WASHINGTON — June 9, 2023
Each year The Legal 500 assesses hundreds of law firms across the U.S. for its guide, using a methodology involving market research, client and peer feedback, and law firm submissions.
In 2023, The Legal 500 United States guide recognized BakerHostetler with 119 attorney honors and 31 practice area commendations. Of particular note, The Legal 500 recognized BakerHostetler as a Top Tier Firm in the Media, Technology and Telecoms − Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory ranking.
You will find all BakerHostetler’s 2023 ranked practice areas and individual attorney recommendations listed below.
Practice Area Rankings
- Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates (Tier 5)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Litigation (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)
- Industry Focus – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (Tier 4)
- Industry Focus – Healthcare: Service Providers (Firms to Watch)
- Intellectual Property – Copyright (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing (Firms to Watch)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage) (Tier 5)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings) (Tier 4)
- Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters) (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing) (Tier 3)
- International Trade – CFIUS (Firms to Watch)
- International Trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (Tier 3)
- International Trade – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Immigration (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (Tier 4)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Governance (Tier 3)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m) (Tier 3)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 1)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) (Tier 2)
- Real Estate – Real Estate (Tier 4)
- Tax – Contentious (Tier 4)
- Tax – International Tax (Tier 4)
- Tax – Non-Contentious (Tier 6)
- Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations) (Tier 2)
Individual Rankings – Special Mentions
Linda A. Goldstein is again recognized as a member of the Hall of Fame for Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory. This year, Mark J. Itri joined the Hall of Fame in the Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings) rankings. Lana Muranovic, a partner in BakerHostetler’s Houston office, is recognized as a Next Generation Partner for International Trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions. John P. Ferry, an associate in Washington, D.C. was recognized as a Rising Star for Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory.
Recognized as Leading Lawyers are the following partners:
- Steven H. Goldberg – M&A – Middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Craig A. Hoffman – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Theodore J. Kobus III – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Melissa B. Mannino – International Trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Christina J. Moser – Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
- Amy Ralph Mudge – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Alexander L. Reid – Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations) and Tax – Non-Contentious
- Amy J. Traub – Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
Recommended Attorneys
Attorneys with a * received multiple nominations.
Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense
- Danyll W. Foix
- John R. Fornaciari
- Carl W. Hittinger
- Marc G. Schildkraut
Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
- John J. Carney
- Carole Rendon
- George A. Stamboulidis
Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Mark A. Cymrot*
- Sashe Dimitroff*
- Analia Gonzalez
- Paul Levine
- Marco Molina
- Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
- Mary Kate Wagner
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution – International Litigation
- Mark A. Cymrot*
- Sashe D. Dimitroff*
- David Sheehan
- Oren J. Warshavsky
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
- Douglas W. Greene
- Douglas Shively
- Genevieve York-Erwin
International trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Matthew W. Caligur
- Scott Jansen*
- Barbara D. Linney
- Melissa Mannino
- Lana Muranovic
- Michael S. Snarr*
International Trade – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
- Ronald Baumgarten
- Elliot J. Feldman
- Michael S. Snarr*
Industry Focus – Healthcare: Service Providers
- Charlene L. McGinty
- Lynn Sessions*
Intellectual Property – Copyright
- Kevin M. Bovard*
- Deborah A. Wilcox*
Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Daniel J. Goettle
- Kevin W. Kirsch
- Leif Sigmond
- Mark H. Tidman*
Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)
- Duane Carver Jr.
- Craig Cupid
- Cory Davis
- Michael Dreznes
- Mark Itri
- Mark H. Tidman*
- Timothy Worrall
Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox
- Chardaie Charlemagne
- M. Scott McIntyre
- John Siegal
- Amy J. Traub*
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
- Kevin M. Bovard*
- John Letchinger
- Christina Moser
- Deborah A. Wilcox*
International Trade – CFIUS
- Scott Jansen*
Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Ann M. Caresani
- Susan Hughes
- Susan Nolan Lubow
- Jennifer A. Mills
- Stefan P. Smith
Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Michelle Barhorst
- John A. Foerster
- Pamela D. Nieto
- David Serwer
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
- Gregory V. Mersol
- Kevin W. Shaughnessy
- Mark D. Temple
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations
- Jay P. Krupin
- Patrick M. Muldowney
- Paul Rosenberg
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Amy J. Traub*
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)
- John Allotta
- Matthew Gases
- Steven H. Goldberg
- Asim Grabowski-Shaikh
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Craig Carpenter
- John Ferry
- Linda A. Goldstein
- Aaron Goodman
- Daniel Kaufman
- Amy Ralph Mudge
- Randal Shaheen
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Taylor Bloom
- Casie Collignon
- Sara Goldstein
- Craig A. Hoffman
- Andreas Kaltsounis
- Theodore J. Kobus III
- Lynn Sessions*
- Nichole Sterling
Real Estate – Real Estate
- Joann Gallagher Jones
- Wendy W. Markham
Tax – Contentious
- Edward J. Bernert
- David Ebersole
- Michelle M. Hervey*
- Nicholas C. Mowbray
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Alexander Reid*
- Paul M. Schmidt*
- Elizabeth Ann Smith
Tax – International Tax
- J. Brian Davis
- Morgan Holtman
- Paul M. Schmidt*
Tax – Non-contentious
- Matthew Elkin*
- Michelle M. Hervey*
- John R. Lehrer
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Alexander Reid*
- Alexander Szilvas
- Nathan Ware
Tax – Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
- Edward Beckwith
- Matthew Elkin*
- Chad A. Makuch
- Alexander Reid*
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