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SPECIAL REPORT

MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS

The National Law Journal

March 28, 2011

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To have clout is to be able to land a blow — to shape the world and the way it works. 
 
In compiling this year’s edition of The National Law Journal’s Most Influential Lawyers list, we looked for attorneys who demonstrated that ability in 10 specific practice areas during the past five years.
 
We weighed nominations from our readers and conducted extensive research before selecting 34 attorneys who are shaping the law, the economy, the physical fabric of the United States and the world.
 
We plan to honor these attorneys during the NLJ’s annual dinner, scheduled for June 8 at Gotham Hall in New York. We hope that you’ll join us. 
 
— Michael Moline, assistant managing editor
 
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CAROLYN LAMM | White & Case
DAVID RIVKIN | Debevoise & Plimpton 
JOHN TROTTER | JAMS 
 
FINANCE AND CAPITAL MARKETS
JOSEPH KAUFMAN | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 
WILLIAM SWEET | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
RICHARD TRUESDELL | Davis Polk & Wardwell
 
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
ROBERT BAUER | White House Counsel
THOMAS HALE BOGGS JR. | Patton Boggs
JOEL JANKOWSKY | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
LISA RICKARD | U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
 
HEALTHCARE
ELIZABETH FOWLER | White House's National Economic Council
DOUGLAS HASTINGS | Epstein Becker & Green
ERIC ZIMMERMAN | McDermott Will & Emery
 
IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES
ALBERTO MORA | Mars Inc.
JONATHAN OVIATT | Mayo Clinic
THEODORE (TED) ULLYOT | Facebook Inc.
 
LAW FIRM LEADERSHIP
ERIC FRIEDMAN | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
JOHN QUINN | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
DAN WEBB | Winston & Strawn
 
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
DALE CENDALI | Kirkland & Ellis
BERTRAM FIELDS | Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
SCHUYLER MOORE | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
 
REAL ESTATE
MARTIN EDELMAN | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker 
JONATHAN MECHANIC | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
JEFFREY STEINER | DLA Piper
 
TRUSTS AND ESTATES
DENNIS BELCHER | McGuireWoods
CAROL HARRINGTON | McDermott Will & Emery
PAM SCHNEIDER | Gadsden Schneider & Woodward
 
WHITE-COLLAR DEFENSE
ROBERT CARY AND BRENDAN SULLIVAN JR. | Williams & Connolly
ABBE LOWELL | McDermott Will & Emery
RICHARD MARMARO | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
REID WEINGARTEN | Steptoe & Johnson
THEODORE WELLS JR. | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
 
 
Amanda Bronstad, Jenna Greene, Karen Hudson, David Ingram, Leigh Jones, Michael Moline, Mike Scarcella, Karen Sloan and Zoe Tillman contributed to this report.
 


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  • John

    March 28, 2011 08:54 AM

    Wow. No category for civil rights or employment law, and no category for making a difference at the Supreme Court. Clearly, there are many lawyers who are as influential as these in real world in which we live. Perhaps next year the categories will more closely resemble what is happening in the real world of the law.

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  • Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Epstein Becker & Green
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • McDermott, Will & Emery
  • McGuireWoods
  • Patton Boggs
  • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  • White & Case
  • Williams & Connolly
  • Winston & Strawn
  • Steptoe & Johnson
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • DLA Piper
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Epstein Becker & Green
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • Greenberg Glusker
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • McGuireWoods
  • Patton Boggs
  • Paul Hastings
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Steptoe & Johnson
  • Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  • White & Case
  • Williams & Connolly
  • Winston & Strawn

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  • Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
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  • Steptoe & Johnson THEODORE WELLS
  • Stroock & Stroock
  • Facebook
  • U.S. Chamber Institute
  • Mars Inc.
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