Steptoe & Johnson LLP

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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is proud of its 14 attorneys named to Southwest Super Lawyers®. It also is proud to celebrate more than 20 years of success in Arizona.

These lawyers reflect the excellence toward which all of the firm’s attorneys strive, as well as the breadth of the Phoenix office’s practice: Fredric D. Bellamy (intellectual property litigation), Floyd P. Bienstock (insurance coverage and bad faith defense), David J. Bodney (media and constitutional), Francis J. Burke, Jr. (securities litigation and white-collar crime), Bennett Evan Cooper (Supreme Court and appellate advocacy), Pat Derdenger (state, local and federal taxation), James G. Derouin (environmental), Stacey F. Gottlieb (securities litigation and white-collar crime), Lawrence A. Katz (labor and employment), Mark G. Kisicki (labor and employment), Stephanie J. Quincy (labor and employment), Nicholas J. Wallwork (environmental), Steven D. Wheeless (labor and employment), and Nancy L. White (corporate finance, international transactions, real estate and business transactions). In addition, Pat Derdenger, James Derouin and Lawrence Katz were named among the Top 50 in Arizona.

LOCAL LEGACY, INTERNATIONAL REACH

Based in Washington, D.C., Steptoe opened its Phoenix office in 1987—one of the first national firms to do so. That office has grown to nearly 60 lawyers and is now joined by offices in New York, Los Angeles, Century City, Chicago, London and Brussels. Steptoe remains the only Phoenix firm based in Washington, and it offers clients the ability to advance their strategic interests in transactions, lawsuits and regulatory and legislative arenas on local, state, national and international levels.

Steptoe maintains a strong, integrated culture and firm-wide practice groups that allow its Phoenix lawyers to take advantage of the experience of colleagues with expertise in fields from ERISA to international trade. Because Steptoe built its Phoenix office one lawyer at a time, the office is an integral part of the firm.

BROAD EXPERTISE

Steptoe’s Arizona attorneys offer creative strategies and solutions to local, regional, national and global clients in such areas as manufacturing, construction, high technology, insurance and reinsurance, retail, financial services, Native American law, health care and professional services. They have assisted clients who face critical challenges—from union issues for international retailers to libel issues for national newspapers and broadcasters; from cross-border real estate deals to securities advice for startups; from tax disputes for construction managers to environmental cleanup litigation for an international mining company. Steptoe is pleased with the recognition of 14 of its Phoenix attorneys. It is even more gratified by the trust that its clients have placed in the more than 485 Steptoe lawyers in all of its offices.

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