Washington, DC (June 10, 2026) – Venable LLP announced today that it has been recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2026 edition. The firm was ranked in 15 practice areas, including two top tier – M&A Corporate and Commercial and Tax Not-for-profit. Additionally, 75 attorneys were mentioned overall, including 16 ranked attorneys —six lawyers were named to the Hall of Fame, seven were listed as Leading Partners, and three are named among its Next Generation group.
The following is the full list of ranked practices and attorneys:
Top Tier
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($250-$500m) > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
Hall of Fame
- Roger Colaizzi, Advertising and marketing: litigation
- George E. Constantine, Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- James Hanks, Jr., Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Stuart Ingis, Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Charles Morton, Jr., M&A: middle-market ($250-$500m)
- William Russell, Technology transactions
Leading Partners
- Steven Adducci, Energy litigation: oil & gas – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Patricia McGowan, Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Christopher Pate, Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Heidi Rowe, Construction (including construction litigation)
- Michael Signorelli, Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Melissa Steinman, Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Craig Thompson, Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Next Generation
- Nicholas Collevecchio, M&A: middle-market ($250-$500m)
- Carmen Fonda, Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Ariel Wolf, Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Practice Group Rankings
- Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Energy litigation: oil & gas – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Technology transactions
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Financial services regulation > Consumer finance
- Government contracts
- Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Construction (including construction litigation)
- Rail and road: litigation and regulation > Rail and road - litigation and regulation
Practice Group Heads, Key Lawyers highlighted in this year's guide include:
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Kathleen Hardway
- Jason Rose
- Craig Thompson
- Dino Sangiamo
- Rachele Sokolis
Energy litigation: oil & gas – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Richard Powers
- Steven Adducci
- Matthew Field
- Gregory Wagner
- Joseph Hicks
- William Bolgiano
- Alexandra Krebs
Financial services regulation
- Ellen Berge
- Andrew Bigart
- Jonathan Pompan
- Michael Bresnick
- Leonard Gordon
- Christopher Boone
- Michael M. Aphibal
Government contracts
- Paul Debolt
- Dismas Locaria
- Scott Sheffler
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Megan Woodworth
- Frank Gasparo
- Michael Sandonato
- Eric Krause
- Manny Caixeiro
Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Michele Frank
- Brian Klock
- Jaqueline DiRamio
- Keith Haddaway
- Jeffri Kaminski
M&A: middle-market ($250-$500m)
- Frank Ciatto
- Bob Bolger
Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Roger Colaizzi
- Dan Silverman
Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Leonard Gordon
- Melissa Landau Steinman
- Shahin O. Rothermel
Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Kelly DeMarchis Bastide
- Emilio Cividanes
- Julia Tama
- Stuart Ingis
- Michael Signorelli
- Jennifer Daskal
Media and entertainment: litigation
- Lee Brenner
- David Fink
Technology transactions
- James E Nelson
- William Russell
- Christopher Kim
- Cameron Cole
- Ryan Sweigard
Construction (including construction litigation)
- Kenneth Roberts
- Heidi Rowe
- Virgil Montgomery
- Jonathan Freilich
- Christina Brunka
- Katherine Peluso
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Michael Schiffer
- James Hanks, Jr.
- Patricia McGowan
- Christopher Pate
- Carmen Fonda
- Hirsh Ament
- Brian Field
Tax Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- George Constantine
- Janice Ryan
- Lindsay Nathan
- Ronald M. Jacobs
- Meredith McCoy
- Andrew Steinberg
- Robert L. Waldman
- Yosef Ziffer
Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Ariel Wolf
- Tara Sugiyama Potashnik
- David Bonelli
- Ian Williams