August 27, 2012 — Arent Fox is pleased to announce that 34 lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2013. The firm is represented by this prestigious publication across twenty-seven practice areas and includes all three offices.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The following Arent Fox attorneys have been recognized:
 

Stanley H. Abramson Environmental Law		Mary Carter Andrues Criminal Defense: White-Collar		Holly M. Bastian Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates Litigation
Sarah G. Benator Health Care Law		Mark A. Bloom Construction Law		Dennis H. Blumer Education Law
Terree A. Bowers Criminal Defense: White-Collar		Richard L. Brand Real Estate Law		Lowell C. Brown Health Care Law
William R. Charyk Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law		Matthew J. Clark International Trade and Finance Law		Carol Connor Cohen ERISA Litigation
Earl M. Colson Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates		James R. Davis, II Intellectual Property Litigation		Mary Joanne Dowd Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
Jeremy B. Fox Real Estate Law		Joseph M. Fries Real Estate Law		Darrell S. Gay Employment Law – Management, Labor & Employment Litigation
David R. Hamill International Trade and Finance Law		Nancy S. Heermans ERISA Litigation		Steven Kimelman Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Mette H. Kurth Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law		Michael H. Leahy Real Estate Law		Anthony V. Lupo Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Richard A. Newman Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law		Matthew M. Nolan International Trade and Finance Law		Eamon O’Kelly Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation
Aram Ordubegian Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law		David M. Osnos Real Estate Law		Lynn K. Pearle Trusts and Estates
Mark S. Radke Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation		Dan H. Renberg Government Relations Practice		Anthony W. Shaw Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Larri A. Short Health Care Law

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About The Best Lawyers in America:

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The eighteenth edition of The Best Lawyers In America (2012) includes 43,629 attorneys in 135 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in this year’s publication, The Best Lawyers In America^® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.