The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Recognizes 53 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year
Firm News | 5 min read | 08.19.21
Washington – August 19, 2021: The 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 53 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 13 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.” The publication also named partner William H. Frankel the Best Lawyers 2022 Copyright Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago.
The following Crowell & Moring lawyers are included:
Best Lawyers in America
Chicago
- Partner William H. Frankel – Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Partner Jeffrey A. Handelman – Trademark Law
- Partner Brad Lane – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Partner James P. Naughton – Patent Law
- Partner Mark H. Remus – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Partner James R. Sobieraj – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Indianapolis
- Partner Sanders N. Hillis – Patent Law
Irvine
- Partner Clayton S. Friedman – Advertising Law
Los Angeles
- Partner Jason C. Murray – Litigation - Antitrust
New York
- Partner Kelly T. Currie – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Partner Stephanie Marcantonio – Health Care Law
- Partner Brian T. McGovern – Health Care Law
- Partner Holly A. Melton – Advertising Law, Media Law
- Partner Paul W. Mourning – Health Care Law
- Partner Rebecca Monck Ricigliano– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
San Francisco
- Partner Gregory D. Call – Commercial Litigation
- Partner Mark D. Plevin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Insurance Law
Washington, DC
- Partner Lauren Aronson – Advertising Law
- Partner Troy A. Barsky – Health Care Law
- Partner John T. Brennan, Jr. – Health Care Law
- Partner John B. Brew – International Trade and Finance Law
- Partner Christopher A. Cole – Advertising Law
- Senior counsel John D. Conner, Jr. – Environmental Law
- Partner Larry F. Eisenstat – Energy Law
- Partner Clifton S. Elgarten – Insurance Law
- Partner David J. Ervin – Advertising Law
- Partner Cheryl A. Falvey – Advertising Law
- Partner David J. Fischer – Tax Law
- Partner Christopher Flynn – Health Care Law
- Partner Laura A. Foggan – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
- Partner Kent A. Gardiner – Antitrust Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Partner Alexis J. Gilman – Antitrust Law
- Partner Eileen M. Gleimer – Equipment Finance Law
- Partner Peter L. Gray – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Partner Thomas A. Hanusik – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Securities, Securities Regulation
- Partner Harold J. Heltzer – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Partner Clifford B. Hendler – Insurance Law
- Partner Philip T. Inglima – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Securities Regulation
- Partner Shawn R. Johnson – Antitrust Law
- Senior counsel W. Stanfield Johnson – Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Partner Elliott P. Laws – Environmental Law
- Partner Thomas A. Lorenzen – Litigation – Environmental
- Partner Michael D. Mann – Corporate Compliance Law, Litigation - Securities, Securities Regulation
- Partner Stuart H. Newberger – Commercial Litigation, Mediation
- Partner Teresa Stanek Rea – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Partner Wm. Randolph Smith – Antitrust Law
- Partner Jeffrey L. Snyder – International Trade and Finance Law
- Senior counsel John I. Stewart, Jr. – Technology Law
- Partner Jeane A. Thomas – Antitrust Law
- Partner Jennifer N. Waters – Energy Law
- Partner Scott L. Winkelman – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Partner Clifford J. Zatz – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
Chicago
- Associate Jafon Fearson – Intellectual Property Law
- Counsel Emily Kappers – Intellectual Property Law
- Counsel Andrew McElligott – Intellectual Property Law
- Counsel Daniel Parrish – Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law
- Associate Adam D. Sussman, Ph.D. – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Los Angeles
- Counsel Raija Horstman – Commercial Litigation
New York
- Associate Robert B. Kornweiss – Commercial Litigation
- Counsel Lisa Nicole Umans – Commercial Litigation
Washington
- Associate Jillian Ambrose – Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Counsel Justin Kingsolver – Health Care Law
- Counsel Brian C. Lewis – Antitrust Law
- Associate Nimrah Najeeb – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Associate Christopher Pinto – Health Care Law
The Best Lawyers in America lists are compiled annually based on a peer–review evaluation in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. To view the full methodology, visit here.
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