26 Eversheds Sutherland Practice Areas, 107 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2022 Legal 500 United States

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that 26 practice areas and 107 attorneys have been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 United States, a comprehensive survey of legal service providers. 

This year’s edition saw Eversheds Sutherland earn four new practice rankings in Cyber Law; Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas; Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds; and Technology Transactions.

Also this year, Legal 500 recognized Cynthia R. Shoss and Wade H. Stribling with “Hall of Fame” honors in Insurance: Non-Contentious and M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m), respectively; and named nine attorneys to its elite “Leading Lawyers” list: John W. Benson was recognized in the Real Estate Finance category; Lee C. Davis and Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher were recognized in the Construction category; Adam B. Cohen was recognized in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans category; James R. Dwyer was recognized in the Insurance: Non-Contentious category; Jeffrey A. Friedman, Jerome B. Libin and Eric S. Tresh were recognized in US Taxes: Contentious; and Peter C. Quittmeyer was recognized in the Outsourcing category. 

Additionally, Rob Ellis and M. Hill Jeffries were named “Next Generation Partners” and Raymond A. Ramirez and Jocelyn Weinstein were named “Rising Stars” in their respective practice areas.

Eversheds Sutherland received national rankings in:

• Dispute Resolution – E-discovery 
• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes 
• Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration 
• Finance – Financial Services Regulation
• Finance – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
• Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization 
• Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
• Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
• Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas
• Industry Focus – Insurance: Non-Contentious
• Intellectual Property – Patent: Patent Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
• Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Fintech
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions
• Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation) 
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate Finance
• Tax – International Tax
• Tax – US Taxes: Contentious 
• Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious 

The attorneys recognized in their field include:

Dispute Resolution – E-discovery
Matt Gatewood
Francis X. Nolan, IV

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
David A. Baay
Thomas W. Curvin
Kymberly Kochis
Jack Massey
Amelia Toy Rudolph
Rocco E. Testani

Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid
Ulyana Bardyn
Levon Golendukhin
John W. Lomas, Jr.
William T. O'Brien

Finance – Financial Services: Regulation
Steven B. Boehm
Clifford E. Kirsch
Stephen E. Roth
Holly H. Smith

Finance – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
James M. Cain
Alexander S. Holtan
Meltem F. Kodaman
David T. McIndoe
Raymond A. Ramirez 
Lizet T. Steele

Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization 
John W. Benson
Thomas F. Dugan 
Eric R. Fenichel
Brennan A. Posner
Lisa Alpert Rosen

Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
Jackson M. Allen
Joshua L. Belcher
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Amish M. Shah
Ram C. Sunkara
Madeleine M.L. Tan
Alyssa N. Walker
Kyle E. Wamstad
Thomas H. Warren

Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Daniel E. Frank
Joseph C. Hall
Lino Mendiola III

Industry Focus – Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
Jacob Dweck
Paul F. Forshay
Susan G. Lafferty
David M. McCullough

Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Herbert J. Short, Jr.
Ram C. Sunkara
Thomas H. Warren

Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas
Benjamin G. Clark
Ram C. Sunkara

Industry Focus – Insurance: Non-Contentious
Bert Adams
James R. Dwyer 
Kevin Finnegan
Peter A. Ivanick
Ling Ling
John S. Pruitt
Cynthia R. Shoss 
Sean D. Wissman

Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
Jeffrey W. Guise
Malvern (Griff) U. Griffin
Peter G. Pappas
Daniel J. Warren
Nash Zogaib 

Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
Steven B. Boehm
Cynthia M. Krus
Owen J. Pinkerton
Stephen E. Roth

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
Brenna M. Clark
Adam B. Cohen 
Carol T. McClarnon

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
Theodore H. Cominos, Jr.
Robert E. Copps
Rob Ellis 
M. Hill Jeffries 
David S. Phillips 
Robert J. Pile
Wade H. Stribling 
Michael J. Voynich

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law
Michael Bahar

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Fintech
Michael Bahar
Brian G. Barrett
Brian M. Murphy
David S. Phillips
Robert J. Pile
Brennan A. Posner
John S. Pruitt
Hannah C. Winiarski

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
Peter C. Quittmeyer 

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions
William S. Dudzinsky
Brian M. Murphy
Robert J. Pile
Peter C. Quittmeyer

Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation)
Lawrence Dany
Lee C. Davis  
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher 
W. Henry Parkman
Jocelyn Weinstein
William R. Wildman

Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
Marc A. Benjamin
John J. Busillo
Victor P. Haley
D. Clayton Howell
James B. Jordan

Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate Finance
John W. Benson 
John J. Busillo
Lisa Alpert Rosen

Tax – International Tax
Robert S. Chase II
Saren Goldner
Mary E. Monahan
Aaron M. Payne
Jonathan A. Sambur
Caroline C. Setliffe
P. Bruce Wright

Tax – US Taxes: Contentious 
Robert S. Chase II
Jeffrey A. Friedman 
Jerome B. Libin 
Sarah E. Paul
Alla Raykin
Jonathan A. Sambur
Maria M. Todorova
Eric S. Tresh 

Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michele Borens
Robert S. Chase II
Reginald J. Clark
Jeffrey A. Friedman
Timothy A. Gustafson
Daniel R. McKeithen
Bradley M. Seltzer

About Eversheds Sutherland 
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 79 of the Fortune 100, 65 of the FTSE 100 and 134 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in over 70 offices in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax. 

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