26 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011; Firm is Top-Listed in Eight Categories in Delaware

August 2010

Wilmington, DE – August 5, 2010 – 26 Morris Nichols attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2011.  The firm was also “Top-Listed in Delaware” in eight practice areas.
 
The practice areas in which Morris Nichols was “Top-Listed” are Administrative Law, Banking Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Government Relations Law, Intellectual Property Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law.  “Top Listed” identifies firms with the most attorneys listed in Best Lawyers® in a given practice area in that location.
 
The 26 Morris Nichols lawyers selected based on their outstanding reputations and distinguished work in their practice areas based on a confidential peer-review survey of the top attorneys in the country are:

• Derek C. Abbott – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• Jon E. Abramczyk – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
• Frederick H. Alexander – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Jack B. Blumenfeld (10) – Intellectual Property Law
• Mary B. Graham – Intellectual Property Law
• Thomas C. Grimm – Intellectual Property Law
• David Ley Hamilton – Corporate Law
• Louis G. Hering – Corporate Law
• Michael Houghton – Administrative Law, Banking Law, Government Relations Law
• S. Mark Hurd – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Donald Nelson Isken (10) – Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Andrew M. Johnston – Corporate Law
• John F. Johnston – Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• William M. Lafferty – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Karen Jacobs Louden – Intellectual Property Law
• Kenneth J. Nachbar – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
• Maryellen Noreika – Intellectual Property Law
• Thomas R. Pulsifer (10) – Trusts and Estates
• Donald E. Reid – Commercial Litigation
• R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
• Rodger D. Smith II – Intellectual Property Law
• A. Gilchrist Sparks III (25) – Bet the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
• William H. Sudell, Jr. – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• David J. Teklits – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law 
• Walter C. Tuthill – Banking Law, Corporate Law
• Jeffrey R. Wolters – Corporate Law

_{(10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.
(20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years.
(25) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 25 years.}