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Jan Baran is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Government Relations Practice. Jan, who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Maureen T. Coghlan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Environmental. Maureen T., who practices law in Voorhees, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Maureen T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ryan H. Nell is an employment attorney responsible for representing California employers statewide in both counseling and comprehensive litigation support. With the ever-changing landscape of California and federal employment law, Ryan prides himself on assisting clients in staying ahead of the curve in an effort to avoid legal trouble before it arises. He has extensive experience representing clients in harassment, retaliation, and discrimination matters, as well as large-scale wage and hour...

Christiana Lazo is a partner in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Christiana concentrates her practice on representing ultra-high net worth individuals, their family offices and closely held businesses in developing and implementing sophisticated domestic and international tax and estate plans. Christiana regularly works with principals of private equity and venture capital funds on their estate planning and also has significant experience counseling global cl...

Amy C. Markham is an experienced litigator focused on assisting businesses with workers’ compensation, construction defect, and catastrophic personal injury cases. She is the Managing Member of Spicer Rudstrom’s Little Rock office, which she assisted in opening in 2011.As a litigator, Amy works to minimize the damages and defeat lawsuits filed against her clients. She has represented business clients in multimillion-dollar litigation, obtaining favorable results ranging from zero ...

Carter Andersen has extensive experience handling complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal courts and in alternative dispute resolution settings, including arbitration and mediation. Mr. Andersen handles contract and commercial litigation disputes, construction and real estate disputes, professional malpractice matters, employment law disputes and other litigation matters. Before joining Bush Ross, Mr. Andersen practiced general commercial litigation with Jones Day in Washin...

Ginny Childs is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Banking and Finance. Ginny, who practices law in Orlando, Florida, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ginny is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Kevin O’Connor is a Partner at Peckar & Abramson PC , where he serves as Chair of the Business Litigation practice and Co-Vice Chair of the Labor & Employment practice. Based in River Edge, New Jersey, Kevin represents management-side clients in Commercial Litigation , Employment Law – Management, and Labor Law – Management matters across a wide range of industries. He is a United States Air Force veteran, having served for six years in the Strategic Air Command, and...

Philip Freidin has been practicing law for 50 years and has devoted his life to representing clients who have been seriously injured by the wrongful acts of others. Phil has represented plaintiffs in some of the most significant personal injury and medical malpractice cases in Florida’s history and has earned his status as a pillar in the South Florida legal community. As one federal judge recently wrote, “he is unquestionably among the upper echelons of lawyers in our district.&r...

Kenton J. King is the partner in charge of Skadden’s Palo Alto office. He serves on the firm’s top governing body, the Policy Committee. Mr. King represents clients in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment and capital markets transactions and restructurings. In the United States, Mr. King concentrates on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions, as well as eq...