29 Eversheds Sutherland Practice Areas, 112 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2023 Legal 500 United States

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to share that a record 29 practice areas and 112 attorneys have been recognized in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States, a comprehensive survey of legal service providers. 

This year’s edition saw Eversheds Sutherland earn four new practice rankings in the following areas:

• Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers 
• Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders 
• Industry Focus – Education 
• Intellectual Property – Patent: Litigation (full coverage)

Also this year, Legal 500 recognized Cynthia R. Shoss and Wade H. Stribling with “Hall of Fame” honors in Insurance: Non-Contentious and M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m), respectively; and named the following 10 attorneys to its elite “Leading Lawyers” list: 

• Michael Bahar – Cyber Law
• John W. Benson – Real Estate Finance 
• Lee C. Davis and Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher – Construction 
• Adam B. Cohen – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans 
• James R. Dwyer – Insurance: Non-Contentious 
• Jeffrey A. Friedman and Eric S. Tresh – US Taxes: Contentious
• Lino Mendiola III – Energy Regulation: Electric Power
• Peter C. Quittmeyer – Outsourcing 

Additionally, Rob Ellis, M. Hill Jeffries, Raymond A. Ramirez and Laura Taylor were named “Next Generation Partners” and James P. Murphy, Allison E.S. Salvia, Alyssa N. Walker and Jocelyn Weinstein were named “Rising Stars” in their respective practice areas.

Eversheds Sutherland received national rankings in:

• Dispute Resolution – E-discovery 
• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes 
• Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration 
• Energy – Energy Regulation: Electric Power
• Energy – Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
• Energy – Energy Transactions: Electric Power
• Energy – Renewable/Alternative Power
• Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
• Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Finance – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealers
• Finance – Fintech 
• Finance – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
• Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization 
• Industry Focus – Education
• Insurance – Insurance: Non-Contentious
• Intellectual Property – Patent: Litigation (full coverage)
• Intellectual Property – Patent: Patent Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
• Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions
• Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation) 
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate Finance
• Tax – International Tax
• Tax – US Taxes: Contentious 
• Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious 

The attorneys recognized in their field include:

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
David A. Baay
Thomas W. Curvin
Patricia A. Gorham
Kymberly Kochis
Jack Massey
Amelia Toy Rudolph
Rocco E. Testani

Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid
Ulyana Bardyn
Levon Golendukhin
John W. Lomas, Jr.
William T. O'Brien

Energy – Energy Regulation: Electric Power
Daniel E. Frank
Jonathan W. Gottlieb
Joseph C. Hall
Lino Mendiola III 
Allison E.S. Salvia 
R. Michael Sweeney, Jr.

Energy – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Will Pickens
Herbert J. Short, Jr. 
Darryl F. Smith
Cindy A. Upchurch
Alyssa N. Walker
Thomas H. Warren

Energy – Renewable/Alternative Power
Baird D. Fogel
Joseph C. Hall
Herbert J. Short, Jr.
Alyssa N. Walker 
Thomas H. Warren

Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers and Lenders
Peter A. Fozzard
Shawn Rafferty
Christina B. Rissler

Finance – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealers
Steven B. Boehm
Cynthia M. Krus
Clifford E. Kirsch
Stephen E. Roth
Brian L. Rubin
Holly H. Smith

Finance – Fintech
Michael Bahar
Brian G. Barrett
Brian M. Murphy
Sarah E. Paul
Robert J. Pile
John S. Pruitt

Finance – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
James M. Cain
Meltem F. Kodaman
David T. McIndoe
Raymond A. Ramirez 

Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization 
John W. Benson
Thomas F. Dugan 
Brennan A. Posner
Lisa Alpert Rosen

Industry Focus – Education
Stanley A. Freeman
Rocco E. Testani
Benjamin E. Reed

Insurance – Insurance: Non-contentious
Bert Adams
Dan Brown
James R. Dwyer 
Ling Ling
Daren L. Moreira
John S. Pruitt
Cynthia R. Shoss 

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (full coverage)
Justin Gray
Peter G. Pappas
Jose L. Patiño
Scott Penner
Nicola A. Pisano

Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
Christopher C. Bolten
Jeffrey W. Guise
Malvern (Griff) U. Griffin
Peter G. Pappas
Daniel J. Warren
Nash Zogaib 

Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
Steven B. Boehm
Cynthia M. Krus
Owen J. Pinkerton
Stephen E. Roth

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
Brenna M. Clark
Adam B. Cohen 
Carol T. McClarnon
Laura Taylor 

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
Theodore H. Cominos, Jr.
Robert E. Copps
Rob Ellis 
Baird D. Fogel
M. Hill Jeffries  
Brian M. Murphy
Robert J. Pile
Wade H. Stribling  

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law
Michael Bahar 
Brandi A. Taylor
Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
Brian M. Murphy
Peter C. Quittmeyer 

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions
Theodore H. Cominos, Jr.
William S. Dudzinsky
Peter C. Quittmeyer

Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation)
Lawrence Dany
Lee C. Davis 
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher  
Jocelyn Weinstein  
William R. Wildman

Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
Marc A. Benjamin
John J. Busillo
Victor P. Haley
James B. Jordan

Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate Finance
John W. Benson 
John J. Busillo
James P. Murphy 
William G. Rothschild 
Lisa Alpert Rosen
Kevin A. Thomas
Virginia E. Worthy

Tax – International Tax
Randy Buchanan
Robert S. Chase II
Mary E. Monahan
Caroline C. Setliffe

Tax – US Taxes: Contentious 
Todd G. Betor
David B. Blair
Robert S. Chase II
David J. Fischer
Jeffrey A. Friedman 
Jerome B. Libin 
Dwight N. Mersereau
Sarah E. Paul
Alla Raykin
Daniel H. Schlueter
Maria M. Todorova
Eric S. Tresh 
 
Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michele Borens
Robert S. Chase II
Reginald J. Clark
Jeffrey A. Friedman
Xenia J. Garofalo
Daniel R. McKeithen
Wes Sheumaker

About Eversheds Sutherland
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 77 of the Fortune 100, 68 of the FTSE 100 and 129 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in over 70 offices in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.

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