Three Eversheds Sutherland Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year"; 115 Attorneys Recognized in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that 115 attorneys have been recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Three attorneys have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year”, 93 attorneys have been recognized as leaders and 22 attorneys have been recognized as “Ones to Watch” in their respective fields.

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become a nationally recognized guide to legal counsel. The publication annually ranks attorneys after a national survey involving more than 6.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The 2021 Eversheds Sutherland “Lawyers of the Year” are:

Adam B. Cohen – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Scott R. McLaughlin – Employment Law – Management
James A. Orr – Energy Law

This year’s attorneys recognized in their field include:

Administrative/Regulatory Law
Bruce M. Bettigole
Lino Mendiola III

Banking and Finance Law
Peter A. Fozzard

Bet-the-Company Litigation
John H. Fleming

Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Kevin W. King

Commercial Litigation
Thomas M. Byrne
Thomas W. Curvin
John H. Fleming
Patricia A. Gorham
Jason S. McCarter
Robert D. Owen
Amelia Toy Rudolph
Scott Sorrels
Rocco E. Testani

Construction Law
Lee C. Davis
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher
Margaret Flatt O’Brien (Ones to Watch)
William R. Wildman

Corporate Law
Kathleen Blaszak (Ones to Watch)
Steven B. Boehm
Thomas C. Herman
Ben Marzouk (Ones to Watch)
Mark D. Wasserman

Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Giselle S. Guerra (Ones to Watch)
Scott Sorrels

Derivatives and Futures Law
James M. Cain

Education Law
Stanley A. Freeman
Rocco E. Testani

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Adam B. Cohen
Vanessa A. Scott
W. Mark Smith

Employment Law—Management
Scott R. McLaughlin

Energy Law
Paul F. Forshay
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Garrett A. Gibson (Ones to Watch)
James E. Guy
Lino Mendiola III
James A. Orr
John E. Sharpe (Ones to Watch)
Herbert J. Short, Jr.
Jim L. Silliman (Ones to Watch)
Thomas H. Warren

Energy Regulatory Law
James E. Guy

Environmental Law
James A. Thompson, Jr.

Financial Services Regulation Law
Issa J. Hanna (Ones to Watch)
Lewis S. Wiener

Insurance Law
Thomas W. Curvin
James R. Dwyer
John S. Pruitt
Linda A. Sciuto
Cynthia R. Shoss

International Arbitration – Commercial
Valerie Strong Sanders

International Trade and Finance Law
Mark D. Herlach

Labor Law—Management
Scott R. McLaughlin

Leisure and Hospitality Law
H. Edward Hales

Legal Malpractice Law—Defendants
Thomas W. Curvin
John H. Fleming

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Bert Adams
Wade H. Stribling

Litigation—Banking and Finance
Thomas M. Byrne

Litigation—Construction
Lee C. Davis
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher
William R. Wildman

Litigation—Environmental
Ronald W. Zdrojeski

Litigation—Intellectual Property
Ann G. Fort
Jose L. Patino
Daniel J. Warren

Litigation—Labor and Employment
Scott R. McLaughlin
Michael J. Woodson (Ones to Watch)

Litigation—Patent
Jose L. Patino
Daniel J. Warren

Litigation—Real Estate
Thomas M. Byrne

Litigation—Securities
Bruce M. Bettigole
S. Lawrence Polk
Brian L. Rubin
Scott Sorrels

Litigation and Controversy—Tax
Eric J. Coffill
Daniel R. McKeithen
Alla Raykin (Ones to Watch)
Eric S. Tresh
Scott Wright

Mergers and Acquisitions
Bert Adams
Thomas C. Herman
Robert J. Pile
Herbert J. Short, Jr.

Mutual Funds Law
Steven B. Boehm
Stephen E. Roth

Patent Law
Kevin W. King
Peter G. Pappas

Privacy and Data Security Law
Michael Bahar

Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
Steven B. Boehm

Project Finance Law
Peter A. Fozzard

Real Estate Law
Thomas F. Dugan (Ones to Watch)
Nicole L. Fenton
H. Edward Hales
Victor P. Haley
D. Clayton Howell
Gautam P. Huded (Ones to Watch)
James B. Jordan
Michael G. Kerman
Trent Myers (Ones to Watch)
R. Robinson Plowden
Lisa Alpert Rosen
William G. Rothschild
Kristina Kopf Thomas
Virginia E. Worthy (Ones to Watch)

Securities/Capital Markets Law
Steven B. Boehm
Dwaune L. Dupree (Ones to Watch)

Securities Regulation
Bruce M. Bettigole
Steven B. Boehm
Adam C. Pollet (Ones to Watch)
Brian L. Rubin
Sarah Razaq Sallis (Ones to Watch)

Tax Law
Todd G. Betor (Ones to Watch)
Michele Borens
Reginald J. Clark
Eric J. Coffill
Jonathan A. Feldman
Ted W. Friedman (Ones to Watch)
Thomas A. Gick
Graham R. Green (Ones to Watch)
Daniel R. McKeithen
Michael R. Miles
Clifford E. Muller
Christopher W. Schoen (Ones to Watch)
Susan E. Seabrook
Caroline C. Setliffe (Ones to Watch)
Wes Sheumaker
Eric S. Tresh
Scott Wright
H. Karl Zeswitz

Timber Law
Victor P. Haley
Daniel R. McKeithen
Utilities Law
Peter A. Fozzard
Dorothy Black Franzoni

Venture Capital Law
Peter C. Quittmeyer
Wade H. Stribling

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