Greenberg Traurig Attorneys, Practices Included in Legal 500 U.S. 2019

NEW YORK – June 13, 2019 –The Legal 500 United States 2019 Guide (Guide) recognized more than 140 attorneys and 36 practices at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. In addition, for the fifth time Greenberg Traurig was recognized as a “Top Tier” firm in “Real Estate.” The practice was previously recognized in 2018, 2017, 2014, and 2013.

Five of the firm’s attorneys recognized were listed in the Guide’s elite “Leading Lawyers” list.

Lori G. Cohen – Dispute Resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers and Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions - Pharmaceuticals And Medical Devices – Defense
Robert C. Epstein – Real Estate - Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
Robert J. Ivanhoe – Real Estate
Laura Reiff – Labor and Employment – Immigration
Martha J. Schoonover – Labor and Employment – Immigration

For the second consecutive year, Albany Shareholder Eileen M. Hayes has been included in the Guide’s “Next Generation Lawyers” list for Industry Focus - Healthcare - Health Insurers.

In addition, Cohen, Ivanhoe, and Reiff are in the Legal 500 United States “Hall of Fame,” which highlights individuals who are consistently recognized by their clients for being excellent legal advisors.

According to the publisher, the Guide’s acknowledgements recognize practice area teams and practitioners who are “providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.” The recognitions are based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, law firm submissions, and interviews with private practice lawyers, in addition to Legal 500’s independent research in the legal market.

Some of the commentary published in the Guide regarding Greenberg Traurig and its attorneys include:

… ‘a great firm’
… ‘very insightful, experienced and focused, as well as tenacious, supportive and exceptionally persuasive ...’
… ‘turns work around quickly and is great with clients’
… ‘very commercial’
… ‘effective and well-organized’
… ‘considers the issue from all possible angles’
… ‘highly expert’
… ‘highly skilled in investigating and litigating’
… ‘the ability to think outside of the box to reach creative conclusions’
… 'distinguishes itself by the breadth of its scope, which ranges from geographic access to subject matter expertise’
… ‘'excellent knowledge and problem solving’
… ‘highly experienced team’
… "‘outstanding group of attorneys’ provide ‘excellent legal counsel’"
“The ‘dynamic’ team stands out for its ‘strong business acumen, knowledge of the latest developments and ability to remain one step ahead of the market’.”

The Greenberg Traurig attorneys listed below are recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2019 edition based on the publication’s industry or practice area designations as selected by researchers:

Attorney Name	Practice	Location
Nanette Aguirre	Finance - Structured finance - derivatives and structured products	New York
Farah S. Ahmed	Real Estate	New York
Alan I. Annex	M&A/corporate and commercial M&A large deals ($1bn+)	New York
Tricia A. Asaro	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	Albany
Ryan D. Bailine	Real estate - Land use/zoning	Miami
Ian C. Ballon	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)	Silicon Valley Los Angeles
Johnine P. Barnes	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Washington, D.C.
Christopher L. Barnett	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Miami
Kerri L. Barsh	Industry focus - Environment – litigation Industry focus - Environment - regulatory	Miami
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick	Dispute resolution – Appellate	New York
Naomi G. Beer	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	Denver
Christopher L. Bell	Industry focus - Environment – litigation Industry focus - Environment - regulatory	Houston
Ellen Berkowitz	Real estate - Land use/zoning	Los Angeles
Robert H. Bernstein	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) Labor and employment - ERISA litigation Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	New Jersey
Charles S. Birenbaum	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	San Francisco
Dennis J. Block	M&A/corporate and commercial M&A large deals ($1bn+)	New York
Mark D. Bloom	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Miami
James N. Boudreau	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	Philadelphia
William D. Briendel	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	New York
Michael J. Cherniga	Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Tallahassee
Francis A. Citera	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Chicago
Joseph C. Coates III	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense Dispute resolution - International litigation	West Palm Beach
Lori G. Cohen	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes Dispute resolution - International litigation Dispute resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Atlanta
Joseph F. Coniglio	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Dallas
David A. Coulson	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Miami
Yuta N. Delarck	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Bennett I. Deutsch	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Karl G. Dial	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Dallas
Kelly Dobbs Bunting	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Philadelphia
Jeffrey P. Dunning	Intellectual property - Trademarks litigation	Chicago
Sylvie A. Durham	Finance - Structured finance - derivatives and structured products	New York
Richard A. Edlin	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense	New York, Seoul
Troy A. Eid	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Denver
Robert C. Epstein	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	New Jersey, New York
Ashley M. Farrell Pickett	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Los Angeles
Kristine J. Feher	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	New Jersey
G. Michelle Ferreira	Tax - US taxes – contentious	San Francisco, Silicon Valley
Scott E. Fink	Tax - US taxes - contentious	New York
Gregory A. Fishman	Real Estate	Los Angeles
Tiffany S. Fordyce	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Chicago
Mark R. Galis	Intellectual property - Trademarks litigation Intellectual property - Trademarks - non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)	Chicago
William Garner	Industry focus - Energy - transactions - oil and gas Industry focus - Energy regulation - conventional power	Houston
Jack S. Gearan	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Boston
Tracy L. Gerber	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	West Palm Beach
John F. Gibbons	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Chicago
Richard J. Giusto	Real Estate	Miami
Jerrold F. Goldberg	Labor and employment - Labor-management relations Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	New York
Jacqueline Greenberg Vogt	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	New Jersey, New York
Eileen M. Hayes	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	Albany
Susan L. Heller	Intellectual property - Trademarks litigation Intellectual property - Trademarks - non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)	Orange County, Los Angeles
Ian A. Herbert	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Northern Virginia
Robert J. Herrington	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense	Los Angeles, San Francisco
Joseph A. Herz	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Shari L. Heyen	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Houston
Nick Hockens	Real estate - Land use/zoning	New York
Caleb J. Holmes	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Philadelphia
Robert A. Horowitz	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	New York
Lindsay E. Hutner	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	San Francisco
Harold N. Iselin	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	Albany
Robert J. Ivanhoe	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs) Real Estate	New York
Julia G. Jeffrey	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Miami
David C. Jensen	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	New Jersey, New York
Wendy Johnson Lario	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	New Jersey
Kate Kalmykov	Labor and employment – Immigration	New Jersey, New York
Barbara T. Kaplan	Tax - US taxes - contentious	New York
Bradford D. Kaufman	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	West Palm Beach
Mark D. Kemple	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Los Angeles
Adil M. Khan	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Los Angeles
Leslie A. Klein	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Phoenix, Chicago
David B. Kurzweil	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Atlanta
Steven B. Lapidus	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Miami
Nancy B. Lash	Real Estate	Miami
Gregory K. Lawrence	Industry focus - Energy regulation - conventional power	Boston
Corey E. Light	Real Estate Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	Chicago
Noam Lipshitz	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Fort Lauderdale
Erika G. Litvak	Tax - International tax	Miami
Kristen J. Lonergan	Real Estate	New York
David Long-Daniels	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	Atlanta
Ian R. Macdonald	Labor and employment - Immigration	Atlanta
Eric J. Maiers	Intellectual property - Trademarks litigation	Chicago
Pamela J. Mak	Labor and employment – Immigration	Northern Virginia
Michael L. Malone	Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Dallas
Jeffrey D. Mamorsky	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	New York
David G. Mandelbaum	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense Industry focus - Environment - litigation Industry focus - Environment - regulatory	Philadelphia
Alan Mansfield	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	New York
Bradley R. Marsh	Tax - US taxes - contentious Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	San Francisco
Joel D. Maser	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Fort Lauderdale
Dwayne L. Mason	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)	Houston
Michael Mason	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Labor-management relations Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Phoenix
Terence P. McCourt	Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	Boston
Richard C. McCrea, Jr.	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)	Tampa, Orlando
J. Gregory Milmoe	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Boston, New York
Kenneth M. Minesinger	Industry focus - Energy - transactions - oil and gas Industry focus - Energy regulation - conventional power Industry focus - Energy regulation - oil and gas	Washington, D.C.
Nathan J. Muyskens	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Washington, D.C.
Jessica Natali	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Philadelphia
Howard L. Nelson	Industry focus - Energy regulation - oil and gas	Washington, D.C.
James M. Nelson	Labor and employment - ERISA litigation	Sacramento, Los Angeles, Phoenix
Christopher J. Neumann	Industry focus - Environment – litigation	Denver
Courtney B. Noce	Labor and employment - Immigration	Atlanta
Cris K. O’Neall	Tax - US taxes – contentious	Orange County
Renee W. O’Rourke	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Denver
Gregory E. Ostfeld	Dispute resolution - Appellate Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Chicago
A. John Pappalardo	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Boston
Susan Phillips Read	Dispute resolution – Appellate	Albany, New York
Stephen L. Rabinowitz	Real Estate	New York
Magan Pritam Ray	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Silicon Valley
Laura Reiff	Labor and employment – Immigration	Northern Virginia
Barry Richard	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Tallahassee, New York, Washington, D.C.
Carl J. Riley	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Brian Rubenstein	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Philadelphia
Steven C. Russo	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense	New York
Gary A. Saul	Real Estate	Miami
Stephen L. Saxl	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	New York
Elliot H. Scherker	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Miami
Martha J. Schoonover	Labor and employment – Immigration	Northern Virginia
Jeff E. Scott	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes Dispute resolution - International litigation	Los Angeles
Paul M. Seby	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Denver
Jay A. Segal	Real estate - Land use/zoning	New York
Philip R. Sellinger	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	New Jersey
David E. Sellinger	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense	New Jersey
Hal S. Shaftel	Dispute resolution - International litigation	New York
Keith J. Shapiro	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Chicago
William R. Siegel	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Miami
Alicia Sienne Voltmer	Labor and employment - Labor-management relations Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Dallas
Richard A. Sirus	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Chicago
Keith E. Smith	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - consumer products (including tobacco) - defense Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Philadelphia
Graham M. Smith	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Miami
Mark E. Solomons	Dispute resolution – Appellate	Washington, D.C.
Jonathan L. Sulds	Labor and employment - ERISA litigation Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	New York
Michael J. Sullivan	Real Estate	Orlando
Tim Swickard	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense	Sacramento
Nancy E. Taylor	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Washington, D.C.
Michael T. Taylor	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Northern Virginia
Michael J. Thomas	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Miami
Sara K. Thompson	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Atlanta
Christopher Torres	Dispute resolution - Appellate Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense	Tampa
Mark G. Tratos	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	Las Vegas
Daniel J. Tyukody	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Los Angeles
Mary F. Voce	Tax - International tax	New York
Dale Wainwright	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Austin
David B. Weinstein	Dispute resolution - Appellate Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions - toxic tort - defense Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Tampa
Jennifer H. Weiss	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	Boston
Natasha L. Wilson	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Atlanta
Nicole Wolfe	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Miami
Todd D. Wozniak	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) Labor and employment - ERISA litigation	Atlanta

Overall, the Guide recommended Greenberg Traurig in the following practice areas:

Dispute resolution - Appellate - Appellate - Courts of Appeal
Dispute resolution - Appellate - Appellate - supreme courts (states and federal)
Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense - advice to individuals
Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes
Dispute resolution - International litigation
Dispute resolution - Leading trial lawyers
Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions: consumer products (including tobacco) - defense
Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense
Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense
Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Finance - Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Industry focus - Energy regulation: conventional power
Industry focus - Energy regulation: oil and gas
Industry focus - Energy: transactions: oil and gas
Industry focus - Environment: litigation
Industry focus - Environment: regulatory
Industry focus - Healthcare: health insurers
Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers
Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation
Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Labor and employment - ERISA litigation
Labor and employment - Immigration
Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Labor and employment - Labor-management relations
Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling
M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)
Real estate - Land use/zoning
Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Tax - International tax
Tax - US taxes: contentious
Tax - US taxes: non-contentious

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