WASHINGTONIANDecember 2007 washingtonian.com Big Guns

Washington lawyers may tend to dress alike, but they’re not all the same when dealing with problems. Here are 30 of the very best—plus 800 more who are close behind. Hang on to the list—when you really need a lawyer, you might want one of these.

By Kim Isaac Eisler

Some of those on our list of Washington’s legal trouble can happen to anyone— waiting room or the attorney tends to top lawyers have represented presidents. and often does without warning. Lots of ramble, it could get very expensive. Others have defended murderers and Washingtonians are arrested on criminal thieves. Some might have represented charges, from drunk driving to vehicular I have spent much of the past 20 years —or might yet represent—you. homicide. You might be called to testify writing about Washington lawyers. I have If the is a nation of laws, before Congress. More common is a met, spoken to, and observed thousands Washington is a city of lawyers: There letter from the IRS—or from an attorney of them. I’ve become friends with a few. are more here per capita than in any representing a departing spouse. You can This is the fifth time that The other city in the world. There are more slip and fall on an unshoveled sidewalk— Washingtonian has compiled a list of here than in many entire countries. or someone can fall on yours. top lawyers. It is created primarily by This list of top lawyers in private practice One thing you’ll discover if you need peer recommendation. We asked, by Sskews toward those who represent one of these lawyers: They don’t come telephone and e-mail, some 1,000 people as opposed to corporations. It cheap. For a good criminal-defense attorneys who (excluding themselves excludes some important but technical lawyer, the floor is close to $400 an hour. and members of their firms) the top fields of law. But some areas of corporate Rates for the top attorneys reach $1,000 practitioners in their fields are and whom and constitutional law are so bound up an hour. Most lawyers bill in six-minute they would hire to represent them with our city that we couldn’t ignore increments, meaning a one-minute call in a range of areas. Then we checked them. That includes lawyers who counts as six minutes—a tenth of an hour. on those people and asked for their practice before the Supreme Court, the So if you call a lawyer for a quick question, recommendations. We invited them to Securities and Exchange Commission, try to get six minutes’ worth of advice. take shots at one another; many availed and federal agencies like the Food and Divorce lawyers’ fees are the hardest to themselves of the opportunity. One Drug Administration and the Federal gauge. Some charge more but work fast. wrote that a colleague “should not be Communications Commission. Others are relative dawdlers but charge included on any list of best lawyers. No Most people get through life without lower rates. A common number here is knowledgeable client would or should having to hire an attorney for anything $450 an hour. Try to find a busy divorce retain this individual.” more serious than drawing up a will or lawyer. A busy lawyer wants to get on to In some areas, such as securities law, overseeing a real-estate transaction. But the next case. If you walk into an empty there is virtual unanimity about who the

december 2007 | Washingtonian | 1 best are. In a contentious field like divorce, Olson has always pushed more forcefully University, has positioned himself to it gets hard after the top guy, Sandy Ain. for the advancement of protégés such make the most of it. Most recently In such cases we talked to clients, judges, as controversial federal-court nominee the unflamboyant Martin was hired to and former judges to get their opinions. Miguel Estrada. He is a top adviser to defend Atlanta Falcons quarterback In the end we came up with some Republican presidential candidate Rudy Michael Vick on federal and state 800 attorneys—about 1 percent of Giuliani. charges relating to illegal dogfighting. the estimated 80,000 lawyers around Olson turned 61 on September 11, Politicians occasionally need big-time Washington. Among those, we identified 2001—the day his first wife, Barbara, help, too. Idaho senator Larry Craig has 30 to single out as the very best. Such died aboard the American Airlines plane hired Martin to find a way to expunge choices involve arbitrary decisions and that terrorists crashed into the Pentagon. his guilty plea in the famous foot-tapping subjective judgments. We tried to pick He remarried last year. incident at the Minneapolis airport. A people from across the region, from 2. Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. (Williams judge ruled against Craig earlier this different practice groups, and from & Connolly). He may be Washington’s year, but the legal battles for both Craig different law firms so no firm would most famous lawyer because of his and Vick continue. ➝ have more than two on the top-30 list. televised assertion during the Iran- 5. Maureen E. Mahoney (Latham In some cases, up-and-comers replaced Contra hearings that he was not a & Watkins). The preeminent female veterans who had been on the list for potted plant. But his reputation is such litigator at the US Supreme Court, this many years—not because the older that Stock Exchange chair former clerk for Justice William Rehnquist lawyers aren’t good at what they do but Dick Grasso bypassed the entire New has argued 18 cases at the high court, to recognize newer talent. York bar to secure Sullivan’s services in winning 16 of them. The 53-year-old Four times in the past we have chosen his defense. daughter of an personal-injury Washington’s number-one lawyer. For decades Sullivan has prided himself attorney, Mahoney is fast on her feet, a Previous winners are Robert Bennett on the claim that no client of his had quick study of arcane issues, and fiercely of Skadden Arps, Brendan Sullivan of served jail time. He suffered a rare loss last determined. Williams & Connolly, Michele Roberts year when Cendant Corporation CEO She is on most short lists to serve on of Akin Gump, and Robert Barnett of Walter Forbes was convicted of fraud by the Supreme Court herself one day. In Williams & Connolly. a Connecticut jury; Forbes is serving a the meantime, it doesn’t hurt that the Senate majority leader Harry Reid 12-year sentence. It took prosecutors good friend who succeeded her as a says this year’s winner couldn’t win three trials—the first two ended in hung clerk in Rehnquist’s chambers is now confirmation as US attorney general. That juries—to beat Sullivan. No lawyer can the Chief Justice of the United States. might keep him from being the nation’s win every case, and Sullivan’s now been 6. Seth P. Waxman (WilmerHale). top lawyer, but he is Washington’s top at it for 38 years. At 65, he remains, in Waxman, who was solicitor general lawyer. the minds of prosecutors, the most feared during the Clinton administration, courtroom opponent in the nation. may be Washington’s busiest attorney. 1. Theodore B. Olson (Gibson, Dunn 3. Sanford K. “Sandy” Ain (Ain & He has argued landmark decisions on & Crutcher). Long known as one of the Bank). For most legal specialties you can everything from campaign advertising nation’s top constitutional lawyers, this have a spirited argument about which of to patent disputes. He has found time to native Californian made the winning four or five lawyers might be the best. But represent a developer trying to get slot argument in the landmark case of Bush among divorce lawyers, Sandy Ain is alone licenses for a casino in Pittsburgh, argued v. Gore, which put President Bush in the at the top. When Law & Order star S. a federal-circuit case worth hundreds White House. Olson’s resonant baritone Epatha Merkerson thanked him during a of millions to his client TiVo, and is voice matches his wit and reason. Because nationally televised awards ceremony, Ain handling the appeals of six Bosnians he arrived in Washington with Ronald was embarrassed. He takes pride in not imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, five Reagan, Olson is perceived in some circles having people know what he is doing. accountants accused of fraud, and a high- as a spokesman for the right, a view held Ain disdains the acrimonious aspects of tech company claiming that eBay stole its by few who actually know him. divorce and laments the loss of civility in ideas. Whew! His clients have included such modern society. He would rather divide Waxman, no relation to Congressman Democrats as former senator Chuck assets than assign blame for a failed Henry Waxman, may be trying to Robb and Congresswoman Jane Harman. marriage. Many millionaire divorces, like stockpile cash before the Democrats When Time’s Matt Cooper was ordered that of Danaher Corporation’s Steven regain the White House. He is considered to turn over his notes in the Scooter Rales, end up in his hands. He did such a front-runner for the first Supreme Libby investigation, it was Olson who a good job for billionaire Sheila Johnson, Court vacancy should filed Cooper’s appeal to the US Supreme ex-wife of BET founder Robert Johnson, win the White House, a job that would Court. He represents both CNN and that she named him general counsel of cut his salary by more than a million Fox, probably the only man who could her growing sports, hotel, and business dollars a year. handle both. empire. Along with star partner Rita 7. Robert S. Bennett (Skadden, A resident of Great Falls, Olson Bank, Ain has trained a stable of younger Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom). A still- has argued 47 cases at the Supreme partners to practice divorce law in his own pugnacious former prosecutor, Bob Court—he says his record is 34 wins, ten image. Bennett has more than his share of losses, and two no-decisions; one case is 4. William R. Martin (Sutherland Asbill critics, most of whom like to mention pending. The red-haired descendant of & Brennan). Athletes provide a rich and that it has been years since Bennett tried Norwegian immigrants was passed over never-ending source of litigation, and a major case in court. But at 68, Bennett twice for a seat on the Supreme Court by Billy Martin, a Pittsburgh native who doesn’t have to. His greatest skill is the president he put in the White House. came to Washington to attend Howard getting potential indictments quashed.

2 | Washingtonian | december 2007 In one of his greatest achievements an average of nearly $1 million a year. advice to Chiquita Banana executives in as the top criminal lawyer at one of Roberts already has three major trials jeopardy for allegedly paying bribes to the nation’s most sophisticated firms, scheduled for 2008, including one in “terrorist” militia groups in Colombia. Bennett succeeded in stopping a criminal which she will defend Valero Energy 13. William McLucas (WilmerHale). prosecution of accounting giant KPMG Corporation in a wrongful-death When a corporate board and a CEO that some believe would have destroyed action. come to loggerheads, Bill McLucas the company. Bennett’s roster of all-star 10. Robert B. Barnett (Williams & often winds up between them. Last year clients also includes ex–New York Times Connolly). A case could be made that Lucas’s internal investigation of United reporter Judith Miller, ex–World Bank this courtly native, now 61, is HealthCare Corporations’s William president Paul Wolfowitz, and the family just about the most influential figure McGuire led to the ouster of the one- of a lacrosse player. in town. In addition to negotiating time golden boy of one of Wall Street’s “Being a Washington lawyer involves memoir deals for the rich and hot companies. a lot more than showing up in court,” famous—including former Fed chair McLucas, a former director of says Bennett, who adds that he doesn’t , former British prime enforcement at the Securities and remember his last full-scale trial. “It minister Tony Blair, second lady Lynne Exchange Commission, is almost always involves knowing where the pressure Cheney, and both Clintons—Barnett the lawyer of choice for a business or points are. In the corporate world, if arranges and negotiates business deals corporate board with an SEC problem. you have to show up in court you have and employment agreements for dozens Among clients who have sought his already lost.” of government figures and fellow help are then-senator Bill Frist, who was 8. Carol Elder Bruce (Venable). lawyers. investigated by the SEC on suspicion of A graduate of George Washington If knowledge is power, Barnett knows insider trading in HCA, which his family University’s law school, Bruce spent a more about what people are making and founded. The investigation was closed decade as a prosecutor under four US thinking than anyone else in Washington. with no action taken. Attorneys, including the legendary Earl His bipartisan practice is a legal marvel, 14. Peter D. Greenspun (Greenspun, Silbert, before she was named special and one that would not have succeeded Shapiro, Davis & Leary). Greenspun prosecutor to investigate Interior were he not a man of discretion and represents defendants with some of the secretary Bruce Babbitt in 1998. No judgment—which, when you get down most hopeless cases, as when a judge charges were brought. to it, is what you really want in a lawyer. picked him to represent convicted sniper Now she litigates cases across the 11. Reid H. Weingarten (Steptoe & John Muhammad. But win-loss records country and as close to her Northern Johnson). Along with Brendan Sullivan, can be deceiving. Few lawyers understand Virginia home as Prince George’s Weingarten has been the go-to guy the psychology of juries better than County, where she won a not-guilty for criminal defendants during the last this savvy 54-year-old graduate of verdict for a prominent lawyer/ decade. A former trial attorney for the George Mason University School of accountant who had been charged with Justice Department’s Public Integrity Law. While his defeats are sometimes bribery and theft of government funds. Section, Weingarten soaks up the facts front-page news, Greenspun’s victories After a two-week trial and 15 hours of of a case and synthesizes them for a jury are impressive given the nature of his incriminating wiretaps, the jury ruled as if by magic. clientele. in her client’s favor after less than two No lawyer has greater command Along with his talented friend and hours of deliberation. or is quicker on his feet during cross- now partner, Jonathan Shapiro, he has Just two months later, Bruce was back examination than Weingarten—skills he won freedom for alleged drug pushers, in court, having skipped summer vacation, demonstrated by winning a near-total pornographers, and murderers. to win a total acquittal on bribery and acquittal for Washington developer 15. Robert C. Bonsib (Marcus & corruption counts for Blake Esherick, Douglas Jemal, whose situation appeared Bonsib).­ If Peter Greenspun is the best an associate of indicted Washington dire when he was indicted on charges of “blue-collar” criminal-defense lawyer in developer Douglas Jemal’s. College bribery, conspiracy, and defrauding the Virginia, many believe that accolade in students owe her a debt as well. Bruce’s DC government. Maryland belongs to Bob Bonsib. A one- legal maneuverings on behalf of a GW 12. Earl Silbert (DLA Piper). time prosecutor, Bonsib won freedom for student forced the DC government to Washington has a host of top criminal an FBI agent charged with covering up a stop giving criminal citations to underage lawyers who started in the late 1960s police-dog attack on a homeless man. campus drinkers. in the US Attorney’s office—Robert A Gaithersburg resident who turns 9. Michele A. Roberts (Akin Gump). Bennett and Sidley Austin’s Thomas 59 this month, Bonsib really turned As a young girl growing up in the Bronx, Green are among the most prominent. heads in a 2005 case in which three Roberts was dragged by her mother to But ask whom they admire most, and former officials of the Washington courtrooms to watch trials. It was a the name that surfaces is Earl J. Silbert, Teachers Union were accused of an form of entertainment at the time, but it whose two decades at the Justice embezzlement conspiracy. Two of the sowed the seeds of interest in a woman Department included five years as US three were convicted and received long who has become one of the finest trial Attorney for the District of Columbia. prison sentences. But Bonsib’s client was lawyers in Washington. Silbert was an original prosecutor in acquitted after Bonsib, to show his scorn After nearly two decades of working the Watergate case and played a key role for the charges, sat quietly and saved court appointments and representing in bringing the Nixon administration’s questions for the end. common criminals, Roberts’s talent for wrongdoing to light, much to the Says one attorney: “A lesser lawyer’s persuading juries began paying off. She discomfort of his Nixon-appointed ego would have rendered him incapable is now a partner at Akin Gump, where bosses. Now 71, Silbert is still much in of saying ‘I have no questions for this her clients wear suits and she draws demand. Recently he has been seen giving witness’ for six weeks. Not Bonsib. He

december 2007 | Washingtonian | 3 stayed quiet, gave a closing argument street—a suit the family has agreed to 22. James Wallace (Wiley Rein). pointing out the deficiencies in the drop if the District corrects deficiencies If lawyers are judged by monetary government’s case, and walked his client in its emergency-response procedures. results, it’s hard to find anyone more home.” 19. Alan Fisch (Kaye Scholer). worthy of acclaim than Wallace, a quiet 16. Paula M. Junghans (Zuckerman In 2003 Fisch—then the youngest Atlanta native who has a quiet patent- Spaeder). Many regard Zuckerman equity partner at Howrey—won a law practice at Wiley Rein, where he is Spaeder as the city’s best boutique law $62-million patent-infringement case a founding partner. Several years ago firm. Among its stars is the well-known against . Fisch, 41, has taken he persuaded his partners to let him William Taylor, whose clients have patent infringement to center stage take on a rare case—one in which he included US senators and other lawyers. among practice areas here. Last year he would be paid only if he won. Corporate But inside the firm, many lawyers stand defended Comdata Networks, a leading firms usually work for hourly rates; they most in awe of the white-haired, detail- supplier of electronic gift cards, against seldom gamble. oriented Paula Junghans, who was once patent-infringement charges that could The target was Research in Motion, acting assistant attorney general for tax have meant the end of gift-card sales at the Canadian company that makes the at the Department of Justice. more than 300 retailers, from JCPenney BlackBerry. The client was a Chicago Junghans’s expertise on tax matters is to Brooks Brothers, just weeks before the man who claimed to have invented a key unmatched; she’s the first person anyone Christmas season. Fisch prevailed, and piece of technology used in the popular with serious tax issues should seek out. friends joked that he was the Jew who communications device. In the end, One who has is former Ernst & Young saved Christmas. Wallace won a $612-million judgment, partner Robert Coplan, who, with others, Fisch’s knowledge of the insides of one of the largest patent-infringement is accused of conspiracy to defraud the a vast array of products—including awards in history—and one worth millions IRS, tax evasion, and six other charges. slot machines—has made him a must to himself and his 60 equity partners at 17. Lanny Breuer (Covington & call for clients from Costco to General Wiley Rein. Bur­ling). Many people wondered why, Dynamics. 23. Kenneth R. Feinberg (Feinberg when both Clinton national-security 20. Elaine Charlson Bredehoft Group). One of the most unusual law adviser Sandy Berger and Bush aide (Charlson Bredehoft & Cohen). You practices in Washington is operated by Scooter Libby were deemed to have lied won’t see her face on the side of a bus Ken Feinberg, who from 1975 to 1978 to investigators, the former got off with or plastered on a billboard, but for 23 served as special counsel to the Senate a wrist slap but the latter had to undergo years this Minnesotan turned Virginian Judiciary Committee, then headed by a trial and appeared headed to prison has been the area’s most effective Edward M. Kennedy. After 12 years with until his sentence was commuted. A personal-injury lawyer. Specializing in a New York–based law firm, Feinberg key difference might have been in their employment cases, Bredehoft in 2006 founded his own practice here in 1993. lawyers. Berger’s attorney, Lanny Breuer, won a $5-million decision from the Unlike most lawyers, who operate in an is one of the cleverest in Washington. historically stingy Virginia Supreme atmosphere of conflict, Feinberg often He had to be. During the Clinton Court in a breach-of-contract case is hired as an arbitrator, mediator, and administration, Breuer represented on behalf of an executive fired by his adviser. After the terrorist attacks of the mischievous chief executive during company for alleged mismanagement. September 11, 2001, Attorney General his impeachment trial and four special- She won $2.2 million for a real-estate John Ashcroft chose Feinberg to counsel investigations. agent fired when she got pregnant. oversee the distribution of the victim- Breuer’s Berger defense was a case For executives under threat from new compensation fund. He was asked to study in Washington lawyering. He corporate owners, Bredehoft, who works play a similar role after the murder of 32 masterfully parried most of the charges out of Reston, has been a savior in a legal students at Virginia Tech. and got Berger a favorable plea despite all landscape not always kind to plaintiffs. His selection in both cases is damaging evidence. Justice Department 21. Whayne Quin (Holland & testament to his reputation for fairness veterans say that when a lawyer comes in Knight). When it comes to Washington and integrity. His book about the 9/11 looking for a light sentence today, he is real estate, Quin—whose first name was victims fund, What Is Life Worth: The apt to say, “I want a Berger.” his grandmother’s surname—is the legal Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the 18. Patrick Regan (Regan Zambri master. There is hardly a major project of Victims of 9/11, is a remarkable story. & Long). Regan is one personal-injury the last 35 years that Quin has not played 24. Thomas C. Green (Sidley Austin). lawyer who could be a poster boy a role in. He is currently counseling One Washington lawyer who doesn’t for legal ethics and integrity in a field builders and developers on two dozen mind courtroom combat is Tom often ridiculed as being populated by projects, including new office buildings Green, a burly former artillery-battery ambulance chasers. He has negotiated at Farragut Square and the big Akridge commander in Vietnam. There is hardly favorable settlements for clients ranging Air Rights project near Union Station. a Washington firefight in recent decades from an Arnold & Porter partner injured He recently argued a case at the DC that the Yale law grad hasn’t been by a defective wheelchair to a 23-year-old Court of Appeals that could turn the old involved in. He represented General beaten outside a bar (for whom Regan Italian Embassy on 16th Street into a Richard Secord in the Iran-Contra case, secured $4.5 million in compensation). 79-unit condo. Senator Donald Riegle in the 1980s Most recently, Regan represented the A legend among his peers, Quin gives savings-and-loan scandal, and the estate family of slain New York Times reporter back as much as he gets. He has served of Jack Kent Cooke in connection with David Rosenbaum in its $20-million on boards and contributed generously the sale of the Redskins. suit against the District of Columbia for to Children’s Hospital, Safe Kids Green has five cases on his plate for inadequately transporting and treating Worldwide, National Building Museum, 2008, including the likely defense Rosenbaum after he was attacked on the and many other groups. of Puerto Rico’s Governor Anibal

4 | Washingtonian | december 2007 Acevedo-Vila against allegations of in embassies, consulates, and labor at a larger corporate law firm. Durney is campaign irregularities. There’s talk that ministries across the current-day map, equally adept at giving good advice and five trials in a year might send Green, this law graduate, performing in the courtroom. born ten months before Pearl Harbor, fluent in Spanish and French, is the 29. Cheryl New (Sandground New & into retirement. Says Green, “When preeminent immigration expert on the Lowinger). Operating out of an office they’re over, I’ll see if I can still get out executive level. Her weekly updates to overlooking the Tysons Corner area, of bed.” clients on fast-changing immigration New has established one of Washington’s 25. David Schertler (Schertler & laws and travel restrictions are must most effective family-law practices. Onorato).­ Being charged with a crime reads for many Washington-based The firm’s founder, legendary divorce is a traumatic—even life-changing— business travelers. Trapped at a border “bomber” Mark Sandground, 75, is as experience, says Schertler, a 51-year-old crossing? Call Liz. irascible as ever. But New, charging $450 former prosecutor with an impressive 27. Joseph Montedonico an hour, is quick to sum up a case and, résumé. When clients come knocking, (Montedonico, Belcuore & Tazzara). unlike many of her better-known peers, Schertler provides sensitivity and a personal A self-described “frustrated physician,” settles cases with dispatch. Her motto: relationship. After his 1982 graduation this native Washingtonian believes “Diagnose the problem quickly and solve from law school at the University of in medicine—and has spent 35 years it with the least amount of pain.” One Virginia, Schertler worked his way up from defending people who wear white of New’s chief assets is her partnership trial attorney in the Justice Department to coats. Montedonico says the medical- with tax whiz Jeff Lowinger, a numbers chief of the homicide section in the US malpractice climate in DC is such that cruncher who likes to keep the ugly side Attorney’s Office in DC, trying more doctors are quitting practice or moving of domestic cases at bay. Together they than 50 jury cases and conducting more to Maryland and Virginia, where they form a powerful divorce-law duo. than 100 grand-jury investigations along perceive juries to be less inclined to rule 30. Nancy Fax (Pasternak & Fidis). the way. automatically in favor of plaintiffs. At 70 When colleagues say Nancy Fax has He founded his and Danny Onorato’s he remains the most trusted advocate for written the book on estate and probate litigation firm in 1996. With many Washington doctors and the one most law, they mean it. With advanced degrees members of the old guard in criminal respected by his opponents. in tax from Law defense nearing retirement, Schertler is 28. Michael C. Durney (Law Offices Center, Fax founded the standard, DC viewed by many as the leader of the next of Michael C. Durney). A former Estates, Trust, and Probate Law Digest, generation of top-line defense lawyers. deputy assistant attorney general for published by the District of Columbia 26. Elizabeth Espin Stern (Baker the tax division at the Department Bar. Headquartered in Bethesda, Fax has McKenzie). When Stern joined Baker of Justice, Durney is one of the most an uncanny ability to untangle confusing McKenzie in May 2005, the firm gave effective tax lawyers in Washington. technical matters. Her understanding of her “the map room.” The daughter of From his relaxed offices in Georgetown, the law and personalized approach have an Ecuadorian diplomat, Stern heads the 64-year-old expert is more likely to made her a trusted adviser for couples the firm’s global practice from an office represent individuals than corporations. and families planning their estates. with an antique map of the world on His fee—about $475 an hour its domed ceiling. With good contacts —is considerably less that you might pay

Richard Beizer, Crowell & Moring 800 Top Lawyers Richard Ben-Veniste, Mayer Brown Here are Washington’s best—the top 1 percent—in 28 legal specialties. Where location is not Stephen Best, Dewey & LeBoeuf specified, the attorney’s principal office is in the District of Columbia. Firm names are not given K. Lee Blalack, O’Melveny & Myers for solo practices. Stanley M. Brand, Brand Law Group Lanny A. Breuer, Covington & Burling The Wise Ones Earl J. Silbert, DLA Piper Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, For $800 to $1,000 an hour, you can Roger C. Spaeder, Zuckerman Spaeder Shriver & Jacobson (in subsequent references get legal advice from former US senators, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines Fried Frank) secretaries of State, even attorneys general. Robert S. Strauss, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Carol Elder Bruce, Venable Here are Washington’s wise men and (in subsequent references Akin Gump) Ralph J. Caccia, Powell Goldstein women—and some of its most expensive Dick Thornburgh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gregory B. Craig, Williams & Connolly legal talents, though you won’t find many Gates Ellis John M. Dowd, Akin Gump of them trying cases these days. You’re Under Arrest W. , Debevoise & Plimpton James A. Baker III, Baker Botts Sometimes advice isn’t enough—you Mitchell S. Ettinger, Skadden Robert S. Bennett, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher need a great criminal-defense attorney. Thomas C. Green, Sidley Austin & Flom (in subsequent references called Skadden) Expect to pay $500 to $800 an hour—with Howard W. Gutman, Williams & Connolly Berl Bernhard, DLA Piper a retainer of $100,000 to $200,000—for James Hamilton, Bingham McCutchen Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Patton Boggs these white-collar criminal-defense lawyers. Richard A. Hibey, Miller & Chevalier Plato Cacheris, Trout Cacheris Fees are not generally deducted from the Adam S. Hoffinger, Morrison & Foerster Benjamin R. Civiletti, Venable retainer—it’s more like an insurance policy Mark J. Hulkower, Steptoe & Johnson William T. Coleman Jr., O’Melveny & Myers for the attorney and gets returned after the Philip Inglima, Crowell & Moring Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington & Burling case. N. Richard Janis, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., Paul, Hastings, William H. Jeffress Jr., Baker Botts Eric H. Holder Jr., Covington & Burling Janofsky & Walker David Krakoff, Mayer Brown

december 2007 | Washingtonian | 5 Abbe D. Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery Davis & Leary; Fairfax Rockville Michael J. Madigan, Akin Gump Bernard S. Grimm, Cozen & O’Connor Roger K. Gelb, Gelb & Gelb William R. “Billy” Martin, Sutherland Asbill & Julia E. Guttman, Baker Botts Gary Godard, Miller Firm; Alexandria Brennan Mark D. Hopson, Sidley Austin Peter C. Grenier, Bode & Grenier William E. McDaniels, Williams & Connolly Roscoe C. Howard Jr., Troutman Sanders Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Laura Ariane Miller, Nixon Peabody John F. Hundley, Trout Cacheris Hausfeld & Toll John W. Nields, Howrey Paul F. Kemp, Venable; Rockville Roger C. Johnson, Koonz, McKenney, Gregory L. Poe, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Alan Kriegel, Skadden Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber Barry Wm. Levine, Dickstein Shapiro Ronald A. Karp, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky Carl S. Rauh, Skadden Michael N. Levy, McKee Nelson & Norwind; Rockville Lawrence S. Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Mark London, London & Mead Kim Keenan, Jack H. Olender & Associates Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber Terence J. Lynam, Akin Gump Bruce J. Klores Michele A. Roberts, Akin Gump Christopher B. Mead, London & Mead Walter E. Laake Jr., Joseph, Greenwald & Martha Purcell Rogers, Ober Kaler Andrea Mosley, Zwerling, Leibig & Mosley; Laake; Greenbelt Amy R. Sabrin, Skadden Alexandria Lawrence S. Lapidus, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Richard A. Sauber, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Danny Onorato, Schertler & Onorato Wigodsky & Norwind Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber Barry J. Pollack, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon Aaron M. Levine Henry F. Schuelke III, Janis, Schuelke & Stanley J. Reed, Lerch, Early & Brewer; William P. Lightfoot, Koonz, McKenney, Wechsler Bethesda Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., Williams & Connolly Laura K. Rhodes, Albright & Rhodes; Rockville Patrick Malone William W. Taylor III, Zuckerman Spaeder Mark J. Rochon, Miller & Chevalier John Mesirow, Mesirow & Stravitz George J. Terwilliger III, White & Case Peter J. Romatowski, Jones Day Gary Mims; Fairfax Robert P. Trout, Trout Cacheris Kathryn H. Ruemmler, Latham & Watkins Gerard E. Mitchell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines Mark H. Tuohey, Vinson & Elkins Rene Sandler; Rockville Michael S. Morgenstern; Rockville Randall J. Turk, Baker Botts David Schertler, Schertler & Onorato Robert F. Muse, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines John W. Vardaman, Williams & Connolly Jonathan Shapiro, Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis Barry Nace, Paulson & Nace Michael L. Waldman, Robbins, Russell, & Leary Jack H. Olender Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber Barry Simon, Williams & Connolly Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel F. Joseph Warin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher DeMaurice Smith, Patton Boggs Charles C. Parsons Reid H. Weingarten, Steptoe & Johnson Mary C. Spearing, Baker Botts Patrick M. Regan, Regan Zambri & Long Roger E. Zuckerman, Zuckerman Spaeder W. Randolph Teslik, Akin Gump Sandra H. Robinson, Jack H. Olender & Barbara “Biz” Van Gelder, Morgan, Lewis & Associates You’re Going to Trial Bockius George W. Shadoan, Shadoan, Michael & If you don’t need, or can’t afford, any Lawrence H. Wechsler, Janis, Schuelke & Wells; Rockville of the higher-priced lawyers listed earlier, Wechsler Brian C. Shevlin, Shevlin Smith; Fairfax try these top trial lawyers charging in the Peter H. White, Mayer Brown Allan M. Siegel, Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, $400-to-$800-an-hour range. Many have Andrew T. Wise, Miller & Chevalier & Siegel more trial experience than their colleagues Mitchell Zamoff, Hogan & Hartson Robert M. Somer, Hilton & Somer; Fairfax above. John Kenneth Zwerling, Zwerling, Leibig & Paul Sprenger, Sprenger + Lang Thomas Abbenante Mosley; Alexandria Robert J. Stoney, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax Philip H. Armstrong, Armstrong & Page; James W. Taglieri, Cadeaux, Taglieri & Notarius Rockville Sue the Bastards! Salvatore J. Zambri, Regan Zambri & Long Kathleen Anne Behan, Bailey & Ehrenberg You want to sue the fire department that Charles J. Zauzig III, Nichols Zauzig Sandler; Bradford A. Berenson, Sidley Austin failed to rescue you, the lawyer who blew Woodbridge Anthony P. Bisceglie, Bisceglie & Walsh your case, the doctor who botched your Robert C. Bonsib, Marcus & Bonsib; Greenbelt medical care, the blogger who defamed you. I’ve Been Sued! Barry Boss, Cozen O’Connor It’s time to call a personal-injury attorney. For every lawsuit filed by one of the Stephen Braga, Baker Botts Here are Washington’s best—most honest lawyers just listed, there has to be someone William C. Brennan Jr., Brennan Sullivan & and effective—lawyers who sue. on the other side. Here are the defense McKenna; Greenbelt Laurie A. Amell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines attorneys that Washington’s plaintiff Blair G. Brown, Zuckerman Spaeder William E. Artz; Arlington lawyers privately say they least like to see. Preston Burton, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Aaron Book, Webster Book; Leesburg Stephen L. Altman, Hamilton Altman Canale & Joe R. Caldwell, Baker Botts Reginald Bours; Rockville Dillon; Fairfax Francis D. Carter, Zuckerman Spaeder Michele Bartoli Cain, Bartoli Cain & Matthews H. Kenneth Armstrong, Armstrong, Donohue, Barry Coburn, Trout Cacheris Joseph Cammarata, Chaikin, Sherman, Ceppos & Vaughan; Rockville Thomas G. Connolly, Harris, Wiltshire & Cammarata, & Siegel William J. Bachman, Williams & Connolly Grannis Paulette Chapman, Koonz, McKenney, Mark Behrens, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Frederick D. Cooke Jr., Rubin, Winston, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot John J. Brandt, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Diercks, Harris & Cooke Wayne Cohen, Cohen & Cohen Edelman & Dicker; McLean James W. Cooper, Arnold & Porter Thomas Curcio; Alexandria Albert D. Brault, Brault Graham; Rockville G. Allen Dale Peter DePaolis, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, Pamela A. Bresnahan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour Harold Damelin, Blank Rome DePaolis & Lightfoot; Fairfax and Pease Kevin M. Downey, Williams & Connolly Peter S. Everett, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax Dane H. Butswinkas, Williams & Connolly Cary Feldman, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell L. Palmer Foret Mary G. Clark, Williams & Connolly Peter D. Greenspun, Greenspun, Shapiro, John R. Garza, Garza, Regan & Associates; Kenneth Connor, Wilkes & McHugh; Leesburg

6 | Washingtonian | december 2007 Gerard J. Emig, Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Carolyn N. Lerner, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Martin Lobel, Lobel, Novins & Lamont Fogleman; Rockville Lerner, Simon & Salzman John B. Magee, McKee Nelson Ronda Brown Esaw, McGuireWoods; McLean Richard A. Salzman, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Scott Michel, Caplin & Drysdale Eva Petko Esber, Williams & Connolly Lerner, Simon & Salzman Lon E. Musslewhite, Williams & Connolly Elizabeth Ewert, Drinker Biddle & Rea th Joseph M. Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld Cono Namorato, Caplin & Drysdale Hugh Farrell, Farrell & Gunderson; Columbia & Toll Eileen O’Connor, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Michael F. Flynn Jr., Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Debra Soltis, Kiyonaga & Soltis Pittman Fogleman; Rockville Linda Thatcher; Greenbelt Roger C. Ohlrich, Gardner, Ohlrich & Vlach James P. Gleason Jr., Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Barry Weintraub; Stafford Arthur Pasternak, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Fogleman; Rockville Joel Zuckerman, Maxwell & Barke; Rockville Sam Roberson, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan Robert W. Goodson, Wilson Elser Moskowitz & Salans Edelman & Dicker Defending the Employer Blake Rubin, McDermott Will & Emery Edward Grove III, Brault Palmer Grove White & Aggrieved employees have their Michael I. Sanders, Powell Goldstein Steinhilber; Fairfax attorneys, so it only makes sense that Jennifer A. Sincavage, Janis, Schuelke & Steven A. Hamilton, Hamilton Altman Canale & employers have theirs, too. Wechsler Dillon; Bethesda Connie Bertram, Winston & Strawn Richard Skillman, Caplin & Drysdale James Heffler, Heffler, Uhl & Taylor; Chevy Chase Mark Blondman, Blank Rome Justin Thornton Mark M. Jones, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Barbara B. Brown, Paul Hastings Stefan F. Tucker, Venable Edelman & Dicker; McLean Theresa Connolly, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Arthur C. Walker Jr., Mayer Brown Bradley Kelly; Bethesda Connolly; Vienna Bradley S. Waterman John P. Lynch, McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, R. Mark Dare, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Greenan & Walker; Greenbelt Connolly; Vienna Protecting Your Heirs Nicholas S. McConnell, Jackson & Campbell Edward Lee Isler, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & One of the great finds in a financially John D. McGavin, Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Connolly; Vienna successful life is a smart estate-and-probate Horvath & Judkins; Fairfax Linda M. Jackson, Venable; McLean lawyer. Here are some of the best. Michelle Mangrum, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Douglas B. Mishkin, Patton Boggs W. Shepherdson Abell, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Joseph Montedonico, Montedonico, Belcuore Sara Z. Moghadam, DLA Piper Chevy Chase & Tazzara Stephen V. Robinson, McGuireWoods Gary Altman, Altman & Associates; Rockville Dwight D. Murray, Jordan Coyne & Savits Grace E. Speights, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Ronald D. Aucutt, McGuireWoods; McLean Richard L. Nagle, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & William L. Babcock Jr.; Alexandria Nagle; Fairfax Greetings From the IRS . . . Frank S. Baldino, Lerch, Early & Brewer; George O. Peterson, Sands Anderson Marks & When you hear from the Internal Bethesda Miller; McLean Revenue Service and it’s not about a Leigh-Alexandra Basha, Holland & Knight, Joseph G. Petrosinelli, Williams & Connolly refund, you want a lawyer who knows tax McLean Leo A. Roth Jr., Brault Graham; Rockville law. Here are some well versed in both Edward Beckwith, Baker and Hostetler Daniel L. Shea, Brault Graham; Rockville personal and corporate tax matters. Doris Blazek-White, Covington & Burling Ira Shepard, Saul Ewing Bernard Bailor, Caplin & Drysdale Thomas Campbell, Yates, Campbell, Alicia Lehnes Summers; Alexandria Peter Baumbusch, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Christopher & Yates; Fairfax Michael S. Sundermeyer, Williams & Connolly Herbert N. Beller, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Earl Colson, Arent Fox Stephen L. Urbanczyk, Williams & Connolly John Bray, King & Spalding John P. Cummins III, Colten Cummins Watson John K. Villa, Williams & Connolly James A. Bruton III, Williams & Connolly & Vincent; Fairfax Bruce D. White, Brault Palmer Grove White & Rita A. Cavanagh, Latham & Watkins Michael Curtin, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan Steinhilber; Fairfax William Charyk, Arent Fox & Salans Carolyn H. Williams, Williams & Connolly Peter Daub, Baker & McKenzie William E. Davis; Ross, Marsh & Foster James S. Wilson, Brault Graham; Rockville H. Stewart Dunn Jr., Ivins, Phillips & Barker Wayne Eig, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Michael C. Durney Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda You’re Fired! Susan T. Edlavitch, Venable Jay Eisenberg, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy If you feel you’ve been unfairly fired, Gerald A. Feffer, Williams & Connolly & Ecker; Rockville forced out, or discriminated against at your Miriam L. Fisher, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Nancy G. Fax, Pasternak & Fidis; Bethesda workplace, you might want a lawyer who Eric Fox, Ivins, Phillips & Barker Dena Feeney, Feeney & Kuwamura; Silver Spring specializes in the field. Here are the best. James T. Fuller, Williams & Connolly Marc R. Feinberg, West & Feinberg; Bethesda Lisa Banks, Katz, Marshall & Banks Lawrence Gibbs, Miller & Chevalier Donna Fincher, Vaughan, Fincher & Sotelo; Lynne Bernabei, Bernabei & Wachtel Kenneth W. Gideon, Skadden Vienna Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, Charlson Fred T. Goldberg Jr., Skadden Ellen Harrison, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Bredehoft & Cohen; Reston G. Michael Green, Dickstein Shapiro A. Everett Hoeg, Venable; Vienna Gary Brown, Gary Brown & Associates Theodore Groom Beth Shapiro Kaufman, Caplin & Drysdale Barbara Camens, Barr & Camens Michael D. Jackley, Joseph, Greenwald & Don Kozusko, Kozusko Harris Vetter & Wareh Bruce Fredrickson, Webster, Fredrickson, Laake; Greenbelt Richard L. Lyon Henrichsen, Correia & Puth Quana Jew, Arent Fox Rhonda J. MacDonald; Vienna Joseph Gebhardt, Gebhardt & Associates James P. Joseph, Arnold & Porter Robert E. Madden, Powell Goldstein Douglas B. Huron, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Paula M. Junghans, Zuckerman Spaeder Mary Ann Mancini, Bryan Cave Lerner, Simon & Salzman Gerald A. Kafka, Latham & Watkins Virginia A. McArthur Ronald C. Jessamy R. Scott Kilgore, WilmerHale James E. McNair, Patton Boggs; McLean Debra Katz, Katz, Marshall & Banks Julian Y. Kim, Latham & Watkins Philip O’Donoghue, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Paul Kiyonaga, Kiyonaga & Soltis Kenneth Klein, Mayer Brown Chevy Chase

8 | Washingtonian | december 2007 Lloyd Leva Plaine, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Deborah L. Feinstein, Arnold & Porter Stephen E. Leach, Leach Travell Britt; McLean Ronald E. Recht; Bethesda Kathy Fenton, Jones Day Daniel M. Litt, Dickstein Shapiro Thomas W. Richardson, Arnold & Porter Claudia Higgins, Kaye Scholer Valerie P. Morrison, Wiley Rein; McLean Paul F. Riekhof, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Joseph Kattan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher William J. Perlstein, WilmerHale Greenbelt Donald C. Klawiter, Mayer Brown Stanley Samorajczyk, Akin Gump Alban Salaman, Holland & Knight William J. Kolasky, WilmerHale James R. Schroll, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington Laurence Salans, Curtin Law Roberson Mark Leddy, Cleary Gottlieb Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Womble Carlyle Sandridge Dunigan & Salans Daryl Libow, Sullivan & Cromwell & Rice Lewis J. Saret, Moore & Bruce Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson Mark Taylor, Arent Fox Douglas L. Siegler, Sutherland, Asbill & A. Douglas Melamed, WilmerHale James A. Vidmar Jr., Linowes and Blocher; Brennan Glenn A. Mitchell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines Bethesda Frederick Tansill; McLean Tim Muris, O’Melveny & Myers Kelly A. Thompson; Arlington John M. Nannes, Skadden Food and Drugs Robert E. Ward; Bethes da Steven Newborn, Weil, Gotschal & Manges These lawyers typically deal with the Food Munford Yates, Yates, Campbell, Christopher & Richard Parker, O’Melveny & Myers and Drug Administration—either working Yates; Fairfax R. Hewitt Pate, Hunton & Williams to make sure your food is safe or trying to Phillip Proger, Jones Day get approval to put products on the shelves. Stocks and Trades Charles “Rick” Rule, Cadwalader, Wickersham Ed Basile, King & Spalding If you run—or own lots of stock in—a & Taft I. Scott Bass, Sidley Austin public company, the Securities and Joseph Simons, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Raymond Bonner, Sidley Austin Exchange Commission can complicate your & Garrison Bob Brady, Hogan & Hartson life. It rarely happens to ordinary people, Joe Sims, Jones Day Mark Brown, King & Spalding but when it does, you want the best. Tefft W. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis Nancy Buc, Buc & Beardsley William R. Baker III, Latham Watkins Michael Sohn, Arnold & Porter Richard Cooper, Williams & Connolly David Becker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Christine Varney, Hogan & Hartson James Czaban, WilmerHale Gregory Bruch, Foley & Lardner Paul Yde, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fred Degnan, King & Spalding Stephen J. Crimmins, Mayer Brown Margaret M. Zwisler, Latham & Watkins Ellen Flannery, Covington & Burling Charles Davidow, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Richard L. Frank, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman & Garrison Got to Get Reorganized? Bode Matz James Doty, Baker Botts You’ve done everything you can, but Mark Heller, Goodwin Procter Ralph Ferrara, Dewey & LeBoeuf you need shelter from creditors. As with Thomas Henteleff, Kleinfeld Kaplan & Becker Joseph Goldstein, Mayer Brown the tax attorneys, the bankruptcy lawyers Peter Barton Hutt, Covington & Burling Karl A. Groskaufmanis, Fried Frank in Maryland and Virginia are more likely Jonathan Kahan, Hogan & Hartson Bruce Hiler, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to help individuals, while those in the big Paul Kim, Foley Hoag John J. Huber, Latham & Watkins downtown DC firms are more likely to work Richard Kingham, Covington & Burling Paul Huey-Burns, Dechert for corporations. Dan Kracov, Arnold & Porter Dixie L. Johnson, Fried Frank Lisa F. Al-Bashir, WilmerHale Stephen Paul Mahinka, Morgan, Lewis & Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden Scott L. Alberino, Akin Gump Bockius Michael Mann, Richards Kibbe & Orbe Sam J. Alberts, White & Case Meredith Manning, Hogan & Hartson David B.H. Martin, Covington & Burling Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Covington & Burling Eugene Pfeifer, King & Spalding William R. McLucas, WilmerHale Michael Bernstein, Arnold & Porter James Phelps, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara Christian Mixter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Paul Bennett Bran, Dickstein Shapiro Peter Safir, Covington & Burling Richard J. Morvillo, Mayer Brown Daniel Carrigan, DLA Piper; Reston Kathleen Sanzo, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius John F. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Darrell W. Clark, Stinson Morrison Hecker William Schultz, Zuckerman Spaeder Harvey Pitt, Kalorama Legal Services Nelson Cohen, Zuckerman Spaeder Stephen Terman, Olsson Frank Irving Pollack, Fulbright & Jaworski Edward C. Dolan, Hogan & Hartson Dan Troy, Sidley Austin Therese Pritchard, Bryan Cave Mary Joanne Dowd, Arent Fox William Vodra, Arnold & Porter Richard Rowe, Proskauer Rose Norman Eisen, Zuckerman Spaeder Ladd Wiley, Akin Gump Howard Schiffman, Dickstein Shapiro Alan D. Eisler, Stark, Meyers, Eisler, & Leatham; John Sturc, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Rockville Green Like Me—or Not Michael D. Trager, Arnold & Porter Bradford F. Englander, Linowes and Blocher; Own a dry-cleaning company—or a house Harry J. Weiss, WilmerHale Bethesda on a protected lake? If so, the Environmental Laura S. Wertheimer, WilmerHale Morton A. Faller, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy Protection Agency can make you jump Samuel “Sandy” Winer, Foley & Lardner & Ecker; Rockville through hoops. These lawyers can help. Larry G. Franceski, Fulbright & Jaworski Virginia Albrecht, Hunton & Williams To Merge or Not to Merge Roger Frankel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe William Anderson, Williams Mullen Antitrust lawyers do most of their business H. Jason Gold, Wiley Rein Jane Barrett, Blank Rome at the Justice Department trying to get Craig Goldblatt, WilmerHale Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell approval for mergers, but they also can be Thomas P. Gorman, Tyler, Bartl, Gorman & Blake Biles, Arnold & Porter helpful to business owners threatened by a Ramsdell; Alexandria William H. Bode, Bode & Grenier giant. James M. Greenan, McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, David Buente, Sidley Austin William Baer, Arnold & Porter Kim, Greenan & Walker; Greenbelt Heidi Hughes Bumpers, Jones Day Leiv Blad, Clifford Chance Lawrence A. Katz, Venable; Vienna Henry Diamond, Beveridge & Diamond Robert Bloch, Mayer Brown Brian F. Kenney, Miles & Stockbridge; McLean Carol Dinkins, Vinson & Elkins George Cary, Cleary Gottlieb David Kuney, Sidley Austin Stephen C. Fotis, Van Ness Feldman

december 2007 | Washingtonian | 9 Theodore Garrett, Covington & Burling Ford Farabow, Finnegan, Henderson, Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox Michael Goodstein, Resolution Law Group Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Kristen Galles; Alexandria Joel Gross, Arnold & Porter E. Anthony Figg, Rothwell, Figg, Elizabeth Sara Gere, Ross, Dixon & Bell Ridgeway M. Hall, Crowell & Moring Ernst & Manbeck Marcia Greenberger, National Women’s Michael Jones, Kirkland & Ellis Alan Fisch, Kaye Scholer Law Center Daniel Joseph, Akin Gump Ann K. Ford, DLA Piper Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference Laurence Kirsch, Goodwin Procter Joel Freed, McDermott Will & Emery on Civil Rights Chuck Knauss, Bingham McCutchen Cecilia Gonzalez, Howrey Harriet Lipkin, DLA Piper Roger Marzulla Lawrence J. Gotts, Paul Hastings William Mertens; Bethesda David Menotti, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Edward Gray, Morrison & Foerster John Payton, WilmerHale Thomas Milch, Arnold & Porter Margaret Kavalaris, Cooley Godward Kronish John Relman, Relman & Dane Richard Penna, Van Ness Feldman Roderick R. McKelvie, Covington & Burling Kerry Scanlon, Kaye Scholer Patrick Raher, Hogan & Hartson Richard McMillan Jr., Crowell & Moring David Wachtel, Bernabei & Wachtel Kathy Rhyne, King & Spalding Larry S. Nixon, Nixon & Vanderhye Christine Webber, Cohen, Milstein, Perry M. Rosen, Akin Gump George Pappas, Covington & Burling Hausfeld & Toll Judson Starr, Venable Joseph M. Potenza, Banner & Witcoff Not-So-Golden Years Margaret Strand, Venable Thomas Queen, Wiley Rein Advancing age brings issues related to Social William Wehrum, Hunton & Williams Thomas Scott, Goodwin Procter Security, retirement, nursing homes, and George Sirilla, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman more. Here’s a group knowledgeable about On the Air James Slattery, Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch the laws that especially affect older people. If you have business with the Federal Ybet Villacorta, Foley & Lardner Elliott Andalman, Andalman & Flynn; Silver Communications Commission, you might James Wallace Jr., Wiley Rein Spring see some of these people appealing fines, William Wallace, Milbank, Tweed, Robert Bullock, Elder & Disability Law Center getting new technologies authorized, Hadley & McCloy Jacqueline D. Byrd, Byrd & Byrd; Bowie or working to merge two satellite-radio W. Mack Webner, Sughrue Mion Kathleen R. Cossa; Fairfax networks. Jeffrey J. Downey, DMG Group Kathleen Abernathy, Akin Gump School Daze William Fralin, Estate Planning and Elder Law Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group The Department of Education issues and Firm; Arlington Eric Bernthal, Latham & Watkins oversees a maze of rules and regulations, Morris Klein; Bethesda William Crispin, Crispin & Greenberg which means lots of lawyers here represent Gary Epstein, Latham & Watkins school districts, colleges and universities, Blowing the Whistle Charles Ferris, Mintz Levin and sometimes individuals. A major fight Reporting your company or agency for Theodore Frank, Arnold & Porter now is whether public schools have to pay wrongdoing can get you fired, and it can Patrick J. Grant, Arnold & Porter for private special-education programs if get you rewarded. Handling whistleblower Jennifer Johnson, Covington & Burling they don’t offer them. Here are people who suits is a specialized legal practice. Most Andrew Lipman, Bingham McCutchen can help. of these attorneys also practice general Richard Metzger, Lawler, Metzger, Milkman & Audrey Anderson, Hogan & Hartson employment law. Keeney John F. Cafferky, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax John Boese, Fried Frank John Rogovin, WilmerHale Grady Carlson, Hunton & Williams; McLean Alan C. Brown, Enterprise Business Law Group Michael Senkowski, Wiley Rein Thomas J. Cawley, Hunton & Williams; McLean David Colapinto, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto Bryan Tramont, Wilkinson Barker Knauer Alexander Dreier, Hogan & Hartson Robert B. Fitzpatrick Cheryl Tritt, Morrison & Foerster Michael Jeffrey Eig; Chevy Chase Myrrel Hendricks, Gebhardt & Associates Philip Verveer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher Elizabeth Meers, Hogan & Hartson Michael Kohn, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto Richard Wiley, Wiley Rein William B. Reichardt; Fairfax Stephen Kohn, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto Kathryn Zachem, Wilkinson Barker Knauer Gerald S. Rugel; Herndon Mona Lyons Diana M. Savit, Savit & Szymkowicz; Bethesda David Marshall, Katz, Marshall & Banks What’s the Big Idea? Arthur Schmalz, Hunton & Williams; McLean Kathleen McDermott, Sonnenschein Nath Sometimes something you invented ends Maree Sneed, Hogan & Hartson & Rosenthal up being sold or used by someone you never Robert Wilkins, Venable John Phillips, Phillips & Cohen talked to. Theft of intellectual property, Rick Robinson, Fulbright & Jaworski from new windshield wipers to music to Do the Rights Thing Shelley R. Slade, Vogel, Slade & Goldstein computer programs, is common. Some of Civil-rights issues can revolve around Jason Zuckerman, Employment Law Group these lawyers work cases involving millions race, gender, religion, language, disability, of dollars and know their way around the and more. Some of these lawyers handle In Uniform Patent and Trademark Office. Many used to such cases through their firms’ pro bono Military life has it own set of challenges— work there. programs, which means a big-firm lawyer and laws. Here are people who know their V. James Adduci, Adduci, Mastriani & will often take an interesting or egregious way around them. Schaumberg case for free. Eugene Fidell, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell Cory Amron, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease Roderic Boggs, Washington Lawyers’ Matthew Freedus, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Sherri Blount, Morrison & Foerster Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Fidell Barry Bretschneider, Morrison & Foerster Patricia Brannan, Hogan & Hartson Charles Gittins; Middletown, Va. Michael Clayton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Stephen Chertkof, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Mary T. Hall; Hollywood, Md. Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Lerner, Simon & Salzman Jonathan Katz, Marks & Katz; Silver Spring Farabow, Garrett & Dunner David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center James Klimaski Mark Fox Evans, Stern Kessler Mark Dann, Gebhardt & Associates William Koegel Jr., Steptoe & Johnson

10 | Washingtonian | december 2007 Matthew MacLean, Pillsbury Winthrop William Canfield, Williams & Jensen else having to do with real estate and Shaw Pittman Marc Erik Elias, development in an area complicated F. Whitten Peters, Williams & Connolly Craig Engle, Arent Fox by multiple jurisdictions. One thing all Neal A. Puckett Sonia Fois, Arnold & Porter these lawyers combined can’t do: build a Douglas Rosinski, Ogletree Deakins Ben Ginsberg, Patton Boggs skyscraper in the District. Stephen Saltzburg, George Washington Laurence Gold, Lichtman, Trister & Ross Stanley D. Abrams, Abrams & West; Bethesda University Law School Lee Goodman, LeClairRyan Richard Bar, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, David P. Sheldon Ken Gross, Skadden Fellman & Swirsky Ki Hong, Skadden John Braswell, Redmon, Peyton & Braswell; Where’s Your Green Card? Brett Kappel, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Alexandria The threat of terrorism has complicated life John Keeney Jr., Hogan & Hartson Douglas Bregman, Bregman, Berbert, for everyone—especially for foreign nationals Rob Kelner, Covington & Burling Schwartz & Gilday; Bethesda and people doing business internationally. Carol Laham, Wiley Rein Kenneth Brown, Nichols Zauzig Sandler; These lawyers can help straighten things out. James Lamb, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Woodbridge Serge Bauer Eisenberg Antonio Calabrese, Cooley Godward Kronish; Andres Benach, Maggio & Kattar Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner Reston Sam Hsien-Cheng Chang, Wasserman, Lawrence Noble, Skadden Joseph Corish, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Mancini & Chang Lawrence Norton, Womble Carlyle Arlington Rajan Paul Eapen, Eapen Law Trevor Potter, Caplin & Drysdale Thomas Dunigan, Curtin Law Roberson Thomas Elliot, Elliot & Maycock Neil Reiff, Sandler, Reiff & Young Dunigan & Salans Roberta Freedman, Duane Morris Joseph Sandler, Sandler, Reiff & Young Maureen Dwyer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Andrew Greenfield, Fragomen, Del Rey, Scott Thomas, Dickstein Shapiro Pittman Bernsen & Loewy Michael Toner, Bryan Cave John Engel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Carl Hampe, Baker & McKenzie Lyn Utrecht, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon Jay Epstien, DLA Piper Dev A. Kayal, Kayal & Ghosal; Silver Spring Jill Holtzman Vogel Robert Falb, Arent Fox Michael Maggio, Maggio & Kattar Wendy Fields, Katten Muchin Rosenman Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang Don’t Stop the Presses! Brian Frosh, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Sahlu Mikael Washington has more journalists than any Wigodsky & Norwind; Bethesda Amy Marmer Nice, Dickstein Shapiro other city—and more lawyers to protect them. Ronald Gart, Powell Goldstein Eleanor Pelta, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Here are the people savvy reporters call. Kenneth Gelfarb, Tenenbaum & Saas José Pertierra Kevin Baine, Williams & Connolly Robert Glenn, Holland & Knight; McLean Beth Peters, Hogan & Hartson Robert Bernius, Nixon Peabody Michael Goodwin, Arnold & Porter Elizabeth Quinn, Maggio & Kattar Bruce Brown, Baker Hostetler Warren Gorrell, Hogan & Hartson Denyse Sabagh, Duane Morris Laura Handman, Davis Wright Tremaine Robert Gottlieb, Venable Elizabeth Espin Stern, Baker & McKenzie Thomas Hentoff, Williams & Connolly Jan K. Guben, Venable Paul W. Virtue, Hogan & Hartson David Kendall, Williams & Connolly John D. Hagner, Womble Carlyle Aseged Yimer; Silver Spring Lee Levine, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz Daniel Hodin, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Mark Lynch, Covington & Burling Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda Dealing With the World Thomas McLish, Akin Gump Philip Horowitz, Venable Few lawyers log more miles than the ones Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher E. Peter Kane, Hunton & Williams; McLean who negotiate trade agreements and settle Terence Ross, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Carol Weld King, Hogan & Hartson disputes between parties in different nations. Bruce Sanford, Baker Hostetler Jonathan Kinney, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Charlene Barshefsky, WilmerHale Paul Smith, Jenner & Block Arlington Mark Clodfelter, Winston & Strawn Michael Sullivan, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz Frederick Klein, DLA Piper John Corette, DLA Piper Charles Tobin, Holland & Knight Joel Kline, Miller, Miller & Canby; Rockville Mark Cymrot, Baker Hostetler Kenneth Logwood, Womble Carlyle Raul Herrera, Arnold & Porter Let’s Make a Deal Marianne Loman, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Michael Kantor, Mayer Brown Some Washington lawyers have done very Chase Carolyn Lamm, White & Case well acting as agents for media and sports Francis McDermott, Hunton & Williams; Daniel Plaine, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher clients. McLean Paul Reichler, Foley Hoag Kenneth Adams, Dickstein Shapiro (poker Anne K. Planning, Spartin Planning; Alexandria Ed Rubinoff, Akin Gump issues) Whayne Quin, Holland & Knight Jonathan Schiller, Boies, Schiller & Flexner Robert Ades (sports, radio) Elsie Reid, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Chase Stephen Schwebel Lon Babby, Williams & Connolly (sports) Michael Ruane, Holland & Knight Robert Barnett, Williams & Connolly (literary Debbie Spartin, Spartin Planning; Alexandria Running for Office agent) Chad Tiedemann, Holland & Knight It’s a practice tailor-made for Washington: John Cassidy, Baker Botts (NASCAR) Martin D. “Art” Walsh, Walsh Colucci Lubeley advising political candidates and groups on Gregg Levy, Covington & Burling (NFL) Emrich & Walsh; Arlington how to run for office and advocate change Gail Ross, Lichtman, Trister & Ross (media law, Sheldon Weisel, Goulston & Storrs without running afoul of campaign-finance literary agent) Wendelin White, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and ethics laws. James Tanner, Williams & Connolly (sports) Pittman Jan Witold Baran, Wiley Rein Roger Winston, Ballard, Spahr Andrews & , Perkins Coie You Want to Build What? Ingersoll Joe Birkenstock, Caplin & Drysdale Washington has lots of lawyers who Bobby Burchfield, McDermott Will & Emery deal with zoning, land use, and anything

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