Foley announced today its rankings in the 2011 Legal 500 guide for the U.S. and Japan. The firm has a total of 20 practices recognized and was ranked in several new practice areas this year including Health Care; Insurance; and Trademarks.
In addition, the following Foley attorneys are listed in the elite “Leading Lawyers” list, the Legal 500 United States guide to outstanding attorneys nationwide:
- Mark A. Kassel, Patent Prosecution: utility and design patents
- Neal J. Moglin, Insurance: advice to insurers
- Andrew B. Serwin, Technology: data protection and privacy
Among the firm’s ranked practices, the following Foley attorneys were recognized:
- Corporate Restructuring: Harold L. Kaplan
- Project Finance: advice to sponsors: Jason W. Allen, Robert B. Anderson, Ralph P. Dudziak, Charles V. Hedrick, Edward J. Hammond, James T. Tynion III
- Health Care: Lisa M. Noller
- Structured Finance: David M. Reicher, David B. Ryan
- Insurance: advice to insurers: Gordon Davenport III, Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Gail M. Goering, Eric A. Haab, Thomas R. Hrdlick, Brett H. Ludwig, Neal J. Moglin (Leading Lawyer)
- Insurance: non-contentious: Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Brian S. Kaas, Thomas J. Maida
- Patent Licensing and Transactional: David A. Charapp, Richard A. Kaufman, Stephen B. Maebius, Christopher J. McKenna
- Patent Prosecution: utility and design patents: Pavan K. Agarwal, Mark A. Kassel (Leading Lawyer), John D. Lanza, Stephen B. Maebius, Christopher J. McKenna, Richard C. Peet, Gerald F. Swiss, Lorna L. Tanner
- Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage): Jeffrey H. Greene
- Marketing and Advertising: Craig S. Fochler, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin
- Technology: data protection and privacy: Chanley T. Howell, Peter F. McLaughlin, Andrew B. Serwin (Leading Lawyer)
- Technology: outsourcing: James R. Kalyvas, Deepak Nanda, Michael R. Overly
- Mergers & Acquisitions: middle market (sub-$500m): Paul D. Broude, Gardner F. Davis, John J. Klusaritz, Patrick G. Quick, Jay O. Rothman, David S. Sanders, Bryan S. Schultz
- Construction (including construction litigation): Jeffrey R. Blease
- Real Estate: Daniel Bachrach, Elizabeth L. Corey, Michael W. Hatch, Emerson M. Lotzia, Wayne F. Osoba, R. Duke Woodson
- Domestic tax: Central: Michael G. Bailey, John B. Palmer, David W. Reinecke
- Domestic tax: East Coast: Guillermo J. Fernandez-Quincoces, Albert P. Silva, Randolph J. Wolfe
- Domestic tax: West Coast: Peter J. Elias, Mark T. Schieble
- Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions: Japan: International firms and joint ventures: Etsuo Doi, Michael D. Kaminski
- Intellectual property: Japan: International firms and joint ventures: Etsuo Doi, Michael D. Kaminski
The Legal 500 Series, now in its 25th year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide, providing comprehensive worldwide coverage on legal services providers in over 100 countries. These guides are widely regarded as offering the definitive judgment of law firm capabilities. Rankings are achieved solely on merit and based largely on the feedback received from firm clients and lawyers. The Legal 500 research team speaks to thousands of law firm clients and other lawyers to gather the independent insight needed to produce a solid qualitative assessment.
