McDermott Partners Named in Best Lawyers in America 2008

CHICAGO (December 3, 2007) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that several of its partners were recognized in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White.  The following outlines the Firm's lawyers who were ranked as leaders in their field.

Boston
Jeffrey C. Bates, Environmental Law
Stephen W. Bernstein, Health Care Law
Charles R. Buck, Health Care Law
Susan M. Cooke *, Environmental Law
Christopher M. Jedrey, Health Care Law & Non-Profit/Charities Law
Michael D. Kendall, Commercial Litigation & White-Collar Criminal Defense
Edward P. Leibensperger *, Bet-the-Company Litigation & Commercial Litigation
Mark W. Pearlstein, Commercial Litigation &White-Collar Criminal Defense
Peter L. Resnik, Personal Injury Litigation

Chicago
Michael F. Anthony*, Health Care Law
Thomas C. Borders, Tax Law
Bernadette M. Broccolo*, Health Care Law
Timothy R. M. Bryant, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Joel G. Chefitz, Antitrust Law & Commercial Litigation
Richard L. Dees*, Trusts and Estates
Fred I. Feinstein*, Real Estate Law
Carol A. Harrington*, Trusts and Estates
Quentin G. Heisler, Jr., Trusts and Estates
David A. Herpe, Trusts and Estates
Robert G. Hoban, Health Care Law
Jared Kaplan*, Tax Law
Andrea S. Kramer, Tax Law
Richard A. Lang*, Trusts and Estates
Judith W. McCue*, Trusts and Estates
J. Robert McMenamin, Banking Law
Stanley H. Meadows, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Sandra R. Murphy*, Family Law
Thomas J. Murphy, Securities Law
Alan D. Nesburg*, Employee Benefits Law
Franklin W. Nitikman*, Trusts and Estates
Michael W. Peregrine*, Health Care Law
Michael A. Pope, Commercial Litigation & Mass Tort Litigation
William H. Roach, Jr.*, Health Care Law
Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Trusts and Estates
William P. Smith, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Jeffrey E. Stone, Commercial Litigation
Roger D. Strode, Health Care Law
Lowell D. Yoder, Tax Law

Los Angeles
Joel M. Bernstein, Corporate Law & Securities Law
Timothy P. Blanchard, Health Care Law
Donald A. Goldman, Administrative Law & Health Care Law
Gordon A. Greenberg, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Russell Hayman, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Jonathan C. Lurie, Trusts and Estates
Robert P. Mallory, Commercial Litigation
Douglas M. Mancino*, Health Care Law & Non-Profit/Charities Law
J. Peter Rich, Administrative Law
James L. Sanders, White-Collar Criminal Defense

Miami
Ira J. Coleman, Health Care Law
Gary Scott Davis*, Health Care Law
Paul W. Radensky, Biotechnology Law
Jerry J. Sokol, Health Care Law
Jennifer A. Vecchio, Health Care Law

New York
Henry "Terry" Christensen III*, Trust and Estates
Peter L. Faber*, Tax Law
Lawrence I. Fox, Antitrust Law
Keith M. Pattiz, Real Estate Law
Arthur R. Rosen*, Tax Law

Silicon Valley
Frederick R. Chilton, Tax Law
William G. Gaede, Biotechnology Law & Intellectual Property Law
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property Law

Washington, D.C.
Bobby R. Burchfield, Commercial Litigation
H. Guy Collier, Health Care Law
Joel M. Freed*, Intellectual Property Law
Robert C. Gombar*, Labor and Employment Law
Steven P. Hannes, Tax Law
Raymond A. Jacobsen, Jr., Antitrust Law
Jack Q. Lever, Jr., Intellectual Property Law
Abbe David Lowell, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Raphael V. Lupo*, Intellectual Property Law
Joel L. Michaels*, Health Care Law
Robert B. Nicholas, Biotechnology Law
Paul J. Pantano, Derivatives Law
James A. Riedy, Tax Law
Blake D. Rubin, Tax Law
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Relations Law
Margaret H. Warner, Insurance Law
Andrea M. Whiteway, Tax Law
Charles R. Work*, Commercial Litigation

*Denotes listed for at least 10 years

Additionally, Corporate Counsel continues to publish its series featuring lawyers in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  Litigation 2007, a supplement to the American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel published a guide of attorneys who represent public and private companies as well as individuals in the area of Commercial Litigation Law.  The following McDermott attorneys were listed: Bobby R. Burchfield, Joel G. Chefitz, Michael D. Kendall, Edward P. Leibensperger, Robert P. Mallory, Mark W. Pearlstein, Michael A. Pope, Jeffrey E. Stone and Charles R. Work.

The Best Lawyers in America, a referral guide for the U.S. legal profession, is organized into practice areas and recognizes attorneys in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.  The publication compiles its lists through a peer review survey, which asks thousands of U.S. lawyers to confidentially evaluate the nominees.  For more information, visit http://www.bestlawyers.com/.

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