Chambers USA 2008: Final Results

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As of today, final rankings and editorial content for the 2008 edition of Chambers USA can be found live by clicking here. Below is the list of WilmerHale lawyers and the category(s) in which they are ranked in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Name/Practice Area

Mitchel Appelbaum - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Katharine E. Bachman - Real Estate
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
David B. Bassett - Intellectual Property: Patent
John F. Batter III - Litigation: Securities
Brandon Becker - Financial Services: Broker Dealer Regulation
Robert B. Bell - Antitrust
William C. Benjamin - Tax
Michael J. Bevilacqua - Intellectual Property: Licensing
William Bohler - Intellectual Property: Patent
Mark G. Borden - Corporate/M&A, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Jay E. Bothwick - Corporate/M&A
Russell J. Bruemmer - Financial Services Regulation:Banking & Securities
Robert D. Burke - Tax
James C. Burling - Antitrust
J. Beckwith Burr - Privacy & Data Security
A. William Caporizzo - Tax
Patrick J. Carome - Media & Entertainment
Robert C. Cassidy, Jr. - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
David Cavanaugh - Intellectual Property
Lynn Charytan - Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
Joseph J. Christian - Real Estate
Meredith B. Cross - Securities Regulation: Advisory
James Czaban - Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Paul P. Daley - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Peter M. Dichiara - Intellectual Property
Paul A. Engelmayer - Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John G. Fabiano - Litigation: General Commercial
Allen H. Fox - Real Estate
Richard W. Giuliani - Tax
Craig Goldblatt - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jack Goodman - Media & Entertainment Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
Jamie Gorelick - Government: Government Relations
Karen F. Green - Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Leon Greenfield - Antitrust
John D. Greenwald - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
Daniel W. Halston - Litigation: General Commercial
Christopher P. Harvey - Hedge & Mutual Funds, Investment Funds: Registered Funds
David Heffernan - Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
Gary N. Horlick - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
Fraser L. Hunter, Jr. - Litigation: Securities
Terrill A. Hyde - Tax
Neil Jacobs - Labor & Employment
Samir Jain - Privacy & Data Security, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
Robert D. Keefe - Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Rob Kirsch - Environment
William J. Kolasky - Antitrust
William T. Lake - Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
William F. Lee - Intellectual Property, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Yoon-Young Lee - Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation
Hal J. Leibowitz - Corporate/M&A
Charles S. Levy - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
Christopher Lipsett - Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Financial Services Regulation
Robert B. McCaw - Financial Services Regulation: Securities Litigation: Securities
William R. McLucas - Financial Services: Securities (Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations), Securities Regulation: Enforcement
David Medine - Privacy & Data Security
A. Douglas Melamed - Antitrust
Ronald Meltzer - International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Michelle D. Miller - Antitrust
Thomas E. D. Millspaugh - Real Estate
Curtis L. Mo - Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
Thomas Mueller - Antitrust
Robert T. Novick - International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
Jonathan E. Nuechterlein - Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
Amy A. Null - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
William R. O'Reilly, Jr. - Real Estate
William Paine - Litigation: Securities
William J. Perlstein - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
John V.H. Pierce - International Arbitration
Lisa Pirozzolo - Intellectual Property
Charles C. Platt - Litigation: General Commercial
Eric L. Prahl - Intellectual Property
Bruce H. Rabinovitz - Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
David E. Redlick - Corporate/M&A, Life Sciences: Commercial
Roger M. Ritt - Tax
Andrea J. Robinson - Litigation: Securities
John Rogovin - Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory
Patrick J. Rondeau - Corporate M&A
Jonathan D. Rosenfeld - Labor & Employment
Sarah Rothermel - Investment Funds: Private Equity
Jeffrey B. Rudman - Litigation: Securities
William H. Schmidt - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Robert A. Schwed - Investment Funds: Private Equity Buyouts
Mark D. Selwyn - Intellectual Property
Howard M. Shapiro - Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John D. Sigel - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Steven D. Singer - Corporate/M&A, Life Sciences: Commercial
Joel H. Sirkin - Real Estate
Donald R. Steinberg - Intellectual Property
Wayne L. Stoner - Intellectual Property
C. Hall Swaim - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Robert Tuchmann - Real Estate
S. Calvin Walden - Intellectual Property: Patent
John B. Watkins - Corporate/M&A
Seth P. Waxman - Litigation: Appellate
Harry J. Weiss - Financial Services: Securities (Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations), Securities Regulation: Enforcement
William J. Wilkins - Tax
Soo Yim - Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation

The following WilmerHale practice areas are listed in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business:

Practice Area/State

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

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