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Â鶹ֱ²¥ & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that it is again recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

The firm received 45 practice rankings, including 11 national rankings and nine in Band 1. Additionally, 114 Â鶹ֱ²¥ attorneys across 18 of the firm’s offices are recognized, with 16 ranked nationally and 24 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
• Sports Law
• Startups & Emerging Companies
• 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 (Band 1)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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 (Band 1)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Public Finance

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

• Intellectual Property
• Litigation: General Commercial

Wisconsin

• Banking & Finance
• Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
• 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 (Band 1); Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory (Band 1)
• Ellen Wheeler, Derivatives: Enforcement (Band 1)
• Lisa Noller, False Claims Act
• Michael Lockerby, Franchising
• Clifford Risman, Leisure & Hospitality
• Jeffery Atkin, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
• Thomas Hoffmann, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Jocelyn Lavallo, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Darin Lowder, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Jonathan Israel, Sports Law; Sports Law: Esports (Band 1)
• Edward Burbach, State Attorneys General
• Christopher Grigorian, Transportation: Road (Automotive) (Band 1)
• Vanessa Miller, Transportation: Road (Automotive)
• Kevin Schulz, Sports Law
• Andrew Lee, Sports Law

State Attorney Rankings

California

• Shane Moses, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Adam Hepworth, Health Care
• Claire Marblestone, Health Care
• Anil Shankar, Health Care
• Diane Ung, Health Care
• Judith Waltz, Health Care (Band 1)
• Thomas Carlucci, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Pamela Johnston, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• James Kalyvas, Outsourcing
• Louis Lehot, Venture Capital

District of Columbia

• Lori Rubin Garber, Health Care
• Eric Sophir, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution

Florida

• Kimberly Ashby, Construction (Band 1)
• David Harper, Construction
• Thomas Ferrante, Health Care
• Rachel Goodman, Health Care
• Nathaniel Lacktman, Health Care (Band 1)
• Matthew Citrin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Nicholas Paquette, 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 (Band 1)
• Eric Haab, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
• Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
• Michael Kasdin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Lisa Noller, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
• Laura Bilas, Public Finance (Band 1)
• Heidi Jeffery, Public Finance (Band 1)

Massachusetts

• Lisa Glahn, Construction
• Kyle Faget, Health Care
• Lawrence Vernaglia, Health Care (Band 1)
• 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
• Stephen Meli, Private Equity: Fund Formation

Michigan

• Daljit Doogal, Corporate/M&A
• Steven Hilfinger, Corporate/M&A
• Norman Ankers, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Vanessa Miller, Litigation: General Commercial
• Jennifer Belveal, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)

New York

• Jeffrey 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
• Kinal Patel, Health Care
• Jessica Glatzer Mason, Labor & Employment
• Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor & Employment
• Val Albright, Tax: Litigation (Band 1)

Utah

• R. Whitney Johnson, Intellectual Property
• David Wright, Intellectual Property
• Kenneth Black, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Monica Call, Litigation: General Commercial
• David Jordan, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• 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 (Band 1)
• Patrick Quick, Corporate/M&A
• Bryan Schultz, Corporate/M&A
• John Wilson, Corporate/M&A
• Amy Ciepluch, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Casey Knapp, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Leigh Riley, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
• Anita Sorensen, Immigration (Band 1)
• Jeffrey Gundersen, Intellectual Property
• Mark Kassel, Intellectual Property
• Joseph Ziebert, Intellectual Property
• Kadie Jelenchick, Intellectual Property: Litigation
• 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 (Band 1)
• Linda Benfield, Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
• Sarah Slack, Natural Resources & Environment
• Peter Tomasi, Natural Resources & Environment
• Michael Hatch, Real Estate (Band 1)
• Bruce Keyes, Real Estate; Natural Resources & Environment
• Katherine Rist, Real Estate

About Chambers USA

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