Chambers USA Ranks 74 Lawyers as "Leaders in Their Field"

CHICAGO (June 1, 2006) — McDermott Will & Emery and its lawyers received a number of noteworthy recognitions in the latest edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.  The following outlines the Firm’s practice area recognitions, as well as McDermott lawyers who were ranked as leaders in their field (ranking appears in parentheses).

Antitrust
 Illinois (3)
 Washington, D.C. (5)
 Ray Jacobsen, D.C. (5)
 David Marx, Illinois (2)
 Joseph Winterscheid, D.C. (4)

Banking & Finance
  California (3)
 Illinois (3)
 Robert McMenamin, Illinois (2)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
 Illinois (4)
 William Smith, Illinois (3)

Corporate/M&A
 Massachusetts (2)
 Helen Friedli, Illinois (4)
 Stanley Meadows, Illinois (3)
  Dennis White, Massachusetts (3)

Corporate/M&A- Mid-Tier Firms
  New York (1)
 Thomas Sauermilch, New York (2)

Corporate/M&A- Private Equity
   Illinois (3)
 Timothy Bryant, Illinois (3)

Employment: Employee Benefits
 Illinois (1)
  Bill Boies, Illinois (2)
 Jared Kaplan, Illinois (1)
 Nancy Ross, Illinois (2)

Employment – Mainly Defendant
 Illinois (4)
 Joel Cohen, New York (3)
 Stephen Erf, Illinois (3)

Employee Benefits & Compensation
 Massachusetts (3)
 Washington, D.C. (3)
 Paul Hamburger, D.C. (3)
 Andrew Liazos, Massachusetts (2)

Energy: Electricity
  Washington, D.C. (5)
 Paul Pantano, D.C. (5)
 Michael Yuffee, D.C. (5)

Environment
 Massachusetts (2)
 Jeffrey Bates, Massachusetts (1)
 Susan Cooke, Massachusetts (1)
 Peter Sacripanti, New York (3)

Government: Political Law
  National (2)
  Bobby Burchfield, D.C. (2)

Healthcare
 California (1)
 Florida (1)
 Illinois (1)
 Massachusetts (1)
 New York (2)
 Washington, D.C. (2)
 Michael Anthony, Illinois (1)
 Steve Bernstein, Massachusetts (2)
 Tim Blanchard, California (3)
 Peter Braun, Massachusetts (2)
 Bernadette Broccolo, Illinois (1)
 Charles Buck, Massachusetts (up & coming)
 Ira Coleman, Florida (1)
 Gary Davis, Florida (1)
 Ralph DeJong, Illinois (3)
 Monte Dube, Illinois (1)
 Donald Goldman, California (2)
 Eric Gordon, California (3)
 Chris Jedrey, Massachusetts (1)
 Doug Mancino, California (1)
 Joel Michaels, D.C. (1)
 Michael Peregrine, Illinois (1)
 William Roach, Illinois (2)
 Jerry Sokol, Florida (2)
 Eric Zimmerman, D.C. (2)

Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products
 Washington, D.C. (3)

Immigration
 New York (3)
 Joan-Elisse Carpentier, New York (3)

Insurance
 Washington, D.C. (3)
 Margaret Warner, D.C. (4)

Intellectual Property
  California (2)
 Illinois (3)
 Washington, D.C. (3)
 Anthony de Alcuaz, California (4)
 Margaret Duncan, Illinois (3)
 Vera Elson, California (4)
 Joel Freed, D.C. (1)
  Ray Lupo, D.C. (1)
 Terry McMahon, California (1)

International Trade
 National (4)

International Trade – Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
 Michael House, D.C. (4)
 David Levine, D.C. (5)

International Trade - Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
 David Levine, D.C. (2)

ERISA Litigation
 National (2)
 Bill Boies, Illinois (3)
 Nancy Ross, Illinois (2)

Litigation: General Commercial
  California (3)
  Illinois (3)
 Massachusetts (2)
 Bobby Burchfield, D.C. (2)
 Edward Leibensperger, Massachusetts (2)
 Robert Mallory, California (4)
 Mark Pearlstein, Massachusetts (2)
 Michael Pope, Illinois (4)
 David Rosenbloom, Illinois (3)
 Jeffrey Stone, Illinois (2)
 Doug Whitney, Illinois (up & coming)

Litigation: White Collar & Government Investigations
  Gordon Greenberg, California (1)
 Mark Pearlstein, Massachusetts (1)
 David Rosenbloom, Illinois (2)
 Jeffrey Stone, Illinois (2)

Products Liability
  National (4)
  Michael Pope, Illinois (3)
  Peter Resnik, Massachusetts (4)

Real Estate
 Fred Feinstein, Illinois (4)

Tax
  California (3)
 Illinois (2)
 New York (4)
 Washington, D.C. (2)
 Thomas Borders, Illinois (3)
 Fred Chilton, California (3)
 James Riedy, D.C. (4)
 Art Rosen, New York (4)
 Stephen Wells, D.C. (4)
 Lowell Yoder, Illinois (1)

Tax Litigation
 National (2)
 Thomas Borders, Illinois (3)

Wealth Management
 National (1)
 Carol Harrington, Illinois (1)
 Q. George Heisler, Illinois (3)
 Judith McCue, Illinois (3)

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