BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS
TOP LAW FIRMS
FIRM SIZE TIERS
LARGE: more than 51 attorneys
Top firms were chosen based on the number of firm attorneys who have
been selected to the 2010 Super Lawyers list in business practice areas, as
well as a combination of metrics indicating the quality of those attorneys.
Quality factors that were considered included the number of years selected
to the list, inclusion on a top list and average blue ribbon panel score.
MEDIUM: 11-50 attorneys
SMALL: 2-10 attorneys
SOLO: 1 attorney
ALABAMA
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Cabaniss Johnston Gardner Dumas &
O’Neal
Silver Voit & Thompson
Ted Stuckenschneider
ALASKA
Davis Wright Tremaine
Christianson Boutin & Spraker
David H. Bundy
ARIZONA
Squire Sanders & Dempsey
Osborn Maledon
Weiss Brown
Kevin J. Rattay
ARKANSAS
Friday Eldredge & Clark
Womack Landis Phelps & McNeill
Davis Clark Butt Carithers & Taylor
James F. Dowden
CALIFORNIA
Latham & Watkins
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern
Felderstein Fitzgerald Willoughby &
Pascuzzi
Michelson Law Group
COLORADO
Holland & Hart
Moye White
Kutner Miller Brinen
Anthony van Westrum
CONNECTICUT
Day Pitney
Zeisler & Zeisler
Coan Lewendon Gulliver & Miltenberger
Action Advocacy
DELAWARE
Richards Layton & Finger
Prickett Jones & Elliott
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Schwartz & Ballen
FLORIDA
Holland & Knight
Stichter Riedel Blain & Prosser
Kirschner & Legler
Offices of Jeffrey H. Beck
FIRM SPOTLIGHT
REED SMITH
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Reed Smith formed in 1877 and almost immediately acquired a client
roster with some very powerful names: Carnegie, Frick, Mellon, Heinz and
Westinghouse. Today, Reed Smith continues to counsel major players,
including nine of the top 10 U.S. banks and 11 of the world’s 12 largest
pharmaceutical companies. The firm has more than 1,600 lawyers spread
across 22 offices around the world. “We utilize their firm for a number of
different corporate matters that are important as we guide National Penn
into the future,” says Scott Fainor, president and CEO of National Penn
Bancshares Inc. “The strength of Reed Smith comes down to the expertise
of the attorneys. … In this financial world that we’re operating in, we need
a sense of urgency. We need accountability. And we need professional
knowledge that once again can meet our successful, strategic objectives.
They have been just fantastic to work [with].”
GEORGIA
King & Spalding
Lamberth Cifelli Stokes Ellis & Nason
Ledbetter Wanamaker Glass
HAWAII
Carlsmith Ball
Case Lombardi & Pettit
Wagner Choi & Verbrugge
IDAHO
Stoel Rives
Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey
Cosho Humphrey
Craig W. Christensen
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AT TORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAW YERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE 9.
