Washington, DC (June 11, 2025) – Venable LLP announced today that 15 practice areas and 14 individual attorneys were ranked and 54 additional attorneys were recommended in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States.
The following is the full list of recommended practices and attorneys:
Practice Area Rankings
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
- Media, Technology, and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)
- Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Finance: Financial Services Regulation – Consumer Finance
- Government: Government Contracts
- Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
- Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation
- Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
- Real Estate: Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Tax – Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations, and Charities)
- Transport: Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
Hall of Fame
- James Hanks, Jr. – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Stuart Ingis – Media, Technology, and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)
- Roger Colaizzi – Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
- Charles Morton, Jr – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
Leading Partners
- Steven Adducci – Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Patricia McGowan – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Christopher Pate – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Michael Signorelli – Media, Technology, and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)
- Melissa Steinman – Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
Next Generation Partners
- Nicholas Collevecchio – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
- Carmen Fonda – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Heidi Rowe – Real Estate: Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Richard Wells – Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Ariel Wolf – Transport: Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
Recommended Attorneys
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
- Anthony Rosso
- Frank Ciatto
- Karen Hermann
- Mark Vecchio
- Robert Bolger
- Michael Schiffer
- Thomas Washburne
Media, Technology, and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)
- Emilio Cividanes
- Julia Tama
- Kelly DeMarchis Bastide
- Tara Sugiyama Potashnik
- Desiree Moore
- Emily Keimig
- Jessica Arett
Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- Kathleen Hardway
- Jason Rose
- Craig Thompson
- Jeremy Goldkind
- Derek Smith
- Joo Cha Webb
Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Richard Powers
- Matthew Field
- Gregory Wagner
- Joseph Hicks
Finance: Financial Services Regulation
- Ellen Berge
- Andrew Bigart
- Jonathan Pompan
- Michael Bresnick
- Leonard Gordon
Government: Government Contracts
- Paul Debolt
- Scott Hommer
- Dismas Locaria
- James Boland
- Rebecca Pearson
Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Dominick Conde
- Justin Pierce
- Michele Frank
- Brian Klock
Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
- Daniel S. Silverman
Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Leonard Gordon
- Ellen Berge
Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation
- Lee Brenner
- David Fink
- Joshua Rosenberg
Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
- William Russell
Real Estate: Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Kenneth Roberts
- Jonathan Freilich
- Amanda Schermer MacVey
- Russell Wolfson
- Katherine Peluso
Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Michael D. Schiffer
Transport: Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
- Tara Sugiyama Potashnik
- David Bonelli
- Ian Williams