Schiff Hardin LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.
Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that 61 attorneys have been included in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, as well as six who were named a “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective areas of practice.
Best Lawyers uses an extensive peer review process to capture a consensus opinion of the leading lawyers in each geographic area. The “Lawyer of the Year” award goes to the attorney who received the highest overall peer feedback for his or her area of specialty, and only one is recognized in each specialty and location each year.
The six Schiff attorneys recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” in 2019 are:
Gerald I. Carp - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Renee Cipriano - Litigation - Environmental
J. Mark Fisher - Equipment Finance Law
Robert M. Freedman - Elder Law
Catherine M. Masters - Insurance Law
Virgil R. Montgomery - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
The 61 Schiff attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 and their practice areas are:
Thomas W. Abendroth - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Susan T. Bart - Trusts and Estates
Marguerite Bateman - Mutual Funds Law
Jean L. Bertrand - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
David C. Blickenstaff - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Stephen J. Bonebrake - Environmental Law
Max G. Brittain, Jr. - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Harmon A. Brown - Trusts and Estates
Antony S. Burt - Insurance Law
Gerald I. Carp - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Renee Cipriano - Litigation - Environmental
Thomas M. Crispi - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Louis T. DeLucia - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Marci A. Eisenstein - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Joanne B. Faycurry - Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Sarah A. W. Fitts - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
J. Mark Fisher - Equipment Finance Law
Robert M. Freedman - Elder Law
Mark C. Friedlander - Construction Law
David A. Grossberg - Real Estate Law
Russel T. Hamilton - Real Estate Law
Barbara K. Heffernan - Energy Law
David R. Hodgman - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Janet M. Johnson - Real Estate Law
Eliot S. Jubelirer - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Kevin L. Kolton - Construction Law
Joseph J. Krasovec III - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Paul M. Lurie - Construction Law
Brian G. Lustbader - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Barry I. Lutzky - Elder Law
Owen E. MacBride - Energy Law
Paul C. Marengo - Public Finance Law
Catherine M. Masters - Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Sayward Mazur - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Samuel J. McKim III - Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Michael L. Meyer - Mutual Funds Law
Robert J. Minkus - Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Jane Montgomery - Environmental Law
Virgil R. Montgomery - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Paula J. Morency - Franchise Law
Ivan W. Moskowitz - Real Estate Law
Michael K. Moyers - Trusts and Estates
Sailesh K. Patel - Patent Law
Scott E. Pickens - Banking and Finance Law
Robert R. Pluth, Jr. - Trusts and Estates
Domenick Pugliese - Mutual Funds Law
Kenneth M. Roberts – Arbitration; Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Gabriel M. Rodriguez - Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Felice Rose - Real Estate Law
Peter L. Rossiter - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law
Gary L. Rubin - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Ami G. Scott - Banking and Finance Law
Paul A. Scrudato - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Henry W. Sledz, Jr. - Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Patricia Costello Slovak - Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Edward Spacapan, Jr. - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David M. Spector - Insurance Law
Frederick J. Sperling - Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate
Debra L. Stetter - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Clay A. Tillack - Franchise Law
Robert J. Wierenga - Antitrust Law
Original source can be found here.