NEW YORK, June 6, 2024: Morgan Lewis practices and lawyers have earned high rankings from Chambers and Partners in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA. The firm has been ranked across 139 practices in the new guide, including 12 new practice rankings. The firm also has 35 practices in the guide’s top tier, Band 1.
The firm has been recognized with 297 individual lawyer rankings, of which 24 are new individual rankings. Firm Chair Jami McKeon and Managing Partner of Practice Steven R. Wall were again named Eminent Practitioner—the top individual lawyer recognition given by the guide. J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., leader of the firm’s global litigation practice, was again recognized as a Star Individual. Morgan Lewis lawyers received nine senior statespeople recognitions and 18 lawyers have been recognized as Up and Coming/Associates to watch. Within the individual rankings, 49 of these recognitions are Band 1 individual lawyer rankings.
The firm earned many new rankings across practice areas, including new rankings in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Energy & Natural Resources, Labor & Employment, and Litigation, and across geographies, with new rankings in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The rankings are the result of Chambers and Partners’ research and interviews with clients and members of the legal community.
Nationwide
Impact Investing
Private Equity: Secondaries
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
California
Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
Venture Capital
Illinois
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Litigation: General Commercial
Massachusetts
Labor & Employment
Private Equity: Fund Formation
New York
Labor & Employment: Transactional
Pennsylvania
Energy & Natural Resources
Jami McKeon: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Steven R. Wall: Labor & Employment – Pennsylvania
J. Gordon Cooney, Jr.: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Nationwide
Reed Auerbach: Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Jeremy Blumenfeld: ERISA Litigation
Thomas Giblin, Jr.: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
John Klauberg: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Timothy Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
John McGuire: Registered Funds
Jason Mills: Occupational Safety and Health
Scott Milner: E-Discovery & Information Governance
Barbara Murphy Melby: Outsourcing
Brian Ortelere: ERISA Litigation
Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
Kimberly Reisler: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Louis Singer: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Jonathan Snare: Occupational Safety and Health
Steven Stone: Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance)
Paul Zevnik: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
California
James Dragna: Environment
William Kissinger: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Nancy Yamaguchi: Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
District of Columbia
Rosina Barker: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Eleanor Pelta: Immigration
Grace Speights: Labor & Employment
Howard Young: Healthcare
Paul Zevnik: Insurance: Policyholder
Illinois
Sari Alamuddin: Labor & Employment
Elizabeth Herrington: Litigation: General Commercial
Massachusetts
Jonathan Albano: Litigation: General Commercial
Richard Goldman: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Roger Joseph: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Daniel Savrin: Antitrust
New Jersey
Steven Cohen: Corporate/M&A
John McGahren: Environment
Richard Rosenblatt: Labor & Employment
New York
Samuel Shaulson: Labor & Employment
Pennsylvania
Meredith Auten: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Michael Banks: Labor & Employment
John Dodds: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Amy Pocino Kelly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Michael Kichline: Litigation: Securities
Mims Maynard Zabriskie: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
James McKenzie, Jr.: Corporate/M&A: Securities
Steven Reed: Antitrust
Eric Sitarchuk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Joanne Soslow: Corporate/M&A: Securities
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Richard Aldridge: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Michael Pedrick: Banking & Finance
Texas
Scott McBride: Healthcare
Robert Sheeder: Labor & Employment
Washington
Patty Eakes: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Nationwide
Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
ERISA Litigation
Impact Investing
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Labor & Employment
Occupational Safety and Health
Retail
California
Corporate/M&A: Deals in AsiaEnvironment
District of Columbia
Immigration
Labor & Employment
Illinois
Employee Benefits & Compensation
Massachusetts
Antitrust
New Jersey
Labor & Employment
Life Sciences
New York
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Labor & Employment: Transactional
Pennsylvania
Antitrust
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Tax
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Litigation: General Commercial
Texas
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Labor & Employment
Washington
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Nationwide
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Derivatives
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy Transition
Environment
False Claims Act
FCPA
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
Healthcare: The Elite
Hedge Funds
Immigration
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
Intellectual Property
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Life Sciences
Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
Outsourcing
Private Equity: Secondaries
Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded
Projects: Power
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Registered Funds
Retail: Corporate & Transactional
Securities: Litigation
Sports Law
Startups & Emerging Companies
Tax: Controversy
Tax: Corporate & Finance
Technology
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
California
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Healthcare
Immigration
Insurance: Policyholder
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Litigation: Securities
Private Equity: Buyouts
California: Northern
Tax
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
District of Columbia
Antitrust
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
Healthcare
Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Insurance: Policyholder
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Tax
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Florida
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Illinois
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Massachusetts
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A
Hedge & Mutual Funds
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Tax
New Jersey
Corporate/M&A
Environment
New York
Antitrust
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment: The Elite
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Outsourcing
Tax
Pennsylvania
Environment
Intellectual Property
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Real Estate
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
Healthcare
Intellectual Property
Texas: Houston & Surrounds
Litigation: General Commercial
Washington
Litigation: General Commercial
Nationwide
Jane Accomando: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Jonathan Albano: First Amendment Litigation
Neeraj Arora: Projects; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Douglas Baruch: False Claims Act
Steven Becker: Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Paul Bessette: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Eric Bord: Immigration
Giovanna Cinelli: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Sarah Connolly: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Lea Anne Copenhefer: Registered Funds
Deborah Davidson: ERISA Litigation
Sheri Dillon: Tax: Controversy
Christopher Dlutowski: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Shannon Donnelly: Immigration
Michael Espinoza: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Brad Fagg: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Richard Filosa: Projects
Laura Flores: Registered Funds
Alana Genderson: Occupational Safety and Health
Kirstin Gibbs: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Richard Goldman: Hedge Funds
Sean Graber: Registered Funds
Andrew Hamilton: Startups & Emerging Companies
Elizabeth Hanigan: Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Thomas Harman: Registered Funds
Asa (Geordie) Herald: Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Reece Hirsch: Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
Tomer Inbar: Impact Investing
Ben Indek: Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Enforcement); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
Jeffrey Johnson: Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Zeke Johnson: Hedge Funds
Matthew Joseph: Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Roger Joseph: Registered Funds
Amy Natterson Kroll: Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer (Compliance)
R Latane Montague: Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Timothy Levin: Registered Funds
Steve Levitan: Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Thomas Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
Christine Lombardo: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Amy Maloney: Projects
Christopher Menconi: Registered Funds
Sandra Moser: FCPA
Michael Müller: Projects
Eric Namrow: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Sarah Nelson: Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax
Courtney Nowell: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Kenneth Nunnenkamp: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Vito Petretti: Outsourcing
Michael Philipp: Derivatives
Alex Polonsky: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
Carrie Rief: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Stephanie Roberts: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
David Salmons: Appellate Law
Kathleen Sanzo: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
Eric Sitarchuk: False Claims Act
Daniel Skees: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Stephen Spina: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Paul St. Lawrence: Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs
Alison Tanchyk: FCPA
James Tynion III: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Casey Weaver: International Trade: Customs
Jedd Wider: Hedge Funds
Pamela Tsang Wu: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
California
Adam Abrahms: Labor & Employment
Nicole Buffalano: Labor & Employment
David Cox: Insurance: Policyholder
Chris Exberger: Banking & Finance
Debra Fischer: Labor & Employment
Ella Foley Gannon: Environment
William H. Gorrod: Tax: State & Local
Reece Hirsch: Healthcare
Harry Johnson: Labor & Employment
Rahul Kapoor: Technology
William Kissinger: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Molly Moriarty Lane: Healthcare
Christina MacDougall: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Jeffry Mann: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Barbara Miller: Labor & Employment
Steven Miller: Banking & Finance
Minna Naranjo: Antitrust
Zaitun Poonja: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Jeffrey Raskin: Insurance: Policyholder
Susan Resley: Litigation: Securities
Brian Rocca: Antitrust
Rick Rothman: Environment
Charlene Shimada: Litigation: Securities
Jackson Stoddard: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation
Marshall Stoddard: Banking & Finance
Gary Williams: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
California: Northern
Barton Bassett: Tax
Rod Donnelly: Tax
Sarah-Jane Morin: Tax
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Nancy Yamaguchi: Corporate/M&A
Connecticut
Jeffrey MacDonald: Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
Natalie Bennett: Intellectual Property: Litigation
Eric Bord: Immigration
Jennifer Breen: Tax
Michele Buenafe: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Daniel Chefitz: Insurance: Policyholder
Althea Day: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Sheri Dillon: Tax
Shannon Donnelly: Immigration
Scott Farmer: Tax
Jonathan Fritts: Labor & Employment
Dennis Gucciardo: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Gerald Konkel: Insurance: Policyholder
Andrew Lipman: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Duke McCall: Environment
Bill McKee: Tax
Philip Miscimarra: Labor & Employment
Sandra Moser: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Gregory Needles: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
William Nelson: Tax
Ulises Pin: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Michael Richman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Celia Roady: Tax
Jon Roellke: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Alex Sadler: Tax
Kathleen Sanzo: Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Albert Shay: Healthcare
Catherine Wang: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Justin Weitz: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Jonathan Zimmerman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Florida
Robert Brochin: Litigation: General Commercial
Anne Marie Estevez: Labor & Employment
Alison Tanchyk: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Illinois
Michael Abernathy: Intellectual Property
Christopher Betti: Intellectual Property
Deborah Davidson: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Tinos Diamantatos: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Luis Herrero: Banking & Finance
Mark Kirsons: Banking & Finance
Kenneth Kliebard: Antitrust
Marla Kreindler: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Thomas Linguanti: Tax: Controversy
Daniel Salemi: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Scott Schutte: Litigation: General Commercial
Julie Stapel: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Jason White: Intellectual Property
Ami Wynne: Labor & Employment
Massachusetts
Stephen Altieri: Intellectual Property; Life Sciences
Michael Blanchard: Litigation: Securities
Steven Browne: Corporate/M&A
Timothy P Burke: Litigation: Securities
Laurie Cerveny: Corporate/M&A
Michael Conza: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Lea Anne Copenhefer: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Joshua Dalton: Intellectual Property
Rachelle Dubow: Intellectual Property
Matthew Furlong: Banking & Finance
Andrew Gallo: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Daniel Goldberg: Antitrust; Litigation: General Commercial
Barry Hurwitz: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Noah Kaufman: Antitrust
Gerald Kehoe: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Marc Leduc: Banking & Finance
Meghan McCarthy: Tax
Jeffrey Moss: Insurance
Daniel Nelson: Tax
Emily E. Renshaw: Litigation: Securities
Matthew Schnall: Tax
Toby Serkin: Hedge & Mutual Funds
Doneld Shelkey: Technology
Edwin Smith: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Charles Solomont: Litigation: General Commercial
Julio Vega: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
New Jersey
Stephanie Feingold: Environment
David Glazer: Corporate/M&A
Alan Leeds: Corporate/M&A
Christopher McAuliffe: Environment
Benjamin David Novak: Corporate/M&A
David Schwartz: Corporate/M&A
New York
Craig Bitman: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
R. Alec Dawson: Corporate/M&A
Brian Herman: Litigation: General Commercial
Mary Hevener: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Tax
Michael Kraut: Litigation: General Commercial
Gina Lauriero: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Austin Lilling: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Michael Luskin: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Stacey Anne Mahoney: Antitrust
David McManus: Labor & Employment
Kelly Moore: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Christopher Parlo: Labor & Employment
Vito Petretti: Outsourcing
Harry Robins: Antitrust
Gary Rothstein: Executive Compensation: Mainly Executive Representation
Richard Stern: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Taffet: Antitrust
Kenneth Turnbull: Labor & Employment
Richard Zarin: Tax
Pennsylvania
Casey August: Tax
Louis Beardell, Jr.: Intellectual Property
Sarah Bouchard: Labor & Employment
Michael Burkhardt: Labor & Employment
Justin Chairman: Corporate/M&A: Securities
R. Brendan Fee: Antitrust
John Ferreira: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Paul Gordon: Tax
Zachary Johns: Antitrust
Eric Kraeutler: Intellectual Property; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Kenneth Kulak: & Natural Resources
W. John Lee: Labor & Employment
Bob Lichtenstein: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Ryan McCarthy: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Zane Memeger: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John Pease III: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Michael Puma: Labor & Employment
Erin Randolph-Williams: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Glen Stuart: Environment
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Troy Brown: Litigation: General Commercial
Andrew Budreika: Banking & Finance
J. Gordon Cooney, Jr.: Litigation: General Commercial
John C. Goodchild III: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Andrew Hamilton: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Eric Kraeutler: Litigation: General Commercial
John Lavelle, Jr.: Litigation: General Commercial
Benjamin Stango: Banking & Finance
Matthew Ziegler: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
Marlee Myers: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Mark Opitz: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
Gregory Etzel: Healthcare
C. Erik Hawes: Intellectual Property
David Levy: Intellectual Property
Tara McElhiney: Corporate/M&A
Stefanie Moll: Labor & Employment
William Peterson: Litigation: Appellate
Rick Rambo: Intellectual Property
Texas: Houston & Surrounds
Michelle Pector: Litigation: General Commercial
Washington
Patty Eakes: Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial
Damon Elder: Litigation: General Commercial
Amy Magnano: Healthcare
Harold Malkin: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations