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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.

<h5>Practice Area Rankings</h5>

<ul>
	<li>Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates (Tier 5)</li>
	<li>Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Dispute Resolution – International Litigation (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Industry Focus – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Industry Focus – Healthcare: Service Providers (Firms to Watch)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Copyright (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing (Firms to Watch)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage) (Tier 5)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings) (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters) (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing) (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>International Trade – CFIUS (Firms to Watch)</li>
	<li>International Trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>International Trade – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Labor and Employment – Immigration (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Governance (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m) (Tier 3)</li>
	<li>Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 1)</li>
	<li>Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) (Tier 2)</li>
	<li>Real Estate – Real Estate (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Tax – Contentious (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Tax – International Tax (Tier 4)</li>
	<li>Tax – Non-Contentious (Tier 6)</li>
	<li>Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations) (Tier 2)</li>
</ul>

<h5>Individual Rankings – Special Mentions</h5>

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:

<ul>
	<li>Steven H. Goldberg – M&A – Middle-market ($500m-$999m)</li>
	<li>Craig A. Hoffman – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)</li>
	<li>Theodore J. Kobus III – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)</li>
	<li>Melissa B. Mannino – International Trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions</li>
	<li>Christina J. Moser – Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)</li>
	<li>Amy Ralph Mudge – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory</li>
	<li>Alexander L. Reid – Tax – Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations) and Tax – Non-Contentious</li>
	<li>Amy J. Traub – Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)</li>
</ul>

<h5>Recommended Attorneys</h5>

Attorneys with a * received multiple nominations.

Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense

<ul>
	<li>Danyll W. Foix</li>
	<li>John R. Fornaciari</li>
	<li>Carl W. Hittinger</li>
	<li>Marc G. Schildkraut</li>
</ul>

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates

<ul>
	<li>John J. Carney</li>
	<li>Carole Rendon</li>
	<li>George A. Stamboulidis</li>
</ul>

Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration

<ul>
	<li>Mark A. Cymrot*</li>
	<li>Sashe Dimitroff*</li>
	<li>Analia Gonzalez</li>
	<li>Paul Levine</li>
	<li>Marco Molina</li>
	<li>Kenneth B. Reisenfeld</li>
	<li>Mary Kate Wagner</li>
	<li>Gonzalo S. Zeballos*</li>
</ul>

Dispute Resolution – International Litigation

<ul>
	<li>Mark A. Cymrot*</li>
	<li>Sashe D. Dimitroff*</li>
	<li>David Sheehan</li>
	<li>Oren J. Warshavsky</li>
	<li>Gonzalo S. Zeballos*</li>
</ul>

Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense

<ul>
	<li>Douglas W. Greene</li>
	<li>Douglas Shively</li>
	<li>Genevieve York-Erwin</li>
</ul>

International trade – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions

<ul>
	<li>Matthew W. Caligur</li>
	<li>Scott Jansen*</li>
	<li>Barbara D. Linney</li>
	<li>Melissa Mannino</li>
	<li>Lana Muranovic</li>
	<li>Michael S. Snarr*</li>
</ul>

International Trade – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy

<ul>
	<li>Ronald Baumgarten</li>
	<li>Elliot J. Feldman</li>
	<li>Michael S. Snarr*</li>
</ul>

Industry Focus – Healthcare: Service Providers

<ul>
	<li>Charlene L. McGinty</li>
	<li>Lynn Sessions*</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property – Copyright

<ul>
	<li>Kevin M. Bovard*</li>
	<li>Deborah A. Wilcox*</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

<ul>
	<li>Daniel J. Goettle</li>
	<li>Kevin W. Kirsch</li>
	<li>Leif Sigmond</li>
	<li>Mark H. Tidman*</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)

<ul>
	<li>Duane Carver Jr.</li>
	<li>Craig Cupid</li>
	<li>Cory Davis</li>
	<li>Michael Dreznes</li>
	<li>Mark Itri</li>
	<li>Mark H. Tidman*</li>
	<li>Timothy Worrall</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)

<ul>
	<li>Joyce Ackerbaum Cox</li>
	<li>Chardaie Charlemagne</li>
	<li>M. Scott McIntyre</li>
	<li>John Siegal</li>
	<li>Amy J. Traub*</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)

<ul>
	<li>Kevin M. Bovard*</li>
	<li>John Letchinger</li>
	<li>Christina Moser</li>
	<li>Deborah A. Wilcox*</li>
</ul>

International Trade – CFIUS

<ul>
	<li>Scott Jansen*</li>
</ul>

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design

<ul>
	<li>Ann M. Caresani</li>
	<li>Susan Hughes</li>
	<li>Susan Nolan Lubow</li>
	<li>Jennifer A. Mills</li>
	<li>Stefan P. Smith </li>
</ul>

Labor and Employment – Immigration

<ul>
	<li>Michelle Barhorst</li>
	<li>John A. Foerster</li>
	<li>Pamela D. Nieto</li>
	<li>David Serwer</li>
	<li>Amy J. Traub*</li>
</ul>

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense

<ul>
	<li>Gregory V. Mersol</li>
	<li>Kevin W. Shaughnessy</li>
	<li>Mark D. Temple</li>
	<li>Amy J. Traub*</li>
</ul>

Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations

<ul>
	<li>Jay P. Krupin</li>
	<li>Patrick M. Muldowney</li>
	<li>Paul Rosenberg</li>
	<li>Amy J. Traub*</li>
</ul>

Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling

<ul>
	<li>Amy J. Traub*</li>
</ul>

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)

<ul>
	<li>John Allotta</li>
	<li>Matthew Gases</li>
	<li>Steven H. Goldberg</li>
	<li>Asim Grabowski-Shaikh</li>
</ul>

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory

<ul>
	<li>Craig Carpenter</li>
	<li>John Ferry</li>
	<li>Linda A. Goldstein</li>
	<li>Aaron Goodman</li>
	<li>Daniel Kaufman</li>
	<li>Amy Ralph Mudge</li>
	<li>Randal Shaheen</li>
</ul>

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

<ul>
	<li>Taylor Bloom</li>
	<li>Casie Collignon</li>
	<li>Sara Goldstein</li>
	<li>Craig A. Hoffman</li>
	<li>Andreas Kaltsounis</li>
	<li>Theodore J. Kobus III</li>
	<li>Lynn Sessions*</li>
	<li>Nichole Sterling</li>
</ul>

Real Estate – Real Estate

<ul>
	<li>Joann Gallagher Jones</li>
	<li>Wendy W. Markham</li>
</ul>

Tax – Contentious

<ul>
	<li>Edward J. Bernert</li>
	<li>David Ebersole</li>
	<li>Michelle M. Hervey*</li>
	<li>Nicholas C. Mowbray</li>
	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano*</li>
	<li>Alexander Reid*</li>
	<li>Paul M. Schmidt*</li>
	<li>Elizabeth Ann Smith</li>
</ul>

Tax – International Tax

<ul>
	<li>J. Brian Davis</li>
	<li>Morgan Holtman</li>
	<li>Paul M. Schmidt*</li>
</ul>

Tax – Non-contentious

<ul>
	<li>Matthew Elkin*</li>
	<li>Michelle M. Hervey*</li>
	<li>John R. Lehrer</li>
	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano*</li>
	<li>Alexander Reid*</li>
	<li>Alexander Szilvas</li>
	<li>Nathan Ware</li>
</ul>

Tax – Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)

<ul>
	<li>Edward Beckwith</li>
	<li>Matthew Elkin*</li>
	<li>Chad A. Makuch</li>
	<li>Alexander Reid*</li>
</ul>

For more information, visit <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com">bakerlaw.com</a>. Connect with us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerHostetler">@BakerHostetler</a> or on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bakerhostetler/">@BakerHostetler</a>.

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<h5>About BakerHostetler</h5>

BakerHostetler helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. Our highly ranked attorneys deliver sophisticated counsel and outstanding client service. We have six core practice groups — Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax — and more than 1,000 lawyers coast to coast. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/">bakerlaw.com</a>.

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Orlando

Partner

Joyce Ackerbaum Cox

Cleveland

John J. Allotta

Washington, D.C.

Edward J. Beckwith

Columbus

Edward J. Bernert

Houston

Matthew W. Caligur

New York

John J. Carney

Denver

Casie D. Collignon

Mark A. Cymrot

Elliot J. Feldman

Danyll W. Foix

John R. Fornaciari

Steven H. Goldberg

Michelle M. Hervey

Cincinnati

Craig A. Hoffman

Kevin W. Kirsch

Jay P. Krupin

Paul M. Levine

Lana Muranovic

Chad W. Makuch

Gregory V. Mersol

Jennifer A. Mills

Costa Mesa

Marco Molina

Los Angeles

Christina J. Moser

Patrick M. Muldowney

Counsel

Pamela D. Nieto

Jeffrey H. Paravano

Paul Rosenberg

Chairman

Paul M. Schmidt

Kevin W. Shaughnessy

David J. Sheehan

John Siegal

Elizabeth Ann Smith

Michael S. Snarr

Alexander J. Szilvas

Mark H. Tidman

Amy J. Traub

Nathan F. Ware

Oren J. Warshavsky

Deborah A. Wilcox

Gonzalo S. Zeballos

George A.  Stamboulidis

Theodore J. Kobus III

John R. Lehrer II

Lynn Sessions

M. Scott McIntyre

Philadelphia

Kevin M. Bovard

Wilmington

Daniel J. Goettle

Atlanta

Craig L. Cupid

Chicago

John S. Letchinger

Carl W. Hittinger

Douglas L. Shively

Sashe D. Dimitroff

Susan N. Lubow

Kenneth B. Reisenfeld

Joann Gallagher Jones

Wendy W. Markham

Charlene L. McGinty

Nichole L. Sterling

Linda A. Goldstein

Carole S. Rendon

Sara M. Goldstein

Leif R. Sigmond Jr.

Seattle

Andreas T. Kaltsounis

Douglas W. Greene

San Francisco

Chardaie  C. Charlemagne

Asim Grabowski-Shaikh

Cory C. Davis

Amy Ralph Mudge

Randal M. Shaheen

Associate

John P. Ferry

Nicholas C. Mowbray

Taylor A. Bloom

Barbara D. Linney

Ann M. Caresani

J. Brian Davis

Analia Gonzalez

Marc G. Schildkraut

Genevieve G. York-Erwin

Matthew D. Gases

Michelle D. Barhorst

David D. Ebersole

Morgan W. Holtman

Mark D. Temple

Timothy A. Worrall Ph.D.

Dallas

Craig C. Carpenter

Melissa B. Mannino

Alexander L. Reid

Matthew R. Elkin

Daniel Kaufman

Of Counsel

Ronald J. Baumgarten Jr.

Michael G. Dreznes

Mark J. Itri

David M. Serwer

Mary Katherine Wagner

Stefan P. Smith

John A. Foerster

Aaron B. Goodman

Scott C. Jansen

Duane L. Carver Jr.

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