The National Law Journal Recognizes 14 “Winning” Litigators in June 13th Issue

June 13, 2011 - PRLog -- NEW YORK – June 13, 2011 – ALM’s The National Law Journal today published a special section that profiled 14 successful business litigators in the U.S. who used innovative tactics to help them win major trial victories.

“Winning: Successful Litigators, Powerful Strategies,” is a special section in the June 13th issue of The National Law Journal and is available online now at www.nlj.com.

“Each of these highly respected litigators had at least one significant win at a jury or bench trial within the past 18 months, but also have a track record of success over many years,” said David L. Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal. “The list includes some lawyers who secured substantial damages for a client and others who achieved noteworthy legal victories that altered case precedents or overcame unfriendly jurisdictions.”

The 14 winning litigators profiled this year include:

•   Juanita Brooks of Fish & Richardson – “used simple pictures and animations to clarify a complex dispute over dialysis technology for the jury”
•   Robert Davis of Mayer Brown – “his tough strategy in a major Fair Labor Standards Act case secured a defense verdict against long odds”
•   Jennifer Keller of Keller Rackauckas – “substituted at practically the last minute into the epic dispute between MGA Entertainment Inc. and Mattel over the rights to the Bratz dolls, and won impressively”
•   Marcos Daniel Jimenez of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman – “defeated the state of Florida’s class claims in an unfair trade practices case against Alltel and perhaps encouraged other companies to resist settlements in these cases”
•   Michael Jacobs of Morrison & Foerster; William Moran of McCarter & English; Tom Rohback of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider; and Theodore Wells Jr. of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison – “in separate cases, they each found a way to damage the credibility of a key witness to prevail at trial”
•   Andrew Leblanc and Alan Stone of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy – “stopped a rush toward an early resolution of the Texas Rangers bankruptcy to ensure a payout for their clients”
•   Andrew McGaan of Kirkland & Ellis – “helped a high-powered defense team defeat a group of hospitals’ claims against tobacco companies”
•   Roman Silberfeld of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi – “in a fight over profits from ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire,’ he secured the largest entertainment industry verdict to that date”
•   Robert Stark of Brown Rudnick – “the pressure was on for a quick turn-around plan for the nation’s second-largest auto parts supplier, but he made sure that unsecured bondholders didn’t come out empty-handed”
•   Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP – “secured acquittal and a rebuke of the government in an obstruction case against GlaxoSmithKline associate general counsel Lauren Stevens”

The National Law Journal annually profiles litigators who have used innovative tactics to help them win a major victory at trial. This year, the newspaper solicited nominations from the legal community and also conducted its own reporting. Profile subjects were selected by the editors and were honored at a dinner on June 8th in New York City.

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