Schiff Hardin LLP issued the following announcement on Feb. 4.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to have 95 attorneys named to the 2019 Leading Lawyers list. Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Media, recognizes the top five percent of licensed attorneys in Illinois and Michigan.
Attorneys are selected through a four-step peer review process that surveys all licensed lawyers within the states of Illinois and Michigan, culminating in the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board making the final selections.
The Schiff attorneys named to the 2019 Leading Lawyers lists and their respective areas of recognition are as follows:
Thomas W. Abendroth - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Barry S. Alberts - Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Imron T. Aly - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Jeremy S. Baker - Construction Law
Susan T. Bart - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Lauralyn G. Bengel - Employee Benefits Law
David C. Blickenstaff - Commercial Litigation; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Chris L. Bollinger - Computer & Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law
Stephen J. Bonebrake - Environmental Law
Max G. Brittain, Jr. - Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management
Harmon A. Brown - Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Antony S. Burt - Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Steven J. Cernak - Antitrust Law
Renee Cipriano - Environmental Law
Everett J. Cygal - Commercial Litigation
Daniel J. Deeb - Environmental Law
Paul E. Dengel - Commercial Litigation
Stephen J. Dragich - Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law
Marci A. Eisenstein - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
Joanne B. Faycurry - Tax Law: Business; Tax Law: Individual
J. Mark Fisher - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Bankruptcy & Workout Law: Commercial
Mark C. Friedlander - ADR Law: Commercial Litigation; ADR Law: Commercial Real Estate, Environmental & Construction; Construction Law; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial"
Matthew G. Galo - Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Corporate Finance Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
David C. Giles - Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Walter C. Greenough - Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Paul E. Greenwalt, III - Commercial Litigation
David A. Grossberg - Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Michael J. Hanahan - Construction Law
William M. Hannay - Antitrust Law; International Business & Trade Law
Stacie R. Hartman - Commercial Litigation
David R. Hodgman - Tax Law: Business; Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Allan Horwich - Securities & Venture Finance Law
Barry S. Hyman - Commercial Litigation; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric
Steve E. Isaacs - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Janet M. Johnson - Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Thomas K. Juffernbruch - Corporate Finance Law; Secured Transactions Law
Jon K. Jurva - Real Estate Law: Finance; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Paula M. Ketcham - Employment Law: Management
Andrew A. Kling - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Corporate Finance Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Kevin C. Knohl - Secured Transactions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Aphrodite Kokolis - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation
Robert E. Kolek - Tax Law: Business
Kevin L. Kolton - Construction Law
Joseph J. Krasovec, III - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Defense Law
Donald J. Kreger - Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; Public Finance Law
Katherine J. Levy - Employee Benefits Law; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Neil Lloyd - Civil Appellate Law
Paul M. Lurie - ADR Law: Commercial Litigation; ADR Law: Commercial Real Estate, Environmental & Construction; Construction Law
Francis X. Lyons - Environmental Law
Owen E. MacBride - Energy Law; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric; Telecommunications Law
Sean T. Maloney - Corporate Finance Law; Secured Transactions Law
Paul C. Marengo - Public Finance Law
Catherine M. Masters - Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law
David P. McHugh - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law
Samuel J. McKim, III - Tax Law: Business
Michael L. Meyer - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Robert J. Minkus - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Jane E. Montgomery - Environmental Law
Virgil R. Montgomery - Construction Law
Paula J. Morency - Antitrust Law; Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation; Franchise & Dealership Law
Michael K. Moyers - Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Mary A. Mullin - Environmental Law
Kevin M. Nelson - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Steven H. Noll - Intellectual Property Law
Sailesh K. Patel - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Charles H.R. Peters - Commercial Litigation
Scott E. Pickens - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Robert R. Pluth, Jr. - Tax Law: Business
Matthew F. Prewitt - Commercial Litigation; Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition Law
Christine R. W. Quigley - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Kenneth M. Roberts - ADR Law: Commercial Litigation; ADR Law: Commercial Real Estate, Environmental & Construction; Construction Law
Melvin A. Robinson - Intellectual Property Law
Gabriel M. Rodriguez - Environmental Law
Felice Bressler Rose - Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Peter L. Rossiter - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law
Heidi Hennig Rowe - Construction Law
Russell B. Selman - Environmental Law
Sarah Kerr Severson - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Henry W. Sledz, Jr. - Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management
Patricia Costello Slovak - Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management
Edward Spacapan, Jr. - Employee Benefits Law
David M. Spector - Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
Frederick J. Sperling - Advertising & Media Law; Arts, Entertainment & Sports Law; Civil Appellate Law; Civil Rights/Constitutional Law; Commercial Litigation
Julie Furer Stahr - Employment Law: Management
Mark A. Sternberg - Corporate Finance Law
Debra L. Stetter - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Clay A. Tillack - Copyright & Trademark Law; Franchise & Dealership Law; Intellectual Property Law
Bruce P. Weisenthal - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Thomas P. White - Intellectual Property Law
Robert J. Wierenga - Antitrust Law; Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law
Robert B. Wilcox, Jr. - Intellectual Property Law
Jay Williams - Commercial Litigation
Alexander B. Young - Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Mark C. Zaander - Corporate Finance Law
William P. Ziegelmueller - Criminal Defense Law: Felonies & Misdemeanors; Criminal Defense Law: White Collar
Original source can be found here.