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Duane Morris Receives 61 Attorney and 20 Practice Citations for Excellence from Chambers USA

Press Release
May 28, 2013

Duane Morris Receives 61 Attorney and 20 Practice Citations for Excellence from Chambers USA

Press Release
May 28, 2013

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PHILADELPHIA, May 28, 2013—Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce its results in the Chambers USA survey of the American legal profession. Our attorneys received 61 citations for excellence. Our practices received 20 citations.

The 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business is published by Chambers & Partners Legal Publishers of London. We invite you to read what Chambers USA says about Duane Morris' practices and individual attorneys.

PRACTICE GROUPS CITED

Chambers again singled out the success of the firm's national Insurance, Construction and Immigration practice groups and awarded top-tier status to the Washington, D.C. Immigration and California Insurance practice groups. Chambers cited the following practice groups, by state. In California, where the firm has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Lake Tahoe, the Insurance and Construction practice groups were cited. In Georgia, where the firm has an office in Atlanta, the firm's Intellectual Property practice group was cited. In Pennsylvania, where the firm has offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, six practice groups were cited: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Real Estate. In Illinois, where the firm's office is in Chicago, the Construction and Corporate/M&A & Private Equity practice groups were cited. In Massachusetts, where the firm's office is in Boston, the Bankruptcy/Restructuring practice group was cited. In Maryland, where the firm's office is in Baltimore, the Corporate/M&A practice group was cited. In New York, the firm's New York City office was cited for Construction. In Washington, D.C., the Immigration practice group was cited. In Florida, the firm's Miami office was ranked for Healthcare and Labor and Employment.

INDIVIDUAL LAWYERS HONORED IN CHAMBERS USA

Atlanta

Joseph A. Ciucci, Labor & Employment
Matthew C. Gaudet, Intellectual Property
L. Norwood "Woody" Jameson, Intellectual Property

Baltimore

Jay G. Cohen, Corporate/M&A
Douglas P. Howard, Corporate/M&A
Thomas L. Totten, Real Estate

Boston

Paul D. Moore, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jeffrey D. Sternklar, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Chicago

Brian P. Kerwin, Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Charles B. Lewis, Construction
Nicholas J. Lynn, Healthcare

Miami

Michael W. Casey, Labor & Employment
Hector A. Chichoni, Immigration
Joanne B. Erde, Healthcare
Nanette O'Donnell, Healthcare

National

Joanne B. Erde, Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation
Andrew K. Gordon, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Sheila Slocum Hollis, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Philip R. Matthews, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Thomas R. Newman, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Denyse Sabagh, Immigration

Newark

Lawrence W. Diamond, Environment
Walter J. Greenhalgh, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Gregory R. Haworth, Litigation: General Commercial

New York

Frederick Cohen, Construction
Richard P. Dyer, Construction
Kenneth H. Lazaruk, Construction
Thomas R. Newman, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Allen J. Ross, Construction
Arthur C. Silverman, Construction

Philadelphia

David R. Augustin, Real Estate
Marc D. Brookman, Real Estate
John Coogan, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Peter J. Cronk, Intellectual Property
Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr., Bankruptcy/Restructuring
James J. Holman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard P. Jaffe, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Dana B. Klinges, Litigation: General Commercial
Lawrence J. Kotler, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
George J. Kroculick, Real Estate
David E. Landau, Litigation: General Commercial
Dianne A. Meyer, Banking & Finance
Margery N. Reed, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jonathan A. Segal, Labor & Employment
Thomas G. Servodidio, Labor & Employment
Kathleen M. Shay, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Richard A. Silfen, Corporate/M&A: Securities
John J. Soroko, Litigation: General Commercial and Litigation: Securities
Matthew A. Taylor, Litigation: General Commercial

San Francisco

Andrew K. Gordon, Insurance: Insurer
Lock Holmes, Construction
Robert C. Hendrickson, Construction
Philip R. Matthews, Insurance: Insurer
Richard L. Seabolt, Insurance: Insurer
Lisa Spiegel, Immigration
Max H. Stern, Insurance: Insurer
Ray L. Wong, Insurance: Insurer

Washington, D.C.

Denyse Sabagh, Immigration
Daniel E. Toomey, Construction

Wilmington

Michael R. Lastowski, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Note: Duane Morris uses different names than those given here for its practice groups, but for clarity's sake, Chambers' terminology is used throughout this announcement.

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