The Best Lawyers in America 2009 Recognizes 37 Crowell & Moring Attorneys

Washington, D.C. - September 22, 2008: The Best Lawyers in America 2009 selected 37 Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys as leaders in their field. Attorneys were selected through peer nominations. For a quarter century, 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 37 Crowell & Moring attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2009, listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected:

Irvine

• R. Scott Feldmann - Intellectual Property Law
• Kimberley Chen Nobles - Intellectual Property Law
• Steven P. Rice - Commercial Litigation

Los Angeles

• Janet I. Levine - White Collar Criminal Defense
• Michael J. Lightfoot - White Collar Criminal Defense
• John D. Vandevelde - White Collar Criminal Defense

New York

• Dickerson M. Downing - Intellectual Property Law

Washington, DC

• Terry L. Albertson - Administrative Law
• Richard L. Beizer - White Collar Criminal Defense
• Timothy M. Biddle - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
• Jeffrey Blumenfeld - Antitrust Law
• John T. Brennan, Jr. - Health Care Law
• Dana Contratto - Energy Law
• Kent A. Gardiner - Mass Tort Litigation
• Eileen M. Gleimer - Equipment Finance Law
• Ridgway M. Hall, Jr. - Environmental Law
• Thomas A. Hanusik - White Collar Criminal Defense
• Harold J. Heltzer - Tax Law
• Clifford B. Hendler - Insurance Law
• Philip T. Inglima - White Collar Criminal Defense
• W. Stanfield Johnson - Administrative Law
• Paul W. Kalish - Insurance Law
• Arthur N. Lerner - Antitrust Law, Health Care Law
• Robert A. Lipstein - International Trade and Finance Law
• Andrew Marks - Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law
• Michael L. Martinez - Mass Tort Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
• R. Timothy McCrum - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
• Thomas C. Means - Natural Resources Law
• Stuart H. Newberger - International Arbitration
• Mark D. Plevin - Insurance Law
• Steven P. Quarles - Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law and Natural Resources Law
• Teresa Stanek Rea - Biotechnology Law
• George D. Ruttinger - Administrative Law
• Richard E. Schwartz - Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
• Wm. Randolph Smith - Antitrust Law
• Jeffrey L. Snyder - International Trade and Finance Law
• John I. Stewart, Jr. - Technology Law
• Jennifer N. Waters - Energy Law
• Scott L. Winkelman - Product Liability Litigation
• Clifford Zatz - Mass Tort Litigation

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with more than 400 lawyers practicing in litigation, antitrust, government contracts, health care, corporate, intellectual property and a variety of 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 California, New York, London, and Brussels.