Twenty-three Olshan Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers® 2013

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP announced today that 23 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the Super Lawyers® 2013 list.  While no more than five percent of the total lawyers in each state are selected by Super Lawyers, almost forty percent of Olshan’s lawyers have been selected for this honor.

The following Olshan attorneys have been named to the New York Super Lawyers list as top attorneys in New York for 2013:  Steve Wolosky, Mitchell Stern, Kenneth Silverman, Kenneth Schlesinger, Jason Saltsberg, Samuel Ross, Lori Marks-Esterman, Sheldon Lustigman, Andrew Lustigman, Hyman Kindler, Thomas Kearns, Steven Gursky, Mary Grieco, Eric Goldberg, Warren Gleicher, Adam Friedman, Thomas Fleming, Spencer Feldman, Kyle Bisceglie and Ron Berenblat.

Additionally, the following lawyers have been named as New York “Rising Stars”: Peter Sartorius, Jeremy King and Andrew Freedman. Robert Frome, Victor Rosenzweig and Michael Fox have also been regularly selected for inclusion on the New York Super Lawyers list over the past few years.

“We are honored that 31 of our partners across practice areas have been selected by our peers for inclusion in the New York Super Lawyers list,” said Thomas D. Kearns a partner in Olshan’s Real Estate Law Practice.  “Our lawyers have been consistently named to the New York Super Lawyers list since its inception, and our representation on the list has increased measurably over the years.”  Mr. Kearns continued, “Our outstanding representation on the New York Super Lawyers list is a testament to Olshan’s standing in the legal community as well as its reputation among clients.  Olshan is unique in that it offers clients an alternative to the AmLaw 50 business model through our creative and efficient, high-level service provided by senior advisors, which our clients find to be more advantageous to their business.”

This the latest in a series of honors and recognitions that Olshan has recently received, including the selection of three partners for the Best Lawyers in America® 2014 list, naming of three partners as “leading lawyers” in Chambers USA 2013, selection by Corporate Counsel magazine as one of the "2013 Go-To Law Firms®" for Fortune 500 Companies in Intellectual Property Litigation, and recognition as a top firm for real estate in the 2013 U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings.  Additionally, Olshan was selected to the National Law Journal’s “Midsize Hot List” in 2012 as a top 20 midsize firm in the U.S. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.

About Olshan

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, a law firm based in New York, represents major businesses and entrepreneurs in their most significant transactions, problems and opportunities. Olshan’s clients range from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies worldwide.  Clients choose Olshan for innovative strategies and sophisticated, game-changing advice in corporate, securities law and shareholder activism, complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, real estate, intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and advertising. Since its founding, Olshan has offered an alternative to the AmLaw 50 law firm business model with responsive, independent and client-focused legal counsel provided by the firm’s senior lawyers.