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Robert H. Haggard's Talks About Getting WWII Veterans to Their Memorial in D.C.
When we talked to Robert H. Haggard, partner at The Van Winkle Law Firm in Asheville and in Hendersonville, for the 2012 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers, he elaborated on some of his volunteer work, including his participation in...

Ruth I. Rounding: The Fixer
In our 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers magazine, Cincinnati estate lawyer Ruth I. Rounding, with Kohnen & Patton, confessed to being a "pathological fixer." If she sees a problem, she can't rest till it's solved. Here, Rounding talks about how it...

Jack Clifford: The Lawyer as Chevalier
One can imagine a lawyer celebrating a win with a bottle of Cristal, but what does the lawyer who represents Cristal, along with many other beverage clients, celebrate with? We asked Jack Clifford, an intellectual property lawyer at Merchant &...

Ken Ravenell on Making Justice Scalia Laugh
Ken Ravenell of The Murphy Firm in Baltimore, one of the top criminal defense lawyers in Maryland, and our cover subject in the 2012 issue of Maryland Super Lawyers, talks, in this exclusive clip, about his exchange with Justice Antonin...

In the Latest Issue of Mid-South Super Lawyers
The 2011 issue of Mid-South Super Lawyers is now available online, as a digital magazine and in print. On the cover is W.J. Michael Cody of Burch, Porter & Johnson in Memphis. In his amazing career, Cody indicted a governor,...

In the new issue of North Carolina Super Lawyers
The 2012 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers is available today online, digitally and via app, as well as in print. Our cover subject, Christy Myatt of Nexsen Pruet is a bankruptcy attorney who helps her clients get back on...

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Counter Rhythms
By Jim Walsh
Southern California Super Lawyers 2012

Paul F. Cohen hears them in jazz and the law


The Amazing Career of Michael Cody

The Amazing Career of Michael Cody
By Nancy Henderson
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2011

From guiding billion-dollar public utility arbitrations to indicting the governor to representing Martin Luther King Jr., the Memphis attorney has done it all


Unimpeachable

Unimpeachable
By Michael Y. Park
Connecticut Super Lawyers 2011/2012

Ross Garber is an expert at saving elected officials


Citizen of the World

Citizen of the World
By Susan Wenner Jackson
Ohio Super Lawyers 2012

How Martijn Steger created a top-rated international law practice based in an unlikely locale


Michael T. Reagan Makes His Case
By Beth Taylor
Illinois Super Lawyers 2012

The Ottawa appellate attorney is all about the details


Ask Super Lawyers

How does Girardi & Keese’s intellectual property practice benefit the U.S. economy?

Answered by Howard B. Miller


This summer, I want to take my kids to Hawaii for a two-week vacation. Can my ex-spouse deny my request to take the kids out of California?

Answered by Stacy D. Phillips


Should I fight my D.W.I.?

Answered by Stephen N. Foster


Why has Girardi & Keese been so successful in cases against medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers?

Answered by Thomas V. Girardi


If I’m injured by an FDA-approved prescription drug that has a detailed warning label, may I seek compensation from the drug’s manufacturer?

Answered by Scott D. Levensten


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Gary P. Naftalis

Gary P. Naftalis

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Gary Naftalis is co-chair of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP where he heads the firm’s extensive litigation practice. One of the nation’s leading trial lawyers, Gary was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by The National Law Journal.

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Super Lawyers Selection Process Blessed by Courts and Bar Associations Across the Country

Bar associations and courts across the country have recognized the legitimacy of the Super Lawyers selection process. Most recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the findings of a Special Master assigned by the court to, among other things, examine the details of our rating process. In his July 2008 report, the Special Master lauded our lawyer-rating process, stating:

“[The Super Lawyers selection process] is a comprehensive, good-faith and detailed attempt to produce a list of lawyers that have attained high peer recognition, meet ethical standards, and have demonstrated some degree of achievement in their field."

"Suffice to say, the selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex."

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