEY 212-479-6000

Celia Goldwag Barenholtz

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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 212-351-4000 Rashida K. La Lande

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN 212-858-1000 Robin L. Spear

PROSKAUER ROSE 212-969-3000 Julie M. Allen, Kathy H. Rocklen

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES 212-310-8000 Ellen J. Odoner

By placing a priority on recruiting and retaining here are many aspects that contribute to the talented women, the firm grew the number of female success of a women’s initiative, but according attorneys by 40 percent in 2016, and there hasn’t to Katherine McGrail of New York securities litigation firm Murphy & McGonigle, there is one must- been a voluntary female departure in four years. In addition, there’s no “maternal bias” at the firm, have: leadership buy-in. According to McGrail, chief diversity officer and co-founder of the firm’s women’s as McGrail can personally attest, having been promoted to partner six months after returning from initiative, “The leadership of a firm has got to make maternity leave. the case for these initiatives to all constituents of At Murphy & McGonigle, gender and diversity the firm. They have to help people understand … why parity has been “baked into the design” since the these initiatives are important, so they can get to … firm’s inception in 2010: diversity and inclusion how to implement these initiatives. And I think that for our initiative, one of the primary reasons we are so starts with what they call the “ABCs:” advancement for all based on mentoring and sponsoring of nextsuccessful—it’s the primary reason—is that we have generation attorneys; business practices that are the complete and total buy-in from our leadership, inclusive and promote leaders from all backgrounds; James Murphy and Tom McGonigle.” and community outreach, Another important factor “There’s a culture of encouraging the firm’s in the success of the firm’s initiative is its culture. “This mutual respect and trust.” attorneys to collaborate with organizations to leave a lasting is hard to measure,” McGrail social footprint. According to says, “but it plays a big role. McGrail, what matters most, regardless of gender or Again, it stems from the leadership, but the women background, is setting the bar high for talent. When here are given opportunities, we’re given exposure asked what it takes to be the right fit, McGrail says, to clients, we take the lead on cases, and we’re “as a firm that’s smaller in size, we’re looking for the supported and listened to. There’s a culture of total package, lawyers who can both deliver worldmutual respect and trust.” class service to our clients and win business.” The Murphy & McGonigle encourages its women lawyers to be rainmakers, providing opportunities for combination of a lean structure with the practice of carefully curating talent has been the key driver in the them to take the lead in developing new business. In success of the firm. fact, one of the goals of the initiative, according to In the traditionally male-dominated world of McGrail, is to increase the exposure and visibility of the women attorneys in the firm. In addition, the firm’s securities litigation, Murphy & McGonigle stands unique business structure contributes to the success apart in its forward-thinking strategy toward hiring of the firm’s diversity initiatives. With no practice area diverse attorneys, setting high expectations and providing the tools and support to help those heads or committees, the firm is built on the idea of talented lawyers succeed. With the strides they’ve minimizing the administrative responsibilities and made toward becoming more inclusive, the firm has red tape that prevent some lawyers from servicing become a pinnacle of integration within the market clients. The only major administrative body is the and by other firms. diversity and inclusion group.

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Michele S. Hirshman Maria T. Galeno

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SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL 212-756-2000

Patricia A. Martone (IP*, P, P*)

Sophie Jacobi-Parisi, Leigh Baseheart Kahn, Karen M. Platt

Betty Santangelo

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON 212-653-8700 MaryJeanette Dee

SHER TREMONTE 212-202-2600 SULLIVAN & CROMWELL 212-558-4000 Karen Patton Seymour

AMY SALTZMAN 212-691-6171

Sharon Cohen Levin

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ELDER LAW

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Laura R. Handman**, Elizabeth A. McNamara, Marcia B. Paul*

Judith D. Grimaldi, Pauline Yeung-Ha

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW CHADBOURNE & PARKE 212-408-5100 Marjorie M. Glover

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON 212-225-2000 Mary E. Alcock

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE 212-474-1000

Landis C. Best**, Susan Buckley**

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE 212-489-8230

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Phyllis J. Kessler

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Candace K. Beinecke Clare O'Brien

Maura Barry Grinalds*, Eileen T. Nugent

Laura S. Schnell (EI)

Alexandra D. Korry

Amy N. Gladstein (LE*, LU)

Patricia A. Vlahakis

Doreen S. Davis (EM, LE*, LM) Pearl Zuchlewski (EI, LE*)

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Eve I. Klein (EI)

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Susan S. Robfogel (EM, LM)

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NATIVE AMERICAN LAW Christine L. Swanick

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VLADECK, RASKIN & CLARK 212-403-7300

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Gail S. Port**

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Katherine M. Bolger

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FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON 212-859-8000

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SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 212-735-3000

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Ellen B. Corenswet

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN 212-351-4500

Laura R. Handman, Elizabeth A. McNamara, Marcia B. Paul

Vivian L. Hanson

COVINGTON & BURLING 212-841-1000

Jean M. McLoughlin

MEDIA LAW

KALICKI ARBITRATION 646-371-9156

Barbara A. Ryan

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Sheila L. Birnbaum (D)

Julie R. Evans (D)

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ABRAMS, FENSTERMAN, FENSTERMAN, EISMAN, FORMATO, FERRARA & WOLF 212-279-9200 Ellyn S. Kravitz

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Rebecca J. Simmons

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WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR 212-230-8800

Audrey Perlman Raphael (P)

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Deborah E. Lans, Mara T. Thorpe

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REMINGER 614-228-1311 Paulette M. Ivan (E)

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Janis B. Rosenthal (E)

ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR 614-221-2121

BAKER & HOSTETLER 216-621-0200

Natalie T. Furniss, Anne Marie Sferra, Sommer Sheely

STANDLEY LAW FIRM 614-792-5555

ULMER & BERNE 216-583-7000

Katheryn Lloyd

Maribeth Deavers Meluch (IP*)

Margaret Anne Cannon** COMMERCIAL LITIGATION PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000 Donna M. Ruscitti (C) NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300 Ellen E. Halfon

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE LAW

Alison M. Day (LE*)

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CORPORATE LAW

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Virginia D. Benjamin

BAKER & HOSTETLER 614-228-1541

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VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 614-463-9770

Amy E. Kellogg

FISHERBROYLES 866-211-5914

EDUCATION LAW

Suzanne K. Saganich

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 216-479-8500

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VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400

TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER 216-241-2838

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Elizabeth M. Stanton*

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MAZANEC, RASKIN & RYDER 614-228-5931

Jill S. Tangeman

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Stacy V. Pollock

BAKER & HOSTETLER 216-621-0200

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Martha L. Hutzelman

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SEBALY SHILLITO + DYER 937-222-2500

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THOMPSON HINE 937-443-6600 Sharen Swartz Neuhardt

EDUCATION LAW BRICKER & ECKLER 937-224-5300 Janet K. Cooper

FAMILY LAW RITTGERS & RITTGERS 513-932-2115

TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER 614-221-2838

THOMPSON HINE 216-566-5500

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WESTON HURD 216-241-6602

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

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CIVIL RIGHTS LAW GREEN & GREEN LAWYERS 937-224-3333 Jane M. Lynch

Carol G. Stovsky (T)

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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION KEGLER BROWN HILL + RITTER 614-462-5400 NURENBERG, PARIS, HELLER & MCCARTHY 216-621-2300

DAYTON

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Judith L. Marsh

WALTER HAVERFIELD 216-781-1212

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Anna Moore Carulas (D)

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INSURANCE LAW Elizabeth P. Weeden (C, E)

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Stacy Ragon Delgros (D)

FROST BROWN TODD 614-464-1211

Ellen B. Rittgers

HEALTH CARE LAW SEBALY SHILLITO + DYER 937-222-2500 Beverly F. Shillito

LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) INSURANCE LAW Susan M. DiMickele PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000 GREEN & GREEN LAWYERS 937-224-3333 Irene M. MacDougall EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW Kathleen M. Trafford Jane M. Lynch* SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW BAKER & HOSTETLER 614-228-1541 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 614-365-2700

WALTER HAVERFIELD 216-781-1212

Suzanne K. Hanselman (R, S)

Leslie Drockton (S), Megan L. Mehalko (R, S)

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THE LAW OFFICE OF MARTHA L. HUTZELMAN 614-775-9134

BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

THE LAW OFFICES OF SHEILA DESELICH COHEN 740-917-5155

Marilena R. Walters (D)

VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400

TAX LAW Linda R. Mendel

Karen T. Dunlevey (EM, LE*)

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW FREUND, FREEZE & ARNOLD 937-222-2424 Susan Blasik-Miller (D)

BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN &

ENERGY REGULATORY LAW ARONOFF 614-223-9300

Amy Butler

BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

Martha J. Sweterlitsch

BAKER & HOSTETLER 216-621-0200

STEPTOE & JOHNSON 614-221-5100

Carol A. Sheehan

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW SEBALY SHILLITO + DYER 937-222-2500

CARLILE PATCHEN & MURPHY 614-228-6135

TRUSTS AND ESTATES Maria Armstrong

Beverly F. Shillito

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION FREUND, FREEZE & ARNOLD 937-222-2424 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DICKIE, MCCAMEY & CHILCOTE 614-258-6000 Susan Blasik-Miller (D) Mary Barley-McBride (D) BOTT LAW GROUP 614-761-2688 REAL ESTATE LAW LEESEBERG & VALENTINE 614-221-2223 April Bott Moore** Katerina E. Milenkovski

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Kendra Sherman*, Karen A. Winters**

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ANNE E. KREHBIEL ATTORNEY AT LAW 513-934-3200

Holly Heer

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Michelle D. Bach (E)

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TOLEDO

Amelia A. Bower*

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 614-463-9770

Susan B. Gellman**

Judith D. Levine

FRANCHISE LAW VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400

Maria Armstrong

COLLIS LAW GROUP 614-324-9115

LAW OFFICE OF NANCY L. SPONSELLER 614-356-9718

Elizabeth Y. Collis

Judith L. Marsh

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE

Anne Marie Sferra

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CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD 614-621-1500 Leah Pappas Porner

PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000 Jennifer T. Mills (B, B*)

VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400

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MAC MURRAY & SHUSTER 614-939-9955 Helen Mac Murray

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BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW ARONOFF 614-223-9300 BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000

Amy M. Shepherd (R, S)

Patricia Brown Fugée**

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW TECHNOLOGY LAW SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 419-241-9000

PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000

TRUSTS AND ESTATES BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300 Karen M. Moore**

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Janet K. Feldkamp, Martha J. Sweterlitsch

ICE MILLER 614-462-2700

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW FISHERBROYLES 419-874-6859

BAKER & HOSTETLER 614-228-1541

Donna M. Ruscitti

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW ICE MILLER 614-462-2700

Catherine M. Ballard, Elizabeth A. Kastner, Diane M. Signoracci, Karen D. Smith, Bobbie S. Sprader*, Elisabeth A. Squeglia

COLLIS LAW GROUP 614-324-9115 Elizabeth Y. Collis

BUSINESS EDITION | SPRING 2017

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

Sheila Nolan Gartland

Nancy L. Sponseller

APPELLATE PRACTICE VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE 614-464-6400 BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

Rebecca C. Princehorn

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ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW ZACKS LAW GROUP 614-236-8000 BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

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REAL ESTATE LAW Anne Einspanier Krehbiel WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW BARNES & THORNBURG 614-628-0096

Denise M. Mirman

Grace A. Szubski (C, E)

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DINSMORE & SHOHL 937-449-6400

PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR 614-227-2000

FAMILY LAW BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW FRIEDMAN & MIRMAN 614-221-0090 GARSON JOHNSON 216-696-9330

COOLIDGE WALL CO. 937-223-8177

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION Karen R. Dillon, Merideth A. Trott

Erica E. McGregor, Susan L. Racey**

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JACKSON LEWIS 937-306-6304

April Bott Moore

BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300

FISHERBROYLES 866-211-5914

Polly J. Harris**

Julie C. Ford (EI, LU)

BOTT LAW GROUP 614-761-2688

ENERGY LAW Katerina E. Milenkovski TRANSPORTATION LAW Sally W. Bloomfield

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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW NATURAL RESOURCES LAW DOLL, JANSEN & FORD 937-461-5310

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THOMPSON HINE 216-566-5500 Deborah Z. Read

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Sheila D. Cohen

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DINSMORE & SHOHL 937-449-6400

Bobbie S. Sprader (D)

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SPENGLER NATHANSON 419-241-2201

Teresa L. Grigsby, Joan C. Szuberla COMMERCIAL LITIGATION MARSHALL & MELHORN 419-249-7100 Margaret J. Lockhart

Lori-Lou Kimm

ROETZEL & ANDRESS 614-463-9770

WATER LAW BRICKER & ECKLER 614-227-2300 Sally W. Bloomfield

CORPORATE LAW SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 419-241-9000

Erika L. Haupt**

Mary Ellen Pisanelli

EDUCATION LAW SPENGLER NATHANSON 419-241-2201 Lisa E. Pizza

KEY TO PRACTICE AREA ABBREVIATIONS ON PAGE 87 LAWYER OF THE YEAR HONOREES IN Blue

OHIO  OKLAHOMA EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 419-241-9000 Vivian C. Folk

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION HALL, ESTILL, HARDWICK, GABLE, GOLDEN & Paige Masters, Judy Hamilton Morse, Brooke S. Murphy

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Anne E. Zachritz (LE*)

FELLERS, SNIDER, BLANKENSHIP, BAILEY & TIPPENS 405-232-0621

Jill L. Hayes

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

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Gayle L. Barrett (EM, LE*, LM), Tanya S. Bryant (LE*)

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PHILLIPS MURRAH 405-235-4100

HEALTH CARE LAW Shannon K. Emmons, Heather L. Hintz, Candace Williams Lisle, SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 419-241-9000

Jennifer L. Miller

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

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MCAFEE & TAFT 405-235-9621

CORPORATE LAW CHRISTENSEN LAW GROUP 405-232-2020

Denise M. Hasbrook (EM)

CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

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WIDMAN & FRANKLIN 419-243-9005

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Elizabeth E. Baer (D)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

MCAFEE & TAFT 405-235-9621

CONNER & WINTERS 918-586-5711

Elizabeth Scott Wood (EM, LE*, LM)

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Shannon K. Emmons (EI)

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MCAFEE & TAFT 918-587-0000

PHILLIPS MURRAH 405-235-4100

Mary Quinn Cooper, Kathy R. Neal

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW Karen S. Rieger

HALL, ESTILL, HARDWICK, GABLE, GOLDEN &

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CHRISTENSEN LAW GROUP 405-232-2020

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

EDUCATION LAW

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Tracy Speck-Neisent HARTZOG CONGER CASON & NEVILLE 405-235-7000 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW Amy J. Sine

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Jennifer H. Callahan, Susan B. Shields, Elizabeth D. Tyrrell

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MCAFEE & TAFT 405-235-9621

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TRUSTS AND ESTATES SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK 419-241-9000 Kathryn J. Woodward

Laura J. Long

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY

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J. Angela Ables

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TRADE SECRETS LAW CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700 Jenna B. Rader

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

PEOT 405-329-3307

CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

Catherine H. Petersen

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APPELLATE PRACTICE CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700 Alison M. Howard, Mary H. Tolbert

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW CONNER & WINTERS 405-272-5711 Jeanette C. Timmons (B)

CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

INSURANCE LAW

PHILLIPS MURRAH 405-235-4100

FAMILY LAW

PHILLIPS MURRAH 405-235-4100

CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

THOMPSON LAW OFFICE 405-778-6381

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MCAFEE & TAFT 405-235-9621

FRANCHISE LAW Stephanie Chapman, Susan B. Shields**

FELLERS, SNIDER, BLANKENSHIP, BAILEY & TIPPENS 405-232-0621 Doneen Douglas Jones

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Susan B. Shields, Elizabeth D. Tyrrell, Jennifer Wheeler CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES AND FAMILY BUSINESSES LAW

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RODOLF & TODD 918-295-2100

KERR, IRVINE, RHODES & ABLES 405-272-9221

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

MCAFEE & TAFT 405-235-9621

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

Cynda C. Ottaway

INSURANCE LAW

CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

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HALL, ESTILL, HARDWICK, GABLE, GOLDEN & NELSON 918-594-0400

Gentra Abbey Sorem (B)

Margaret Millikin (P, P*, T)

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TULSA

GABLEGOTWALS 918-595-4800

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Judy Hamilton Morse (B*, M) WATER LAW HEALTH CARE LAW BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700 LAW GROUP 405-232-2020 LeAnne Burnett / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW CHRISTENSEN Cori H. Loomis CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700 CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700 WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW Judy Hamilton Morse**

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GABLEGOTWALS 918-595-4800

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CROWE & DUNLEVY 405-235-7700

HEALTH CARE LAW CONNER & WINTERS 918-586-5711

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eing a “counselor” does not limit attorneys to advocating for clients’ legal rights—the title also brings with it an obligation to listen, educate, and inform clients. This is the motivation for attorneys Carrie Capouellez and Regina Sharlow Johnson who, for more than a decade, have dedicated themselves to counseling clients as the managing attorneys of the East Coast offices of Lopez McHugh LLP, a nationally recognized plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm. Their involvement with national pharmaceutical and defective medical device cases have exposed Ms. Capouellez and Ms. Johnson to injured consumers—particularly women—throughout the United States. Through their experience litigating birth injury cases resulting from a woman’s use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy, birth control cases, and transvaginal mesh cases, they have counselled thousands of women from coast to coast. One striking observation is the wide disparity in women’s health care throughout the United States. The problems facing their clients are far greater than access to health care—many have poor awareness and understanding of their medical condition, treatment options, and their rights to advocate for the best treatment available to them. Sometimes counseling may include guiding a client to a website where she can learn more about her disease or helping her find a specialist in her area. Other times it may include a simple word of encouragement to seek treatment for a lingering symptom or simply ask uncomfortable questions of her medical providers. For Capouellez and Johnson, it is not just about encouraging their clients to seek treatment to make their legal cases better—it is about encouraging their clients to make themselves better. Ms. Capouellez also uses this approach in her volunteer work with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where she advocates for abused and neglected children. Young women and girls in foster care face daily struggles for survival and have a need to learn necessary life skills. It is key to be able to counsel this at-risk group about their own medical needs, well-being, and the resources available to them, as well as instilling the confidence to pursue these things. www.bestlawyers.com | 14 3

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Joni J. Berner, Margaret Klaw, Megan E. Watson

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