Washington, DC – June 6, 2024 – Chambers USA has released its 2024 list of law firm practice group and attorney rankings for the United States. Ten attorneys and four practices from Venable were newly named to this year’s list, including Florida: South Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Northern Virginia’s Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, Transportation: Road (Automotive) Nationwide, and California’s Media and Entertainment Litigation. In total, 95 attorneys and 34 practice areas are ranked at the national or state level.
Below is this year’s list of ranked practice areas and individual attorneys.
Practice Area Rankings
USA – Nationwide
Advertising: Litigation
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
Construction
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Franchising
Government Contracts: The Elite
Leisure & Hospitality
Life Sciences
Political Law
Privacy & Data Security: The Elite
Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
REITs: Maryland Counsel
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
California
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
District of Columbia
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Real Estate
Technology & Outsourcing
Florida
Bankruptcy Litigation
Florida: South
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Illinois
Construction
Maryland
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
New York
Construction
Intellectual Property: Patent
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Virginia
Litigation: General Commercial
Virginia: Northern
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Attorney Rankings
USA – Nationwide
Advertising: Litigation
Roger Colaizzi
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
Ellen Berge
Len Gordon
Melissa Steinman
Shannon Sansom
Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Gregory Wagner
Richard Powers
Steven Adducci
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Andrew Bigart
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Claudia A. Lewis
Franchising
Michael D. Joblove
Nina Greene
Government Contracts
Dismas Locaria
Paul A. Debolt
Scott Hommer
Occupational Safety and Health
Ronald W. Taylor
Political Law
Lawrence H. Norton
Ronald Jacobs
Privacy & Data Security: Adtech
Emilio W. Cividanes
Michael Signorelli
Stuart P. Ingis
Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
Emilio W. Cividanes
Julia Kernochan Tama
Stuart P. Ingis
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Bruce Parker
Craig Thompson
Steve Marshall
Product Liability: Pharmaceutical
Bruce Parker
REITs: Maryland Counsel
Brian Field
Carmen Fonda
Christopher W. Pate
Hirsh M. Ament
James J. Hanks Jr
Michael D. Schiffer
Patricia McGowan
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Ariel Wolf
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
Ashley Craig
Elizabeth Lowe
California
Environment
Tyler Welti
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
David E. Fink
Lee S. Brenner
Michael B. Garfinkel
Colorado
Labor & Employment
Beth Ann Lennon
Heather Fox Vickles
Litigation: General Commercial
James G. Sawtelle
District of Columbia
Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Lisa Jose Fales
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Lisa Tavares
Environment
Douglas H. Green
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Michele Frank
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Rebecca Liebowitz
Andrew Price
Linda Zirkelbach
White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Mark Schamel
Real Estate
J. Michael Pickett
Joseph Creech
Philip Horowitz
Robert G. Gottlieb
Thomas C. Klanderman
Technology & Outsourcing
William Russell
Florida
Bankruptcy Litigation
Allison R. Day
Glenn D. Moses
John H. Genovese
Mariaelena Gayo-Guitian
Paul J. Battista
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Florida: South
Allison R. Day
Glenn D. Moses
Paul J. Battista
Illinois
Construction
Heidi Hennig Rowe
Kenneth M. Roberts
Mark C. Friedlander
Corporate/M&A
Thomas E. Keim, Jr
Intellectual Property
Adam Kelly
Maryland
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Gregory Cross
Laura Bouyea
Construction
John Prisbe
Corporate/M&A
Anthony J. Rosso
Carmen Fonda
Charles J. Morton Jr.
James J. Hanks Jr.
Michael D. Schiffer
Patricia McGowan
Thomas Washburne
W. Bryan Rakes
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Harry I. Atlas
Labor & Employment
Jeffrey P. Ayres
Ronald W. Taylor
Todd J. Horn
Litigation: Appellate
Mitch Mirviss
Litigation: General Commercial
Craig Thompson
Kenneth Thompson
Michael MacWilliams
Stacie E. Tobin
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Warren Hamel
Real Estate
Kevin Shepherd
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Robert Hoffman
New York
Construction
Brian G. Lustbader
Gary L. Rubin
Russell Wolfson
Healthcare
Ari Markenson
Intellectual Property: Patent
Benjamin C. Hsing
Dominick A. Conde
Michael P. Sandonato
Litigation: General Commercial
Edward Boyle
Kostas Katsiris
Virginia
Litigation: General Commercial
Michael W. Robinson
Nicholas M. DePalma
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Kedrick Whitmore
Chambers and Partners, a legal research company, determines its rankings of leading U.S. firms, legal departments, and attorneys through research and interviews with law firms, clients, and third parties. Chambers’ researchers assess attorneys on attributes valued most by clients, including capabilities, achievements, and sector presence. The complete list of Venable’s 2024 rankings in the Chambers USA guide can be found here.
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