Super Lawyers - Washington DC 2014

2014

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VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

Barb Lammers McGivern

SENIOR DIREC TOR Heather Walker PUBLISHER Cindy Larson

EDITORIAL

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Erik Lundegaard EDITOR Amy Kates

MANAGING EDITOR Ross Pfund CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Amy Kates, Beth Taylor, Emily White

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Lauren Peck, Jessica Tam PHOTOGRAPHY Michael Paras, Stephen Voss CONTRIBUTING WRI TERS Matt Amis, Eileen Smith Dallabrida, Bill Glose, Joan Hennessy

RESEARCH

RESEARCH DIRECTOR Julie Gleason

RESEARCH TEAM LEAD Laura Roepke

RESEARCH SPECIALIST Chris Cheng

RESEARCH EDI TORS Caroline Daykin, Annette Durkee, Johanna Grosse, Wendy Lees, Jill Steward

DATABASE OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR OF DATABASE OPERATIONS Evan Kentop DATA ADMINISTRATORS Traci Davey, Cale Millberry, Laura Smith

DATA SPECIALISTS Beth Callentine, Mary Cheam PROFILE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Michael Pease PROFILE PRODUCTION Alison I wata, Rachel Miller PROFILE PROOFING COORDINATOR Erika Skornia-Olsen

ONLINE OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR OF ONLINE OPERATIONS Garth Gillespie ONLINE APPLICATION DEVELOPER David Malouf

PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Linda Eklund

SENIOR PRODUC TION MANAGERS Tina Justison, Barbie Lefrancois

PRODUCTION MANAGERS Victoria Balque-Burns, Alicia Collins, Todd Proud

MANAGER OF ART & PRODUCTION Erica Sorrentino GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Emily Christensen, Rich Ganzman PRODUCTION Da’Chaun Bolden, Tim Knecht, Kiara Mayfield, Amy Sherren, Shuné Vickerie

MARKETING & PRODUCT

MARKETING & PRODUCT DIREC TOR Mary Williams ADVER TISING & MARKETING Ashley Armstrong, Rebecca Hanoski, Mari Henderson, Caroline Moran, Jennifer Sandvig

ADVERTISING

SENIOR ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Richard Ausman, Dave Burris, June Ford, Nick Hansen, Matthew Kusilek, Camille Lane, Amy Omenn, Rob Poncin, Kathy Schwab, Jessica Vanderzanden

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Christopher Castleberry, Dunia Chatham, Brett Fritsche, Dan Lehman

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ADVISORY BOARD

The Super Lawyers Board of Advisors is composed of attorneys who embody excellence in practice. The board, which provides counsel, feedback and editorial ideas, includes lawyers from across the country and of varied firm sizes, who have consistently appeared at the top of the Super Lawyers lists.

And Covington & Burling antitrust lawyer Deborah Garza talks about her life’s work—which involves three stints with the Department of Justice—and how as a young associate, she scored a job that she thought was a prank.

We think this lineup adds to the notable attorneys, including Maureen Mahoney and Carter Phillips, that we’ve featured in the past.

Thank you for reading. We welcome your feedback.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

“How do you do it?” That’s a question we get asked a lot.

“How do you choose who to feature in the
magazine and on the cover? Particularly on
the cover.”
It’s not easy. There are so many good
lawyers with so many interesting stories,
and we can only select a few each year.

First, you have to be on the list to be featured in the magazine. The longer you’re on the list, the better. The higher on the list, the better.

We strive for diversity: in practice area, law firm, gender. We strive for quality, and over the years have won a number of Society of Professional Journalists Awards.

But to make it all work we need interesting stories to tell: yours.

In this issue, we were thrilled to have Ted Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, together at one table for a wide-ranging discussion about marriage equality, law firm culture, what each looks for in a new hire and the future of the billable hour.