Washington, DC—The Washingtonian has named Washington, DC Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy partner Sam J. Alberts and Health Care partners Bruce Merlin Fried, Tom Hyatt, Holley Thames Lutz and Gadi Weinreich to its 2013-2015 Best Lawyers list. The magazine’s biennial guide to the capital’s “Stars of the Bar” sifts through nearly 80,000 lawyers in the Washington, DC area, the highest concentration of attorneys in the nation, to select the best lawyers in 30 categories.

Sam J. Alberts, partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy group, was also ranked by The Washingtonian’s 2011-2012 list of top lawyers. He has been named by The Washingtonian for several years in this category, as well in Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring since 2005. Sam has extensive experience in complex domestic and cross-border business and government-related restructurings and bankruptcies. He has represented parties in some of the largest localities in the United States and around the world, including the Committee of Retirees for the City of Detroit, committee of creditors for a local hospital’s bankruptcy, the PBGC in Kodak, the IFC with respect to restructuring debt and ownership of Costa Rica's largest airport and the FDIC with respect to several failed financial institutions. He has also had roles in such cases as Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual Bank, WIND Hellas Telecommunications, Mirant and Refco, as well as the AHERF chapter 11 cases.

Bruce Fried, in addition to serving as managing partner of the Washington, DC office, is a member of Dentons' highly regarded Health Care practice. He has been recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and ExpertGuides as one of the leading health care attorneys in the US since 2005. Bruce has more than thirty years of experience in health care law and policy, both in the public and private sectors. He served as the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA, now CMS) Director of the Center for Health Plans and Providers where he was responsible for policy and operations for the Medicare program. Prior to that, Bruce was director of HCFA's Office of Managed Care where he managed the rapid growth of the Medicare managed care program.

Tom Hyatt, chair of the Firm’s Health Care practice, focuses on corporate and tax-exempt organization issues for health care providers and higher education institutions. Tom represents organizations including public and private health systems, academic medical centers, health maintenance organizations, provider associations, and multi-specialty physician clinics. He has been listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Healthcare for the District of Columbia in both 2012 and 2013, as well as in both the Health Law and Nonprofit/Charities categories of Best Lawyers. He is also ranked in DC Super Lawyers and Expert Guides: Best of the Best USA for Healthcare in 2013.

Health Care partner Holley Lutz concentrates her practice in the areas of Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement counseling, administrative litigation and clinical research compliance. She represents academic medical centers, community hospitals, large physician groups, hospices and research institutions, as well as a broad array of other health care organizations. Holley has been recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as one of the leading health care lawyers in the United States and was recently profiled in Super Lawyers Magazine’s list of top Washington, DC lawyers for 2012-2013.

Partner Gadi Weinreich, head of the Firm’s Global Life Sciences and Health Care sector team, has been repeatedly recognized by Chambers USA, Expert Guides, Nightingale’s Health News and The Washington Post for his accomplishments in successfully representing pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, hospitals and other providers and suppliers in complex health care and life sciences fraud and abuse cases and investigations. He is the only healthcare industry specialist in the nation to receive Corporate Counsel’s prestigious "Client Service All Star" award for 2011. Gadi also serves on the Firm’s Global Advisory Board as well as the US Policy and Planning Board.

The Washingtonian, a five-time National Magazine Award winner, is read by more than 400,000 people every month.

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