Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in 2009 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers

Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in 2009 edition of Mountain States
Super Lawyers
Seven Attorneys Receive Top Honors and Six Attorneys Named Rising Stars

LAS VEGAS, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Las Vegas office of the international
law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP is pleased to announce that 13 attorneys have
received recognition in the 2009 edition of the prestigious Mountain States
Super Lawyers publication. Selected in the areas of bankruptcy, business
litigation, business/corporate matters and intellectual property, the
Greenberg Traurig attorneys were named along with other lawyers from Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming who have attained a high degree of peer
recognition and professional achievement.

The Greenberg Traurig Mountain States Super Lawyers were recognized in the
following practice areas:
-- Brett A. Axelrod, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
-- Michael J. Bonner, Business/Corporate
-- John N. Brewer, Business/Corporate
-- Mark E. Ferrario, Business Litigation
-- Thomas F. Kummer, Business Litigation
-- Bob L. Olson, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights

-- Mark G. Tratos, Intellectual Property

The Greenberg Traurig Mountain States Rising Stars were recognized in the
following practice areas:
-- Peter H. Ajemian, Intellectual Property
-- Luis A. Ayon, Business Litigation
-- Leslie A. Godfrey, Business Litigation
-- Anne M. Loraditch, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
-- Donald L. Prunty, Business Litigation

-- Brandon E. Roos, Business Litigation

"We are deeply honored to be recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers for
the work we enjoy doing each day on behalf of our clients," said Mark Tratos,
managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Las Vegas office. "It's also a
distinct pleasure to share the news with our clients and others in the
business community that four of our newest attorneys join us as Super Lawyers
and two join us as Rising Stars. I know the entire Greenberg Traurig legal
team echoes my applause to all the winners."

"In addition, I want to extend our warmest congratulations to our esteemed
colleagues in the legal community who also achieved this noteworthy award.
With peer review an integral part of the selection process, it's an especially
meaningful recognition to us," Tratos added.

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice
areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional
achievement. It is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and
city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine,
featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list, is
distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate
counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA-approved law school libraries.

About Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig's office in Las Vegas opened in May 2005 having joined
forces with the then law firm Quirk & Tratos, Nevada's largest Intellectual
Property and Entertainment law firm. Since then, the Las Vegas office has more
than doubled in size and recently welcomed 17 attorneys from one of Nevada's
largest and most prominent law firms.

The Greenberg Traurig Las Vegas team represent clients in a full range of
practice areas including complex corporate transactions; federal and state
securities matters; intellectual property, entertainment and internet law;
appellate law; real estate law; litigation and bankruptcy and business
reorganization matters throughout the United States. The team includes many
attorneys who are licensed to practice law in more than one state, and before
state and federal courts, appellate courts, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the Nevada Gaming Control Board, United States Copyright
Office and the International Trade Commission.

The firm's attorneys are routinely rated among the best corporate, mergers and
acquisitions, and litigation lawyers in Nevada, including high-ranking
recognition by the prestigious Chambers USA - America's Leading Business
Lawyers since its inception in 2003; The Best Lawyers in America(R); and
Mountain States Super Lawyers. The firm is AV-rated, which is the highest
ranking awarded by Martindale Hubbell, a noted authority in rating U.S. law
firms and attorneys.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with
approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the
United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than
any other among the Top 20 on The National Law Journal's 2008 NLJ 250.
Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following
independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome; TA Lawyers GKJ in
Tokyo; and, where appropriate, the firm works closely with Olswang in London,
Brussels and Berlin. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the
Year in 2007. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.

SOURCE Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Diane Lancaster Gibes of Greenberg Traurig, +1-702-792-3773, gibesd@gtlaw.com