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WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 16, 2021 – BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that the firm continued to increase its favorable rankings, across several practice areas as well as among individual attorneys, in the latest edition of The Legal 500 guide.

Since 2015, the firm has seen a marked increase in this prestigious recognition. Since then, the number of BakerHostetler practice areas recognized has more than doubled (from 13 practice areas to 27). In fact, in 2021 the firm had six practice areas receive an inaugural ranking or improve their ranking over the previous year. The number of attorney honors has also more than tripled (from 39 attorney honors in 2015 to 142 in 2021).

The following includes a full list of practice area and individual attorney rankings.
<h5>Practice Area Rankings</h5>
BakerHostetler was recognized in the following practice areas:
<ul>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4) (improved)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (Tier 4)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: International Litigation (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: International Trade (Tier 4)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Dispute Resolution: Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate (Tier 6)</li>
 	<li>Healthcare: Advice to Service Providers (Tier 5)</li>
 	<li>Intellectual Property – Copyright (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Intellectual Property – Patent Litigation: Full Coverage (Tier 5) (improved)</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 4)</li>
 	<li>Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing) (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits and, Executive Compensation and Retirement plans: Design (Tier 4)</li>
 	<li>Labor and Employment – Immigration (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense (Tier 3) (improved)</li>
 	<li>Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (Tier 4) (new ranking)</li>
 	<li>M&amp;A/Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Governance (Tier 3)</li>
 	<li>M&amp;A/Corporate and Commercial – M&amp;A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) (Tier 2)</li>
 	<li>Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 2)</li>
 	<li>Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection and Privacy) (Tier 2)</li>
 	<li>Real Estate (Tier 4) (improved)</li>
 	<li>Tax – International Tax (Tier 4)</li>
 	<li>Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious (Tier 4) (improved)</li>
 	<li>Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-contentious (Tier 6)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Individual Rankings</h5>
Partner Linda A. Goldstein was named to the 2021 Hall of Fame for Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory.

Partners Steven H. Goldberg (M&amp;A/Corporate and Commercial – M&amp;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) stood out as “Leading Lawyers” in the 2021 guide.

For a second consecutive year Asim Grabowski-Shaikh was listed as a “Rising Star” in in the M&amp;A/Corporate and Commercial – Middle-Market ($500m-$999m) category.

Ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” for a second year is Peter G. Fischer – Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions).

Attorneys listed as “Recommended” include the following:

Civil Litigation/Class Actions Defense
<ul>
 	<li>John R. Fornaciari</li>
 	<li>Carl W. Hittinger</li>
 	<li>Michael B. Holt</li>
 	<li>Jeffrey D. Martino</li>
 	<li>Ann M. O’Brien (new)</li>
 	<li>Marc G. Schildkraut</li>
</ul>
Corporate Governance
<ul>
 	<li>Suzanne K. Hanselman</li>
 	<li>John J. Harrington (new)</li>
 	<li>Charlotte W. Pasiadis (new)</li>
 	<li>Janet A. Spreen</li>
 	<li>Todd J. Thorson (new)</li>
</ul>
Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
<ul>
 	<li>Melinda L. McLellan</li>
 	<li>Jeewon Kim Serrato (new)</li>
 	<li>Lynn Sessions (new)</li>
</ul>
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
<ul>
 	<li>Mark A. Cymrot</li>
 	<li>Sashe D. Dimitroff</li>
 	<li>Analia Gonzalez (new)</li>
 	<li>Paul M. Levine (new)</li>
 	<li>Marco Molina (new)</li>
 	<li>Kenneth B.</li>
</ul>
Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
<ul>
 	<li>Mark A. Cymrot</li>
 	<li>Sashe D. Dimitroff (new)</li>
 	<li>Oren J. Warshavsky</li>
 	<li>Gonzalo S. Zeballos</li>
</ul>
Dispute Resolution: International Trade
<ul>
 	<li>Matthew W. Caligur</li>
 	<li>Elliot J. Feldman</li>
 	<li>Mark B. Lehnardt</li>
 	<li>Barbara D. Linney</li>
 	<li>Lana Muranovic</li>
 	<li>Michael S. Snarr (new)</li>
 	<li>Ragan W. Updegraff (new)</li>
 	<li>Casey E. Weaver</li>
</ul>
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation - Defense
<ul>
 	<li>John J. Carney</li>
 	<li>Douglas W. Greene</li>
</ul>
Healthcare: Advice to Service Providers
<ul>
 	<li>Dorothy H. Cornwell (new)</li>
 	<li>Mark Hatcher (new)</li>
 	<li>Charlene L. McGinty (new)</li>
 	<li>Frank C. Miller (new)</li>
 	<li>Lynn Sessions</li>
</ul>
Industry Focus: Energy Litigation – Oil and Gas
<ul>
 	<li>Mark S. Barron</li>
 	<li>Poe L. Leggette</li>
 	<li>Ray W. Whitman</li>
</ul>
Industry Focus: Transport – Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
<ul>
 	<li>Billy M. Donley</li>
 	<li>David R. Jarrett</li>
 	<li>Elizabeth McNellie</li>
 	<li>J. Keith Russell</li>
</ul>
Intellectual Property: Copyright
<ul>
 	<li>Kevin M. Bovard (new)</li>
 	<li>Chad A. Rutkowski</li>
 	<li>Mark H. Tidman (new)</li>
 	<li>Deborah A. Wilcox (new)</li>
</ul>
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - Full Coverage
<ul>
 	<li>Michael E. Anderson (new)</li>
 	<li>Christopher M. Arena (new)</li>
 	<li>William C. Bergmann (new)</li>
 	<li>Steven F. Borsand (new)</li>
 	<li>Daniel J. Goettle</li>
 	<li>Jason F. Hoffman (new)</li>
 	<li>Meghan Rohling Kelly (new)</li>
 	<li>Kevin W. Kirsch</li>
 	<li>William Oxley (new)</li>
 	<li>Kenneth J. Sheehan (new)</li>
 	<li>Mark H. Tidman</li>
</ul>
Intellectual Property: Patent - Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
<ul>
 	<li>Hussein Akhavannik (new)</li>
 	<li>Christopher M. Arena (new)</li>
 	<li>Brendan E. Clark (new)</li>
 	<li>Steven B. Samuels (new)</li>
 	<li>Kenneth J. Sheehan</li>
 	<li>Mark H. Tidman</li>
 	<li>Theresa M. Weisenberger (new)</li>
</ul>
Intellectual Property: Trademarks - Non-Contentious (Including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
<ul>
 	<li>Mark H. Tidman</li>
 	<li>Deborah A. Wilcox</li>
</ul>
Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
<ul>
 	<li>Joyce Ackerbaum Cox</li>
 	<li>M. Scott McIntyre (new)</li>
 	<li>Patrick M. Muldowney (new)</li>
 	<li>John Siegal (new)</li>
 	<li>Mark D. Temple (new)</li>
</ul>
International Tax
<ul>
 	<li>J. Brian Davis</li>
 	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano (new)</li>
</ul>
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
<ul>
 	<li>Ann M. Caresani</li>
 	<li>Raymond M. Malone</li>
 	<li>Susan Nolan Lubow (new)</li>
 	<li>Jennifer A. Mills</li>
 	<li>Georgeann G. Peters</li>
</ul>
Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
<ul>
 	<li>Eric L. Barnum (new)</li>
 	<li>Jason D’Cruz (new)</li>
 	<li>Fanny A. Ferdman (new)</li>
 	<li>David A. Grant (new)</li>
 	<li>Nancy Inesta (new)</li>
 	<li>Todd H. Lebowitz (new)</li>
 	<li>Patrick M. Muldowney (new)</li>
 	<li>Margaret Rosenthal (new)</li>
 	<li>Sabrina L. Shadi (new)</li>
 	<li>Amy J. Traub (new)</li>
</ul>
Labor and Employment: Immigration
<ul>
 	<li>Fanny A. Ferdman (new)</li>
 	<li>Matthew W. Hoyt</li>
 	<li>James D. Levine</li>
 	<li>Pamela Nieto</li>
 	<li>Amy J. Traub (new)</li>
</ul>
Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
<ul>
 	<li>Eric L. Barnum</li>
 	<li>Scott M. McIntyre</li>
 	<li>Gregory V. Mersol</li>
 	<li>Margaret Rosenthal</li>
 	<li>Sabrina L. Shadi</li>
 	<li>Kevin W. Shaughnessy</li>
 	<li>Peter J. Stuhldreher (new)</li>
 	<li>Mark D. Temple (new)</li>
 	<li>Amy J. Traub</li>
</ul>
<h5>Labor and Employment: Labor Management Relations</h5>
<ul>
 	<li>M.J. Asensio</li>
 	<li>Louis J. Cannon</li>
 	<li>Jennifer E. Edwards (new)</li>
 	<li>Peter G. Fischer</li>
 	<li>David A. Grant</li>
 	<li>Daniel J. Guttman</li>
 	<li>Nancy Inesta (new)</li>
 	<li>Jay P. Krupin</li>
 	<li>Patrick M. Muldowney</li>
 	<li>Ronald G. Linville</li>
 	<li>Paul Rosenberg</li>
</ul>
Real Estate
<ul>
 	<li>Robert H. Gebaide</li>
 	<li>Joann Gallagher Jones (new)</li>
 	<li>Amy E. Kellogg</li>
 	<li>Gregory D. Lee (new)</li>
 	<li>Wendy W. Markham (new)</li>
 	<li>Michael J. Pappert (new)</li>
 	<li>Jessica Parker Malchow (new)</li>
</ul>
Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
<ul>
 	<li>Michael T. Delaney (new)</li>
 	<li>Elizabeth A. Green</li>
</ul>
Tax: US Taxes – Contentious
<ul>
 	<li>Edward J. Bernert</li>
 	<li>Nicholas C. Mowbray (new)</li>
 	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano</li>
 	<li>Paul M. Schmidt</li>
 	<li>Elizabeth Ann Smith (new)</li>
</ul>
Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
<ul>
 	<li>Michelle M. Hervey (new)</li>
 	<li>John R. Lehrer</li>
 	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano</li>
 	<li>Paul M. Schmidt</li>
</ul>
Tax: International Tax
<ul>
 	<li>J. Brian Davis</li>
 	<li>Jeffrey H. Paravano</li>
</ul>
The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms and organizes its findings into a single, national ranking, eschewing a state-by-state approach. According to The Legal 500, the “principal aim is to provide a snapshot of the market based on our assessment of the overall strength and depth of a practice group.” The methodology employs an assessment that includes market research, client and peer feedback and law firm submissions.
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<h5>About BakerHostetler</h5>
Recognized as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading law firm that helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With six core practice groups – Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax – the firm has nearly 1,000 lawyers located coast to coast. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com.
<h5>Contact</h5>
<a href="mailto:cbsmith@bakerlaw.com">Courtney Smith</a>, 202.861.1514 (<a href="mailto:cbsmith@bakerlaw.com">cbsmith@bakerlaw.com</a>), or <a href="mailto:gvalentine@bakerlaw.com">Gabi Valentine</a>, 202.861.1582 (<a href="mailto:gvalentine@bakerlaw.com">gvalentine@bakerlaw.com</a>)

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Joyce Ackerbaum Cox

Washington, D.C.

William C. Bergmann

Houston

Matthew W. Caligur

New York

John J. Carney

Billy M. Donley

Elliot J. Feldman

Peter G. Fischer

John R. Fornaciari

Steven H. Goldberg

Elizabeth A. Green

Columbus

Daniel J. Guttman

Cleveland

Suzanne K. Hanselman

Denver

John J. Harrington

Mark Hatcher

Michelle M. Hervey

Cincinnati

Craig A. Hoffman

Amy E. Kellogg

Kevin W. Kirsch

Jay P. Krupin

Todd H. Lebowitz

Gregory D. Lee

Paul M. Levine

Ronald G. Linville

Lana Muranovic

Raymond M. Malone

Elizabeth McNellie

Gregory V. Mersol

Jennifer A. Mills

Orange County

Marco Molina

Patrick M. Muldowney

Counsel

Pamela D. Nieto

Michael J. Pappert

Jeffrey H. Paravano

Paul Rosenberg

Chairman

Paul M. Schmidt

Los Angeles

Sabrina L. Shadi

Kevin W. Shaughnessy

John Siegal

Elizabeth Ann Smith (“Betsy”)

Michael S. Snarr

Janet A. Spreen

Mark H. Tidman

Amy J. Traub

Oren J. Warshavsky

Gonzalo S. Zeballos

Theodore J. Kobus III

M.J. Asensio III

Dallas

W. Ray Whitman

John R. Lehrer II

David R. Jarrett

Lynn Sessions

J. Keith Russell

M. Scott McIntyre

Atlanta

Christopher M. Arena

Philadelphia

Kevin M. Bovard

Wilmington

Daniel J. Goettle

Of Counsel

Steven B. Samuels

Michael T. Delaney

Fanny A. Ferdman

L. Poe Leggette

Carl W. Hittinger

Mark S. Barron

Jason F. Hoffman

Sashe D. Dimitroff

Melinda L. McLellan

Susan N. Lubow

Joann Gallagher Jones

Wendy W. Markham

Charlene L. McGinty

Theresa M. Weisenberger

Brendan E. Clark

Eric L. Barnum

Associate

Charlotte W. Pasiadis

Linda A. Goldstein

Douglas W. Greene

Jason D’Cruz

Asim Grabowski-Shaikh

San Francisco

Frank C. Miller

Amy Ralph Mudge

Nicholas C. Mowbray

Barbara D. Linney

Ann M. Caresani

J. Brian Davis

Analia Gonzalez

Todd J. Thorson

Chicago

Mark D. Temple

Peter J. Stuhldreher

Chad A. Rutkowski

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