Kramer Levin Has More 'Top 10' and 'Top 100' Attorneys on the 2010 New York Super Lawyers List Than Any Other Firm

Overall Firm Lands 60 Attorneys on the List

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Sep 27, 2010, 01:34 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP congratulates the 60 members of the firm who were recognized in the 2010 edition of New York Super Lawyers. Two of these lawyers appeared in the "Top 10" and seven lawyers were listed in the "Top 100," which recognize the lawyers who received the highest point totals in the New York Super Lawyers balloting. Kramer Levin had more attorneys named to the "Top 10" and "Top 100" than any other firm. The selection process is based on a combination of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers names only five percent of New York metro area lawyers to this honor.

The seven Kramer Levin lawyers in the "Top 100" are Barry H. Berke, Thomas Moers Mayer, Gary P. Naftalis, Jay A. Neveloff, Ted Ruthizer, Paul D. Selver and Harold P. Weinberger. Mr. Berke and Mr. Naftalis were also listed in the top 10. Additionally, all of the firm's partners in the Tax, Land Use, Immigration and Real Estate groups were listed.

The 60 Kramer Levin lawyers that received the "Super Lawyer" designation are:

Peter A. Abruzzese - Intellectual Property
Arthur H. Aufses, III - Securities Litigation
Jay G. Baris- Securities & Corporate Finance
Philip Bentley - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Barry H. Berke - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Jeffrey L. Braun - Business Litigation
Jonathan H. Canter - Real Estate
Jonathan S. Caplan - Intellectual Property Litigation
Pamela M. Capps - Tax
Nicholas L. Coch - Intellectual Property Litigation
Michael J. Dell - Business Litigation
Abbe L. Dienstag - Securities & Corporate Finance
Matthew S. Dunn - Immigration
Kenneth H. Eckstein - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
David S. Frankel - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Alan R. Friedman - Securities Litigation
Carl Frischling - Securities & Corporate Finance
James P. Godman - Real Estate
Cheryl E. Hader - Estate Planning & Probate
Timothy P. Harkness - Securities Litigation
Robert M. Heller - Antitrust Litigation
Barry Herzog - Tax
Robert N. Holtzman - Employment & Labor
Maria T. Jones - Tax
Mark D. Koestler - Immigration
Kenneth P. Kopelman - Corporate Governance & Compliance
Michael P. Korotkin - Real Estate
Kevin B. Leblang - Employment & Labor
Ezra G. Levin - Business/Corporate
Samuel H. Lindenbaum - Land Use/Zoning
Randy Lipsitz - Intellectual Property Litigation
Christine Lutgens - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Thomas Moers Mayer - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Thomas E. Molner - Mergers & Acquisitions
Gary P. Naftalis - Business Litigation
Michael J. Nassau - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Jay A. Neveloff - Real Estate
John C. Novogrod - Estate Planning & Probate
Michael S. Oberman - Business Litigation
Paul M. Ritter - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Adam C. Rogoff - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Howard J. Rothman - Tax
Theodore (Ted) Ruthizer - Immigration
Robert T. Schmidt - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Paul H. Schoeman - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Naomi Schorr - Immigration
Paul D. Selver - Land Use/Zoning
Stephen R. Senie - Real Estate
Michael T. Sillerman - Land Use/Zoning
Howard T. Spilko - Mergers & Acquisitions
Gary R. Tarnoff - Land Use/Zoning
Eric A. Tirschwell - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Jeffrey S. Trachtman - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Neil R. Tucker - Real Estate
Elise Wagner - Land Use/Zoning
Jonathan M. Wagner - Intellectual Property Litigation
Charles S. Warren - Environmental
Ernest S. Wechsler - Securities & Corporate Finance
Harold P. Weinberger - Intellectual Property Litigation
Philip R. Weingold - Tax

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris. Firm lawyers are leading practitioners in their respective fields, who understand their clients' businesses, demonstrate a strong focus on client service and offer innovative and practical solutions. The firm represents Global 1000 and emerging growth companies, institutions and individuals, across a broad range of industries. The firm, its attorneys and practice groups have received the highest rankings, awards and honors for their work including from Best Lawyers, Chambers USA/Global, Lawdragon 500, American College of Trial Lawyers, National Law Journal, National Bankruptcy Conference, BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms, Benchmark Litigation, Institutional Investor, The International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Dealflow Media, Investment Dealers Digest, IP Law & Business Almanac, Legal 500 (US and European), Real Estate Weekly and M&A Advisor, among many others. The firm has also been widely honored for its strong commitments to pro bono, community service and diversity efforts. For more information, please visit www.kramerlevin.com.

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