The Legal 500 assesses hundreds of law firms across the U.S. annually for its guide, using a methodology involving market research, client and peer feedback, and law firm submissions.
This year, The Legal 500 United States guide has recognized BakerHostetler with 112 attorney honors, making our recommended attorneys list nearly three times longer in 2022 than it was in 2015, when 39 attorney honors were given. Over that same time frame, our practice area rankings have also skyrocketed, more than doubling from 13 then to 28 today.
You will find all of BakerHostetler’s ranked practice areas and individual attorney recommendations for 2022 listed below.
Practice Area Rankings
- Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Litigation (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – International Trade (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)
- Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate (Tier 6)
- Industry Focus – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (Tier 3)
- Industry Focus – Healthcare: Service Providers (Tier 5)
- Industry Focus – Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Copyright (Tier 3)
- 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)
- 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 2)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 2)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection and Privacy) (Tier 2)
- Real Estate (Tier 4)
- Tax – International Tax (Tier 4)
- Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations) (Tier 2) (new)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious (Tier 4)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-contentious (Tier 6)
Individual Rankings – Special mentions
Recognized as Leading Lawyers are partners Steven H. Goldberg [M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-$999m)], Craig A. Hoffman and Theodore J. Kobus III [Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)] and Amy Ralph Mudge (Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory). Additionally, Linda A. Goldstein is recognized as a member of the Hall of Fame for Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory.
Peter G. Fischer is ranked Next Generation in Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense. John P. Ferry is recognized as a Rising Star for Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory.
Below, 92 attorneys are listed in a total of 112 recommendations. Those attorneys who appear in multiple listings have an asterisk (*) next to their names each time they appear. Attorneys who were not listed last year in a given practice area are identified as new in the listing.
Recommended Attorneys
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Mark A. Cymrot*
- Sashe D. Dimitroff*
- Analia Gonzalez
- Paul M. Levine*
- Marco Molina
- Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos (new)*
Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
- Mark A. Cymrot*
- Sashe D. Dimitroff*
- Paul M. Levine*
- Tatiana Markel (new)
- David J. Sheehan (new)
- Michelle R. Usitalo (new)
- Oren J. Warshavsky
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution: International Trade
- Matthew W. Caligur
- Elliot J. Feldman
- Barbara D. Linney
- Melissa B. Mannino (new)
- Lana Muranovic
- Michael S. Snarr
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation - Defense
- John J. Carney
- Steven M. Dettelbach (new)
- George A. Stamboulidis (new)
Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
- Elizabeth A. Green
- Andrew V. Layden (new)
- Jorian L. Rose (new)
- Eric E. Sagerman (new)
- Michael A. VanNiel (new)
- Donald A. Workman (new)
- Property: Copyright
- Nancy R. Frandsen (new)
- Mark H. Tidman*
- Deborah A. Wilcox*
Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Daniel J. Goettle
- Kevin W. Kirsch
- John F. Murphy (new)
- Andrew E. Samuels (new)
- Leif R. Sigmond (new)
- Mark H. Tidman*
- T. Cy Walker (new)
Intellectual Property: Patents – Prosecution (Including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Hussein Akhavannik
- David Farsiou (new)
- Stephanie Lodise (new)
- Tayan Patel (new)
- Steven Samuels
- Kenneth Sheehan
- Mark H.Tidman*
Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox
- M. Scott McIntyre*
- John Siegal
- Mark D. Temple
Intellectual Property: Trademarks – Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
- Kevin M. Bovard (new)
- Lesley M. Grossberg (new)
- Mark H. Tidman*
- Deborah A. Wilcox*
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Ann M. Caresani
- Seth J. Hanft (new)
- Susan Whittaker Hughes (new)
- Susan N. Lubow
- Jennifer A. Mills
Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
- Peter G. Fischer
- M. Scott McIntyre*
- Gregory V. Mersol*
- Margaret Rosenthal
- Kevin W. Shaughnessy
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment: Labor Management Relations
- Jay P. Krupin
- Patrick M. Muldowney
- Paul Rosenberg
- Amy J. Traub (new)*
Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Gregory V. Mersol (new)*
- M. Scott McIntyre (new)*
- Amy J. Traub*
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Governance
- John J. Harrington
- Janet A. Spreen
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Middle-Market ($500m - $999m)
- Steven H. Goldberg
- Asim Grabowski-Shaikh
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing - Transactional and Regulatory
- John P. Ferry
- Linda A. Goldstein
- Daniel Kaufman*
- Amy Ralph Mudge
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Craig C. Carpenter (new)
- Craig A. Hoffman
- Daniel Kaufman (new)*
- Theodore J. Kobus III
- Melinda L. McLellan
- Jeewon K. Serrato
- Lynn Sessions
- Nichole L. Sterling
Real Estate
- Michael J. Pappert
- Wendy W. Markham
Tax – International Tax
- J. Brian Davis
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Paul M. Schmidt (new)*
Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
- Edward J. Beckwith
- Matthew R. Elkin*
- Chad W. Makuch
- Alexander L. Reid
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- Edward J. Bernert
- Matthew R.Elkin (new)*
- Michelle M. Hervey (new)*
- Nicholas C. Mowbray
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Alexander L. Reid (new)
- Paul M. Schmidt*
- Elizabeth Ann Smith
Tax: U.S. Taxes – Non-Contentious
- Michelle M. Hervey*
- John R. Lehrer
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Paul M. Schmidt*
- Alexander Szilvas (new)
- Nathan F. Ware (new)