Firm Rankings

• Venable ranked 78th on the National Law Journal’s list of the top 250 law firms.
  (National Law Journal, November 2009)
• Venable ranked 79th on The American Lawyer's list of top law firms.
  (The American Lawyer, May 2009)
• Venable is the largest law firm in the Baltimore, MD area.
  (Baltimore Business Journal, February 2009)
• Venable ranked among the ten largest law firms in the Washington, DC area.
  (Washington Business Journal, June 2008)
• Venable ranked among the top 25 Washington, DC law firms.
  (Legal Times, May 2009)
• Venable ranked among the Washington area’s leading corporate philanthropists and first in giving among Washington law firms. (Washington Business Journal, June 2009)

• Venable ranked 13th among law firm lobbying practices and 19th among all lobbying firms in "Influence 50" rankings.
  (Legal Times, March 2009)
• Venable's Product Liability and Toxic Torts practice named third busiest product liability practice in the United States.
  (Law360, February 2009)
• Venable's Privacy and Data Security practice ranked second among privacy law practices in a national survey of corporate privacy professionals.
  (Computerworld, December 2008)
• Venable ranked among the top 10 law firms for U.S. trademark registrations issued in 2008.
  (Intellectual Property Today, May 2009)
• Venable ranked 17th among law firms for U.S. trademark applications filed in 2008.
  (Trademark Insider, 2008 annual report)
• 16 Venable practice groups are ranked in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA. (Chambers USA, June 2009)

• Venable has 166 AV-rated attorneys. (Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory)
• 39 Venable attorneys were singled out in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA. (Chambers USA, June 2009)
• 66 Venable attorneys earned Best Lawyers honors. (Best Lawyers in America, August 2009)
• 73 Venable attorneys recognized by SuperLawyers. (SuperLawyers, 2008-2009)
• Seven Venable lawyers have been named by The Daily Record as exemplifying "Leadership in Law." (The Daily Record, 2001-2008)
• 13 Venable attorneys named to Washingtonian’s 2009 list of DC-area’s top attorneys. (Washingtonian, November 2007)