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500Terri Mascherin Jenner & Block (Chicago) Mascherin added <strong>to</strong> her reputationas a <strong>to</strong>p commercial litiga<strong>to</strong>r by her pro bono work for Juan Rivera, whoserved 19 years for a murder he did not commit; she won his exoneration.Garry Mathiason Littler (San Francisco) Who could be more influentialthan Littler’s chairman of <strong>the</strong> board? An accomplished litiga<strong>to</strong>r, Mathiason hasworked <strong>to</strong> reinvent <strong>the</strong> delivery of employment law services, improving <strong>the</strong> efficiencyof <strong>the</strong> practice <strong>to</strong> benefit countless clients.Colette Matzzie Philips & Cohen (Washing<strong>to</strong>n, dc) A standout in <strong>the</strong>nation’s <strong>to</strong>p whistleblower firm, she joined forces with <strong>the</strong> U.S. At<strong>to</strong>rney in DC <strong>to</strong>win a $93.5M settlement against Verizon for masking surcharges as taxes.Michele Coleman Mayes New York Public Library (neW York) Knownas one of <strong>the</strong> sharpest in-house minds in <strong>the</strong> business, she checked out of Allstateand deposited her talents at <strong>the</strong> New York Public Library.Brian McCarthy Skadden (Los Angeles) McCarthy added <strong>to</strong> his impressivedeal roster by representing NHP in its $7.4B acquisition by Ventas, Gen-Probe inits $3.8B acquisition by Hologic and Westwood One in its merger with Dial Global.Niall McCarthy Cotchett Pitre (Burlingame, Calif.) This friend <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> taxpayersnegotiated <strong>the</strong> largest False Claims Act settlement in California his<strong>to</strong>ry, a<strong>to</strong>tal of $301M in <strong>the</strong> Hunter Labs litigation.Harold McElhinny Morrison & Foerster (San Francisco) This IP litigationstandout successfully represented Apple in patent and trademark litigationagainst Samsung and was successful in a writ petition for client Link-A-MediaCorp., leading <strong>to</strong> a transfer of <strong>the</strong> case from Delaware <strong>to</strong> California.Andrew McGaan Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago) McGaan achieved one of <strong>the</strong>biggest defense verdicts of 2011 for clients R.J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamsonagainst claims by <strong>the</strong> City of St. Louis and many hospitals for <strong>the</strong> costs <strong>to</strong> treatindigent smokers.Martha McGarry Skadden (New York) Regularly represents Coca-Cola,including in <strong>the</strong> $13B acquisition of its largest bottler, and American Express, mostrecently in introducing its digital payments platform in China.Patrick McGroder Gallagher & Kennedy (Phoenix) The lion of <strong>the</strong> trialbar in <strong>the</strong> Southwest is handling <strong>the</strong> wrongful death suit against <strong>the</strong> U.S. governmentfor <strong>the</strong> family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, killed by a gun from <strong>the</strong>Fast and Furious program.Mike McKool McKool Smith (Dallas) Amazing McKool continues <strong>to</strong> buildone of <strong>the</strong> nation’s best trial practices while handling high-stakes business cases forclients across a range of industries.Pho<strong>to</strong> by: Josh RitchieI s s u e 13 141 l a w d r a g o n . c o m