Washington, D.C. – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Shareholders Emil Hirsch and Markham R. Leventhal were selected for inclusion in the 2019 issue of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers. No more than 5% of Washington, D.C. attorneys earn a spot on the list each year. 
 
Hirsch is a litigator with more than 40 years of trial and appellate experience. His national practice focuses on complex commercial litigation; litigation related to the health care, real estate, financial services and utility industries; bankruptcy litigation; and matters involving administrative and constitutional law.
 
Leventhal co-chairs the firm’s Life, Annuity, and Retirement Solutions Insurance industry group. He has a national practice focusing on the representation of financial institutions, insurers, and other sophisticated businesses in complex federal and state litigation.
 
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.
 

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