21 Sutherland Practice Areas, 58 Attorneys Named Among Nation's Best in 2015 Chambers USA

ATLANTA and WASHINGTON (June 4, 2015)—Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announces that 21 practices and 58 attorneys at the firm earned recognition in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Chambers USA, a leading legal research organization, conducts more than 10,000 national peer and client interviews to rank law firms and lawyers based on legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence and commitment. The firm achieved national rankings in: Construction; Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; Investment Funds: Registered Funds; Outsourcing; Tax: Controversy; and Tax: Corporate & Finance.

Also this year, Chambers USA identified two Sutherland attorneys as lawyers with exceptional recommendations in their field, or “Star Individuals.” N. Jerold Cohen was acknowledged in the Tax – Georgia category and Jennifer W. Fletcher in Construction – Georgia.

Following is a list of the firm’s complete 2015 Chambers rankings, as well as rankings for individual attorneys.

Firm Rankings

Construction – Nationwide

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide

Investment Funds: Registered Funds – Nationwide

Outsourcing – Nationwide

Tax: Controversy – Nationwide

Tax: Corporate & Finance – Nationwide

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia

Tax – District of Columbia

Banking & Finance – Georgia

Construction – Georgia

Corporate/M&A – Georgia

Energy – Georgia

Intellectual Property – Georgia

Labor & Employment – Georgia

Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia

Real Estate – Georgia

Tax – Georgia

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas

Insurance – Texas

Attorneys

Alfred G. Adams, Jr. – Real Estate – Georgia

Alan Albright – Intellectual Property – Texas

Peter J. Anderson – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia

Steven B. Boehm – Investment Funds: Registered Funds – Nationwide

Reginald J. Clark – Tax – Georgia

Adam B. Cohen – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia

N. Jerold Cohen – Tax – Georgia; Tax: Controversy – Nationwide

Thomas A. Cullinan – Tax – Georgia

Thomas W. Curvin – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia

Lee C. Davis – Construction – Georgia

Nikola R. Djuric – Wealth Management: Eastern Region – Nationwide

James R. Dwyer – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York

John H. Fleming – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia

Jennifer W. Fletcher – Construction – Georgia

Peter A. Fozzard – Energy – Georgia

Daniel E. Frank – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide

Dorothy Black Franzoni – Energy – Georgia

Jeffrey A. Friedman – Tax – District of Columbia

Matthew J. Gries – Tax – Georgia

Malvern U. Griffin, III – Intellectual Property – Georgia

H. Edward Hales, Jr. – Real Estate – Georgia

Victor P. Haley – Real Estate – Georgia

Thomas C. Herman – Corporate/M&A – Georgia

D. Clayton Howell – Real Estate – Georgia

Daniel Johnson – Insurance – Texas

James H. Johnson, Jr. – Intellectual Property – Georgia

James B. Jordan – Real Estate – Georgia

Mark D. Kaufman – Corporate/M&A – Georgia

Michael G. Kerman – Real Estate – Georgia

Catherine M. Krupka – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide

Cynthia M. Krus – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity – District of Columbia

Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy – Labor & Employment – Georgia

Jerome B. Libin – Tax – District of Columbia; Tax: Controversy – Nationwide

David A. Massey – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide

James R. McGibbon – Antitrust – Georgia

Lino Mendiola III – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)

Richard P. Noland – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas

Robert D. Owen – Litigation: E-Discovery – Nationwide

Peter G. Pappas – Intellectual Property – Georgia

Robert J. Pile – Corporate/M&A – Georgia

R. Robinson Plowden – Real Estate – Georgia

Peter C. Quittmeyer – Outsourcing – Nationwide

Carley A. Roberts – Tax: State & Local – California

Steven L. Roberts – Insurance – Texas

Lisa Alpert Rosen – Real Estate – District of Columbia

Stephen E. Roth – Investment Funds: Registered Funds – Nationwide

Herbert J. Short, Jr. – Energy – Georgia

Cynthia R. Shoss – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York

Douglas L. Siegler – Wealth Management: Eastern Region – Nationwide

Marc A. Simonetti – Tax – New York

Holly H. Smith – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance) – Nationwide

Michael A. Steinig – Technology & Outsourcing – District of Columbia

Wade Stribling – Corporate/M&A – Georgia

Eric S. Tresh – Tax – Georgia

Thomas H. Warren – Energy – Georgia

Carol Weiser – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia

William R. Wildman – Construction – Georgia

W. Scott Wright – Tax – Georgia

ABOUT SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP
Sutherland is an international legal service provider helping the world’s largest companies, industry leaders, sector innovators and business entrepreneurs solve their biggest challenges and reach their business goals. More than 435 lawyers across seven major practice areas—corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and tax—provide the framework for an extensive range of focus areas. Sutherland is composed of associated legal practices that are separate entities, doing business in the United States as Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, and as Arbis Sutherland LLP in London and Geneva. Arbis Sutherland LLP is a limited liability partnership and is registered in England and Wales with registered number OC348198. Its registered office is at Marble Quay, St Katherine’s Dock, London E1W 1UH. Arbis Sutherland LLP is authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales whose regulatory requirements can be accessed at http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/handbook/code/content.page. A list of the members of Arbis Sutherland LLP and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at its registered office.

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