28 TOP LAWYERS WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2009

2009 winners Bankruptcy James Savin Page 28 Corporate Litigation Douglas Lobel 30 Corporate M&A Sarah Kahn 31 Employment Litigation Connie Bertram 32 Environmental Law Les Sotsky 33

28 TOP WASHINGTON LAWYERS WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2009 General Counsel Brett Coffee 34 Government Contracts E. Sanderson Hoe 35 Intellectual Property G. Brian Busey 36 Lobbying Law Elliott Portnoy 37 Pro Bono Tony Herman 38 Real Estate Transactions Amy Rifkind 39 Tax Clifford E. Muller 40 Technology Transactions Steve Parker 41 Trusts Jim McNair 42 2009 winners White Collar Crime Scott Bolden 43 Bankruptcy James Savin Page 28 Corporate Litigation Douglas Lobel 30 Zoning Steven Robins 44 Corporate M&A Sarah Kahn 31 Employment Litigation Connie Bertram 32 Young Guns 44 Environmental Law Les Sotsky 33 General Counsel Brett Coffee 34 Government Contracts E. Sanderson Hoe 35 Intellectual Property G. Brian Busey 36 Lobbying Law Elliott Portnoy 37 Sponsored by Pro Bono Tony Herman 38 Real Estate Transactions Amy Rifkind 39 Tax Clifford E. Muller 40 Technology Transactions Steve Parker 41 Trusts Jim McNair 42 White Collar Crime Scott Bolden 43 SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2009 Zoning Steven Robins 44 Young Guns 44

Top Washington Lawyers Sponsored by The judging is complete and now the 2009 Top Washington Lawyers can be revealed. It’s no secret that the nation’s best and the brightest legal minds can be found in Washington. What is surprising is the impact that D.C.’s lawyers have on every facet of business and politics. And even more intriguing are their stories, how they got to theBankruptcy top and what drives them to this day. James Savin In college, James Savin decided to pursue a career in law even though to that point, Bankruptcy James Savin his only interaction with law was watching courtroom television shows. James Savin Savin planned on practicing corporate law, James Savin James SavinIn college, James Savin decided to pursue butto says Inget heinvolved college, quickly right learned away,” James it could he says. be Savin years Washingtondecided in 2006,to pursue says he loves workingto get involved right away,” he says. 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With his office right around the corner from his Dupont Circle home, Savin’s favorite Bankruptcy Runners-up thing to do is spend time with his wife and children. “I’m not one of those guys that plays golf for hours on the weekends. I love being with Mary Joanne Dowd my family — that’s what it’s all about,” he Michael Baxter H. Jason Gold says.

Reprinted for web use with permission fromArent the Washington Fox BusinessLLP Journal. ©2010, all rights reserved. Reprinted by Scoop ReprintSource 1-800-767-3263. Covington & Burling LLP Wiley Rein LLP Age: 54 Age: 54 Age: 54 Family: Married, three children Family: Married, two children Family: Married, children Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y. Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Law school: State University of New York at Law school: Harvard Law School Law school: Catholic University of America Buffalo Law School Memorable case: Representing the equity Columbus School of Law Memorable case: Current case representing committee in the reorganization of Criimi Mae Memorable case: Being a bankruptcy trustee a local auto dealer whose franchises have Inc. for Dornier Aviation of North America and been rejected in the Chrysler bankruptcy, and recovering $15 million from Hainan Airlines affected by the GM bankruptcy