International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Eric Lopez Schnabel in the Firm’s Wilmington office was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. He is among a total of 100 Dorsey lawyers in 12 offices selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017. In addition, a total of seven Dorsey lawyers have been named Best Lawyers’® 2017 Lawyers of the Year.
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