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. 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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? Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz EDWARD NUTTALL, Carroll & Nuttall Whiteford Taylor Preston ROCKVILLE PHILLIP ZUBER, Sasscer Clagett & Bucher DANNY ONORATO, Schertler & Onorato “This Time magazine cover of our client, Christine Blasey BETHESDA Ford, is a reminder to us of the tremendous impact one TRACIE DORFMAN, UPPER MARLBORO JONATHAN PHILLIPS, LefflerPhillips DAVID SWAN, McGuireWoods courageous person can make. What’s so powerful about Hancock, Daniel & Johnson HEATHER PINCKNEY, TYSONS this image is it’s composed entirely of the words from Dr. CREDIT CREDIT PHOTO PHOTO FAIRFAX Harden and Pinckney JEFFREY TARKENTON, Ford’s testimony before Congress. She inspired millions CHRISTOPHER DUNN, DeCaro, Doran, CRIMINAL DEFENSE DAVID SCHERTLER, Schertler & Onorato Womble Bond Dickinson of people around the world to speak their own truths.” Siciliano, Gallagher & DeBlasis DUI, drugs, or worse? Call one of these. STUART SEARS, Schertler & Onorato —DEBRA KATZ AND LISA BANKS CREDIT CREDIT PHOTO PHOTO CREDIT CREDIT PHOTO PHOTO 82 WASHINGTONIAN DECEMBER 2018 ★ WASHINGTONIAN 83 JONATHAN SHAPIRO, Greenspun Shapiro HENRY ASBILL, Buckley Sandler BARRY COBURN, Coburn & Greenbaum EMILIO CIVIDANES, Venable JONATHAN SHELDON, KIRBY BEHRE, Miller & Chevalier CHARLES CONNOLLY, Akin Gump RAJESH DE, Mayer Brown Sheldon, Flood & Haywood BARRY BOSS, Cozen O’Connor THOMAS CONNOLLY, LUKE DEMBOSKY, Debevoise & Plimpton JONATHAN SIMMS, Simms Firm ALEX BOURELLY, Baker Botts Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis DAVID FAGAN, Covington & Burling DAVID SIMPSON LANNY BREUER, Covington & Burling AMY CONWAY-HATCHER, Baker Botts D. REED FREEMAN JR., WilmerHale DOUGLAS WOOD, Roberts & Wood MARY PATRICE BROWN, JAMES COOPER, Arnold & Porter JIM HALPERT, DLA Piper O’Melveny & Myers DAVID DOUGLASS, Sheppard Mullin ALYSA HUTNIK, Kelley Drye & Warren CAROL ELDER BRUCE, KEVIN DOWNEY, Williams & Connolly STUART INGIS, Venable CRIMINAL DEFENSE, Murphy & McGonigle ALICE FISHER, Latham & Watkins DAVID LASHWAY, Baker McKenzie WHITE COLLAR PRESTON BURTON, Buckley Sandler JAMIE GORELICK, WilmerHale RONALD LEE, Arnold & Porter Embattled government officials, CEOs, JOE CALDWELL JR., Steptoe & Johnson BRIAN HEBERLIG, Steptoe & Johnson EDWARD McNICHOLAS, Sidley and corporations count on these lawyers. WHAT’S SOMETHING ROBERT CARY, Williams & Connolly ADAM HOFFINGER, Schulte Roth & Zabel KIRK NAHRA, Wiley Rein COOL YOU KEEP IN STEPHEN ANTHONY, Covington & Burling KEVIN CHAMBERS, Latham & Watkins ERIC HOLDER JR., Covington & Burling LYDIA PARNES, YOUR OFFICE? MARK HOPSON, Sidley Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati “This poem about PHILIP INGLIMA,