2 PerspectivesJune 11, 2012

Who Serves as Settlement Counsel? The (Updated) List

As you may know from my last post, I’ve been working on a few settlement counsel projects this summer.  Along the way I’ve learned that it’s not always easy to determine who actually serves as settlement counsel.  This is my effort to fix that problem.

Subject to the caveats at the bottom of this post, this list includes all the active settlement counsel I have found, updated as new information arrives.  If you’re aware of additional settlement counsel out there, or if you believe the hyperlink to one of the folks listed below needs to be updated, please let me know.

List of Special Settlement Counsel

1. Stephen D. “Steve” Altman – Washington, D.C.
2. Trey Bergman – Houston, Texas
3. Robert W. “Bob” Berliner, Jr. – Chicago, Illinois
4. Julian W. Bodnar – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
5. Monte Bond – Dallas, Texas
6. Mark J. Bunim – New York, New York
7. Mark A. Calhoun – Dallas, Texas
8. Francis “Frank” Carling – New York, New York
9. Francis L. Carter - Miami, Florida
10. Jonathan M. Cohen – Washington, D.C.
11. Robert F. “Bob” Copple – Scottsdale, Arizona
12. Ralph Cuervo-Lorens – Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
13. Ben Cunningham – Austin, Texas
14. John DeGroote – Dallas, Texas
15. Richard J. DeWitt – Coral Gables, Florida
16. Daniel Preston Dozier – Bethesda, Maryland
17. Eric O. English – Portland, Oregon
18. Kenneth R. Feinberg – New York and Washington
19. Warren Fitzgerald – Boston, Massachusetts
20. Laura A. Frase – Dallas, Texas
21. Eric Galton – Austin, Texas
22. Scott D. Gilbert - Washington, D.C.
23. Jim Golden – Chattanooga, Tennessee
24. Lew Goldfarb – Morristown, New Jersey
25. Michael P. Graff – New York, New York
26. William K. “Bill” Hoskins – Boston, Massachusetts
27. Lance Jones – Austin, Texas
28. Jeff Jury – Austin, Texas
29. Peter M. Kramer – Miami, Florida
30. Rachel S. Kronowitz – Washington, D.C.
31. Leigh Lasky – Chicago and New York
32. Roger A. Lennenberg – Portland, Oregon
33. James E. “Jim” McGuire – Boston, Massachusetts
34. Joseph P. “Joe” McMahon Jr. – Denver, Colorado
35. John V. McShane – Dallas, Texas
36. Gregory T. “Greg” Meyer – Plano, Texas
37. Charles E. Miller – New York, New York
38. M.A. “Mickey” Mills – Houston, Texas
39. Peter W. Morgan – Washington, D.C.
40. Michael W. “Mike” Nelson – Farmington Hills, Michigan
41. Patrick R. Nichols – Topeka, Kansas
42. Christopher Nolland – Dallas, Texas
43. Steven “Steve” O’Donnell – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
44. J. Patrick “Pat” O’Malley – Portland, Oregon
45. Miguel A. “Mike” Olivella, Jr. – Tallahassee, Florida
46. Bette M. Orr – Washington, D.C.
47. Michael A. Patterson – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
48. Don Philbin – San Antonio, Texas
49. Kami E. Quinn – Washington, D.C.
50. William T. “Bill” Reid, IV – New York and Austin
51. Douglas C. “Doug” Reynolds – Cambridge, Massachusetts
52. Michael K. Rozen – New York and Washington
53. Larry R. Rute – Topeka, Kansas
54. Michael D. “Mike” Schafler – Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
55. Michael “Mike” Schechter – Minneapolis, Minnesota
56. Edward D. “Ed” Shapiro – Chicago, Illinois
57. Richard Shore – Washington, D.C.
58. David Stern – London (United Kingdom)
59. Gordon L. “Gord” Tarnowsky – Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
60. Roy Toulan – Boston, Massachusetts
61. Scott Van Soye – Los Angeles, California
62. Jerome F. “Jerry” Weiss – Cleveland, Ohio
63. Mel Wolovits – Dallas, Texas
64. Thomas R. “Tom” Woodrow – Chicago, Illinois
65. Michael Zeytoonian – Boston, Massachusetts

Four Caveats

No list is perfect, and this one is no exception.  Caveats include:

1. Who appears on this list. I tried to limit this list to the individuals — rather than the firms — who list “settlement counsel” on their websites, on their LinkedIn profiles, or on other promotional materials.  If you are aware of someone not on this list who practices as settlement counsel and holds himself or herself out as such in a verifiable way, please let me know.
2. Where the hyperlinks go. I generally hyperlinked to the individual’s bio or other material that references the term “settlement counsel”.  This didn’t always make sense — hence the inconsistency in where the hyperlinks lead.
3. General errors. Name misspellings, place misspellings, and nickname omissions happen.  Please speak up when you see them, and my apologies in advance.
4. A matter of discretion. The inclusion or exclusion of names on this list ultimately requires discretion.  I have exercised that discretion here, and I plan to do so as this list is updated.

With all that said, take a look at who serves as settlement counsel.  You’ll be glad you did.

A special thanks to Spencer Guy for his assistance with this list and several other settlement counsel projects as he finished his final year of law school.

Categories: Miscellaneous,Negotiation,Settlement,Settlement Counsel

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