NEW YORK, June 5, 2025: Morgan Lewis practices and lawyers have earned high rankings from Chambers and Partners in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA. The firm has been ranked across 148 practices in the new guide, including 10 new practice rankings. The firm also has 32 practices in the guide’s top tier, Band 1.
The firm has been recognized with 315 individual lawyer rankings, of which 46 are new individual rankings. Firm Chair Jami McKeon and Managing Partner of Practice Steven R. Wall were again named Eminent Practitioner—the top individual lawyer recognition given by the guide. Litigation partner J. Gordon Cooney, Jr. was again recognized as a Star Individual. Morgan Lewis lawyers received eight senior statespeople recognitions and 19 lawyers have been recognized as Up and Coming/Associates to watch. Within the individual rankings, 48 of these recognitions are Band 1 individual lawyer rankings.
The firm earned many new rankings across practice areas, including new rankings in Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance, and Intellectual Property, and across geographies, with new rankings in California, Illinois, and New York. The rankings are the result of Chambers and Partners’ research and interviews with clients and members of the legal community.
Nationwide
Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement & Investigations)Private Equity: Fund Formation
California
Tax: State & Local
Connecticut
Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Illinois
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
New York
Banking & Finance
Washington
Intellectual Property
Jami McKeon: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Steven R Wall: Labor & Employment – Pennsylvania
J. Gordon Cooney, Jr.: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Nationwide
Reed D. Auerbach: Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Jeremy P. Blumenfeld: ERISA Litigation
Heather Egan: Privacy & Data Security: Adtech
Thomas P. Giblin Jr: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Stacie R. Hartman: Derivatives: Enforcement
Asa J. Herald: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS
John G. Klauberg: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Timothy P. Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
W. John McGuire: Registered Funds
Barbara Murphy Melby: Outsourcing
Scott A. Milner: E-Discovery & Information Governance
Courtney C. Nowell: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
Kimberly M. Reisler: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Steven W. Stone: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
California
David Sean Cox: Insurance: Policyholder
James J. Dragna: Environment
William D. Kissinger: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Nancy Yamaguchi: Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
District of Columbia
Rosina B. Barker: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
Grace E. Speights: Labor & Employment
Howard J. Young: Healthcare
Illinois
Sari M. Alamuddin: Labor & Employment
Elizabeth Herrington: Litigation: General Commercial
Thomas V. Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
Massachusetts
Jonathan M. Albano: Litigation: General Commercial
Richard A. Goldman: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Daniel S. Savrin: Antitrust
New Jersey
Steven M. Cohen: Corporate/M&A
John McGahren: Environment
Richard G. Rosenblatt: Labor & Employment
New York
Samuel S. Shaulson: Labor & Employment
Pennsylvania
Meredith S. Auten: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Michael L. Banks: Labor & Employment
John C. Dodds: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Amy Pocino Kelly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Michael L. Kichline: Litigation: Securities
John P. Lavelle, Jr.: Litigation: Product Liability
James W. McKenzie, Jr.: Corporate/M&A: Securities
Steven A. Reed: Antitrust
Eric W. Sitarchuk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Joanne R. Soslow: Corporate/M&A: Securities
Mims Maynard Zabriskie: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Richard B. Aldridge: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Michael J. Pedrick: Banking & Finance
Texas
B. Scott McBride: Healthcare
Washington
Patty Eakes: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Nationwide
Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
ERISA Litigation
Impact Investing
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Labor & Employment
Retail
California
Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
Environment
District of Columbia
Immigration
Labor & Employment
Illinois
Employee Benefits & Compensation
Massachusetts
Antitrust
New Jersey
Labor & Employment
Life Sciences
New York
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Pennsylvania
Antitrust
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations
Tax
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Litigation: General Commercial
Texas
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Labor & Employment
Nationwide
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs
Derivatives
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy Transition
Environment
False Claims Act
FCPA
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement & Investigations)
Healthcare: The Elite
Hedge Funds
Immigration
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Life Sciences
Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
Occupational Safety and Health
Outsourcing
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Private Equity: Secondaries
Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded
Projects: Power
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Registered Funds
Retail: Corporate & Transactional
Securities: Litigation
Sports Law
Startups & Emerging Companies
Tax: Controversy
Tax: Corporate & Finance
Technology
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
California
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Healthcare
Insurance: Policyholder
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Litigation: Securities
Private Equity: Buyouts
Tax: State & Local
Venture Capital
California: Northern
Tax
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Connecticut
Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
Antitrust
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
Healthcare
Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Insurance: Policyholder
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Tax
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Florida
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Illinois
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Massachusetts
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A
Hedge & Mutual Funds
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Tax
New Jersey
Corporate/M&A
Environment
New York
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Labor & Employment: Transactional
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Outsourcing
Tax
Pennsylvania
Energy & Natural Resources
Environment
Intellectual Property
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Real Estate
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
Healthcare
Intellectual Property
Texas: Houston & Surrounds
Litigation: General Commercial
Washington
Intellectual Property
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Nationwide
Jane T. Accomando: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Jonathan M. Albano: First Amendment Litigation
Neeraj Arora: Projects; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Douglas W. Baruch: False Claims Act
Steven H. Becker: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS
Paul M. Bessette: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Eric S. Bord: Immigration
Sarah E. Connolly: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Lea Anne Copenhefer: Registered Funds
David Sean Cox: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
Deborah S. Davidson: ERISA Litigation
Allen H. Denson: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
Sheri A. Dillon: Tax: Controversy
Christopher J. Dlutowski: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Shannon A. Donnelly: Immigration
Heather Egan: Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity; Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
Michael E. Espinoza: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Brad Fagg: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Richard M. Filosa: Projects
Laura E. Flores: Registered Funds
Seth M. Gerber: Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
Kirstin E. Gibbs: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Julie S. Goldemberg: Intellectual Property: Appellate
Richard A. Goldman: Hedge Funds
Sean Graber: Registered Funds
Elizabeth P. Hanigan: Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Stacie R. Hartman: Derivatives
Alexander B. Hastings: Government Contracts
Tomer J. Inbar: Impact Investing
Ben A. Indek: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
Jeffrey R. Johnson: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS
Zeke Johnson: Hedge Funds
Matthew P. Joseph: Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS
Roger P. Joseph: Registered Funds
Amy Natterson Kroll: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
Timothy W. Levin: Registered Funds
Steve Levitan: Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS
Ryan K. Lighty: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Thomas V. Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
Christine Lombardo: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Amy C. Maloney: Projects; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Christopher D. Menconi: Registered Funds
R. Latane Montague: Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Sandra L. Moser: FCPA
Michael A. Muller: Projects
Eric S. Namrow: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Sarah A. Nelson: Capital Markets: Securitisation: Tax
Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Christopher M. Paridon: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Mark F. Parise: Registered Funds
Vito Petretti: Outsourcing
Michael M. Philipp: Derivatives
Alex S. Polonsky: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Arjun P. Rao: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Carrie J. Rief: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Stephanie L. Roberts: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Kathleen M. Sanzo: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
Leonora Shalet: Hedge Funds
Eric W. Sitarchuk: False Claims Act
J. Daniel Skees: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Stephen M. Spina: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Paul R. St. Lawrence: Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs
Alison Tanchyk: FCPA
Jennifer Trock: Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
James T. Tynion III: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Carl A. Valenstein: Impact Investing
Jedd H. Wider: Hedge Funds; Private Equity: Fund Formation
Pamela T. Wu: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Joseph D. Zargari: Private Equity: Secondaries
California
Adam C. Abrahms: Labor & Employment
Nicole A. Buffalano: Labor & Employment
Christopher L. Exberger: Banking & Finance
Debra L. Fischer: Labor & Employment
Ella Foley Gannon: Environment
Seth M. Gerber: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
William H. Gorrod: Tax: State & Local
Harry I. Johnson, III: Labor & Employment
Rahul Kapoor: Technology
Molly Moriarty Lane: Healthcare
Christina A. MacDougall: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Jeffry S. Mann: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Barbara J. Miller: Labor & Employment
Steven L. Miller: Banking & Finance
Minna Lo Naranjo: Antitrust
Jeffrey S. Raskin: Insurance: Policyholder
Manita Rawat: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Susan D. Resley: Litigation: Securities
Brian C. Rocca: Antitrust
Rick R. Rothman: Environment
Sujal J. Shah: Antitrust
Charlene S. Shimada: Litigation: Securities
Marshall C. Stoddard Jr.: Banking & Finance
Gary S. Williams: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Zaitun Poonja: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Connecticut
Jeffrey S. MacDonald: Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
Natalie A. Bennett: Intellectual Property: Litigation
Eric S. Bord: Immigration
Jennifer E. Breen: Tax
Michele L. Buenafe: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Daniel E. Chefitz: Insurance: Policyholder
Althea Day: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Sheri A. Dillon: Tax
Shannon A. Donnelly: Immigration
F. Scott Farmer: Tax
Jonathan C. Fritts: Labor & Employment
Dana S. Gross: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Dennis C. Gucciardo: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Andrew D. Lipman: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Janice H. Logan: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Duke K. McCall, III: Environment
Bill McKee: Tax
Philip A. Miscimarra: Labor & Employment
Sandra L. Moser: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Gregory L. Needles: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
William F. Nelson: Tax
Sergio F. Oehninger: Insurance: Policyholder
Ulises R. Pin: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Anita B. Polott: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Andrew Ray: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Michael B. Richman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Celia Roady: Tax
Jon R. Roellke: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Alex E. Sadler: Tax
Kathleen M. Sanzo: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Albert W. Shay: Healthcare
Matthew D. Thurlow: Environment
Fabricio Vayra: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Catherine Wang: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Justin D. Weitz: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Jonathan Zimmerman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Florida
Robert M. Brochin: Litigation: General Commercial
Jennifer Bullock: Labor & Employment
Anne Marie Estevez: Labor & Employment
Alison Tanchyk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Illinois
Michael J. Abernathy: Intellectual Property
Christopher J. Betti: Intellectual Property
Megan R. Braden: Litigation: General Commercial
Deborah S. Davidson: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Tinos Diamantatos: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Emily E. Garrison: Insurance: Dispute Resolution
Luis A. Herrero: Banking & Finance
Mark R. Kirsons: Banking & Finance
Kenneth M. Kliebard: Antitrust
Marla J. Kreindler: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Daniel R. Salemi: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Scott T. Schutte: Litigation: General Commercial
Julie K. Stapel: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Jill Vorobiev: Labor & Employment
Jason C. White: Intellectual Property
Ami N. Wynne: Labor & Employment
Massachusetts
Stephen L. Altieri: Intellectual Property; Life Sciences
Michael D. Blanchard: Litigation: Securities
Timothy P. Burke: Litigation: Securities
Laurie A. Burlingame: Life Sciences
Andrew M. Buttaro: Litigation: General Commercial
Laurie A. Cerveny: Corporate/M&A
Michael A. Conza: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Lea Anne Copenhefer: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Joshua M. Dalton: Intellectual Property
Rachelle A. Dubow: Intellectual Property
Jason D. Frank: Litigation: Securities
Matthew F. Furlong: Banking & Finance
Andrew J. Gallo: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Barry N. Hurwitz: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Roger P. Joseph: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Noah J. Kaufman: Antitrust
Gerald J. Kehoe: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Marc R. Leduc: Banking & Finance
Daniel Aaron Losk: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Meghan E. McCarthy: Tax
Siobhan Mee: Labor & Employment
Jeffrey W. Moss: Insurance
Daniel A. Nelson: Tax
Julie Silva Palmer: Litigation: General Commercial
Emily E. Renshaw: Litigation: Securities
Matthew D. Schnall: Tax
Toby R. Serkin: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Doneld G. Shelkey: Technology
Edwin E. Smith: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Charles L. Solomont: Litigation: General Commercial
Julio E. Vega: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Caiti Zeytoonian: Antitrust
New Jersey
Emily Cuneo DeSmedt: Labor & Employment
Stephanie R. Feingold: Environment
David G. Glazer: Life Sciences
Alan B. Leeds: Life Sciences
Christopher J. McAuliffe: Environment
Benjamin David Novak: Corporate/M&A
David C. Schwartz: Corporate/M&A; Life Sciences
New York
Craig A. Bitman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
R. Alec Dawson: Corporate/M&A
Brian A. Herman: Litigation: General Commercial
Mary B. Hevener: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Tax
Michael S. Kraut: Litigation: General Commercial
Gina L. Lauriero: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Austin S. Lilling: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation: Mainly Executive Representation
Michael Luskin: Bankruptcy Litigation
Stacey Anne Mahoney: Antitrust
David A. McManus: Labor & Employment
Kelly A. Moore: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Christopher A. Parlo: Labor & Employment
Vito Petretti: Outsourcing
Harry T. Robins: Antitrust
Gary S. Rothstein: Executive Compensation: Mainly Executive Representation
Richard Stern: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard S. Taffet: Antitrust
Kenneth J. Turnbull: Labor & Employment
Richard S. Zarin: Tax
Northern California
Barton W.S. Bassett: Tax
Rod Donnelly: Tax
Sarah-Jane Morin: Tax
Pennsylvania
Casey S. August: Tax
Louis W. Beardell, Jr.: Intellectual Property
Sarah E. Bouchard: Labor & Employment
Justin W. Chairman: Corporate/M&A: Securities
R. Brendan Fee: Antitrust
John G. Ferreira: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Paul A. Gordon: Tax
Zachary M. Johns: Antitrust
Kenneth M. Kulak: Energy & Natural Resources
W. John Lee: Labor & Employment
Ryan P. McCarthy: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Laura Hughes McNally: Litigation: Securities
John J. Pease, III: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Michael J. Puma: Labor & Employment
Erin Randolph-Williams: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Glen R. Stuart: Environment
Jaclyn Unis Whittaker: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Jeannine T. Bishop: Real Estate
Troy S. Brown: Litigation: General Commercial
Andrew T. Budreika: Banking & Finance
John C. Goodchild, III: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Andrew Hamilton: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Kathleen A. Keyser: Real Estate
Benjamin W. Stango: Banking & Finance
Benjamin R. Wills: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Matthew C. Ziegler: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
Marlee S. Myers: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Mark L. Opitz: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
Elizabeth Khoury Ali: Banking & Finance
Gregory N. Etzel: Healthcare
C. Erik Hawes: Intellectual Property
David J. Levy: Intellectual Property
Tara R. McElhiney: Corporate/M&A
Stefanie R. Moll: Labor & Employment
William R. Peterson: Litigation: Appellate
Rick L. Rambo: Intellectual Property
Texas: Houston & Surrounds
Michelle Pector: Litigation: General Commercial
Washington
Patty Eakes: Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial
Damon Elder: Litigation: General Commercial
Claire M. Lesikar: Labor & Employment
Amy M. Magnano: Healthcare
Alexander B. Stein: Intellectual Property