WilmerHale Announces 99 Lawyers and 34 Practices Recognized in Chambers USA 2009

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The seventh edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business will recognize 99 WilmerHale lawyers as leaders in their respective practice areas, while the firm will be listed as among the best in 34 practice areas.

Chambers & Partners will reveal final tiered rankings and editorial content with the launch of the Chambers USA 2009 late this spring. For now, we are proud to share the following lists of WilmerHale lawyers and practices that will be ranked.

Name/Practice Area

James Anderson: Investment Funds: Registered Funds (National)
Mitchel Appelbaum: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)
Katharine Bachman: Real Estate (Massachusetts)
Charlene Barshefsky: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (National)
John Batter: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)
Robert Bell: Antitrust (DC)
William Benjamin: Tax (Massachusetts)
Michael Bevilacqua: Intellectual Property: Licensing (Massachusetts)
William Bohler: Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
Mark Borden: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts), Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Jay Bothwick: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Russell Bruemmer: Financial Services Regulation: Banking & Securities (Regulatory Compliance) (National)
Robert Burke: Tax (Massachusetts)
James Burling: Antitrust (Massachusetts)
J Beckwith Burr: Privacy & Data Security (National)
A William Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts)
Patrick Carome: Media & Entertainment (DC)
David Cavanaugh: Intellectual Property (DC)
Lynn Charytan: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (DC)
Meredith Cross: Securities Regulation (National)
Paul Daley: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)
Jeffrey Davidson: Environment (DC)
Peter Dichiara: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Edward DuMont: Appellate Law (National)
Paul Engelmayer: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Stephanie Evans: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (DC)
John Fabiano: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)
Allen Fox: Real Estate (DC)
Richard Giuliani: Tax (Massachusetts)
Craig Goldblatt: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (DC)
Jack Goodman: Media & Entertainment: Mainly Regulatory (DC), Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (DC)
Jamie Gorelick: Government: Government Relations (National)
Karen Green: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)
Leon Greenfield: Antitrust (DC)
John Greenwald: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (National)
Christopher Harvey: Hedge & Mutual Funds (Massachusetts)
Daniel Halston: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)
David Heffernan: Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory (National)
Fraser Hunter: Litigation: Securities (New York)
Neil Jacobs: Labor & Employment (Massachusetts)
Samir Jain: Privacy & Data Security (National), Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (DC)
Robert Keefe: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)
Scott Kilgore: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC)
Robert Kirsch: Environment (Massachusetts)
William Kolasky: Antitrust (DC)
William Lee: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts), Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (National)
Yoon-Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation (National)
Hal Leibowitz: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Christopher Lipsett: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Financial Services Regulation (National)
Robert McCaw: Litigation: Securities (New York), Securities Regulation (National)
William McLucas: Securities Regulation (National)
David Medine: Privacy & Data Security (National)
Douglas Melamed: Antitrust (DC)
Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (National)
Michelle Miller: Antitrust (Massachusetts)
Randolph Moss: Litigation (DC)
Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (DC)
Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation (National)
Robert Novick: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (National)
Jonathan Nuechterlein: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (DC)
Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)
William O'Reilly: Real Estate (Massachusetts)
William Paine: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)
William Perlstein: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (DC)
John Pierce: International Arbitration (National)
Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Charles Platt: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Eric Prahl: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Bruce Rabinovitz: Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory (National)
David Redlick: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts), Life Sciences: Commercial (National)
Roger Ritt: Tax (Massachusetts)
Andrea Robinson: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)
Patrick Rondeau: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts), Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Jonathan Rosenfeld: Labor & Employment (Massachusetts)
Sarah Rothermel: Investment Funds: Venture Capital (National), Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)
Jeffrey Rudman: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)
William Schmidt: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)
Robert Schwed: Private Equity: Buyouts (National)
Mark Selwyn: Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
Alfred Server: Life Sciences: Commercial (National)
Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (DC)
John Sigel: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)
Steven Singer: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts), Life Sciences: Commercial (National)
Joel Sirkin: Real Estate (Massachusetts)
Donald Steinberg: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Wayne Stoner: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Hall Swaim: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)
Robert Tuchmann: Real Estate (Massachusetts)
Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (National)
Harry Weiss: Securities Regulation (National)
William Wilkins: Tax (DC)
Paul Wolfson: Appellate Law (National)
Soo Yim: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation (National)

Practice Area/Location

Antitrust: DC, Massachusetts, National
Appellate Law: National
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: DC, Massachusetts
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity: DC
Corporate/M&A: Massachusetts
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Massachusetts
Environment: Massachusetts
Financial Services Regulation: Banking & Securities (Regulatory Compliance): National
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation: National
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Financial Services Regulation: National
Government: Government Relations: National
Hedge & Mutual Funds: Massachusetts
Intellectual Property: California, DC, Massachusetts, National
Intellectual Property: Patent: New York
International Arbitration: National
International Trade: National
Investment Funds: Registered Funds: National
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: National
Labor & Employment: Massachusetts
Life Sciences: National
Litigation: DC
Litigation: General Commercial: Massachusetts, New York
Litigation: Securities: New York
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: New York
Media & Entertainment: DC
Privacy & Data Security: National
Private Equity: Buyouts: Massachusetts
Private Equity: Fund Formation: Massachusetts
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment: Massachusetts
Real Estate: Massachusetts
Securities Regulation: National
Tax: DC, Massachusetts
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory: DC
Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory: National

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