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500 Bryan Stevenson E q ua l
Just ic e Initiativ e of Alabama ( Montgomery) The tireless
work of the Equal Justice Initiative under Stevenson remains as essential as ever to combat disparities in our justice system — even with the improvements the organization has been instrumental in pushing.
Geoffrey Stone Un ive r sity
o f C hic ago Law Sc h ool ( Ch ic ago) President Obama
picked Stone for his panel of experts to review NSA activities, recognizing him as among the most important scholars in an era of ongoing debates about surveillance and privacy.
Leo Strine D e l a w a r e
C our t o f C h anc ery ( Wilmington) The popular chancellor,
known for frank language from the bench and in opinions, is already being talked about as a possible successor to Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele, who is stepping down.
Lawrence Sucharow L a b a ton
Suc h arow ( N ew York) An admired veteran of the
class action bar and crusader against Wall Street wrongdoing, Sucharow has led his firm to more than $8B in recoveries over the years in securities, antitrust and other class actions.
Susanna Suh C a h ill
G o r do n ( N e w York) Bank of America, UBS, Barclays, PNC
Bank, Morgan Stanley and other giants have all called on this lending and capital markets star of Cahill Gordon’s corporate practice.
Brendan Sullivan W ill ia m s
& C onn oll y ( Was h ington, D.C.) The legend keeps
his place atop the short list of defense lawyers for those caught up in the most sensitive investigations, and his successful defense of Sen. Ted Stevens continued to reverberate with the release of the Justice Department’s report on its prosecutors’ misconduct.
Diane Sullivan W e il
G o t sh a l ( P r inc eton, N .J .) This Hall of Fame trial lawyer
won a major defense verdict for ESPN against the Dish Network in a three-week jury trial in New York, and is lead trial counsel in major cases for GE, Philip Morris USA, Repsol and others.
Kathleen Sullivan Q uinn
Em a n uel ( N ew York) The chair of her firm’s appellate
practice scored a 9-0 victory in April 2013 in the U.S. Supreme Court for Royal Dutch Petroleum in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a landmark decision holding that Alien Tort Statute suits may no longer be brought against corporations for their conduct in foreign nations with questionable human rights records.
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