Washington, DC (June 4, 2026) - Chambers USA has released its 2026 list of law firm practice group and attorney rankings for the United States. Venable continues to receive high marks nationally and locally with 98 attorneys and 33 practice groups ranked. Additionally, three new practice groups were added to this year's list, including Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Nationwide); Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Nationwide); and Labor & Employment (Colorado).
This year's guide includes the following groups and 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
Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Leisure & Hospitality
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
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
Colorado
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
District of Columbia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
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
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
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
Advertising: Litigation
USA - Nationwide
Roger Colaizzi
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
USA - Nationwide
Barry Benjamin
Ellen T. Berge
Len Gordon
Melissa Landau Steinman
Shannon Sansom
Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
District of Columbia
Lisa Jose Fales
Bankruptcy Litigation
Florida
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
Maryland
Gregory Cross
Laura Bouyea
Construction
Illinois
Andrew Donivan
Christina Brunka
Heidi Hennig Rowe
Kenneth M. Roberts
Maryland
John Prisbe
New York
Brian G. Lustbader
Katherine R. Peluso
Russell Wolfson
Corporate/M&A
Illinois
Thomas E. Keim, Jr.
Maryland
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
District of Columbia
Lisa Tavares
Maryland
Harry I. Atlas
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
USA - Nationwide
Gregory Wagner
Richard Powers
Steven Adducci
Environment
California
Tyler Welti
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
USA - Nationwide
Andrew Bigart
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
USA - Nationwide
Claudia A. Lewis
Franchising
USA - Nationwide
Michael D. Joblove
Nina Greene
Government Contracts
USA - Nationwide
Dismas Locaria
Paul A. Debolt
Scott Hommer
Healthcare
New York
Ari Markenson
Intellectual Property
Illinois
Adam Kelly
Intellectual Property: Litigation
District of Columbia
Frank Cimino
Megan Woodworth
Intellectual Property: Patent
New York
Dominick A. Conde
Michael P. Sandonato
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
District of Columbia
Michele Frank
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
District of Columbia
Andrew Price
Linda J. Zirkelbach
Rebecca Liebowitz
Labor & Employment
Colorado
Heather Fox Vickles
Maryland
Ronald W. Taylor
Todd J. Horn
Litigation: Appellate
Maryland
Mitch Mirviss
Litigation: General Commercial
Colorado
James G. Sawtelle
Nick DeWeese
Peter Koclanes
Maryland
Craig Thompson
Kenneth Thompson
Michael MacWilliams
Stacie E. Tobin
New York
Edward Boyle
Kostas Katsiris
Virginia
Nicholas M. DePalma
Taylor Chapman
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
District of Columbia
Mark Schamel
Maryland
Warren Hamel
New York
Samidh Guha
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
California
David E. Fink
Lee S. Brenner
Michael B. Garfinkel
Occupational Safety and Health
USA - Nationwide
Ronald W. Taylor
Political Law
USA - Nationwide
David Owens
Lawrence H. Norton
Ronald Jacobs
Privacy & Data Security: Adtech
USA - Nationwide
Emilio W. Cividanes
Michael Signorelli
Stuart P. Ingis
Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
USA - Nationwide
Emilio W. Cividanes
Julia Kernochan Tama
Stuart P. Ingis
Product Liability & Mass Torts
USA - Nationwide
Bruce Parker
Craig Thompson
Product Liability: Pharmaceutical
USA - Nationwide
Bruce Parker
Real Estate
District of Columbia
J. Michael Pickett
Joseph Creech
Philip Horowitz
Robert G. Gottlieb
Thomas C. Klanderman
Maryland
Kevin Shepherd
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
New York
Suzanne St. Pierre
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Maryland
Robert Hoffman
Virginia: Northern
Kedrick Whitmore
REITs: Maryland Counsel
USA - Nationwide
Brian Field
Carmen Fonda
Christopher W. Pate
Hirsh M. Ament
James J. Hanks, Jr.
Michael D. Schiffer
Patricia McGowan
Technology & Outsourcing
District of Columbia
William Russell
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
USA - Nationwide
Ariel Wolf
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
USA - Nationwide
Ashley Craig
Elizabeth Lowe