Legal Writing Awards

Legal Writing Awards - Law Firm
Presented to Winners in the 1,000 largest firms.

Currently, only the 1000 largest law firms in America are permitted to participate in these "law firm" writing awards because of the resources and number of judges available.

Applications and attachments may be submitted online by the Managing Partners of the nation's 1000 largest law firms or their designees, the Directors of Marketing, and student nominations by Law School Deans, or their designees, the Deans of Students. The application must be sent by February 8, 2008 by completing one of the forms below

If there are extenuating circumstances which prevented a firm from meeting the deadline, please call the organization to ask whether a late submission can still be accepted by the program.

• Law Firm Nomination Form
• Law Student Nomination Form

The Criteria include

• The Submission must be An Article. (Only one article may be submitted on behalf of a law firm.)
• The subject of the article can be devoted to any legal topic.
• The article may have appeared in any publication, whether written for lawyers or for consumers.
• Only managing partners, marketing directors or their designees may nominate an applicant.
• At least one author or coauthor must be a partner or counsel at the firm.
• Coauthors are permitted. Please provide the name, address, telephone number, fax and email of each contributing author.
• The article must have a publication date of the previous year even if it actually printed at a later date.
• The author may not presently be a full-time academic.
• This completed nomination form together with a copy of the article should be submitted online at www.burtonawards.com If mailed, the nomination form must still be filled out online and two hard copies must be sent.

In 2007 the Following Awards were Presented

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP Roderick E. Walston "The Reserved Rights Doctrine: Case Study Involving Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park"	BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP Kenneth Ross & George W. Soule "Post-Sale Duties: A Minefield for Manufacturers"
BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE Christopher A. Harkins "Tattoos and Copyright Infringement: Celebrities, Marketers, and Businesses Beware of the Ink"	CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP Gregory A. Markel & Gregory G. Ballard "Defending Claims Against Underwriters of Asset-Backed Securities: The Due-Diligence Defense"
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Ethan A. Klingsberg "Managing the Variables in Minority Buyouts"	DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Phillip R. Mills & Mutya F. Harsch "How to Avoid the Jump"
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP David H. Bernstein "A Stronger Solution"	DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP Seth C. Farber, Suzanne J. Bloom & Jonathan C. Crafts "New Risk in Employee Interviews" as a Haven for Incorporation"
DEWITT ROSS & STEVENS S.C. Douglas H. Frazer "Absurdist Humor and the Form-Substance Dialectic in Tax Law"	DLA PIPER Michael S. Lebovitz "It's Not Easy Being Global - International Tax Trends Across A Multinational Business Lifecycle"
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP Philip S. Garon, Michael A. Stanchfield, & John H. Matheson "Challenging Delaware's Desirability as a Haven for Incorporation"	FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT, & DUNNER L.L.P. Esther H. Lim & Mai-Trang D. Dang "IP Rights and DRM: The Copyright Holder's Guide to Navigating DRM Technology Through Hostile Territory"
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Richard A. Sauber "When Reporters Need Lawyers"	FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP Robert W. Ashmore & Brian M. Herman "Http://Managing The Risk of Employee Blogging"
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO Marc J. Pensabene & Christopher E. Loh "How to Assess Trade Secret Damages"	GOODWIN PROCTER LLP John LeClaire & Lizette Perez-Deisboeck "PE Holdings May Be Sitting on Preferred Stock Powder Kegs"
JENNER & BLOCK LLP Gianni P. Servodidio "Keyword Advertising: The Elusive Search for 'Use in Commerce' on the Internet"	PATTON BOGGS LLP Robert D. Luskin & Andrew M. Friedman "When Congress Calls"
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Alexander B. Temel "Late Stage Investment Rounds: Identifying and Navigating the Issues"	MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Anna T. Pinedo "Next Generation Hybrid Securities"
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP Carl A. Solano & Bruce P. Merenstein "Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review - Pennsylvania's Collateral Order Doctrine: Lessons from The Barnes Foundation Case and The 30 Years of Jurisprudence Preceding It"	SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Barry R. Ostrager &
DUANE MORRIS LLP Thomas R. Newman "Handbook of Insurance Coverage, 13th Edition"	STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP James G. Derouin, Fredric D. Bellamy & Mark E. Freeze "Global Warming Litigation: The Phantom Menace"
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP David M. Zornow & Steven R. Glaser "Are the Times Really A-Changin'? Recent Developments Regarding Privilege Waivers in Corporate Criminal Investigations"	SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Robert G. DeLaMater "Recent Trends in SEC Regulation of Foreign Issuers: How the U.S. Regulatory Regime is Affecting the United States' Historic Position as the World's Principal Capital Market"
SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP Jacob Dweck, David Wochner & Michael Brooks "Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Litigation After the Energy Policy Act of 2005: State Powers in LNG Terminal Siting"	THOMPSON COBURN LLP Dean L. Franklin & Timothy D. Krieger "Liability of Computer Maintenance Providers Under Copyright Law: Storage Tech. Corp. v. Custom Hardware Eng'g & Consulting, Inc."
THOMPSON HINE LLP Leslie W. Jacobs "Criminal Enforcement of Antitrust Laws - Problems with the U.S. Model"	WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Peter N. Cubita and Michelle Hartmann "The ECOA Discrimination Proscription and Disparate Impact-Interpreting the Meaning of the Words that Actually Are There"
WHITE & CASE LLP Karen M. Asner "Where the Women Are"

Since the Inception of the Program in 1998 the Following Firms Have Won

Duane Morris, LLP	Salans
Faegre & Benson LLP	Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Fisher & Phillips LLP	Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto	Shearman & Sterling LLP
Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, PA	Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP
Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, LLP	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP	Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP	Stoel Rives LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC	Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP	Thompson Coburn LLP
Hale and Dorr LLP	Thompson Hine LLP
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP	Vinson & Elkins LLP
Hodgson Russ LLP	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Hogan & Hartson LLP	White & Case LLP
Irell & Manella LLP	Winston & Strawn LLP