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29 Jun 2011

Chambers ranks 12 DLA Piper New York lawyers as leaders in business law

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DLA Piper is pleased to announce that 12 lawyers in the New York office have been recognized in the newly published, prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Beyond individual lawyers, Chambers recognized DLA Piper’s Corporate/M&A, Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance and Real Estate: Mainly Dirt groups as top tier practices in New York. Nationwide, 143 DLA Piper lawyers were ranked as leaders in their fields in the new edition of Chambers USA, and the firm itself was ranked in several practice areas.

DLA Piper’s leading New York lawyers include:

• Aidan McCormack, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
• Michael Murphy, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
• Drew Wintringham, Intellectual Property: Patent
• Claudia T. Salomon, International Arbitration
• Peter V. Darrow, Latin American Investment
• Loren H. Brown, Products Liability & Mass Torts
• Andrew H. Levy, Real Estate
• Martin D. Polevoy, Real Estate
• Jeffrey B. Steiner, Real Estate: Finance
• Charles H. Baker, Sports Law
• Peter C. White, Sports Law
• Stanley McDermott, Transportation: Shipping: Litigation

The Chambers rankings are based on extensive research conducted by Chambers & Partners Legal Publishers, a highly respected English publisher of renowned directories assessing and ranking the world’s leading lawyers. Unlike other publishers that allow firms to purchase a mention or ranking, Chambers’ listings are based solely on outside evaluations of merit. Its researchers investigate law firms and lawyers in each US state through an exhaustive process of interviewing clients and competitors in major areas of business law.