Â鶹ֱ²¥ Secures Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2025
June 5, 2025
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ & Lardner LLP is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
The firm received 53 practice rankings, including 11 national rankings and 12 Band 1 placements, highlighting the strength and depth of Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s capabilities across key industries and practice areas. Additionally, 126 Â鶹ֱ²¥ attorneys across 20 of the firm’s offices earned individual rankings, with 22 ranked nationally and 22 recognized 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
- Venture Capital
District of Columbia
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Health Care
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Florida: North & Central
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Band 1)
- Real Estate (Band 1)
Illinois
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Health Care
- Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Public Finance
Massachusetts
- Health Care
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Corporate/M&A
- Litigation: General Commercial
New York
- Health Care
Texas
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
- Health Care
- Insurance: Regulatory
- Labor & Employment
Utah
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
Wisconsin
- Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
- Health Care (Band 1)
- Intellectual Property (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
- Public Finance (Band 1)
- Real Estate (Band 1)
Nationwide Attorney Rankings
- Christopher Cutler, Accountant and Auditor Liability
- 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
- Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Rajiv Dharnidharka, Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
- Clifford Risman, Leisure & Hospitality
- Daniel Bachrach, Leisure & Hospitality
- William Guthrie, Leisure & Hospitality
- Jeffery Atkin, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Jocelyn Lavallo, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Darin Lowder, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Jonathan Israel, Sports Law; Sports Law: Esports (Band 1)
- Kevin Schulz, Sports Law
- Louis Lehot, Startups & Emerging Companies
- Edward Burbach, State Attorneys General
- Stephen Cobb, State Attorneys General
- Siran Faulders, State Attorneys General
- Christopher Grigorian, Transportation: Road (Automotive) (Band 1)
- Vanessa Miller, Transportation: Road (Automotive)
State Attorney Rankings
California
- Shane Moses, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Up and Coming)
- Adam Hepworth, Health Care
- Claire Marblestone, Health Care
- Anil Shankar, Health Care
- Judith Waltz, Health Care (Band 1)
- Thomas Anderton, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- 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
- Nathan Beaver, Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Eric Sophir, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- David Harper, Construction
- Andrea Cunha, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Thomas Ferrante, Health Care
- Rachel Goodman, Health Care
- Jana Kolarik, Health Care
- Nathaniel Lacktman, Health Care (Band 1)
- Matthew Citrin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Associates to Watch)
- Austin Neal, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Nicholas Paquette, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Kevin Hyde, Labor & Employment
- Mark Neuberger, Labor & Employment
- Jason Mehta, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Vanessa Singh Johannes, 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
- 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
- Adrienne Walker, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Lisa Glahn, Construction
- Kyle Faget, Health Care; Life Sciences
- Lawrence Vernaglia, Health Care (Band 1)
- Adria Warren, Health Care
- Donald Schroeder, Labor & Employment
- Andrew Kurzon, Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Matthew McBride, Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Stephen Meli, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Daljit Doogal, Corporate/M&A (Eminent Practitioners)
- Gjina Lucaj, Corporate/M&A
- Omar Lucia, Corporate/M&A
- Norman Ankers, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Vanessa Miller, Litigation: General Commercial
New York
- Evan Hellman, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Jeffrey Thrope, Health Care
- JillAllison Opell, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Kenneth Breen, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
North Carolina
- Leah D’Aurora Richardson, Health Care (Up and Coming)
Texas
- Hoang Quan Vu, Banking & Finance
- John Melko, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Holland O’Neil, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Christopher Converse, Corporate/M&A
- Joshua Skora, Health Care
- Kinal Patel, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Jessica Glatzer Mason, Labor & Employment
- Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor & Employment
- Val Albright, Tax: Litigation (Senior Statespeople)
Utah
- R. Whitney Johnson, Intellectual Property
- David Wright, Intellectual Property
- Monica Call, Litigation: General Commercial
- Brandon Christensen, Litigation: General Commercial (Associates to Watch)
- 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 (Band 1)
- Leigh Riley, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
- Jennifer Hennessy, Health Care (Band 1)
- Mitchell Lindstrom, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Anita Sorensen, Immigration (Band 1)
- Jeffrey Gundersen, Intellectual Property (Eminent Practitioners)
- 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 (Senior Statespeople)
- Thomas Shriner, Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statespeople)
- Andrew Wronski, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Linda Benfield, Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
- Bruce Keyes, Natural Resources & Environment; Real Estate
- Sarah Slack, Natural Resources & Environment
- Peter Tomasi, Natural Resources & Environment
- Dana Lach, Public Finance (Band 1)
- Katherine Rist, Real Estate
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