Â鶹ֱ²¥ & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that it has again been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the top law firms in the country in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
The firm received 42 practice rankings, including 10 national rankings and nine in Band 1. Additionally, 105 Â鶹ֱ²¥ attorneys across 19 of the firm’s offices are recognized, with 13 ranked nationally and 19 listed in Band 1.
Nationwide Practice Rankings
- Cannabis Law
- Derivatives
- Franchising
- Health Care: The Elite
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Public Finance (Band 1)
- Sports Law
- Transportation: Road (Automotive)
State Practice Rankings
California
- Health Care
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
District of Columbia
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Health Care
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Florida: North & Central
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Band 1)
- Real Estate
Illinois
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Health Care
- Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Massachusetts
- Health Care
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Corporate/M&A
- Litigation: General Commercial
Texas
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Insurance: Regulatory (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
Utah
- Litigation: General Commercial
Wisconsin
- Banking & Finance (Band 1)
- Corporate/M&A
- Intellectual Property (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
- Real Estate (Band 1)
Nationwide Attorney Rankings
- James McKee, Cannabis Law: Eastern United States
- Kathryn Trkla, Derivatives; Derivatives: Enforcement; Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory
- Lisa Noller, False Claims Act
- Michael Lockerby, Franchising
- Mary Leslie Smith, Franchising
- Clifford Risman, Leisure & Hospitality
- Jeffery Atkin, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Thomas Hoffmann, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Jocelyn Lavallo, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Samuel Winer, Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
- Jonathan Israel, Sports Law; Sports Law: Esports
- Edward Burbach, State Attorneys General
- Christopher Grigorian, Transportation: Road (Automotive)
State Attorney Rankings
California
- Ashley McDow, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Shane Moses, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Adam Hepworth, Health Care
- Claire Marblestone, Health Care
- Anil Shankar, Health Care
- Diane Ung, Health Care
- Judith Waltz, Health Care
- Thomas Carlucci, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Pamela Johnston, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- James Kalyvas, Technology: Outsourcing
- Louis Lehot, Venture Capital
District of Columbia
- Eric Sophir, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- Kimberly Ashby, Construction
- David Harper, Construction
- Thomas Ferrante, Health Care
- Nathaniel Lacktman, Health Care
- Roy Barquet, Immigration
- Austin Neal, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Kevin Hyde, Labor & Employment
- Jason Mehta, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Florida: North & Central
- Mark Wolfson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Gardner Davis, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Michael Okaty, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Steven Vazquez, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- David Cook, Real Estate
- Thomas Little, Real Estate
- Fred Ridley, Real Estate
- Stephen Szabo, Real Estate
Illinois
- Harold Kaplan, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Jill Nicholson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Mark Radtke, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Michael Small, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Edward Green, Health Care
- Roger Strode, Health Care
- Monica Chmielewski, Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Eric Haab, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Michael Kasdin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- James Lundy, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Lisa Noller, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Laura Bilas, Public Finance
Massachusetts
- Lisa Glahn, Construction
- Kyle Faget, Health Care
- Lawrence Vernaglia, Health Care
- Adria Warren, Health Care
- Christopher McKenna, Intellectual Property
- Donald Schroeder, Labor & Employment
- Michael Tuteur, Litigation: General Commercial
- Andrew Kurzon, Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Matthew McBride, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Daljit Doogal, Corporate/M&A
- Steven Hilfinger, Corporate/M&A
- Norman Ankers, Litigation: General Commercial
- Vanessa Miller, Litigation: General Commercial
- Jennifer Belveal, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
New York
- Jeff Thrope, Health Care
- JillAllison Opell, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Texas
- John Melko, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Holland O’Neil, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Christopher Converse, Corporate/M&A
- Alan Perkins, Corporate/M&A
- Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor & Employment
- Val Albright, Tax: Litigation
Utah
- R. Whitney Johnson, Intellectual Property
- David Wright, Intellectual Property
- Kenneth Black, Litigation: General Commercial
- David Jordan, Litigation: General Commercial
- David Mortensen, Litigation: General Commercial
- Melanie Clark, Real Estate
Wisconsin
- Steven Barth, Corporate/M&A
- Christopher Cain, Corporate/M&A
- James Peterson, Corporate/M&A
- Patrick Quick, Corporate/M&A
- Bryan Schultz, Corporate/M&A
- John Wilson, Corporate/M&A
- Casey Knapp, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Leigh Riley, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Anita Sorensen, Immigration
- Jeffrey Gundersen, Intellectual Property
- Mark Kassel, Intellectual Property
- Joseph Ziebert, Intellectual Property
- Carmen Decot, Labor & Employment
- Daniel Kaplan, Labor & Employment
- James Clark, Litigation: General Commercial
- James McKeown, Litigation: General Commercial
- Thomas Shriner, Litigation: General Commercial
- Andrew Wronski, Litigation: General Commercial
- Linda Benfield, Natural Resources & Environment
- Bruce Keyes, Natural Resources & Environment
- Sarah Slack, Natural Resources & Environment
- Peter Tomasi, Natural Resources & Environment
- Michael Hatch, Real Estate
- Katherine Rist, Real Estate
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