Finest Law Firm Writers Selected By the Burton Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 4, 2019
New York, New York: The finest law firm writers of 2019 have been announced by the Burton Awards, a national non-profit program, which is run in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. The winners, who will be presented the “Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Awards” on May 20, 2019, were chosen from the nominations submitted by the nation’s top 1,000 largest law firms. William Burton, Founder and Chair of the awards program, said “The winners are outstanding, highly skilled, and effective writers. The Law360 Writing Awards winners have now taught a new and even higher standard of excellence.”
The Academic Board, which reviewed articles published within the past year, was led by Virginia Wise, Chair, formerly of Harvard Law School; Jeanne Merino, Stanford Law School; Lindsay Saffouri, UC Berkeley School of Law, William C. Burton, Author and founder of the event; Judge Edward Forstenzer, Superior Court of California (retired); and William Ryan, former member of the Department of Homeland Security and Chair of the White House Plain Language Committee.
The award ceremony will be celebrating its Twentieth Anniversary at the Library of Congress. The award ceremony will be followed by a gala reception, dinner, and performance by singer, actor and songwriter Idina Menzel and nationally recognized magician Shin Lim.
The honorary and distinguished Board of Directors of the Burton Awards program includes: former Chief Judge Richard Posner, 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (retired); U.S. Senator John Cornyn; U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.; U.S. Senator Mike Crapo; U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet; U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen; U.S. Senator Cory Gardner; Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan of California; Yabo Lin, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Jane Sullivan Roberts, Partner, McLegal Group; Rodgin Cohen, Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Lisa Rickard, President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; Thomas L. Sager, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis Inc. and Deputy Chairman, Burton Awards; James M. Rishwain, Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP; Betty Whelchel, Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA; Linda A. Klein, Senior Managing Shareholder at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz and Past President, American Bar Association; and Stephen R. Mysliwiec, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US).
Rachel Travers, Vice President of Law360 said, “Clear, compelling writing is an essential tool for all lawyers. Law360 is proud to be associated with these awards, which recognize the best of the best writers in the legal profession. We salute all of the winners and commend them on demonstrating these talents and sustaining such high standards of written excellence.”
The 2019 Law Firm winners are:
| Law Firm | Author(s) | Article Title |
| Alston & Bird LLP | Clifford S. Stanford | Toward a Coherent and Consistent Framework for Treatment of Confidential Supervisory Information |
| Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP | Robert E. Shapiro | The Morality of Dissent |
| Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC | Julie Goldsmith Reiser Raymond M. Sarola Molly J. Bowen Sally Handmaker Guido |
INSIGHT: Holding Firearms Dealers Accountable for Online Straw Sales |
| Crowell & Moring LLP | John S. Gibson Scott L. Winkelman Rebecca Baden Chaney* *Additional Author: Jennifer A. Prioleau from HP Inc. |
Seven Ways to Prepare Your Legal Department for the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP | George Kahale III | Rethinking ISDS |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Avi Gesser
Joseph Kniaz |
When the FBI Can Help Companies Deal With a Cyber Event |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | Paul L. Lee | Long-Term Capital Management: A Retrospective |
| DLA Piper LLP (US) | Danny Tobey | Software Malpractice in the Age of AI: A Guide for the Wary Tech Company |
| Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | Brian L. Rubin
Melissa L. Fox Amanda R. Giffin |
When Precedent Doesn’t Really Stand for That Proposition: FINRA’s Suitability Rule and the Meaning of “Best Interest” |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP | Peter D. Lyons Matthew Herman Linda H. Martin Marissa Yu |
Xerox/Fuji – Mimeograph to the Board: Don’t Copy This |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | Warren S. de Wied
Philip Richter Gail Weinstein |
Recent Trends In Shareholder Activism |
| Jenner & Block LLP | Brandon D. Fox Alice S. Kim |
Is a “following orders” defence viable? Revisiting the Nuremberg defence in the wake of Haspel’s confirmation |
| Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP | Mark W. Lerner Jessica Taub Rosenberg |
When Sexual Harassment Is Also a Crime |
| Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | Daniel A. Rabinowitz | Do Unto Others – Reciprocity Through the Lens of Insurance Regulation |
| Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC | Tenley E. Armstrong Brandon K. Essig |
When law enforcement comes calling: The growing challenge of managing athletics investigations |
| McGuireWoods LLP | Michele Satterlund | Sidewalks: The Next Mobility Frontier |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Louise Skinner | Gender Pay Gap – Current Trends |
| Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC | Brian A. Jacobs | How Institutional Dynamics Have Shaped Insider Trading Law |
| Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP | Jane Lewis-Raymond* *Additional Author: Karen S. Haller from Southwest Gas Holdings |
How to Use Risk Assessments to Shift Culture |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Brad S. Karp Mark S. Bergman Susanna M. Buergel Roberto J. Gonzalez Jane B. O’Brien Elizabeth M. Sacksteder |
The Financial Crisis 10 Years Later: Lessons Learned |
| Perkins Coie LLP | Amy E. Simpson* *Additional Author: Steve Chiang from RPX Corporation |
How to Succeed at Every Stage of an Inter Partes Review |
| Proskauer Rose LLP | Anthony J. Oncidi | Consider the True Implications of Waiving Arbitration |
| Pryor Cashman LLP | William L. Charron | The Problem of Purely Procedural Preemption Presented by the Federal HEAR Act |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | Jeffrey A. Lenobel Aaron C. Retter |
Applying Blockchain To Commercial Real Estate Transactions |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Ryan J. Dzierniejko Gregory A. Fernicola Eytan J. Fisch Stuart D. Levi |
Rise Of Blockchain And ICOs Brings Regulatory Scrutiny |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP | Jerry H. Goldfeder | Shouldn’t It Be Up to the Voters? |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | Jeffrey D. Hochberg | The Section 871(m) Qualified Index Rules |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | Jeffrey S. Klein Nicholas J. Pappas Larsa K. Ramsini |
Strategies for Preventing Sexual Harassment |
| White & Case LLP | Benjamin Saul Margaux Curie |
FinTech regulation in the US: Policy, implementation, and future directions |
| Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | Todd Zubler D. Reed Freeman, Jr. Jason C. Chipman Allison Aviki |
Monitoring Mobility–The Current and Future Regulatory Landscape for Advanced Automotive Tech |
THE BURTON AWARDS
The Burton Awards, established in 1999, are funded by the Burton Foundation, a non-profit, academic effort devoted to recognizing and rewarding excellence in the legal profession. The Burton Awards were established to honor the finest accomplishments in law, including writing, reform, public service and interest, regulatory innovation, and lifetime achievements in the profession.
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ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN, WILLIAM C. BURTON, ESQ.
The Founder and Chair of The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement is William C. Burton, Esq., a partner at the law firm of Sagat|Burton LLP. He is a former New York State Assistant Attorney General, a former New York State Assistant Special Prosecutor, and is the author of the first legal thesaurus ever written for the legal profession, entitled Burton’s Legal Thesaurus. The book is now in its 5th edition and quickly approaching its 35th anniversary. When the book was released, the Association of American Publishers recognized it as “one of the Most Innovative and Creative Projects of the year.” In 2011, Mr. Burton was presented the highest honor given by the second largest association of law professors in America, The Legal Writing Institute, for “significantly advancing the cause of legal writing in the profession of law.” More recently, he was awarded the “Blackstone Award” by the Friends of the Law Library of Congress, for “embodying and promoting the best ideals of the institution.” In 2017 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform Individual Achievement Award was presented to Mr. Burton for making the U.S. Justice System “fairer for all.”