Greenberg Traurig Recognized in 2018 Legal 500 U.S. Guide

Overall 33 practices, 2 recognized as top-tier, and more than 120 attorneys were recognized in the guide.

NEW YORK – June 6, 2018 – More than 120 attorneys and 33 practices at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP have been recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2018 Guide (Guide). The Guide also recommends Greenberg Traurig as a “Top Tier” firm in “Real Estate” and “Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense.” This is the second consecutive year Greenberg Traurig has been recognized as a “Top-Tier” firm in Real Estate, the practice was also previously recognized in 2013 and 2014. This year’s recognition comes shortly after the firm received the Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Real Estate.

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

Lori G. Cohen, co-chair of the Global Litigation Practice, is recognized for Dispute Resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers; Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense.
Robert J. Ivanhoe, chair of the Global Real Estate Practice, is recognized for Real Estate.
Laura Reiff, co-chair of the Immigration & Compliance Practice, is recognized for Labor and Employment – Immigration
Martha J. Schoonover, a shareholder in Northern Virginia, is recognized for Labor and Employment – Immigration

In addition, Albany Shareholder Eileen Hayes has been recognized in the Guide’s “Next Generation Lawyers” list for Industry Focus - Healthcare - Health Insurers.

According to the publisher, the 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 250,000 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:

… “provides ‘a very high level of service,’ and the team is praised for its ‘quick response times, strong business acumen and solid industry knowledge.’ ”
… “ ‘tactical and strategically superior’ team provides ‘great client service, high commercial acumen, quality of work and attention’ in cases involving intellectual property, consumer lending and regulatory matters.”
… “significant geographic reach and litigates cases around the country.”
... “a firm that is not afraid to try cases.”
. “practical and business-oriented”
… “responsive and proactive approach to its work”
… “exceptional”
… “highly knowledgeable and responsive”
… “very strong industry knowledge and service levels”

The Greenberg Traurig attorneys listed below are recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2018 edition based on the publication’s industry or practice area designations as selected by researchers:

Attorney	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
Ian C. Ballon	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)	Silicon Valley
Johnine P. Barnes	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Washington, D.C.
Kerri L. Barsh	Industry focus - Environment - litigation Industry focus - Environment - regulatory	Miami
Hilarie Bass	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Miami
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick	Dispute resolution - Appellate	New York
Jacqueline Becerra	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Miami
Naomi G. Beer	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Denver
Ellen Berkowitz	Real estate - Land use/zoning	Los Angeles
Robert H. Bernstein	ERISA Litigation	New Jersey
Dennis J. Block	M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - large deals ($1bn+)	New York
Mark D. Bloom	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Miami
James N. Boudreau	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Philadelphia
Robert S. Brams	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Washington, D.C.
William D. Briendel	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	New York, Westchester County
Kelly Dobbs Bunting	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Philadelphia
Michael L. Burnett	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	Houston
Micala Campbell Robinson	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	New Jersey
Michael J. Cherniga	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Tallahassee
Francis A. Citera	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco) Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - toxic tort - defense Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Chicago
Joseph C. Coates III	Dispute resolution - International litigation Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	West Palm Beach
Lori G. Cohen	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense Dispute Resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers	Atlanta
Joseph F. Coniglio	Healthcare: Service Providers	Dallas
Alice L. Connaughton	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	Washington, D.C.
David A. Coulson	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Miami
Sylvie A. Durham	Finance - Structured finance - derivatives and structured products	New York
Richard A. Edlin	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco)	New York, Seoul
Troy A. Eid	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Denver
Seth J. Entin	Tax - International tax Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Miami
Robert C. Epstein	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	New Jersey, New York
Kristine J. Feher	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	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
William Garner	Industry focus - Energy transactions - oil and gas	Houston
Russell “Chip” A. Gaudreau, III	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	New York
Tracy L. Gerber	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	West Palm Beach
Richard J. Giusto	Real estate	Miami
Jerrold F. Goldberg	Labor and employment - Labor-management relations	New York
Elaine C. Greenberg	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Washington, D.C.
Eileen M. Hayes	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	Albany
Susan L. Heller	Intellectual property - Trademarks - non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)	Orange County, Los Angeles
Robert J. Herrington	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco)	Los Angeles
Joseph A. Herz	Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Matthew L. Hinker	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	New York
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
Harold N. Iselin	Healthcare: Health Insurers	Albany
Robert J. Ivanhoe	Real estate Real estate - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)	New York
Christiana Callahan Jacxsens	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Atlanta
David C. Jensen	Real estate - Construction (including construction litigation)	New Jersey, New York
Wendy Johnson Lario	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling 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
Kurt A. Kappes	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Sacramento, San Francisco
Bradford D. Kaufman	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	West Palm Beach
Paul J. Keenan, Jr.	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Miami
Justin F. Keith	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Boston
Mark D. Kemple	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
Nancy B. Lash	Real estate	Miami
Peter H. Lieberman	M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - large deals ($1bn+)	Chicago
Corey E. Light	Real estate	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 - Workplace and employment counseling	Atlanta
Mary-Olga Lovett	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	Houston, New York
Ian R. Macdonald	Labor and employment - Immigration	Atlanta
Pamela J. Mak	Labor and employment - Immigration	Northern Virginia
Michael L. Malone	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 action - toxic tort – defense Industry focus - Environment – litigation Industry focus - Environment - regulatory	Philadelphia
Felicia V. Manno	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Chicago, Dallas
Alan Mansfield	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	New York
Bruce I. March	M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - large deals ($1bn+)	Fort Lauderdale
Bradley R. Marsh	Tax - US taxes - contentious	San Francisco
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
Brady R. McShane	Real estate - Land use/zoning	Denver, Los Angeles
Dennis A. Meloro	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Delaware
Patricia Menéndez-Cambó	M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - large deals ($1bn+)	Miami, New York
Kenneth M. Minesinger	Industry focus - Energy regulatory - oil and gas Industry focus - Energy transactions - oil and gas	Washington, D.C.
Nancy A. Mitchell	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	New York, Chicago
Marc L. Mukasey	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	New York
Howard L. Nelson	Industry focus - Energy regulatory - oil and gas	Washington, D.C.
Christopher J. Neumann	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Denver
Renée W. O’Rourke	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Denver
Gregory E. Ostfeld	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense	Chicago
A. John Pappalardo	Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense	Boston
David C. Peck	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	Fort Lauderdale
Susan Phillips Read	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Albany, New York
Manuel Rajunov	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Dallas, Mexico City
Magan Pritam Ray	Labor and employment - Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans - design	Silicon Valley
Laura Foote Reiff	Labor and employment - Immigration	Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Barry Richard	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Tallahassee, New York, Washington, D.C.
John R. Richards	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Atlanta
Steven C. Russo	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - toxic tort - defense	New York
Elliot H. Scherker	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Miami
Ozzie A. Schindler	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Miami
Daniel I. Schloss	Intellectual property - Trademarks - litigation	New York, Westchester County
Martha J. Schoonover	Labor and employment - Immigration	Northern Virginia
Paul M. Seby	Industry focus - Environment - litigation	Denver
Jay A. Segal	Real estate - Land use/zoning	New York
David E. Sellinger	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco)	New Jersey
Philip R. Sellinger	Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes	New Jersey
Francis J. Serbaroli	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers	New York
Rick L. Shackelford	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco)	Los Angeles
Hal S. Shaftel	Dispute resolution - International litigation	New York
Keith J. Shapiro	Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy) - corporate	Chicago
Robert D. Simon	Tax - International tax Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	Northern Virginia, Denver
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 Labor and employment - Labor-management relations Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	New York
Michael T. Taylor	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Northern Virginia
Nancy E. Taylor	Industry focus - Healthcare - health insurers Industry focus - Healthcare - service providers	Washington, D.C.
Christopher Torres	Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - toxic tort - defense	Tampa
Daniel J. Tyukody	Dispute resolution - Securities litigation - defense	Los Angeles
Mary F. Voce	Tax - International tax Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	New York
Steven J. Wadyka Jr.	Intellectual property - Trademarks – litigation Intellectual property - Trademarks - non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)	Washington, D.C.
Dale Wainwright	Dispute resolution - Appellate	Austin
David B. Weinstein	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – Product liability, mass tort and class action – toxic tort – defense Industry focus – Environment – litigation Industry focus – Environment – regulatory	Tampa, Washington, D.C., New York
Natasha L. Wilson	Intellectual property - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense	Atlanta
Todd D. Wozniak	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	Atlanta
Shira R. Yoshor	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Houston
Jon Zimring	Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling	Chicago
Peter W. Zinober	Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense	Tampa, Orlando
Kenneth Zuckerbrot	Tax - US taxes - non-contentious	New York

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

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

About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.