PHILADELPHIA, June 7, 2012—Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce its results in the Chambers USA survey of the American legal profession. Our attorneys received 65 citations for excellence. Our practices received 18 citations.
Additionally, the Construction Practice Group was again nominated for the prestigious Chambers USA Award for Excellence, which honors outstanding lawyers and law firms across the USA, reflecting both pre-eminence in key practice areas and achievements over the last 12 months.
The 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business is published by Chambers & Partners Legal Publishers of London. We invite you to read what Chambers USA says about Duane Morris' practices and individual attorneys.
PRACTICE GROUPS CITED
Chambers again singled out the success of the firm's national Insurance and Construction practice groups and awarded top-tier status to the Washington, D.C. Immigration and California Insurance practice groups. Chambers cited the following practice groups, by state. In California, where the firm has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Lake Tahoe, the Insurance and Construction practice groups were cited. In Georgia, where the firm has an office in Atlanta, the firm's Intellectual Property practice group was cited. In Pennsylvania, where the firm has offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, six practice groups were cited: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation and Real Estate. In Illinois, where the firm's office is in Chicago, the Construction and Corporate/M&A & Private Equity practice groups were cited. In Massachusetts, where the firm's office is in Boston, the Bankruptcy/Restructuring practice group was cited. In New York, the firm's New York City office was cited for Construction. In Washington, D.C., the Immigration practice group was cited. In Florida, the firm's Miami office was ranked for Healthcare and Labor and Employment.
INDIVIDUAL LAWYERS HONORED IN CHAMBERS USA
Atlanta
Joseph A. Ciucci, Labor & Employment
Matthew C. Gaudet, Intellectual Property
L. Norwood "Woody" Jameson, Intellectual Property
Baltimore
Jay G. Cohen, Corporate/M&A
Thomas L. Totten, Real Estate
Boston
Paul D. Moore, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jeffrey D. Sternklar, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Chicago
David J. Kaufman, Corporate/M&A
Brian P. Kerwin, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Charles B. Lewis, Construction
Nicholas J. Lynn, Healthcare
Miami
Michael W. Casey, Labor & Employment
Hector A. Chichoni, Immigration
Joanne B. Erde, Healthcare
Nanette O'Donnell, Healthcare
National
Joanne B. Erde, Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation
Andrew K. Gordon, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Sheila Slocum Hollis, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Thomas R. Newman, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Philip R. Matthews, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Newark
Lawrence W. Diamond Environment
Walter J. Greenhalgh, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Gregory R. Haworth, Litigation: General Commercial
New York
Frederick Cohen, Construction
Richard P. Dyer, Construction
Kenneth H. Lazaruk, Construction
Thomas R. Newman, Insurance
Allen J. Ross, Construction
Arthur C. Silverman, Construction
Philadelphia
David R. Augustin, Real Estate
Marc D. Brookman, Real Estate
John M. Coogan, Jr., Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Peter J. Cronk, Intellectual Property
Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr., Bankruptcy/Restructuring
James J. Holman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
John F. Horstmann, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard P. Jaffe, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Drew K. Kapur, Real Estate
Dana B. Klinges, Litigation: General Commercial
Lawrence J. Kotler, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
George J. Kroculick, Real Estate
David E. Landau, Litigation
Wayne A. Mack, Antitrust
Dianne A. Meyer, Banking & Finance
Margery N. Reed, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jonathan A. Segal, Labor & Employment
Thomas G. Servodidio, Labor & Employment
Kathleen M. Shay, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Richard A. Silfen, Corporate/M&A: Private Equity; Corporate/M&A & Securities
John J. Soroko, Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: Securities
Matthew A. Taylor, Litigation: General Commercial
David C. Toner, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
San Francisco
Robert C. Hendrickson, Construction
Lock Holmes Construction
Andrew K. Gordon, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Philip R. Matthews, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Richard L. Seabolt, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Lisa Spiegel, Immigration
Max H. Stern, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Ray L. Wong, Insurance: Insurer Firms
Washington, D.C.
Denyse Sabagh, Immigration
Daniel E. Toomey, Construction
Wilmington
Michael R. Lastowski, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Note: Duane Morris uses different names than those given here for its practice groups, but for clarity's sake, Chambers' terminology is used throughout this announcement.
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