Legal 500 US 2016 has recognized Kramer Levin and its attorneys for excellence in a number of practice areas. Fifty-one attorneys were recognized across 17 practice areas, including seven attorneys who were included on the elite Leading Lawyers list.
The firm was ranked in the top tier in two categories:
- Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing
- Real estate and construction – Land use/zoning
The firm was also recognized in the following areas:
- Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution – Securities litigation – defense
- Dispute resolution – White-collar criminal defense
- Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance – Structured finance
- Investment fund formation and management – Mutual/registered funds
- Labor and employment – Immigration
- Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial – Private equity buyouts
- Real estate and construction – Real estate
- Tax – International tax
- Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
The following attorneys were included on the elite Leading Lawyers list:
Dispute resolution – White-collar criminal defense
- Barry H. Berke
- Gary P. Naftalis
Labor and employment – Immigration
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A – middle-market (sub-$500m)
Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing
- Harold P. Weinberger
- Norman C. Simon
Real estate and construction – Land use/zoning
Attorneys were recommended as follows:
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
- Barry H. Berke
- Daniel B. Goldman
- Michael J. Dell
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers
- Barry H. Berke
- Gary P. Naftalis
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation – defense
- Alan R. Friedman
- Arthur H. Aufses, III
- Barry H. Berke
- David S. Frankel
- Gary P. Naftalis
- Sean P. Coffey
- Michael J. Dell
Dispute resolution – White-collar criminal defense
- Barry H. Berke
- Eric A. Tirschwell
- Gary P. Naftalis
- Paul H. Schoeman
Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy) – corporate
- Adam C. Rogoff
- Amy Caton
- Kenneth H. Eckstein
Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy) – municipal
- Amy Caton
- Thomas Moers Mayer
Finance – Structured finance
- Fabien Carruzzo
- Gilbert K.S. Liu
- Laurence Pettit
Investment fund formation and management – Mutual/registered funds
- Carl Frischling
- George M. Silfen
- Ronald M. Feiman
Labor and employment – Immigration
- Mark D. Koestler
- Matthew S. Dunn
- Ted Ruthizer
Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense
- Eliza A. Kaiser
- Kevin B. Leblang
- Robert N. Holtzman
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A – middle-market (sub-$500m)
- David S. Berg
- Ernest S. Wechsler
- Howard T. Spilko
- James A. Grayer
- James J. Moriarty
- Scott S. Rosenblum
- Steven M. Goldman
- Thomas E. Molner
M&A/corporate and commercial – Private equity buyouts
- David S. Berg
- Ernest S. Wechsler
- Howard T. Spilko
- James J. Moriarty
- Kevin P. Scanlan
- Scott S. Rosenblum
Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing
- Harold P. Weinberger
- Norman C. Simon
Real estate and construction – Land use/zoning
- Elise Wagner
- Gary R. Tarnoff
- Michael T. Sillerman
- Paul D. Selver
Real estate and construction – Real estate
- Andrew Charles
- James P. Godman
- Jay A. Neveloff
- Jonathan H. Canter
- Neil R. Tucker
Tax – International tax
- Barry Herzog
- Howard J. Rothman
- Pamela M. Capps
Tax – US taxes – non-contentious
- Barry Herzog
- Howard J. Rothman
- Maria T. Jones