Chambers USA Guide 2022 Honors 145 BakerHostetler Attorneys and Recognizes 62 Practice Areas

Chambers and Partners ranked and recognized 145 BakerHostetler attorneys and 62 practice areas in the 2022 edition of the “Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.” Fourteen practice areas and 17 attorneys are ranked in Band 1. Twenty-eight attorneys are newly ranked or received higher rankings on this year’s list.

Attorney rankings – highlights

Star Individual: Elizabeth A. Green (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, FL: North & Central)

Attorneys ranked in Band 1

• Amy Ralph Mudge (Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory and Advertising: NAD Proceedings, both USA – Nationwide) 
• Linda A. Goldstein (Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory, USA – Nationwide) 
• John M. Gherlein (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• John J. McGowan Jr. (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, OH) 
• Mark S. Barron (Energy & Natural Resources, CO) 
• Deborah A. Wilcox (Intellectual Property, OH) 
• Gregory V. Mersol (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• Kevin W. Shaughnessy (Labor & Employment, FL) 
• Carole S. Rendon (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, OH) 
• L. Poe Leggette (Oil & Gas Litigation, USA – Nationwide) 
• Amy E. Kellogg (Real Estate, OH) 
• Gregory D. Lee (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, FL: North & Central) 
• Edward J. Bernert (Tax, OH) 
• Michelle F. Hervey (Tax, OH) 
• Alexander J. Szilvas (Tax, OH) 
• Nathan Ware (Tax, OH) 

Chambers also recognized

• Spotlight Tables
  • Mark A. Cymrot (International Arbitration: Enforcement, USA – Nationwide) 
  • Craig A. Hoffman (Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response, USA – Nationwide) 
  • Theodore J. Kobus III (Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response, USA – Nationwide) 
• Up and coming partners
  • Andrew V. Layden (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, FL: North & Central) 
  • Timothy M. Swan (Corporate/M&A, OH: South & Central) 
  • Lana Muranovic (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions USA – Nationwide) 
  • Paul Rosenberg (Labor & Employment, NY) 
  • David L. Evans (Real Estate, FL: North & Central) 
  • Stephen M. Floyd (Real Estate, GA)

Associates to watch

• George R. Skupski (Banking & Finance, OH)
• Danielle L. Merola (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, FL: North & Central) 
• Matthew D. Gases (Corporate/M&A, NY) 
• Charlotte W. Pasiadis (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Erica Svoboda (Corporate/M&A, GA) 
• Erin M. Sales (Labor & Employment, FL) 
• Grace W. Zoller (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, GA) 
• Anna Altizer Dix (Real Estate, GA) 

Attorneys who moved up in the rankings

• Jeffrey E. Decker (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, FL: North & Central) 
• Todd H. Lebowitz (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• M. Scott McIntyre (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• Mark D. Temple (Labor & Employment, TX) 
• John J. Carney (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, NY) 
• Brian McEvoy (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, GA) 
• Stephen M. Floyd (Real Estate, GA) 

New attorney rankings

• Amy Ralph Mudge (Advertising: NAD Proceedings, USA – Nationwide) 
• Nathan F. Ware (Banking & Finance, OH) 
• Danielle L. Merola (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, FL: North & Central) 
• Jason A. Brady (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, FL: North & Central) 
• Matthew D. Gases (Corporate/M&A, NY) 
• John J. Harrington (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Matthew Thurlow (Energy & Natural Resources, DC)
• Timothy D. Casey (Intellectual Property, WA) 
• Lisa N. Collins (Intellectual Property, GA) 
• Heather J. McDonald (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, NY) 
• Lana Muranovic (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA – Nationwide) 
• Paul Rosenberg (Labor & Employment, NY) 
• Erin M. Sales (Labor & Employment, FL) 
• Douglas W. Greene (Litigation: Securities, NY) 
• Jonathan R. Barr (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, DC) 
• Steven M Dettelbach (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, OH)
• Mark S. Barron (Oil & Gas Litigation, USA – Nationwide) 
• W. Ray Whitman (Oil & Gas Litigation, USA – Nationwide) 
• David L. Evans (Real Estate, FL: North & Central)
• Elizabeth McNellie  (Transportation: Road (Automotive), USA – Nationwide)

Practice area rankings – highlights

Practice areas ranked in Band 1 

• Advertising: NAD Proceedings (USA – Nationwide)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (FL: North & Central)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (OH) 
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Corporate/M&A (OH: North) 
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (TX)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (OH) 
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Intellectual Property (PA) 
• International Arbitration: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide) 
• International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Labor & Employment (OH)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (OH)
• Tax (OH)

Additional practice highlights

• BakerHostetler’s International Trade: Compliance team has joined the Highly Regarded rankings for International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
• Two practice areas were newly listed on a Spotlight Table
  • International Arbitration: Enforcement (USA – Nationwide)
  • Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA – Nationwide)
• Other practice areas that moved up or are new in the rankings
  • Advertising: NAD Proceedings (USA -- Nationwide)
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring (DC)
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring (FL: North & Central)
  • Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (USA -- Nationwide)
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (GA)
  • Insurance: Insurer (OH)
  • Intellectual Property (WA)

BakerHostetler’s ranked practice areas

• Advertising: NAD Proceedings (USA – Nationwide) 
• Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (USA – Nationwide)
• Banking & Finance (OH)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (CA) 
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (DC),
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (FL: North & Central)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (OH)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Corporate/M&A (GA)
• Corporate/M&A (OH: North)
• Corporate/M&A (OH: South & Central)
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (FL: North & Central)
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (NY)
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (TX) 
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (OH)
• Energy & Natural Resources (CO)
• Environment (DC)
• Healthcare (GA)
• Healthcare (OH)
• Healthcare (TX)
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (DC) 
• Insurance: Insurer (OH)
• Intellectual Property (GA)
• Intellectual Property (IL)
• Intellectual Property (OH)
• Intellectual Property (PA)
• Intellectual Property (WA)
• Intellectual Property: Litigation (DC)
• Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (DC)
• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (NY)
• International Arbitration: Enforcement (USA – Nationwide)
• International Arbitration: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide) 
• International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)
• International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA – Nationwide)
• Labor & Employment (DC)
• Labor & Employment (FL)
• Labor & Employment (GA)
• Labor & Employment (OH)
• Labor & Employment (TX)
• Labor & Employment (USA – Nationwide)
• Labor & Employment: The Elite (CA)
• Leisure & Hospitality (USA – Nationwide)
• Litigation: General Commercial (CO)
• Litigation: General Commercial (OH) 
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (GA)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (OH)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite (NY)
• Media & Entertainment (DC)
• Oil & Gas Litigation (USA – Nationwide)
• Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA – Nationwide)
• Privacy & Data Security: The Elite (USA – Nationwide)
• Real Estate (FL: North & Central)
• Real Estate (GA)
• Real Estate (OH)
• Retail (USA – Nationwide)
• Tax (DC)
• Tax (OH)
• Tax: Controversy (USA – Nationwide)
• Transportation: Road (Automotive) (USA – Nationwide)

BakerHostetler’s ranked attorneys

• Randal M. Shaheen (Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory, USA – Nationwide) 
• Marc G. Schildkraut (Antitrust, DC) 
• Phillip M. Callesen (Banking & Finance, OH) 
• Matthew A. Tenerowicz (Banking & Finance, OH) 
• Brian A. Bash (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, OH) 
• Cecily A. Dumas (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, CA) 
• Matthew R. Goldman (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, OH)
• Jimmy D. Parrish (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, FL: North & Central)
• Eric E. Sagerman (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, CA) 
• Michael A. VanNiel (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, OH) 
• Donald A. Workman (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, DC) 
• Denis L. Durkin (Construction, FL) 
• John J. Allotta (Corporate/M&A, OH: North)
• David K. Brown (Corporate/M&A, GA) 
• Steven H. Goldberg (Corporate/M&A, NY) 
• Matthew D. Graban (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Suzanne K. Hanselman (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• W. Ashley Hess (Corporate/M&A, OH: South & Central)
• R. Steven Kestner (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Michael W. Moyer (Corporate/M&A, WA) 
• Ronald A. Stepanovic (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Peter W. Van Euwen III (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Robert A. Weible (Corporate/M&A, OH: North) 
• Jason Brady (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, FL: North & Central)
• Jeffrey E. Decker (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, FL: North & Central) 
• Gilbert S. Keteltas (E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA – Nationwide) 
• Ann M. Caresani (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, OH) 
• Susan N. Lubow (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, OH) 
• Raymond M. Malone (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, OH) 
• John J. McGowan Jr. (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, OH) 
• Mark W. DeLaquil (Energy & Natural Resources, DC) 
• William L. Pence (Energy & Natural Resources, FL) 
• S. Derek Bauer (Healthcare, GA) 
• Charlotte A. Combre (Healthcare, GA) 
• Emily C. Crosby (Healthcare, GA) 
• Amy E. Fouts (Healthcare, GA) 
• Brian F. McEvoy (Healthcare, GA) 
• Charlene L. McGinty (Healthcare, GA) 
• Robert K. Rupp (Healthcare, OH) 
• Gregory S. Saikin (Healthcare, TX) 
• David L. Schick (Healthcare, FL) 
• Lynn Sessions (Healthcare, TX) 
• Christopher J. Swift (Healthcare, OH) 
• Lee H. Rosebush (Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory, DC) 
• James D. Levine (Immigration, GA) 
• Christopher M. Arena (Intellectual Property, GA)
• Nancy R. Frandsen (Intellectual Property, PA) 
• Daniel J. Goettle (Intellectual Property, PA) 
• Kevin W. Kirsch (Intellectual Property, OH)
• John S. Letchinger (Intellectual Property, IL) 
• Stephanie Lodise (Intellectual Property, PA) 
• Joseph Lucci (Intellectual Property, PA) 
• Steven B. Samuels (Intellectual Property, PA) 
• Timothy A. Worrall, Ph.D. (Intellectual Property, CO) 
• William C. Bergmann (Intellectual Property: Litigation, DC) 
• Kenneth J. Sheehan (Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution, DC) 
• Oren J. Warshavsky (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, NY) 
• Mark A. Cymrot (International Arbitration: Arbitrators and International Arbitration: Counsel, both USA – Nationwide) 
• Kenneth B. Reisenfeld (International Arbitration: Arbitrators and International Arbitration: Counsel, both USA – Nationwide) 
• Sashe D. Dimitroff (International Arbitration: Counsel, USA – Nationwide) 
• Matthew W. Caligur (International Trade: Customs and International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy, both USA – Nationwide) 
• Michael S. Snarr (International Trade: Customs, USA – Nationwide) 
• Melissa B. Mannino (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA – Nationwide)
• Elliot J. Feldman (International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy, USA – Nationwide) 
• M.J. Asensio (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• Eric L. Barnum (Labor & Employment, GA) 
• Michael S. Chamberlin (Labor & Employment, CA) 
• Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (Labor & Employment, FL) 
• Jason D'Cruz (Labor & Employment, GA) 
• Daniel J. Guttman (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• Matthew C. Kane (Labor & Employment, CA) 
• Jay P. Krupin (Labor & Employment, DC) 
• Ronald G. Linville (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• M. Scott McIntyre (Labor & Employment, OH) 
• Patrick M. Muldowney (Labor & Employment, FL) 
• Margaret Rosenthal (Labor & Employment, CA) 
• Amy J. Traub (Labor & Employment, NY) 
• John Melicharek Jr. (Leisure & Hospitality, USA – Nationwide) 
• Robert J. Webb (Leisure & Hospitality, USA – Nationwide) 
• Paul G. Karlsgodt (Litigation: General Commercial, CO) 
• Thomas R. Lucchesi (Litigation: General Commercial, OH) 
• William W. Oxley (Litigation: General Commercial, CA) 
• John Siegal (Litigation: General Commercial, NY) 
• Daniel R. Warren (Litigation: General Commercial, OH)
• Robb C. Adkins (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, CA) 
• Terry M. Brennan (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, OH) 
• C. Shawn Cleveland (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, TX) 
• Jonathan New (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, NY)
• Carlos F. Ortiz (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, NY)
• Brian T. Rafferty (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, GA) 
• Lauren J. Resnick (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, NY) 
• George A. Stamboulidis (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, NY) 
• Martin T. Booher (Natural Resources & Environment, OH) 
• Craig A. Hoffman (Privacy & Data Security and Privacy & Data Security Incident Response, both USA -- Nationwide) 
• Theodore J. Kobus III (Privacy & Data Security and Privacy & Data Security Incident Response, both USA – Nationwide) 
• Lynn Sessions (Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare, USA – Nationwide) 
• Joann Gallagher Jones (Real Estate, GA) 
• Wendy W. Markham (Real Estate, GA) 
• Gary M. Alletag (Real Estate, TX)
• Michael J. Pappert (Real Estate, TX) 
• Jeffrey H. Paravano (Tax, DC)
• Paul M. Schmidt (Tax, DC) 
• Billy M. Donley (Transportation: Road (Automotive), USA – Nationwide)

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