Big Guns: Washington's Top 800 Lawyers (2007)
Here are Washington's best—the top 1 percent—in 28 legal specialties. Where location is not specified, the attorney's principal office is in the District of Columbia. Firm names are not given for solo practices.
By
Kim Eisler
Published Friday, November 30, 2007
NOTE: This list is from 2007. To see the current Top Lawyers, head here.
The Wise Ones
For $800 to $1,000 an hour, you can get legal advice from former US senators, secretaries of State, even attorneys general. Here are Washington’s wise men and women—and some of its most expensive legal talents, though you won’t find many of them trying cases these days.
James A. Baker III, Baker Botts
Robert S. Bennett, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (in subsequent references called Skadden)
Berl Bernhard, DLA Piper
Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Patton Boggs
Plato Cacheris, Trout Cacheris
Benjamin R. Civiletti, Venable
William T. Coleman Jr., O’Melveny & Myers
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington & Burling
Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale
Eric H. Holder Jr., Covington & Burling
Earl J. Silbert, DLA Piper
Roger C. Spaeder, Zuckerman Spaeder
Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
Robert S. Strauss, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (in subsequent references Akin Gump)
Dick Thornburgh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis
You’re Under Arrest
Sometimes advice isn’t enough—you need a great criminal-defense attorney. Expect to pay $500 to $800 an hour—with a retainer of $100,000 to $200,000—for these white-collar criminal-defense lawyers. Fees are not generally deducted from the retainer—it’s more like an insurance policy for the attorney and gets returned after the case.
E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Richard Beizer, Crowell & Moring
Richard Ben-Veniste, Mayer Brown
Stephen Best, Dewey & LeBoeuf
K. Lee Blalack, O’Melveny & Myers
Stanley M. Brand, Brand Law Group
Lanny A. Breuer, Covington & Burling
Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (in subsequent references Fried Frank)
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