Chambers USA Recognizes 50 Covington Lawyers in 27 Fields

WASHINGTON, DC, June 5, 2006 -  Fifty Covington & Burling lawyers practicing in 27 fields and in each of the firm's US offices were recognized as "leaders in their field" in this year's edition of Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers. The 2006 edition of Chambers USA, which was released June 2, 2006, attempts to identify the most skilled legal practitioners throughout the country based on the qualities most valued by clients.

The Covington practices and practitioners recognized by Chambers USA include:

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Dennis Auerbach and Michael Baxter
Corporate/Commercial: Andrew Jack
Corporate/M&A: Scott Smith
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: John Vine
Environment: Theodore Garrett
ERISA Litigation: Jeffrey Huvelle
Financial Services/Regulatory Compliance: Stuart Stock
Financial Services/Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations: Mark Plotkin,  Stuart Stock, and Jean Veta
Healthcare/Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory: Peter Hutt, Richard  Kingham, and Peter Safir
IT & IT Outsourcing: Evan Cox
Insurance/Policy Holder: Donald Brown, John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, Anna  Engh, Saul Goodman, William Greaney, Robert Sayler, and William Skinner
Intellectual Property: George Pappas
International Arbitration: Mitchell Dolin, Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, and  Thomas Johnson
International Trade/Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Peter Flanagan  and Peter Trooboff
International Trade/Trade Remedies & Trade Policy:  Stuart Eizenstat and  Harvey Applebaum
Litigation/Appellate: Robert Long
Litigation/General Commercial: Eric Holder and Robert Sayler
Litigation/White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Lanny Breuer,  Aaron Marcu, and Alan Vinegrad
Media & Entertainment: Stephen Weiswasser and Kurt Wimmer
Products Liability: Theodore Voorhees
Real Estate: Robert Gage
Securities: David Martin
Sports Law: Andrew Friedman, Douglas Gibson, Gregg Levy, and Bruce Wilson
Tax: William Paul
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite/Finance: Ralph Voltmer
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite/Regulatory: Jonathan Blake, William Fitz, Eric  Greenberg, and Kurt Wimmer
Transportation/Rail: Linda Morgan

In order to see the Chambers USA text on those listed, please visit http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/rankings36.aspx?fid=3826.  Chambers and Partners is the publisher of Chambers UK, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Student, the client's guides to law firms and lawyers.  Chambers USA rankings and editorial content are based on thousands of interviews conducted each year by Chambers researchers with clients and legal practitioners in 175 countries.