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500Anton Valukas Jenner & Block (Chicago) This top-notch litigator’s powerfulspecial report as Examiner in the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy has led to sweepingfinancial reforms following his testimony before the U.S. Senate.Christine Varney Cravath (New York) This competition expert headed theAntitrust Division of the Department of Justice which she guided to victory in itscase against H&R Block and clarified the antitrust review process through revisedmerger and remedy guidelines before joining the firm last year.Donald Verrilli Office Of Solicitor General (Washington, dc) He wonObamacare. So there.Patricia Vlahakis Wachtell Lipton (New York) Among many deals, thiscorporate star advised Motorola in Google’s $12.5B acquisition of the mobiledevice company.Karen Wagner Davis Polk (New York) When the Madoff trustee sought $1Bfrom her client, Sterling Equities, owners of the Mets, she fought back hard, winninga ruling that threatened the entire clawback enterprise, which she used tonegotiate a settlement that explicitly recognized her clients were not willfully blindto the Madoff fraud and that could result in no payment by Sterling.Helgi Walker Wiley Rein (Washington, dc) This top appellate and telecommunicationslawyer has played a critical role in forming policy on digital access,representing Verizon and the National Association of State Utility ConsumerAdvocates on the FCC’s high-cost universal service support mechanism.John Walker Google (Mountain View, Calif.) Google and its general counselare showing some real chops in the mounting patent and copyright battles inSilicon Valley, most recently turning back two claims brought by Oracle.Daniel Wall Latham & Watkins (San Francisco) Wall has an increasinglypowerful practice as antitrust becomes a focal point in Silicon Valley; he representsApple as well as Oracle, for which he recently litigated the Itanium case against HP.Leigh Walton Bass Berry (Nashville) This talented Tennessee dealmakerhas a special affinity for representing medical providers, advising HCA Inc. in its$3.79B public offering last year, the largest private-equity backed IPO in history.Elizabeth Warren Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Mass.) After itbecame politically not viable for this Harvard Law professor to head the agency shecreated (the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), she packed up her white-hotpolitical cachet and set her sights on U.S. Senator Scott Brown’s seat.Dennis Wasser Wasser Cooperman & Carter (Los Angeles) Like daughter,like father: Wasser represented Tom Cruise in his negotiations with Katie Holmesjust one year after representing Jamie McCourt in her divorce from Frank.Photo by: Laura BarisonziI s s u e 13 183 l a w d r a g o n . c o m