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163 Sidley Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for 2010

New York - Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has named 163 lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP as leaders in their field in their 2010 guide. In addition to lawyer rankings, the Chambers guide ranks practices on a national and regional basis. Eighty practice areas in Sidley’s U.S. offices were recognized, with 20 receiving number one rankings. Sidley also received 188 lawyer rankings for 163 ranked lawyers, including 32 number one rankings and eight “Up and Coming” rankings in a broad range of practice areas.

Two partners received “Star” rankings, Chambers and Partners’ designation for their highest level of rankings. Carter G. Phillips, managing partner of Sidley’s Washington D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Executive and Management Committees, received a “Star” ranking in Appellate Law (Nationwide) for the second year in a row, and Renwick D. Martin, member of the firm’s Executive and Management Committees, received a “Star” ranking in Capital Markets: Securitization (Nationwide).

Additionally, two partners and one practice area were recognized in “Band I,” Chambers and Partners’ designation for their Specialist Tables, which spotlight firms and lawyers who have “achieved a ranking for the breadth of their expertise, but also receive praise from commentators for having a particular practice (or industry) specialty as part of their wider skill set.” Peter D. Keisler, a member of firm’s Executive Committee and a global coordinator of the appellate practice, was recognized in Appellate Law: Leading Former Government Officials (Nationwide), and David T. Buente Jr., a global coordinator of the environmental practice, was recognized in Products Liability: Toxic Torts (Nationwide). Sidley also received a “Band I” practice ranking in Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (Nationwide).

Sidley’s International Trade practice was also recognized as the International Trade Team of the Year at The Chambers USA Awards for Excellence 2010.

The 20 number one ranked practice areas are:

• Nationwide (8) – Capital Markets: Securitization; Capital Markets: Structured Products; Environment; Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Financial (Compliance); Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; International Trade; Investment Funds: Hedge Funds; Transportation: Rail (for Railroads). 
• District of Columbia (1) –Environment. 
• Illinois (10) – Antitrust; Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A & Private Equity; Energy & Natural Resources; Environment; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; Intellectual Property; Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation; Media & Entertainment: Litigation; Real Estate. 
• New York (1) – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded.

Thirty Sidley lawyers achieved 32 individual number one rankings for their work in specific practice areas. Lawyers who received number one rankings in the National category include: Thomas W. Albrecht for Capital Markets: Securitization; Robert J. Robinson for Capital Markets: Structured Products; Eugene R. Elrod for Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation); Jeff S. Liebmann for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; Daniel M. Price and Andrew W. Shoyer for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy; William D. Kerr, David R. Sawyier and Michael J. Schmidtberger for Investment Funds: Hedge Funds; Thomas C. Green for Litigation: Trial Lawyers; Alan Charles Raul for Privacy & Data Security; and G. Paul Moates for Transportation: Rail (for Railroads).

In Illinois, the following lawyers received number one rankings: James E. Clark for Banking & Finance; Larry J. Nyhan for Bankruptcy/Restructuring; David W. Carpenter for Communications; Thomas A. Cole and Frederick C. Lowinger for Corporate/M&A; Richard W. Astle for Energy & Natural Resources: Transactional; Robert M. Olian for Environment: Litigation; William M. Sneed and James R. Stinson for Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance; Michael P. Goldman and Kenneth R. Wylie for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; David T. Pritikin for Intellectual Property; Priscilla E. Ryan for Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation; Richard O’Brien for Media & Entertainment: Litigation; and Lee M. Smolen for Real Estate.

In the District of Columbia, the following lawyers all received number one rankings: David R. Kuney for Bankruptcy/Restructuring; David T. Buente Jr. for Environment; and Thomas C. Green for Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

In New York, Jeff S. Liebmann received a number one ranking in the Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory category.

Paul R. Walker of the Los Angeles office received a number one ranking in Real Estate in California.

The eight lawyers who received “Up and Coming” rankings are: Jeffrey E. Bjork for Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California); Bartholomew A. Sheehan III for Capital Markets: REITs (Nationwide); Roger R. Martella Jr. for Environment (District of Columbia); Hae-Won Min Liao for Healthcare (California); Amanda M. Todd for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Illinois); Michael Madigan for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York); Beth J. Dickstein for Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois); and John T. Schaff for Tax (Illinois).

A firm profile and complete rankings for Sidley are available on the Chambers and Partners website at: http://www.chambersandpartners.com. In the 2009 guide, 151 Sidley lawyers were recognized.
The U.K.-based international publisher Chambers and Partners based its report on in-depth interviews with leading private practice lawyers and key in-house counsel. A team of over 50 full-time researchers conducted the survey with law firms and lawyers chosen on merit only.

Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms, with approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 17 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Sidley is recognized for service and responsiveness—BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of only two firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and was number one in three of those years.

For more information:

, Director of Practice Development, 212.839.8797 
, Rubenstein Associates, 212.843.8007 


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