19 Eversheds Sutherland Practice Areas, 102 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2020 Legal 500 United States

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that 19 practice areas and 102 attorneys have been recognized in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 United States, a comprehensive survey of legal service providers. For more than 25 years, the series has provided feedback on law firms from more than 100 countries.

Also this year, Legal 500 named 11 attorneys to its elite “Leading Lawyers” list. Lee C. Davis and Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher were recognized in the Construction category; Adam B. Cohen and Vanessa A. Scott were recognized in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans category; James R. Dwyer and Cynthia R. Shoss were recognized in the Insurance: Non-contentious category; Jeffrey A. Friedman and Jerome B. Libin were recognized in Tax – US Taxes: Contentious; Robert D. Owen was recognized in the Dispute Resolution – E-discovery category; Wade H. Stribling was recognized in M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m); and Peter C. Quittmeyer was recognized in the Technology: Outsourcing category.

Eversheds Sutherland received national rankings in:

• Dispute Resolution – E-discovery
• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
• Finance – Financial Services: Regulation
• Finance – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
• Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
• Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
• Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Industry Focus – Insurance: Non-contentious
• Intellectual Property – Patent: Patent Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
• 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 – Fintech
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Outsourcing
• Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation)
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
• Tax – International Tax
• Tax – US Taxes: Contentious
• Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious

The attorneys recognized in their field include:

Dispute Resolution – E-discovery
Matt Gatewood
Gregory S. Kaufman
Francis X. Nolan, IV
Robert D. Owen

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
Thomas W. Curvin
Brian L. Rubin
Amelia Toy Rudolph
Ronald W. Zdrojeski

Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid
William T. O'Brien

Finance – Financial Services: Regulation
Steven B. Boehm
Stephen E. Roth
Brian L. Rubin
Cynthia R. Shoss
Holly H. Smith

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

Industry Focus – Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power
Daniel E. Frank
James E. Guy
Joseph C. Hall
Catherine M. Krupka
Lino Mendiola III

Industry Focus – Energy Regulatory: Oil & Gas
Jacob Dweck
Paul F. Forshay
Catherine M. Krupka
Susan G. Lafferty
David M. McCullough

Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative
Jackson M. Allen
Joshua L. Belcher
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Ram C. Sunkara
Madeleine M.L. Tan
Kyle E. Wamstad
Thomas H. Warren

Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Herbert J. Short, Jr.
Ram C. Sunkara
Thomas H. Warren

Industry Focus – Insurance: Non-contentious
Bert Adams
B. Scott Burton
James R. Dwyer
Ling Ling
John S. Pruitt
Stephen E. Roth
Cynthia R. Shoss

Intellectual Property – Patent: Patent Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
Christopher C. Bolten
Christopher J. Chan
Jaime D. Choi
Ann G. Fort
Justin Gray
Malvern (Griff) U. Griffin
Peter G. Pappas
Jose L. Patino
Scott Penner
Nicola A. Pisano
Daniel J. Warren
William L. Warren

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
Brenna M. Clark
Adam B. Cohen
Paul R. Lang
Robert J. Neis
Vanessa A. Scott

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
Kathleen Blaszak
Robert E. Copps
M. Hill Jeffries
Douglas J. Leary
Stacey T. Kern
Brian M. Murphy
Robert J. Pile
Marc A. Rawls
Wade H. Stribling
Michael J. Voynich

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Fintech
Brian G. Barrett
Brian M. Murphy
Robert J. Pile
John S. Pruitt
Michael Steinig

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Outsourcing
Robert J. Pile
Peter C. Quittmeyer
Michael Steinig

Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation)
Lee C. Davis
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher
Jesse W. Lincoln
William R. Wildman

Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
Marc A. Benjamin
John J. Busillo
Nicole L. Fenton
Victor P. Haley
D. Clayton Howell
James B. Jordan
Susan V. Kai
R. Robinson Plowden

Tax – International Tax
Robert S. Chase II
Reginald J. Clark
Jeffrey A. Friedman
Saren Goldner
Jed Rogers
P. Bruce Wright

Tax – US Taxes: Contentious
Eric J. Coffill
Jeffrey A. Friedman
Graham R. Green
Timothy A. Gustafson
Jerome B. Libin
James N. Mastracchio
Sarah E. Paul
Daniel H. Schlueter
Susan E. Seabrook
Caroline C. Setliffe
Maria M. Todorova
Eric S. Tresh
Scott Wright

Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michele Borens
Robert S. Chase II
Jeffrey A. Friedman
Timothy A. Gustafson
Taylor M. Kiessig
Robert J. Neis
Sarah E. Paul
Amish M. Shah

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 75 of the Fortune 100, 68 of the FTSE 100 and 113 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 70 offices in 34 jurisdictions 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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