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# Kelley Drye Attorneys Ranked in *Best Lawyers*

 August 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Best Lawyers*, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, has ranked several Kelley Drye attorneys in its 2010 referral guide. The annual publication compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys throughout the United States by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys.

Kelley Drye attorneys are ranked in 14 different fields of practice, and the firm ranks #1 in the U.S. in the category of Advertising Law with four attorneys. *Best Lawyers* has distinguished Kelley Drye attorneys for many years; most notably, partner Frederic A. Rubinstein has been listed for over 20 years.

The Kelley Drye lawyers ranked as leaders in their practice areas include:

**Robert D. Bickford, Jr.** - Real Estate Law

**Kathleen W. Cannon** - International Trade and Finance Law

**James S. Carr** - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

**Michael J. Coursey** - International Trade and Finance Law

**David E. Frulla** - Government Relations Law

**William C. MacLeod** - Advertising Law, Antitrust Law

**Paul C. Rosenthal** - International Trade and Finance Law

**Julian Solotorovsky** - Criminal Defense: White-Collar

**John E. Villafranco** - Advertising Law

**John L. Wittenborn** - Environmental Law

 

 

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