The Best Lawyers In America 2007 Recognizes 25 Crowell & Moring Attorneys

Washington, D.C. - July 27, 2006: The Best Lawyers In America 2007 selected 25 Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys as leaders in their field. Attorneys were selected through peer nominations. For more than two decades, Best Lawyers has been regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States.

The following 25 Crowell & Moring attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers In America 2007, listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected:

• Terry L. Albertson - Administrative Law
• Richard L. Beizer - White Collar Criminal Defense
• Timothy M. Biddle - Natural Resources Law
• John T. Brennan, Jr. - Health Care Law
• Dana Contratto - Energy Law
• R. Scott Feldmann - Intellectual Property Law
• Kent A. Gardiner - Mass Tort Litigation
• Ridgway M. Hall, Jr. - Environmental Law
• Harold J. Heltzer - Tax Law
• Clifford B. Hendler - Insurance Law
• Philip T. Inglima - White Collar Criminal Defense
• W. Stanfield Johnson - Administrative Law
• Arthur N. Lerner - Antitrust Law
• Robert Lipstein - International Trade Law and Finance Law
• Andrew H. Marks - Commercial Litigation
• Michael L. Martinez - Mass Tort and Product Liability Litigation
• R. Timothy McCrum - Natural Resources Law and Mining Law
• Tim Means - Natural Resources Law
• Kimberley Chen Nobles - Intellectual Property Law
• Mark D. Plevin - Insurance Law
• Steven P. Quarles - Administrative Law, Mining Law, and Natural Resources Law
• Richard E. Schwartz - Environmental Law
• Wm. Randolph Smith - Antitrust Law
• Jennifer N. Waters - Energy Law
• Scott L. Winkelman - Product Liability Litigation

Crowell & Moring LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 300 attorneys practicing in litigation, antitrust, government contracts, corporate, intellectual property and more than 40 other practice areas. More than two-thirds of the firm's attorneys regularly litigate disputes on behalf of domestic and international corporations, start-up businesses, and individuals. Crowell & Moring's extensive client work ranges from advising on one of the world's largest telecommunications mergers to representing governments and corporations on international arbitration matters. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm also has offices in Brussels, California and London.