178 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Appear in 2011 Chambers USA Guide

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

Chambers and Partners, publisher of an annual guide ranking U.S. lawyers and law firms, includes 178 Greenberg Traurig LLP attorneys in its 2011 Chambers USA guide. Chambers and Partners says it selects attorneys for inclusion in its guides based on thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and with clients around the world. Clients and legal industry peers are quoted in critiques published for select areas of practice and prepared by Chambers and Partners research teams.

In addition to the narrative reviews, attorneys, practice areas and firms are ranked by placement in "bands," with Band 1 being the highest placement. Additionally, attorneys can be designated as a "Senior Statesman," "Star Individual" (which is above a Band 1 ranking), "Up and Comer," and "Associate to Watch." Greenberg Traurig has placements in four of these special categories, including four "Star Individual" placements in the Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Labor & Employment and Litigation: Appellate practices. In addition to the individual rankings, Chambers and Partners ranked 65 of the firm’s areas of practice by geographic region. Not all areas of practice are researched or ranked in each state.

Greenberg Traurig received a Band 1 placement for each of the following practices in those states where these were ranked:

   •      Banking & Finance
   •     Bankruptcy/Restructuring
   •     Corporate/M&A and Corporate/M&A & Private Equity and Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
   •     Environment
   •     Immigration
   •     Labor & Employment
   •     Latin American Investment
   •     Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
   •     Real Estate and Real Estate: Mainly Dirt and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
   •     Retail
   •     TaxThe firm was also ranked nationally in:

   •     Bankruptcy/Restructuring
   •     Capital Markets: REITs
   •     Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
   •     Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
   •     International Trade
   •     Leisure & Hospitality
   •     Native American Law
   •     Outsourcing
   •     Products Liability & Mass Torts
   •     Projects: PPP
   •     Retail
   •     Wealth Management

Individual attorneys received Band 1 placements in:

   •     Antitrust
   •     Banking & Finance: Public Finance
   •     Bankruptcy/Restructuring
   •     Construction
   •     Corporate/Commercial
   •     Corporate/M&A
   •     Environment
   •     Healthcare
   •     Immigration
   •     Insurance: Regulation
   •     Labor & Employment and Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
   •     Latin American Investment
   •     Litigation: Appellate and Litigation: General Commercial and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
   •     Media & Entertainment: Music and Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent
   •     Real Estate
   •     Tax and Tax: Employee Benefits and Tax: Estate Planning

Greenberg Traurig attorneys mentioned and/or ranked include:

   •     Allen D. Altman, Tax (Georgia)
   •     Alan I. Annex, Corporate/M&A (New York)
   •     Tricia A. Asaro, Healthcare (New York)
   •     Douglas C. Atnipp, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (Nationwide)
   •     James Bacchus, International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
   •     Ian C. Ballon, IT & Outsourcing (California); Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
   •     David G. Barger, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Virginia)
   •     David A. Barkus, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Kerri Barsh, Environment (Florida)
   •     Hilarie Bass, Litigation: General Commercial (Florida)
   •     Jacqueline Becerra, Litigation: General Commercial (Florida)
   •     Donn A. Beloff, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Norman J. Benford, Tax: Estate Planning (Florida); Wealth Management: Eastern Region (Nationwide)
   •     Brian H. Blaney, Corporate/M&A (Arizona)
   •     Mark D. Bloom, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
   •     Warren S. Bloom, Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Florida)
   •     Theodore I. Blum, Corporate/M&A (Georgia)
   •     Thomas J. Bond, Insurance: Regulation (Texas)
   •     Michael J. Bonner, Corporate/Commercial (Nevada); Gaming & Licensing (Nevada)
   •     Francis R. Bradley, III, Banking & Finance (Texas)
   •     John N. Brewer, Corporate/Commercial (Nevada)
   •     Nicholas A. Brown, Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
   •     Philippe M. Bruno, International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
   •     Burt Bruton, Real Estate (Florida)
   •     Randy A. Bullard, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Becky Burnham, Real Estate (Arizona)
   •     Richard A. Burton, Capital Markets: REITs (Nationwide)
   •     Juan Pablo Cappello, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Andrew Cardonick, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
Colorado)
   •     Gregory J. Casas, Antitrust (Texas)
   •     Mike Cherniga, Healthcare (Florida)
   •     Joseph C. Coates, III, Litigation: General Commercial (Florida)
   •     Lori G. Cohen, Litigation: General Commercial (Georgia); Products Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide); Products Liability: Pharmaceutical (Nationwide)
   •     Jay L. Cooper, Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (California)
   •     Samantha Corson, Environment (Pennsylvania)
   •     Victoria W. Counihan, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
   •     Scott Cousins, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
   •     Jeffrey J. Davidson, Environment (Washington, D.C.)
   •     Cindy J.K. Davis, Banking & Finance (Georgia)
   •     Richard F. Davis, Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide)
   •     Stephen J. Dietrich, Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
   •     John Alan Doran, Labor & Employment (Arizona)
   •     Lucia Dougherty, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida)
   •     Richard A. Edlin, Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
   •     Troy A. Eid, Native American Law (Nationwide); Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado)
   •     Arthur J. England, Jr., Litigation: Appellate (Florida)
   •     Seth J. Entin, Tax (Florida); Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Gary M. Epstein, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Orlando L. Evora, Real Estate (Florida)
   •     Mark E. Ferrario, Litigation: General Commercial (Nevada)
   •     Bruce Fischer, Real Estate (California)
   •     Michael T. Fishman, Real Estate (Illinois)
   •     Allan Van Fleet, Antitrust (Texas)
   •     Steven D. Fleissig, Real Estate (New Jersey)
   •     Joseph Fleming, Labor & Employment (Florida)
   •     Carl A. Fornaris, Banking & Finance: Regulatory (Florida); Banking & Finance: Transactional (Florida)
   •     Jonathan M. Forster, Wealth Management: Eastern Region (Nationwide)
   •     Doug Friednash, Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
   •     Judith D. Fryer, Capital Markets: REITs (Nationwide)
   •     Thomas Galli, Real Estate: Northern Virginia (Virginia)
   •     Robert C. Gang, Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Florida)
   •     Matthew B. Gorson, Real Estate (Florida)
   •     Hamilton Hackney, Environment (Massachusetts)
   •     Jan Handzlik, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California)
   •     Bruce Harris, Corporate/M&A (New Jersey)
   •     Lawrence H. Heller, Wealth Management: Western Region (Nationwide)
   •     Linda Hirschson, Wealth Management: Eastern Region (Nationwide)
   •     Michael Hornreich, Construction (Florida)
   •     John B. Hutton, III, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
   •     Yosbel A. Ibarra, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Harold N. Iselin, Healthcare (New York); Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
   •     Robert J. Ivanhoe, Real Estate (New York)
   •     Clifton R. Jessup, Jr., Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
   •     Robert Kant, Corporate/M&A (Arizona)
   •     Barbara T. Kaplan, Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
   •     Warren Karp, Retail (Nationwide)
   •     Joel A. Katz, Intellectual Property (Georgia)
   •     Julie Kendig-Schrader, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida)
   •     Leslie Klein, Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
   •     Gary S. Kleinman, Real Estate (New York)
   •     Thomas F. Kummer, Litigation: General Commercial (Nevada)
   •     David Kurzweil, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
   •     Steve Lapidus, Tax: Employee Benefits (Florida)
   •     Nancy Lash, Real Estate (Florida)
   •     James P.S. Leshaw, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
   •     Oscar Levin, Immigration (Florida)
   •     Matthew Lewin, Banking & Finance (Illinois)
   •     Peter H. Lieberman, Corporate/M&A: Private Equity (Illinois)
   •     Corey E. Light, Real Estate (Illinois)
   •     Keith E. Linch, Real Estate (Georgia)
   •     David Long-Daniels, Labor & Employment (Georgia)
   •     Dawn M. Lurie, Immigration (Washington, D.C.)
   •     Jim Mace, Real Estate (Nevada)
   •     Kara L. MacCullough, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Bruce E. Macdonough, Corporate/M&A (Arizona)
   •     Alfred J. Malefatto, Environment (Florida)
   •     Michael L. Malone, Healthcare (Texas)
   •     David G. Mandelbaum, Environment (Pennsylvania)
   •     Alan Mansfield, Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
   •     Bruce I. March, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Fernando Margarit, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Milos Markovic, Real Estate (Illinois)
   •     Enrique J. Martin, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Scott Martin, Antitrust (New York)
   •     Joel Maser, Tax (Florida)
   •     Richard C. McCrea, Jr., Labor & Employment (Florida)
   •     Heather J. Meeker, IT & Outsourcing (California); Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
   •     Barbara Meili, Media & Entertainment: Film & Television (New York)
   •     Patricia Menendéz-Cambó, Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Nelson F. Migdal, Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide); Real Estate (Washington, D.C.)
   •     Peter A. Miller, Real Estate (New York)
   •     Christopher H. Milton, Real Estate (Massachusetts)
   •     Kenneth M. Minesinger, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (Nationwide)
   •     Nancy Mitchell, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
   •     Monique M. Mooney, Environment (Pennsylvania)
   •     Michael G. Murphy, Construction (Florida)
   •     Marc Musyl, Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
   •     Howard Nelson, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (Nationwide)
   •     Christopher J. Neumann, Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado)
   •     J. Kent Newsome, Real Estate (Texas)
   •     Renée W. O’Rourke, Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Colorado)
   •     Debbie Orshefsky, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida)
   •     David Palmer, Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
   •     Stephen D. Palmer, Banking & Finance (Georgia)
   •     Daniel B. Pasternak, Labor & Employment (Arizona)
   •     Nancy A. Peterman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
   •     Sanford C. Presant, Tax (California)
   •     Stephen L. Rabinowitz, Real Estate: Corporate (New York)
   •     Laura F. Reiff, Immigration (Washington, D.C.)
   •     Barry Richard, Litigation: Appellate (Florida); Litigation: General Commercial (Florida)
   •     Robert Rosenbloum, Intellectual Property (Georgia)
   •     Lawrence Rosenfeld, Labor & Employment (Arizona)
   •     Ira N. Rosner, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     David L. Ross, Litigation: General Commercial (Florida); Antitrust (Florida)
   •     Doreen Saia, Energy: State Regulatory & Wholesale Electric Market (New York)
   •     Ralph Santos, Real Estate (Texas)
   •     Gary Saul, Real Estate (Florida)
   •     Irving Scher, Antitrust (New York)
   •     Elliot Scherker, Litigation: Appellate (Florida)
   •     Barry J. Schindler, Intellectual Property (New Jersey)
   •     Ozzie Schindler, Tax (Florida); Latin American Investment (Florida)
   •     Paul D. Schindler, Media & Entertainment: Music (New York)
   •     Mark Schnapp, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Florida)
   •     Martha J. Schoonover, Immigration (Washington, D.C.)
   •     Alan U. Schwartz, Media & Entertainment: Transactional (California)
   •     David M. Schwartzbaum, Corporate/M&A (New York)
   •     Ralph Selitto, Intellectual Property (New Jersey)
   •     Philip Sellinger, Litigation: General Commercial (New Jersey); Litigation: Insurance (New Jersey)
   •     Francis J. Serbaroli, Healthcare (New York)
   •     Keith J. Shapiro, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
   •     Richard Sirus, Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
   •     Holly Skolnick, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Florida)
   •     Robert A. Soriano, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
   •     Kenneth Steinthal, Media & Entertainment: Litigation (California)
   •     Charles E. Stiver, Jr., Tax (Florida)
   •     Lesa J. Storey, Real Estate (Arizona)
   •     Jonathan L. Sulds, Labor & Employment (New York)
   •     Michael Sullivan, Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide); Real Estate (Florida)
   •     Alan N. Sutin, Technology & Outsourcing (New York)
   •     Susan J. Tarbe, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Florida)
   •     Ben D. Tobor, Intellectual Property (Texas)
   •     Curtis Toll, Environment (Pennsylvania)
   •     Christopher Torres, Environment (Florida)
   •     Gregg Vermeys, Real Estate (Nevada)
   •     Diane Vuocolo, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
   •     Jennifer Weddle, Native American Law (Nationwide)
   •     David B. Weinstein, Environment (Florida)
   •     David E. Wells, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Florida)
   •     Bruce H. White, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
   •     Quinn Williams, Corporate/M&A (Arizona)
   •     Jéan E. Wilson, Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Florida)
   •     Vernon M. Winters, Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
   •     Mark J. Wishner, Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia
   •     Todd Wozniak, Labor & Employment (Georgia)
   •     Diana S.C. Zeydel, Tax: Estate Planning (Florida); Wealth Management: Eastern Region (Nationwide)
   •     Peter W. Zinober, Labor & Employment (Florida)
   •     Bruce R. Zirinsky, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal’s 2011 NLJ 250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Greenberg Traurig has a strategic alliance with the independent law firm, Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.

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