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The Annual List of Top Attorneys

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STEVEN SMEDRESMANTOP 100 LAWYER IN NEW YORK CITY

34 PRIOR RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE A SIMILAR OUTCOME ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE 32.

Amoruso, Michael, Amoruso & Amoruso, Rye Brook

Bader, Seth D., Bloomberg Steinberg & Bader, New York

Bard, Jeffrey, Lawrence Worden Rainis & Bard, Melville

Bassen, Ned H., Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York

Berke, Barry H., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

Bernstein, David H., Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

Block, Kenneth M., Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, New York

Bloom, Jeffrey B., Gair Gair Conason Rubinowitz Bloom Hershenhorn Steigman & Mackauf, New York

Bogin, Michael S., Sive Paget & Riesel, New York

Boies, David, Boies Schiller Flexner, Armonk

Cendali, Dale, Kirkland & Ellis, New York

Chesler, Evan R., Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York

Cohen, Harriet Newman, Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann, New York

Cohen, Mark S., Cohen & Gresser, New York

Cyganowski, Melanie L., Otterbourg, New York

Dean, David J., Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, New York

Dell, Joseph G., Dell & Dean, Garden City

Eiseman, David J., Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, New York

Eiseman, Neal M., Goetz Fitzpatrick, New York

Eisner, Alyssa, Sager Gellerman Eisner, Forest Hills

Ferrara, Lucas A., Newman Ferrara, New York

Ferrara, Samuel J., Abrams Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Formato Ferrara Wolf & Carone, Lake Success

Fries, Richard S., Sidley Austin, New York

Froot, Steven I., Boies Schiller Flexner, New York

Giuffra, Thomas P., Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin, New York

Goldstein, Marcia L., Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York

Goldstein, Wendy C., Cooley, New York

Gravante, Jr., Nicholas A., Boies Schiller Flexner, New York

Gropper, Joshua D., Gropper Law Group, New York

Horwitz, Daniel J., McLaughlin & Stern, New York

Ivanhoe, Robert J., Greenberg Traurig, New York

Joseph, Gregory P., Joseph Hage Aaronson, New York

Karabatos, Elena, Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, Garden City

Karp, Brad S., Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York

Kelner, Robert S., Kelner & Kelner, New York

Kessler, Jeffrey L., Winston & Strawn, New York

Klausner, Neal H., Davis & Gilbert, New York

Kleeger, Judd F., Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, New York

Klein, Eleazer N., Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York

Klein, Jeffrey S., Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York

Kramer, Daniel J., Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York

Lenobel, Jeffrey A., Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York

Levin, Richard B., Jenner & Block, New York

Levy, Alan, Levy Tolman, New York

Lieberstein, Marc A., Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, New York

Littenberg, Michael R., Ropes & Gray, New York

Livingston, Judith A., Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore, New York

Lonergan, Kristen J., Greenberg Traurig, New York

Lupkin, Jonathan D., Lupkin & Associates, New York

Mayer, Thomas Moers, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

McGrath, Christopher T., Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, Garden City

Mechanic, Jonathan L., Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, New York

Moore, Thomas A., Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore, New York

Morgenstern, Saul P., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, New York

Moss, Susan M., Chemtob Moss & Forman, New York

Naftalis, Gary P., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

Neveloff, Jay A., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

Ortego, Joseph J., Nixon Peabody, New York

Paget, David, Sive Paget & Riesel, New York

Plevan, Bettina B., Proskauer Rose, New York

Plotkin, Sherri L., Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin, New York

Port, Gail S., Proskauer Rose, New York

Rabinowitz, Stephen L., Greenberg Traurig, New York

Rakower, Michael C., Rakower Law, New York

Raskin, Debra L., Vladeck Raskin & Clark, New York

Rich, R. Bruce, Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York

Rieger, Kieth Ian, Rieger & Fried, Garden City

Riesel, Daniel, Sive Paget & Riesel, New York

Ronemus, Michael B., Ronemus & Vilensky, New York

Rose, Brad D., Pryor Cashman, New York

Rosenkranz, E. Joshua, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York

Rubinowitz, Ben B., Gair Gair Conason Rubinowitz Bloom Hershenhorn Steigman & Mackauf, New York

Ruffo, Edward A., Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin, New York

Russo, Vincent J., Russo Law Group, Garden City

Sallay, Christopher L., Queller Fisher Washor Fuchs & Kool, New York

Sarkozi, Paul D., Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, New York

Schlesinger, Steven R., Jaspan Schlesinger, Garden City

Schoeman, Paul H., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

Schulman, Fredrick A., Schulman Blitz, New York

Serota, Susan P., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, New York

Sherman, Eric D., Pryor Cashman, New York

AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF THE LAWYERS WHO RANKED TOP OF THE LIST IN THE 2017 NEW YORK METRO SUPER LAWYERS NOMINATION, RESEARCH AND BLUE RIBBON REVIEW PROCESS

Shore, Steven J., Ganfer & Shore, New York

Sloan, Pamela M., Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, New York

Smedresman, Steven, Steven Smedresman, New York

Spiegel, William S., Spiegel Leffler, New York

Stein, Joshua, Joshua Stein, New York

Stine, Carl L., Wolf Popper, New York

Strassberg, Richard M., Goodwin Procter, New York

Sullivan, Kathleen M., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York

Tadler, Ariana J., Milberg, New York

Torgan, Evan, Torgan Cooper & Aaron, New York

Tremonte, Michael, Sher Tremonte, New York

Valet, Thomas P., Rappaport Glass Levine & Zullo, Islandia

Vilensky, Robert, Ronemus & Vilensky, New York

Vladeck, Anne C., Vladeck Raskin & Clark, New York

Weinberger, Harold P., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

Wells, Jr., Theodore V., Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York

White, Judith E., Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter, New York

Wicks, James M., Farrell Fritz, Uniondale

Wolff, Nancy E., Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard, New York

BERKE, BARRY H. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

BOIES, DAVID Boies Schiller Flexner, Armonk

CHESLER, EVAN R. Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York

JOSEPH, GREGORY P.

Joseph Hage Aaronson, New York

KESSLER, JEFFREY L. Winston & Strawn, New York

LEVIN, RICHARD B. Jenner & Block, New York

NAFTALIS, GARY P.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York

PLEVAN, BETTINA B. Proskauer Rose, New York

SULLIVAN, KATHLEEN M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York

WELLS, JR., THEODORE V.

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York

NEW YORK METRO 2017SUPER LAWYERS

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