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500J. Sedwick Sollers King & Spalding (Washington, dc) Sollers showedhis ability to handle the toughest situations, taking on representation of thelate Penn State coach Joe Paterno as the university’s child sex abuse scandalcame to light.Amy Solomon Girardi & Keese (Los Angeles) She’s tops in class for her passionateadvocacy for California consumers injured by medical malpractice and badproducts - and a role model for what a lawyer should be.Michael Songer Crowell & Moring (Washington, dc) As co-lead counsel inDuPont v. Kolon, he won $919M, the largest jury trade secret verdict, for DuPontregarding the company’s product Kevlar, used to create bullet-proof vests.Larry Sonsini Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto) Sonsini remains Prince of theValley he helped create through early advice to companies like HP, Apple andGoogle and last year celebrated his firm’s 50th anniversary.Sonia Sotomayor U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, dc) She’s made herpresence on the High Court known early on with assertive questioning and insightfulanalysis, as seen in her 9-0 Matrixx decision, making it easier for securitiesfraud plaintiffs suing drug companies to overcome dismissal motions.Christine Spagnoli Greene Broillet (Santa Monica) For this product liabilityplaintiff attorney, the $73M Mauro victory was déjà vu including two deathsthat should never have happened - she litigated against Ford Motor Co. and theexact same tires over tread separation a decade earlier.Robert Spatt Simpson Thacher (New York) A master dealmaker, Spatt representedKinetic Concepts in its $6.3B sale to Apax Partners, as well as JP Morgan asadvisor to United Technologies in its $18.4B acquisition of Goodrich Corp. as wellas the Board of Directors of Merchant eSolutions in its $670M sale to Cielo.Shanin Specter Kline & Specter (Philadelphia) The top Philadelphia plaintifflawyer has taken on Penn State for victims of the abuse by Jerry Sandusky andthe university’s role in the scandal.Gerry Spence Spence Law Office (Jackson, Wyo.) The legendary trial lawyerof Silkwood fame is instilling hundreds of attorneys with his methods through hisTrial Lawyers College while his law firm advocates for workers and those injured inWyoming and surrounding areas.James Sprayregen Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago) He’s one of the best in thebusiness for bankruptcy, as seen in his counsel for Corus Bankshares, a complexbankruptcy case in which he helped transform Corus from a bank holding companyto a real estate and financial services business.I s s u e 13 171 l a w d r a g o n . c o m