34 Eversheds Sutherland Practice Areas, 81 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2023 Chambers USA

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that 34 practice areas and 81 attorneys have earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. 

Chambers USA, a leading legal research organization, conducted thousands of client interviews to rank law firms and lawyers based on legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence and commitment. 

Among other things, this year’s edition saw Eversheds Sutherland earn two new practice rankings in Nationwide Climate Change and Nationwide Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation. 

Following is a list of Eversheds Sutherland’s complete 2023 Chambers USA rankings, as well as rankings for individual attorneys.

Practice rankings

Climate Change – Nationwide
Construction – Nationwide 
Derivatives – Nationwide 
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Nationwide 
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide
Energy: Electricity (Transactional) – Nationwide
Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) – Nationwide 
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide
International Arbitration: Highly Regarded – Nationwide
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded – Nationwide
Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded – Nationwide 
Registered Funds – Nationwide
Tax: Controversy – Nationwide
Tax: Corporate & Finance – Nationwide
Technology – Nationwide 
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – California 
Tax: State & Local – California 
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia 
Tax – District of Columbia 
Technology & Outsourcing – District of Columbia 
Banking & Finance – Georgia
Construction – Georgia
Corporate/M&A – Georgia
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Georgia  
Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia
Intellectual Property – Georgia
Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia
Real Estate – Georgia
Tax – Georgia
Technology & Outsourcing – Georgia 
Real Estate – Illinois 
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Tax – New York
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas
 
Attorney rankings

Bert Adams – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid – International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
Marc A. Benjamin – Real Estate – Illinois 
Cynthia R. Beyea – Registered Funds – Nationwide
David B. Blair – Tax – District of Columbia 
Steven B. Boehm – Registered Funds – Nationwide
Michael A. Boldt – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas 
Christopher C. Bolten – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – California 
John J. Busillo – Real Estate: Finance – New York
James M. Cain – Derivatives – Nationwide 
Brenna M. Clark – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Georgia 
Reginald J. Clark – Tax – Georgia
Michael Coburn – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Eric J. Coffill – Tax: State & Local – California
Adam B. Cohen – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia
N. Jerold Cohen – Tax: Controversy – Nationwide; Tax – Georgia
Thomas W. Curvin – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia
Lawrence Dany – Construction – New York
Lee C. Davis – Construction – Georgia
James R. Dwyer – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York 
Ginger T. Faulk – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions – Nationwide 
Brittany Edwards-Franklin – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Georgia 
Jonathan A. Feldman – Tax – Georgia
Eric R. Fenichel – Banking & Finance – Georgia 
David J. Fischer – Tax: Controversy – Nationwide; Tax – District of Columbia 
Jennifer Wheatley Fletcher – Construction – Georgia; Construction: Alternative Dispute Resolution – Nationwide 
Ann G. Fort – Intellectual Property – Georgia 
Peter A. Fozzard – Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia
Daniel E. Frank – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide
Jeffrey A. Friedman – Tax: Controversy – Nationwide; Tax – District of Columbia
Saren Goldner – Tax – New York
Patricia A. Gorham – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia 
Malvern U. Griffin, III – Intellectual Property – Georgia
Timothy A. Gustafson – Tax: State & Local – California
Victor P. Haley – Real Estate – Georgia
Joseph C. Hall – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide
D. Clayton Howell – Real Estate – Georgia 
James B. Jordan – Real Estate – Georgia
Clifford E. Kirsch – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance) – Nationwide 
Meltem F. Kodaman – Derivatives – Nationwide
Jerome B. Libin – Tax: Controversy – Nationwide
Ling Ling – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Carol T. McClarnon – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – District of Columbia
Daniel R. McKeithen – Tax – Georgia 
Lino Mendiola III – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas 
Dwight N. Mersereau – Tax – District of Columbia
Daren L. Moreira – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
William T. O’Brien – International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide; International Arbitration: Enforcement – Nationwide
James A. Orr – Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia
W. Henry Parkman – Construction – Georgia 
Nicola A. Pisano – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – California 
Peter G. Pappas – Intellectual Property – Georgia
Sarah E. Paul – Tax: Controversy – Nationwide; Tax: Fraud – Nationwide 
Will Pickens – Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia 
R. Robinson Plowden – Real Estate – Georgia 
John S. Pruitt – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Peter C. Quittmeyer – Technology – Nationwide; Technology & Outsourcing – Georgia 
Raymond A. Ramirez – Derivatives – Nationwide
Lisa Alpert Rosen – Real Estate – District of Columbia
Stephen E. Roth – Registered Funds – Nationwide
Brian L. Rubin – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Enforcement) – Nationwide; Securities: Regulation: Enforcement – Nationwide 
Amelia Toy Rudolph – Litigation: General Commercial 
Ruth A. Schoenmeyer – Real Estate – Illinois 
Herbert J. Short, Jr. – Energy: Electricity (Transactional) – Nationwide; Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia 
Cynthia R. Shoss – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – New York
Darryl F. Smith – Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia 
Holly H. Smith – Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance) – Nationwide
Patrick W. Spook – Real Estate – Georgia
Wade H. Stribling – Corporate/M&A – Georgia 
Rocco E. Testani – Litigation: General Commercial – Georgia 
Kristina Kopf Thomas – Real Estate – Georgia 
Eric S. Tresh – Tax – Georgia
Cindy A. Upchurch – Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia 
Thomas H. Warren – Energy: Electricity (Transactional) – Nationwide; Energy & Natural Resources – Georgia 
Daniel J. Warren – Intellectual Property – Georgia 
William L. Warren – Intellectual Property – Georgia 
David A. Wender – Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Georgia 
William R. Wildman – Construction – Georgia
P. Bruce Wright – Tax – New York
Scott Wright – Tax – Georgia
Nash Zogaib – Intellectual Property – Texas

About Eversheds Sutherland
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 77 of the Fortune 100, 68 of the FTSE 100 and 129 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in over 70 offices in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance and restructuring; fund formation, regulation and portfolio matters; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax.

Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.