250 SUPERLAWYERS.COM ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAW YERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE 8.
FIRM SPOTLIGHT
ALABAMA
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Christian & Small
Frazer Greene Upchurch & Baker
David A. Bagwell
ALASKA
Dorsey & Whitney
Guess & Rudd
Richmond & Quinn
Biss & Holmes
ARIZONA
Snell & Wilmer
Osborn Maledon
Roshka De Wulf & Patten
Law Office of A. Bates Butler III
ARKANSAS
Wright Lindsey & Jennings
Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow
Davis Clark Butt Carithers & Taylor
Cearley Law Firm
CALIFORNIA
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Irell & Manella
Horvitz & Levy
Sandler Lasry Laube Byer & Valdez
Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan
COLORADO
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Kennedy Childs
Haddon Morgan and Foreman
Walter H. Sargent
CONNECTICUT
Carmody & Torrance
Ryan Ryan Deluca
Cowdery Ecker & Murphy
Law Offices of Garrett S. Flynn
DELAWARE
Potter Anderson & Corroon
Ashby & Geddes
Bouchard Margules & Friedlander
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Covington & Burling
Robbins Russell Englert Orseck
Untereiner & Sauber
Poe & Burton
FLORIDA
Carlton Fields
Richman Greer
Berman Kean & Riguera
Kornspan Law
GEORGIA
King & Spalding
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Maloy Jenkins Parker
David A. Webster
HAWAII
Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Ayabe Chong Nishimoto Sia & Nakamura
Meheula & Devens
Law Office of Corey Y.S. Park
IDAHO
Holland & Hart
Moffatt Thomas Barrett Rock & Fields
Gjording & Fouser
LITIGATION
TOP LAW FIRMS
FIRM SIZE TIERS
LARGE: more than 50 attorneys
MEDIUM: 11-50 attorneys
SMALL: 2-10 attorneys
SOLO: 1 attorney
Top firms were chosen based on the number of firm attorneys who have been
selected to a 2012 or 2013 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.
IRELL & MANELLA
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
As defense counsel for white-collar criminal matters, Irell & Manella
attorneys “specialize in working to terminate investigations before any
charges or public notice,” says partner John C. Hueston. Totaling more than
170 lawyers, the firm advises clients on securities fraud, health care fraud,
insider trading, environmental crimes and False Claims Act cases. “We have
a long record of success in convincing regulators and prosecutors to drop
their investigations before charges are filed,” says Hueston. “Our success
derives from our methodical efforts to undermine the evidentiary and legal
assumptions of the investigators and assigned attorneys. We also investigate
the investigators, searching for any evidence of misconduct or efforts to
warp the investigative record. If we are hired after charges have been filed,
we develop a strong defense narrative rather than allow the government
to control the jury story, and we work hard to put the government in an
unfamiliar role: on the defense.”
