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The Legal 500 has issued its 2012 U.S. rankings and recommended �鶹��ý in 20 practice areas. Additionally, the following four attorneys were recognized on its elite “Leading Lawyers” list, the Legal 500 U.S. 2012 Guide to outstanding lawyers nationwide:

• Mark A. Kassel, Intellectual Property – Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents; Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-contentious (full coverage)
• Neal J. Moglin, Insurance: Advice to Insurers; Insurance: Reinsurance
• Jay O. Rothman, Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m)
• Andrew B. Serwin, Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Data Protection and Privacy

Among the firm’s ranked practices, the following �鶹��ý attorneys were individually recommended:

• Finance – Corporate Restructuring: Charles V. Hedrick, Harold L. Kaplan
• Finance – Project Finance: Jason W. Allen, Jeffery R. Atkin, Elizabeth P. Hanigan, Charles V. Hedrick, Thomas M. Mullooly, James T. Tynion III
• Finance – Structured Finance: David M. Reicher, Diego Figueroa Rodriguez, David B. Ryan
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative: Elizabeth P. Hanigan, Evelyn M. Kim, James T. Tynion III 
• Healthcare: Life Sciences: David L. Rosen, Judith A. Waltz
• Healthcare: Service Providers: Donald H. Romano
• Insurance: Advice to Insurers: Gordon Davenport III, Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Gail M. Goering, Eric A. Haab, Thomas R. Hrdlick, Brett H. Ludwig, Neal J. Moglin, Eileen R. Ridley
• Insurance: Non-contentious: Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Thomas R. Hrdlick
• Intellectual Property – Patent Licensing and Transactional: Christopher J. McKenna, John D. Lanza, Kristel Schorr, Richard A. Kaufman, Stephen B. Maebius
• Intellectual Property – Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents: Pavan K. Agarwal, Stephen A. Bent, Mark A. Kassel, Stephen B. Maebius, Richard C. Peet
• Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-contentious (full coverage): Andrew Baum, Miriam C. Beezy, John Carson, Mark J. Diliberti, Jeffrey H. Greene, Toni Y. Hickey
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Marketing and Advertising: Craig S. Fochler, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Data Protection and Privacy: Chanley T. Howell, Peter F. McLaughlin, Andrew B. Serwin
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Outsourcing: James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly, Richard K. Rifenbark, Richard F. Seiden, Tami S. Smason
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m): William J. Abraham Jr., Tracy A. Bacigalupo, Steven R. Barth, Paul D. Broude, Gardner F. Davis, Jay O. Rothman, David S. Sanders, Bryan S. Schultz, John K. Wilson
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies: Gabor Garai, Susan E. Pravda
• Real Estate and Construction – Construction (including construction litigation): Adam G. Adams III, Jeffrey R. Blease, Kevin A. Reck
• Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate: Elizabeth L. Corey, Nir E. Margalit, Wayne F. Osoba, Donna J. Pugh, Andrew R. Stern
• Tax – Domestic Tax: Central: David W. Reinecke, Timothy L. Voigtman
• Tax – Domestic Tax: East Coast: Guillermo J. Fernandez-Quincoces, Albert P. Silva, Randolph J. Wolfe

Now in its 25th year, The Legal 500 Series is widely recognized as the world’s largest legal referral guide. This is an independent guide and firms and individuals included were recommended purely on merit, based on surveys and interviews of more than 250,000 corporate counsel.