Legal 500 US 2015 has recognized Kramer Levin and its attorneys for excellence in a number of practice areas. Fifty attorneys were recognized across 17 practice areas, including nine attorneys who were named to the elite Leading Lawyers list.

The firm was ranked in the top tier in two categories:

  • Media, technology and telecoms - Marketing and advertising
  • Real estate and construction - Land use and zoning

The firm was also recognized in the following areas:

  • Finance - Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
  • Finance - Municipal bankruptcy
  • Finance - Structured finance
  • Investment fund formation and management - Mutual/registered funds
  • Labor and employment - Immigration
  • Labor and employment - Labor and employment litigation
  • Litigation - Commercial litigation
  • Litigation - Leading trial lawyers
  • Litigation - Securities: shareholder litigation
  • Litigation - White-collar criminal 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 - Domestic tax
  • Tax - International tax

The following attorneys were recognized as Leading Lawyers:

Finance - Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy):
Thomas Moers Mayer

Investment fund formation and management - Mutual/registered funds:
Carl Frischling

Labor and employment – Immigration:
Ted Ruthizer

Litigation - White-collar criminal defense:
Barry H. Berke
Gary P. Naftalis

M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market (sub-$500m)
Thomas E. Molner

Media, technology and telecoms - Marketing and advertising
Norman C. Simon
Harold P. Weinberger

Real estate and construction - Land use/zoning:
Paul D. Selver

Attorneys were recommended as follows:

Finance - Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy):
Joshua Brody
Amy Caton
Kenneth H. Eckstein
Thomas Moers Mayer
P. Bradley O’Neill
Adam C. Rogoff

Finance - Municipal bankruptcy:
Amy Caton
Thomas Moers Mayer

Finance - Structured finance:
Fabien Carruzzo
Gilbert K.S. Liu
Laurence Pettit

Investment fund formation and management - Mutual/registered funds:
Ronald M. Feiman
Carl Frischling
George M. Silfen

Labor and employment – Immigration:
Matthew S. Dunn
Mark D. Koestler
Theodore Ruthizer

Labor and employment - Labor and employment litigation:
Eliza A. Kaiser
Kevin Leblang

Litigation - Commercial litigation:
Barry H. Berke
Sean P. Coffey
Michael J. Dell
Gary P. Naftalis
Harold P. Weinberger

Litigation - Leading trial lawyers:
Barry H. Berke
Gary P. Naftalis

Litigation - Securities - shareholder litigation:
Arthur H. Aufses, III
Barry H. Berke
Sean P. Coffey
Michael J. Dell
Gary P. Naftalis

Litigation - White-collar criminal defense
Barry H. Berke
Gary P. Naftalis
Paul H. Schoeman
Eric A. Tirschwell

M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market (sub-$500m)
Abbe L. Dienstag
Richard H. Gilden
Steven M. Goldman
James A. Grayer
Thomas E. Molner
James J. Moriarty
Scott S. Rosenblum
Peter G. Smith
Howard T. Spilko
Ernest S. Wechsler

M&A/corporate and commercial - Private equity buyouts
James J. Moriarty
Howard T. Spilko
Ernest S. Wechsler

Media, technology and telecoms - Marketing and advertising
Norman C. Simon
Harold P. Weinberger

Real estate and construction - Land use/zoning
Paul D. Selver
Michael T. Sillerman
Gary T. Tarnoff
Elise Wagner

Real estate and construction - Real estate
Jeffrey L. Braun
Jonathan H. Canter
James P. Godman
Michael P. Korotkin
Jay A. Neveloff
Neil R. Tucker

Tax - Domestic tax
Pamela M. Capps
Cheryl E. Hader
Maria T. Jones
Howard J. Rothman

Tax - International tax
Cheryl E. Hader
Howard J. Rothman

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