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

  • Ted Ruthizer

M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A – middle-market (sub-$500m)

  • Thomas E. Molner

Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing

  • Harold P. Weinberger
  • Norman C. Simon

Real estate and construction – Land use/zoning

  • Paul D. Selver

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

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