Firm’s Immigration Section Receives “Team of the Year” Award

The Legal 500 United States has recognized Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as a leading firm in the 2014 edition.  The annual editorial guide highlighted seven Mintz practice areas and nineteen of the firm’s attorneys.

Mintz was ranked in the following practice areas:

• Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy
• Finance - Corporate Restructuring
• Industry Focus - Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Industry Focus - Healthcare: Service Providers
• Industry Focus - Labor and Employment: Immigration
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts - M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts - Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

Mintz’s Immigration Section was named the Labor and Employment: Immigration “Team of the Year” as part of The Legal 500 United States 2014 awards. 

The Legal 500 United States also recognized Mintz attorneys as leaders in their areas of practice. William W. Kannel, a Member of the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Commercial Law Section, was named to the guide’s “Leading Lawyers” list, the highest ranking for individual lawyers, for Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy.  Susan J. Cohen, Chair of Mintz’s Immigration Section was selected for inclusion on the “Leading Lawyers” list for Labor and Employment - Immigration. 

The following Mintz attorneys were recommended by The Legal 500 United States:

• William L. Coffman (Labor and Employment: Immigration)
• Michael S. Gardener (Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy)
• Douglas Hauer (Labor and Employment: Immigration)
• Ian A. Hammel (Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy)
• Ann-Ellen Hornidge (Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy)
• Richard H. Moche (Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy)
• Reena I. Thadhani (Labor and Employment: Immigration)
• Adrienne K. Walker (Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy)

Additionally, The Legal 500 United States recognized the following Mintz attorneys:

• Brady Berg (Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
• Susan W. Berson (Healthcare: Service Providers
• Thomas R Burton (Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
• Thomas S. Crane (Healthcare: Service Providers)
• Daniel I. DeWolf (Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
• Lewis J. Geffen (Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
• Jeremy D. Glaser (Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
• Ellen L. Janos (Healthcare: Service Providers)
• Karen S. Lovitch (Healthcare: Service Providers)

Richard E. Mikels, Scott A, Samuels, William T. Whelan and Dean G. Zioze were also mentioned in The Legal 500 United States as key contacts. 

The Legal 500 is an independent guide that surveys and interviews more than 250,000 corporate counsel globally each year. The Legal 500 United States is the only guide to recommend firms on a national basis.