NEW YORK, June 17, 2022: Morgan Lewis has been ranked by The Legal 500 US 2022 guide in 70 practice categories, including 15 Tier 1 rankings. The guide also has recognized 284 Morgan Lewis lawyers across 355 rankings. Of the 284 firm lawyers ranked, 16 are named to the guide's Hall of Fame—reserved for lawyers who have repeatedly been named a Leading Lawyer in their respective practices—while 28 firm lawyers are recognized as Leading Lawyers. Additionally, 20 firm lawyers are listed as Next Generation Partners and seven made the Rising Stars list.
Antitrust
Dispute resolution
Finance
Industry focus
Investment fund formation and management
Labor and employment
Media, technology and telecoms
Tax
Antitrust
Dispute resolution
Finance
Industry focus
Intellectual property
Investment fund formation and management
Labor and employment
M&A/corporate and commercial
Media, technology and telecoms
Real estate
Tax
Reed Auerbach: Structured finance: Securitization
Michael Banks: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
James Dragna: Industry focus: Environment: litigation; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Jonathan Fritts: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Thomas Harman: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Roger Joseph: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Timothy Levin: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Barbara Melby: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
Brian Ortelere: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Eleanor Pelta: Labor and employment: Immigration
Michael Pillion: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
Celia Roady: Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations)
Grace Speights: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
James Tynion: Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative power
Steven Wall: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Paul Zevnik: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Jeremy Blumenfeld: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Sarah Bouchard: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Dion Bregman: Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Steve Cohen: M&A/Corporate and Commercial; Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
Deborah Davidson: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Althea Day: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Anne Marie Estevez: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Richard Filosa: Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
Ella Foley Gannon: Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Seth Gerber: Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Kirstin Gibbs: Industry focus: Energy regulation: oil and gas
Elizabeth Hanigan: Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative power
Melissa Hill: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Tomer Inbar: Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
Harry Johnson: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Rahul Kapoor: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
John Klauberg: Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
Molly Lane: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers
Andrew Lipman: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Elaine McChesney: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
John McGahren: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
John McGuire: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Barbara Murphy Melby: Media, technology and telecoms: Technology transactions
Daniel Nelson: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Benjamin Pensak: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
Gary Rothstein: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Samuel Shaulson: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Wayne Song: Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative power
Grace Speights: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Megan Bell: Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
Lincoln Bisbee: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Christopher Boran: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Daniel Bordoni: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Michele Buenafe: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Brendan Fee: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Laura Flores: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Laura Garvin: Labor and employment: Immigration
Elizabeth Goldberg: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Janice Logan: Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Christina MacDougall: Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Amy Maloney: Finance: Project finance
Levi McAllister: Industry focus: Energy regulation: oil and gas
Kathryn McGuigan: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Michael Müller: Finance: Project finance; Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
Benjamin Pensak: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Vito Petretti: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
Melissa Rodriguez: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Doneld Shelkey: Media, technology and telecoms: Technology transactions
Yardena Zwang-Weissman: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
David Brown: Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Taylor Day: Industry focus: Healthcare: advice to health insurers
Teri Diaz: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Shira Helstrom: Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations)
Meghan McCarthy: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Stephanie Roberts: Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
Caroline Waldner: Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations)
Michael Abernathy: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences; Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Jane Accomando: Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power
Elizabeth Khoury Ali: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Felipe Alice: Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
Reed Auerbach: Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - finance
Rosina Barker: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Lisa Barton: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Barton Bassett: Tax: US taxes: contentious; Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Louis Beardell: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing; Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Steven Becker: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Natalie Bennett: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Jackie Berman: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Jonathan Bernstein: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Abigail Bertumen: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Paul Bessette: Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power
Craig Bitman: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Michael Blanchard: Dispute resolution: M&A litigation: defense
Samuel Block: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Jeff Bodle: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Eric Bord: Labor and employment: Immigration; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Jeff Boujoukos: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense; Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Dion Bregman: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing; Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
David Brenneman: Antitrust: Merger control
Troy Brown: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: M&A litigation: defense
Katherine Dobson Buckley: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Nicole Buffalano: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Timothy Burke: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense; Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Karen Butcher: Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Daniel Carmody: Tax: US taxes: contentious
Justin Chairman: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
Daniel Chefitz: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort; Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Jack Concannon: Industry focus: Sport
Michael Conza: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Marjorie Crider: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Jocelyn Cuttino: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Thomas D’Ambrosio: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Josh Dalton: Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing); Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Lance Dial: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Tinos Diamantatos: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Teri Diaz: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Susan DiCicco: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
Christopher Dlutowski: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds; Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Shannon Donnelly: Labor and employment: Immigration
James Dragna: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
Rachelle Dubow: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Brady Edwards: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Rick Eisenbiegler: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Kimberly Eney: Industry focus: Sport; Tax: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
Andrew J. Enschedé: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Clayton Everett: Antitrust: Cartel
Brad Fagg: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
Mark Fanelli: Industry focus: Transport: Rail and Road - Litigation and Regulation
Sage Fattahian: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Stephanie Feingold: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
Wendy Feinstein: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Jennifer Feldsher: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
John Ferreira: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Mark Fiore: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Debra Fischer: Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Matthew Furlong: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Andrew Gallo: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Ella Foley Gannon: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Allison Gargano: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
Kirstin Gibbs: Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
Thomas Giblin: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
John Gisleson: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
Amanda Goceljak: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Julie Goldemberg: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Richard Goldman: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
Christina Gonzaga: Labor and employment: Immigration
John Goodchild: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Paul Gordon: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
John Gorman: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Dennis Gucciardo: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Rachel Fertig: Intellectual property: Copyright
Suzanne Filippi: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
Julia Frost-Davies: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
August Heckman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Brian Herman: Dispute resolution: M&A litigation: defense
Luis Herrero: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders; Industry focus: Sport
Elizabeth Herrington: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
Jordan Hershman: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Mary Hevener: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design; Tax: US taxes: contentious
Reece Hirsch: Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Eileen Ho: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Nagwa Hultquist: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Barry Hurwitz: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Evan Jacobs: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Stephen Jannetta: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers
Ethan Johnson: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
Jeffrey Johnson: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Matthew Joseph: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Ryan Kantor: Antitrust: Merger control
Ariel Kapoano: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
Rahul Kapoor: Industry focus: Rail and road - finance; Media, technology and telecoms: technology transactions
Noah Kaufman: Industry focus: Rail and road - litigation and regulation
Amy Pocino Kelly: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Michael Kenneally: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals/Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Michael Kichline: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Bryan Killian: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal); Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
Mark Kirsons: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders; Industry focus: Sport
Kenneth Kliebard: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
Gerald Konkel: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Tae-Woong Koo: Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Eric Kraeutler: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Michael Kraut: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation; Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
Mark Krotoski: Antitrust: Cartel; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Molly Moriarty Lane: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
John Lavelle: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Tara Lawler: Dispute resolution: E-Discovery
David Lawton: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Paul St. Lawrence: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products; Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Marc Leduc: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Alan Leeds: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences; Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
Timothy Levin: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Randall Levine: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
Steve Levitan: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Robert Lichtenstein: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Thomas Linguanti: Tax: US taxes: contentious
Thomas Linthorst: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Edwin Luk: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
Michael Lyons: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Stacey Anne Mahoney: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Jeffry Mann: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Sharon Masling: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Timothy Matthews: Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power
Christopher McAuliffe: Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Scott McBride: Industry focus: Healthcare: advice to service providers
Duke McCall: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
Michelle McCarthy: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
John McGahren: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Environment: litigation; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Randall McGeorge: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactions
David McManus: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling; Industry Focus: Sport
Christina Melendi: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
Christopher Menconi: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Barbara Miller: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Scott Milner: Dispute resolution: E-discovery
Philip Miscimarra: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Ryan Montgomery: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Jeffrey Moorad: Industry focus: Sport
Jon Morris: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
Jeffrey W. Moss: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Michael Müller: Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
Eric Namrow: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
William Nelson: Tax: US taxes: contentious
Benjamin Novak: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Courtney Nowell: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Carla Oakley: Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Miranda Lindl O’Connell: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Sergio F. Oehninger: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
Sheryl Orr: Media, technology and telecoms: Technology transactions
Daniel Papermaster: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Gene Park: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
John Park: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Gregory Parks: Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Nancy Patterson: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Michelle Pector: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
Eleanor Pelta: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Thomas Peterson: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals/Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
William Peterson: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals/Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Michael Philipp: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Alex Polonsky: Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power
Anita Polott: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Chris Popecki: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Sean Radomski: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
Joseph Ragaglia: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Arjun Ramadevanahalli: Industry focus: Energy regulation: oil and gas
Steven Reed: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Patrick Rehfield: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Susan Resley: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Jonathan Rich: Antitrust: Merger control
Harry Robins: Antitrust: Merger control
Brian Rocca: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Jon Roellke: Antitrust: Cartel; Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Rick Rothman: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
Philip Russell: Industry focus: Transport: Rail and road - finance
Alex Sadler: Tax: US taxes: contentious
Dan Salemi: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
David Salmons: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals/Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Ignacio Sandoval: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Kathleen Sanzo: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
Daniel Savrin: Antitrust: Cartel; Industry focus: Transport: Rail and road - litigation and regulation
David Schrader: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort; Industry focus: Transport: Rail and road - litigation and regulation
Stephanie Schuster: Dispute resolution: Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Amy Schuh: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Toby Serkin: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Albert Shay: Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
Scott Sherwin: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Charlene Shimada: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Kevin Shmelzer: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
Michelle Silverman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Louis Singer: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Eric Sitarchuk: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Daniel Skees: Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power
Edwin Smith: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Sharon R. Smith: Intellectual property: Copyright
Celia Soehner: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
Joanne Soslow: Finance: Capital markets: equity
Stephen Spina: Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulation: oil and gas
Jack Stoddard: Industry focus: Transport: Rail and road - litigation and regulation
Marshall Stoddard: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
Stephanie Sweitzer: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
Alison Tanchyk: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Adam Teitcher: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Stephen Tirrell: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
James Vázquez-Azpiri: Labor and employment: Immigration
Julio Vega: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Alex Velinsky: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
Krista Vink Venegas: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Peter Watt-Morse: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
Lisa Weddle: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers; Industry focus: Transport: Rail and road - litigation and regulation
Jason White: Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Jedd Wider: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds; Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Sabin Willett: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Jennifer Williams: Dispute resolution: E-Discovery
Howard Young: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers; Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
Joseph Zargari: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds; Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Richard Zarin: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
David Zelikoff: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Paul Zevnik: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices; Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort – defense
Yardena Zwang-Weissman: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices