THE 2010 ATTORNEYS WHO MATTER represent the best and brightest in the legal field. The list consists of attorneys in all areas of practice, from federal agencies to leading in-house counsel to the top ethics and compliance officers of major companies. The attorneys have all risen to the top from a combination of their expertise, peer or client endorsements and high-profile cases (as well as the number of those cases successfully litigated). They are also the attorneys with the best public service, legal community engagement and academic involvement. It doesn’t hurt that they all have received plenty of awards and recognition, too.

The in-house counsel and ethics and compliance officers listed on Ethisphere’s 2010 ATTORNEYS WHO MATTER all help lead their companies to the top of the ethics and compliance world. Many have ensured that their companies were recognized as Ethisphere’s 2010 WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES. The outside counsel on the list are those who are best prepared to handle any issue arising around their particular specialty or subject matter expertise, and are the individuals that you are best off calling when seeking advice in a particular subject matter.

Below you’ll find the list of 2010’S ATTORNEYS WHO MATTER, along with the methodology for selecting the top attorneys as well as exclusive Q&A’s with a select group of those that made the list.

HALL OF FAME
2010 Honorees:

• 2010 – Thomas C. Green, Sidley Austin
• 2010 – William R. McLucas, WilmerHale

Past Honorees:

• 2009 – Brendan Sullivan, Williams & Connolly
• 2009 – Earl Silbert, DLA Piper
• 2009 – Robert Bennett, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• 2009 – Reid Weingarten, Steptoe & Johnson
• 2009 – Robert Fiske, Jr. – Davis, Polk & Wardwell

TOP GUNS

• Andrew Hearn, Dechert
• Andrew J. Levander, Dechert
• Carol Elder Bruce, Bracewell & Giuliani
• Charles P. Scheeler, DLA Piper
• Debra Wong Yang, Gibson Dunn
• Gregory B. Craig, Skadden
• Jeremy Cole, Hogan Lovells
• Jonathan D. Schiller, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
• Lucinda A. Low, Steptoe & Johnson
• Mark F. Mendelsohn, Paul Weiss
• Mary Jo White, Debevoise & Plimpton
• Michele A. Roberts, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
• Peter B. Clark, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
• Robert W. Tarun, Baker & McKenzie
• Ty Cobb, Hogan Lovells

UP AND COMERS/RISING STARS

• Anthony M. Alexis, Mayer Brown
• David Schertler, Schertler & Onorato
• Dixie L. Johnson, Fried Frank
• Ethan E. Litwin, Howrey
• John C. Kocoras, McDermott Will & Emery
• Mark J. Rochon, Miller & Chevalier
• Mei Lin Kwan-Gett, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
• Steven J. McCool, Mallon & McCool

GOVERNMENT STARS

• Bob Bauer, White House Counsel
• Eric H. Holder, Jr., Department of Justice
• Hank Walther, Department of Justice
• Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission
• Kathleen Hamann, Department of Justice
• Lanny A. Breuer, Department of Justice
• Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency
• Marc Litt, U.S.Attorneys Office, Southern District of New York
• Mary L. Schapiro, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorneys Office, Eastern District of Virginia
• Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois
• Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of New York
• Richard Alderman, Serious Fraud Office
• Robert Khuzami, Securities and Exchange Commission

TOP GENERAL COUNSEL

• Amy Schulman, Pfizer
• Brackett B. Denniston, III, General Electric
• Brad Smith, Microsoft
• Danette Wineberg, Timberland
• David Leitch, Ford Motor Company
• David Schellhase, Salesforce.com
• Deirdre Stanley, Thomson Reuters
• James Jenkins, Deere & Company
• Larry Boyd, Ingram Micro
• Larry Thompson, PepsiCo
• Mark McGuire, Eaton
• Michele Coleman Mayes, Allstate Insurance Company
• Richard Baer, Qwest
• Rick Palmore, General Mills
• Rick Wittenbraker, Waste Management

TOP ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICERS

• Alan R. Yuspeh, Hospital Corporation of America
• Alfred Rosa, General Electric
• Andy Hinton, Google
• Ann Marley Chilton, ERM
• Audrey Andrews, Tenet Healthcare
• Carrie Di Santo, Aon
• Dan Roach, Catholic Healthcare West
• David Landau, Starbucks
• Doug Lankler, Pfizer
• Haydee Olinger, McDonald’s
• Kathleen Edmond, Best Buy
• Kimberly Strong, AOL
• Lauren Ferrari, Alcatel-Lucent
• Leonard Shen, American Express
• Mark Ohringer, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Matthew Pachman, Altegrity
• Odell Guyton, Microsoft
• Peter Jaffe, AES
• Wendy Hallgren, Fluor
• William B. Jacobson, Weatherford

SPECIALTIES:

ANTITRUST

• David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
• James F Rill, Howrey
• Joseph J. Simons, Paul Weiss
• Mark Leddy, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
• Robert Cooper, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

ENVIRONMENTAL

• Claudia O’Brien, Latham & Watkins
• David Buente, Jr., Sidley Austin
• Scott Reisch, Hogan Lovells

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING

• Carl Vacketta, DLA Piper
• Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale
• Marcia Madsen, Mayer Brown
• Rand Allen, Wiley Rein

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

• Donald C. Dowling, Jr., White & Case

SECURITIES

• Harry Weiss, WilmerHale
• Michael Schacter, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher
• Paul Huey-Burns, Bryan Cave
• Richard Morvillo, Schulte, Roth & Zabel

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA

• Meredith Manning, Hogan Lovells
• Thomas Fox, Reed Smith

DATA PRIVACY/SECURITY

• Ruth Hill Bro, Baker & McKenzie

TRADE/EXPORT COMPLIANCE

• Judith Lee, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Richard Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson
• Carolyn Lamm, White & Case

FCPA

• Martin Weinstein, Willkie Farr
• Lucinda Low, Steptoe & Johnson
• Thomas Johnson, Jr., Covington & Burling

CORPORATE MONITOR

Need a corporate monitor? Here are the attorneys you should call first:

• Alan Vinegrad, Covington & Burling
• Gregory S. Bruch, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
• Paul McNulty, Baker & McKenzie
• Thomas F. O’Neil III, WellCare Health Plans
• William B. Lytton, Dechert