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Top Lawyers List, Asking Whom They Consider the Best Among Their Peers The area’s star legal talent—including divorce lawyers, criminal defenders, immigration attorneys, and estate planners—in 20 categories TOP LAW Y ER S By Marisa M. Kashino Photographs by Jeff Elkins WHAT’S SOMETHING COOL YOU KEEP IN YOUR OFFICE? “The microphone I use to record my podcast, The Divorce Chronicles, which allows me to offer a larger audience insight into the divorce process. I feel it’s important to provide valuable content to those going through the emotional challenges of a divorce.” —TRACEY COATES WHAT’S SOMETHING COOL YOU KEEP IN YOUR OFFICE? “A bowl given to me by the town of Salem, Massachusetts, for my work defending Guantánamo detainees, which they equated to modern-day witch trials. Every time one argues in the Supreme Court, the court gives the lawyer a quill pen. The 37 quills inside are from all of my arguments.” —NEAL KATYAL PHOTO CREDIT PHOTO CREDIT CREDIT PHOTO PHOTO CREDIT CREDIT PHOTO PHOTO 80 80 WASHINGTONIAN ★ DECEMBER 2018 DECEMBER 2018 ★ WASHINGTONIAN 81 81 BANKRUPTCY DYLAN TRACHE, Nelson Mullins BOWIE DAVID ALBO, Williams Mullen Creditors and debtors turn to MADELINE TRAINOR, HUGH FARRELL, Farrell & Gunderson TYSONS these attorneys. Redmon, Peyton & Braswell COLUMBIA CHRISTOPHER AMOLSCH, MARC ALBERT, Stinson Leonard Street RICHARD WYRON, FrankelWyron MICHAEL FLYNN, Gleason, Flynn, Emig, Law Offices of Christopher Amolsch MICHAEL ST. PATRICK BAXTER, Fogleman & McAfee PHOENIX AYOTTE, Covington & Burling ROCKVILLE Ayotte Carmichael Ellis & Brock MICHAEL BERNSTEIN, Arnold & Porter CAMPAIGN AND JAMES GLEASON, Gleason, Flynn, Emig, EDUARDO BALAREZO, Balarezo Law DARRELL CLARK, Stinson Leonard Street ELECTION LAW Fogleman & McAfee EMILY BECKMAN, King Campbell Poretz EDWARD DOLAN, Hogan Lovells Candidates, parties, and PACs rely on ROCKVILLE ROBERT BONSIB, MarcusBonsib MARY JOANNE DOWD, Arent Fox these specialists. ROBERT GOODSON, Wilson Elser BARRY BOSS, Cozen O’Connor ALAN EISLER, Eisler Hamilton JASON ABEL, Steptoe & Johnson HEIDI HUBBARD, Williams & Connolly STEPHEN BRAGA, ROCKVILLE JAN BARAN, Wiley Rein MICHAEL IMBROSCIO, Law Office of Stephen L. Braga MARK ELLENBERG, Cadwalader ROBERT BAUER Covington & Burling WILLIAM BRENNAN JR., BRADFORD ENGLANDER, KATE BELINSKI, Nossaman JULIA JUDKINS, Brennan McKenna & Lawlor Whiteford Taylor Preston JOSEPH BIRKENSTOCK, Sandler Reiff Bancroft McGavin Horvath & Judkins PLEASANT BRODNAX III FALLS CHURCH Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock FAIRFAX RYAN CAMPBELL, King Campbell Poretz ROSA EVERGREEN, Arnold & Porter CALEB BURNS, Wiley Rein PAUL MALONEY, Carr Maloney JESSICA CARMICHAEL, DOUGLAS FOLEY, McGuireWoods MARC ELIAS, Perkins Coie MICHELLE MANGRUM, Ayotte Carmichael Ellis & Brock ROGER FRANKEL, FrankelWyron CRAIG ENGLE, Arent Fox Shook Hardy & Bacon JOHN CARROLL, Carroll Nuttall PETER FRIEDMAN, O’Melveny & Myers BENJAMIN GINSBERG, Jones Day DOUGLAS MARVIN, Williams & Connolly CARY CITRONBERG, Zwerling/Citronberg KRISTIN GOING, Drinker Biddle LAURENCE GOLD, LARRY McAFEE, Gleason, Flynn, Emig, G. ALLEN DALE, H. JASON GOLD, Nelson Mullins Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold Fogleman & McAfee Law Offices of G. Allen Dale CRAIG GOLDBLATT, WilmerHale LEE GOODMAN, Wiley Rein ROCKVILLE JUSTIN DILLON, KaiserDillon JONATHAN GUY, Orrick REBECCA GORDON, Perkins Coie JOHN McGAVIN, ANNA DVORCHIK, BRUCE HENRY, Henry & O’Donnell KENNETH GROSS, Skadden Bancroft McGavin Horvath & Judkins Law Office of Anna K. Dvorchik ALEXANDRIA KI P. HONG, Skadden FAIRFAX ROBERT FEITEL, Feitel Law Firm JAMES HOFFMAN, Offit Kurman ROBERT KELNER, Covington & Burling BYRON MITCHELL, Mitchell Law Group JOSEPH FLOOD, Sheldon, Flood & Haywood CHRISTOPHER JONES, ERIC KLEINFELD, FREDERICKSBURG KOBIE FLOWERS, Brown, Goldstein & Levy Whiteford Taylor Preston Utrecht, Kleinfeld, Fiori, Partners SUSAN MITCHELL, Mitchell Banks NINA GINSBERG, DiMuroGinsberg FALLS CHURCH CAROL LAHAM, Wiley Rein CHANTILLY PETER GREENSPUN, Greenspun Shapiro LAWRENCE KATZ, Hirschler Fleischer ROBERT LENHARD, Covington & Burling MICHAEL OLSZEWSKI, CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITHS, TYSONS WILLIAM MINOR, DLA Piper Hancock, Daniel & Johnson Roberts & Wood JENNIFER LARKIN KNEELAND, CLETA MITCHELL, Foley & Lardner FAIRFAX BERNARD GRIMM, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald TREVOR POTTER, Caplin & Drysdale JOSEPH PETROSINELLI, Law Office of Bernard Grimm McLEAN EZRA REESE, Perkins Coie Williams & Connolly BRANDI HARDEN, Harden and Pinckney ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN, NEIL REIFF, Sandler Reiff Lamb JOHN QUINN, Ethridge, Quinn, Kemp, ROBERT JENKINS JR., Bynum & Jenkins Odin Feldman Pittleman Rosenstein & Birkenstock McAuliffe, Rowan & Hartinger ANDREW JEZIC, Jezic & Moyse RESTON MATTHEW SANDERSON, ROCKVILLE ERIK JURGENSEN, May Law STEPHEN LEACH, Hirschler Fleischer Caplin & Drysdale D. LEE RUTLAND, PAUL KEMP, Ethridge, Quinn, Kemp, TYSONS JOE SANDLER, Sandler Reiff Lamb Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein McAuliffe, Rowan & Hartinger MICHAEL LICHTENSTEIN, Rosenstein & Birkenstock ANNAPOLIS MARY KENNEDY, Arnold & Porter Shulman Rogers BRIAN SVOBODA, Perkins Coie J. JONATHAN SCHRAUB, Sands Anderson JOSEPH KING, King Campbell Poretz POTOMAC MICHAEL TONER, Wiley Rein McLEAN JOHN KIYONAGA, ROBERT MARINO, JASON TORCHINSKY, ADAM W. SMITH, Blankingship Keith Law Office of John C. Kiyonaga Redmon, Peyton & Braswell Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky FAIRFAX SARA KROPF, Law Office of Sara Kropf ALEXANDRIA LYN UTRECHT, Utrecht, Kleinfeld, BRIAN STEKLOFF, JENNIFER LEFFLER, LefflerPhillips JOHN McJUNKIN, Baker Donelson Fiori, Partners Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz CHRISTOPHER LEIBIG, LAUREN McKELVEY, JODI TERRANOVA, Wilson Elser Law Office of Christopher Leibig Odin Feldman Pittleman MICHAEL THORSEN, Bancroft McGavin MONICA LOTZE, Lotze Mosley RESTON CIVIL DEFENSE Horvath & Judkins BRUCE MARCUS, MarcusBonsib VALERIE MORRISON, Nelson Mullins These attorneys can help you fight FAIRFAX STEVEN McCOOL, Mallon & McCool DAN MOSS, Jones Day a lawsuit. STEPHEN URBANCZYK, JOHN McKENNA, JANET NESSE, McNamee Hosea STEPHEN ALTMAN, Williams & Connolly Brennan McKenna & Lawlor GREENBELT Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, Armstrong, MARINA MEDVIN, Medvin Law KEVIN O’DONNELL, Henry & O’Donnell FAIRFAX Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades MARVIN MILLER, ALEXANDRIA H. KENNETH ARMSTRONG, Armstrong, ROCKVILLE Law Offices of Marvin D. Miller KEVYN ORR, Jones Day Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades ANDREW VERNICK, Vernick & Associates THOMAS MOONEY, STEVEN RAMSDELL, ROCKVILLE ANNAPOLIS Law Offices of Thomas C. Mooney Tyler, Bartl & Ramsdell PAMELA BRESNAHAN, RACHEL VIGLIANTI, ANDREA MOSELEY, DiMuroGinsberg JAMES SAVIN, Akin Gump Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Gleason, Flynn, Emig, Fogleman & McAfee KEVIN MOSLEY, Lotze Mosley JAMES SCHROLL, Bean, Kinney & Korman DANE BUTSWINKAS, Williams & Connolly ROCKVILLE DAVID MOYSE, Jezic & Moyse ARLINGTON LARRY CEPPOS, Armstrong, Donohue, BETH WILKINSON, JON NORRIS, Law Offices of Jon W. Norris BRENT STRICKLAND, WHAT’S SOMETHING COOL YOU KEEP IN YOUR OFFICE? 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