Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
06.26.14
With 93 attorneys ranked in the 2014 edition of The Legal 500 U.S., in total, Pillsbury racked up 104 individual rankings and 25 practice rankings, including newly ranked Insolvency & Restructuring, Project Finance, REITs & Cyber Crime . Other practices noted include Antitrust; Asset Finance; Construction (includes litigation); Data Protection & Privacy; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Environmental Litigation; Land Use/Zoning; M&A: Middle Market; Outsourcing; Intellectual Property: Patent Licensing; Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property: Trademarks Litigation; Real Estate; Domestic Tax: East Coast; Domestic Tax: West Coast; Tax Controversy; Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory and Venture Capital and White Collar Defense.
35 Pillsbury attorneys made the list for the first time. In addition, nine Pillsbury attorneys were recognized as “Leading Lawyers,” the top ranking given to individuals: Jay Gould (Alternative/hedge funds), Aaron Oser, Jim Alberg and Bob Zahler (Outsourcing) John Heisse (Real Estate & Construction Litigation), Donald Kilpatrick (M&A: Middle Market), Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation), Jeff Vesely (Domestic Tax) and Chris Wall (International Trade).
The complete list of Pillsbury lawyers ranked for 2014 Legal 500 US are:
Jay Gould (Alternative/Hedge Funds); Bill Bowers, Mark Lessard, Peter Morgan, Charlotta Otterbeck, Michael Schumaecker (Asset Finance and Leasing); Terry Callan, Roxane Polidora, Michael Sibarium, Jake Sorensen, Bill Sullivan, Joseph Tiffany (Antitrust); Allen Briskin, Gerry Hinkley, Josh Konvisser, Catherine Meyer, Deborah Thoren-Peden, Rene Siemens, (Data Protection and Privacy); Julie Divola, Hugh Dougan, Dana Newman, Harsha Reddy, Brian Wainwright, Jeff Vesely (Domestic Tax); Cindy Schlaefer, Peter Hunt, Scott Landau, Christine Richardson, Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Dave Dekker, John Heisse, Jeffrey Gans (Construction); Tom Campbell, John Hansen, Chris McNevin, Jerry Ross (Environment: Litigation); Chris Wall (International Trade); Bob Herr (Land Use/Zoning); Jorge del Calvo, James Kelly, Donald Kilpatrick, Bob Robbins, David Snyder, Chris Zochowski (Middle Market M&A); Jack Barufka, Benjamin Esplin, Jim Gatto, David Jakopin (Patent Prosecution); Jack Barufka, Jim Gatto, Qian Huang, David Jakopin, Steve Moore (Patent Licensing & Transactional); Jim Alberg, Brian Bodor, Benjamin Dean, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joseph Kendall, Josh Konvisser, Aaron Oser, Robert Zahler, Elizabeth Zimmer (Outsourcing); Laura Hannusch, Bob Herr, Frederick Minnes, Marc Shapero (Real Estate); Bill Bonano, James Chudy, Annie Huang, Jeff Vesely (Tax Controversy); Scott Flick, John Hane, Cliff Harrington, Bruce Jacobs, Glenn Richards (Telecoms & Broadcast); Bobby Ghajar, Mark Litvack (Trademarks: Litigation); Jorge del Calvo, Justin Hovey, Stanley Pierson, Christian Salaman, Mike Sullivan, Tom Thomas (Venture Capital and Emerging Growth); Derek Andreson, Marc Axelbaum, Mark Hellerer, Tom Hill, Bill Sullivan (White-Collar Criminal Defense); Bob Robbins, Jeffrey Grill (REITs); George Haley, John Mauel, Jane Stein, Michael Reese (Project Finance); Leo Crowley, David Minnick, Deryck Palmer (Insolvency & Restructuring); Catherine Meyer, Joseph Kendall, Deborah Thoren-Peden, Rene Siemens, Joseph Tiffany (Cyber Crime)
About Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with an industry focus on energy & natural resources, financial services including financial institutions, real estate & construction, and technology. Based in the world's major financial, technology and energy centers, Pillsbury counsels clients on global business, regulatory and litigation matters. We work in multidisciplinary teams that allow us to understand our clients’ objectives, anticipate trends and bring a 360-degree perspective to complex business and legal issues—helping clients to take greater advantage of new opportunities, meet and exceed their objectives and better mitigate risk. This collaborative work style helps produce the results our clients seek.