NEW YORK, May 7, 2019: Morgan Lewis is proud to announce that the 2019 edition of Chambers USA has ranked 195 firm lawyers across 220 categories and 85 practice areas. The rankings are the result of Chambers and Partners’ research and interviews with clients and members of the legal community.
In Chambers USA 2019, two Morgan Lewis lawyers secured Star Individual designations, which is given to lawyers who received exceptional recommendations. 41 firm lawyers achieved the highest ranking of Band 1, including 14 in nationwide sections. The firm also earned Band 1 rankings in 24 practice areas, 10 of which are in nationwide categories. Chambers USA conducts its own independent research to assess technical legal ability, client service, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, value for money, and depth of team to determine the country’s best.
Star Individuals
Pennsylvania
- Gordon Cooney: Litigation: General Commercial
Massachusetts
- Edwin Smith: Banking & Finance
Band 1 Lawyer Rankings
Nationwide
- Reed Auerbach: Capital Markets: Securitization
- Thomas Giblin, Jr.: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
- John Hood: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
- John Klauberg: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- John Magee: Tax: Controversy
- Barbara Murphy Melby: Outsourcing
- Brian Ortelere: ERISA Litigation
- Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
- Kimberly Reisler: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
- Georgette Schaefer: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- Louis Singer: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- Steven Stone: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
- Kathryn Sutton: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Paul Zevnik: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
California
- James Dragna: Environment
- James Vázquez-Azpiri: Immigration
District of Columbia
- Rosina Barker: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- John Magee: Tax
- Bill McKee: Tax
- Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
- Grace Speights: Labor & Employment
- Paul Zevnik: Insurance: Policyholder
Illinois
- Sari Alamuddin: Labor & Employment
Massachusetts
- Jonathan Albano: Litigation: General Commercial
- John Brown: Tax
- Daniel Goldberg: Antitrust; Litigation: General Commercial
- Richard Goldman: Hedge & Mutual Funds
- Roger Joseph: Hedge & Mutual Funds
- Daniel Savrin: Antitrust
- Edwin Smith: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
New Jersey
- Steven Cohen: Corporate/M&A
- Richard Rosenblatt: Labor & Employment
New York
- Edward Hansen: Technology & Outsourcing
- Samuel Shaulson: Labor & Employment
Pennsylvania
- Michael Banks: Labor & Employment
- John Dodds: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- James McKenzie, Jr.: Corporate/M&A: Securities
- Eric Sitarchuk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Marc Sonnenfeld: Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: Securities
- Joanne Soslow: Corporate/M&A: Securities
- Mims Maynard Zabriskie: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Pittsburgh & Surrounds
- Marlee Myers: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
- Susan Feigin Harris: Healthcare
- Nancy Patterson: Labor & Employment
Band 1 Practice Rankings
Nationwide
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- ERISA Litigation
- Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- Labor & Employment
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Retail
- Tax: Controversy
California
District of Columbia
- Immigration
- Labor & Employment
- Tax
Illinois
- Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Massachusetts
- Antitrust
- Hedge & Mutual Funds
New Jersey
- Corporate/M&A
- Labor & Employment
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Surrounds
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Litigation: General Commercial
Texas
Additional Lawyer Rankings
Nationwide
- Jonathan Albano: First Amendment Litigation
- Neeraj Arora: Projects
- John Ayanian: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
- Tess Blair: Litigation: E-Discovery
- Jeremy Blumenfeld: ERISA Litigation
- Eric Bord: Immigration
- Giovanna Cinelli: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Lea Anne Copenhefer: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Deborah Davidson: ERISA Litigation
- Alec Dawson: Private Equity: Buyouts
- Christopher Dlutowski: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- Brad Fagg: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Richard Filosa: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Kirstin Gibbs: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Richard Goldman: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Edward Hansen: Outsourcing
- Thomas Harman: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Robert Hibbert: Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Charles Horn: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Michel Yves Horton: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Ben Indek: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
- Jeffrey Johnson: Capital Markets: Securitization
- Matthew Joseph: Capital Markets: Securitization
- Roger Joseph: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Amy Natterson Kroll: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
- Timothy Levin: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Steve Levitan: Capital Markets: Securitization
- Thomas Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
- John Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Timothy Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Paul McCoy: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- John McGuire: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- William Nelson: Tax: Controversy
- Michael Pillion: Outsourcing
- Thomas Poindexter: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Alex Polonsky: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Marc Reardon: Projects
- Carrie Rief: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- David Salmons: Appellate Law
- Kathleen Sanzo: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
- Gary Slaiman: Government: Government Relations
- Edwin Smith: Banking & Finance
- Wayne Song: Projects; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Stephen Spina: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Sanford Stark: Tax: Controversy
- Marshall Stoddard: Banking & Finance
- James Tynion: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- James Vázquez-Azpiri: Immigration
- Jedd Wider: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Mark Williams: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Howard Young: Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation
California
- Debra Fischer: Labor & Employment
- Ella Foley Gannon: Environment
- Brent Hawkins: Intellectual Property: Patent
- Reece Hirsch: Healthcare
- Nathan Hochman: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Michel Yves Horton: Insurance: Policyholder
- Rahul Kapoor: IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
- William Kissinger: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
- James Loss: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Barbara Miller: Labor & Employment
- Benjamin Pensak: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Jeffrey Raskin: Insurance: Policyholder
- Melinda Riechert: Labor & Employment
- Brian Rocca: Antitrust
- Rick Rothman: Environment
- Charlene Shimada: Litigation: Securities
- Marshall Stoddard: Banking & Finance
Northern California
- Barton Bassett: Tax
- Beth Williams: Tax
San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
- Zaitun Poonja: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Connecticut
- Jeffrey MacDonald: Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
- Eric Bord: Immigration
- Daniel Chefitz: Insurance: Policyholder
- Peter Daub: Tax
- Althea Day: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Shannon Donnelly: Immigration
- Scott Farmer: Tax
- Keith Gottfried: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Thomas Klanderman: Real Estate
- Andrew Lipman: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
- Thomas Lotterman: Environment
- William Nelson: Tax
- Michael Pickett: Real Estate
- Celia Roady: Tax
- Jon Roellke: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
- Alex Sadler: Tax
- Kathleen Sanzo: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Albert Shay: Healthcare
- Sanford Stark: Tax
- Scott Stempel: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
- Willard Tom: Antitrust
- Catherine Wang: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
- William Wilhelm: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
- Howard Young: Healthcare
Florida
- Robert Brochin: Litigation: General Commercial
- Anne Marie Estevez: Labor & Employment
- Alison Tanchyk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Mark Zelek: Labor & Employment
Illinois
- Deborah Davidson: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Marla Kreindler: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Thomas Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
- Daniel Salemi: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Massachusetts
- Donald-Bruce Abrams: Tax
- Robert Barry: Banking & Finance
- Steven Browne: Corporate/M&A
- Laurie Cerveny: Corporate/M&A
- Michael Conza: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Lea Anne Copenhefer: Hedge & Mutual Funds
- Joshua Dalton: Intellectual Property
- Rachelle Dubow: Intellectual Property
- Steven Frank: Intellectual Property
- Julia Frost-Davies: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Matthew Furlong: Banking & Finance
- Steven Giordano: Hedge & Mutual Funds
- Jordan Hershman: Litigation: Securities
- Gerald Kehoe: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Amy Kyle: Banking & Finance
- Jeffrey Moss: Insurance
- Daniel Nelson: Tax
- John Utzschneider: Corporate/M&A
- Julio Vega: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Sabin Willett: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
New Jersey
- David Glazer: Corporate/M&A
- Alan Leeds: Corporate/M&A
- Christopher McAuliffe: Environment
- John McGahren: Environment
New York
- Jeanie Cogill: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Alec Dawson: Corporate/M&A
- Robert Dickey: Media & Entertainment: Corporate
- Stacey Anne Mahoney: Antitrust
- Kelly Moore: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Sheryl Orr: Corporate/M&A
- Christopher Parlo: Labor & Employment
- Harry Robins: Antitrust
- Gary Rothstein: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Andrew Schaffran: Labor & Employment
- Richard Taffet: Antitrust
- Kenneth Turnbull: Labor & Employment
- Richard Zarin: Tax
Pennsylvania
- Robert Abramowitz: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Sarah Bouchard: Labor & Employment
- J.J. Broderick: Real Estate
- Troy Brown: Litigation: General Commercial
- Joseph Costello: Labor & Employment
- Brian Dougherty: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Brendan Fee: Antitrust
- John Ferreira: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Paul Gordon: Tax
- Amy Pocino Kelly: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Eric Kraeutler: Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- John Lavelle: Litigation: General Commercial
- Robert Lichtenstein: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Jami McKeon: Litigation: General Commercial
- Steven Reed: Antitrust
- Alan Singer: Corporate/M&A: Securities
- Steven Spencer: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
- Eric Stern: Real Estate
- Glen Stuart: Environment
- Steven Wall: Labor & Employment
- William Zimmerman: Tax
Philadelphia & Surrounds
- Richard Aldridge: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- John Goodchild: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Michael Pedrick: Banking & Finance
Texas
- Winn Carter: Litigation: General Commercial
- Donna Clark: Healthcare
- Steve Korotash: Ligation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- David Levy: Intellectual Property
- Scott McBride: Healthcare
- Stefanie Moll: Labor & Employment
Additional Practice Rankings
Nationwide
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Environment
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- Healthcare
- Immigration
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Life Sciences
- Outsourcing
- Product Liability & Mass Torts
- Projects: Power
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Retail: Corporate & Transactional
- Securities: Regulation
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
California
- Antitrust
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Insurance: Policyholder
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: Securities
District of Columbia
- Antitrust
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- Healthcare
- Healthcare: Pharmaceuticals/Medical Products
- Insurance: Policyholder
- Real Estate
- Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Florida
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
Illinois
Massachusetts
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Tax
New Jersey
New York
- Antitrust
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Labor & Employment
- Media & Entertainment: Corporate
- Technology & Outsourcing
Northern California
Pennsylvania
- Antitrust
- Environment
- Real Estate
San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Texas
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial