Press Release

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that twenty of attorneys and six of our practice areas have been recognized in the newly released Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2024. Chambers is a leading legal data and analytics provider, highlighting the top lawyers and law firms across the USA.

The following firm practices received recognition:

• Advertising: Litigation – Nationwide
• Intellectual Property: Patent – New York
• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – New York
• Litigation: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs – Mainly RMBS Litigation – New York
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite – New York
• Real Estate: Mainly Dirt – New York

In addition, the following attorneys were recognized:

• Michael F. Buchanan in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
• William F. Cavanaugh, Jr. in Intellectual Property: Patent – New York
• Robert J. Cleary in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
• Gregory L. Diskant in Intellectual Property: Patent – New York
• Joshua A. Goldberg in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
• Andrew L. Herz in Real Estate: Mainly Dirt – New York
• Joshua Kipnees in Advertising: Litigation – Nationwide
• Jane Metcalf in Advertising: Litigation – Nationwide
• Hope K. Plasha in Real Estate: Mainly Dirt – New York
• Lewis V. Popovski in Intellectual Property: Patent – New York
• Geoffrey Potter in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Secrets
• Daniel S. Ruzumna in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
• Harry Sandick in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
• Alexander Shapiro in Litigation: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs – Mainly RMBS Litigation – New York
• Saul B. Shapiro in Media & Entertainment: Litigation – New York
• Stephanie Teplin in Litigation: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs – Mainly RMBS Litigation – New York
• Peter W. Tomlinson in Litigation: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs – Mainly RMBS Litigation – New York
• Frederick B. Warder, III in Law Firm Defense – Nationwide
• John D. Winter in Product Liability & Mass Torts – Nationwide
• Steven A. Zalesin in Advertising: Litigation – Nationwide

Comments regarding the firm featured in the Chambers USA 2024 guide include:

ADVERTISING: LITIGATION – NATIONWIDE

"Patterson Belknap is a strong team who produce excellent work products."

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Joshua Kipnees's legal work is impeccable."

"Jane Metcalf is excellent and always quick to respond."

"Steven Zalesin is really excellent. He always has a sense of how a case will go and is fantastic in court."

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: PATENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TRADEMARK, COPYRIGHT & TRADE SECRETS – NEW YORK

"Patterson Belknap has a very strong bench of experts on everything IP-related." 

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Bill Cavanaugh is a spectacular trial lawyer with an impressive courtroom presence."

"Lewis Popovski is a very seasoned lawyer who really understands the business needs."

"Geoffrey Potter's comprehensiveness is great and he has very strong experience."

LAW FIRM DEFENSE – NATIONWIDE

"I wanted someone I felt would partner with me, while explaining recommendations without forcing them."

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Fred Warder is an extremely smart and incredible advocate, who is incredibly well prepared."

LITIGATION: SECURITIES: PLAINTIFFS – MAINLY RMBS LITIGATION – NEW YORK

"The firm provides an unsurpassed combination of substantive knowledge, writing ability, creativity, responsiveness, and understanding of client objectives."

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Alexander Shapiro is thoughtful, creative and responsive to client questions."

"Stephanie Teplin is incredibly smart, well organized, and well prepared. I am so impressed with her and her ability."

"Peter Tomlinson provides service of the highest caliber. He is a strong advocate and excellent advisor."

LITIGATION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME & GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS: THE ELITE – NEW YORK

"The team is made up of dogged litigators and smart white-collar lawyers."

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Michael Buchanan is attentive to detail, focused on issues and is thoughtful about them."

"Robert J. Cleary has stellar credentials, great experience and a phenomenal set of contacts in the legal profession. What sets him apart is the way that he is able to distill down complex situations for people."

"Josh Goldberg is strategic in his case management. He is responsive, willing to take direction on different elements of his cases and has insight and direction at all levels."

"Dan Ruzumna has an amazing ability to break any complex issue down into manageable parts, and he is a master strategist."

"Harry Sandick is not only incredibly experienced and gives great advice, he is really quick to give that advice. His client service is beyond outstanding."

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT: LITIGATION

"Saul Shapiro is sharp, thorough, highly collaborative, strategic and easy to work with."

PRODUCT LIABILITY & MASS TORTS – NATIONWIDE

"John Winter is an excellent lawyer in the product liability space."

REAL ESTATE: MAINLY DIRT – NEW YORK

"The team possesses a great deal of institutional knowledge which allows them to effectively deal with and manage the myriad of issues that arise in lease negotiations."

KEY INDIVIDUALS

"Andrew Herz has a firm grasp of the wide and diverse aspects of real estate law as well as broad experience and the ability to explain very abstract and complex into simple terms. He is a true expert in the field."

"Hope Plasha has helped us to think through extremely complex issues in our transactions. She is incredibly capable, innovative, savvy, tenacious and a creative problem-solver."