DLA Piper today announced that the firm received 171 lawyer rankings and 71 practice rankings in Chambers USA's 2020 guide.
The annual rankings are based on extensive research by Chambers & Partners Publishing. Listed below are the practice rankings in their affiliated regions as well as the ranked DLA Piper lawyers.
In 2019, DLA Piper ranked in Band 1 in 15 national and regional areas of practice, including:
Corporate/M&A in Arizona
Corporate/M&A in Maryland
Corporate/M&A in Northern Virginia
Corporate/M&A in Texas: Austin and Surrounds
Franchising in Nationwide
Investment Funds: Investor Representation in Nationwide
Litigation: General Commercial in Maryland
Projects: Agency Financing in Nationwide
Real Estate in the District of Columbia
Real Estate in Illinois
Real Estate in Massachusetts
Real Estate in Northern California
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in Illinois
Retail in Nationwide
Technology: Corporate & Commercial in Texas
DLA Piper ranked in Band 2 in:
Corporate/Commercial in Washington
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded in Nationwide
Corporate/M&A in New Jersey
Intellectual Property in Northern Virginia
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets in the District of Columbia
IT & Outsourcing: Transactions in California
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory in Illinois
Leisure & Hospitality in Nationwide
Privacy & Data Security in Nationwide
Real Estate in Maryland
Retail: Corporate & Transactional in Nationwide
Sports Law in Nationwide
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite in the District of Columbia
Venture Capital in California
DLA Piper ranked in Band 3 in:
Bankruptcy Restructuring in Delaware
Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Illinois
Construction in Georgia
Corporate/M&A in Georgia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in the District of Columbia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in Philadelphia & Surrounds
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation in Nationwide
Government Relations in Nationwide
Healthcare in Florida
Intellectual Property in California
Intellectual Property in Illinois
Intellectual Property in Nationwide
Life Sciences in California
Litigation: General Commercial in Washington
Product Liability & Mass Torts in Nationwide
REITs in Nationwide
Real Estate in Nationwide
Real Estate in Southern California
Real Estate in Texas
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt in New York
Startups & Emerging Companies in Nationwide
Tax in Massachusetts
Tax in Northern California
DLA Piper ranked in Band 4 in:
Capital Markets: Securitisation in Nationwide
Corporate/M&A in California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Surro
Corporate/M&A in Massachusetts
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded in New York
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in Illinois
Government Contracts in Nationwide
Intellectual Property in Texas
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) in Nationwide
Labor & Employment in California
Life Sciences in Nationwide
Litigation: General Commercial in Illinois
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded in New York
Outsourcing in Nationwide
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance in New York
Tax in New York
Tax: Controversy in Nationwide
DLA Piper ranked in Band 5 in:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring in New York
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in South Florida
Litigation: General Commercial in California
Ranked Individual Lawyers
Ranked Individual Lawyers
The 171 individual DLA Piper lawyer rankings cited by Chambers USA are listed below, along with the regions and areas of law for which they were selected.
Nationwide
Alexander Tuneski, Franchising
Andrew Peck, eDiscovery & Information Governance
Andrew Serwin, Privacy & Data Security
Barry Heller, Franchising
Benjamin Mulcahy, Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
Bret Lowell, Franchising
David Parrish, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
David Sager, Franchising
Diana Erbsen, Tax: Controversy
Ellis Reemer, Tax Controversy
Erik Wulff, Franchising
Eugene Pinover, Real Estate
Frederick Klein, Real Estate
Gregory Smith, Projects and Projects: Agency Financing
Jack Langlois, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
James Blanchard, Government Relations
James Halpert, Privacy & Data Security
Jay Epstien, Real Estate
John Merrigan, Government Relations
Joseph Sheyka, Franchising
Kerry Johnson, REITs
Kevin Nolan, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Lisa Haile, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Loren Brown, Product Liability & Mass Torts
Lynn Cadwalader, Leisure & Hospitality
Mark Fowler, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Mark Whitaker, Sports Law
Matthew Holian, Product Liability & Mass Torts
Nicole Brennig, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Norman Leon, Franchising
Philip Svahn, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Peter White, Sports Law
Philip Zeidman, Franchising
Randy Socol, Startups & Emerging Companies
Richard Cardillo, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Richard Greenstein, Franchising
Richard Morey, Franchising
Richard Rector, Government Contracts
Richard Reilly, Capital Markets: Securitisation and Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs
Robert Bergdolt, REITs
Robert LeDuc, REITs: Tax
Sandra Kellman, Leisure & Hospitality
Sara Stinnett, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Stefanie Fogel, Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Stuart Hershman, Franchising
Tao Xu, Franchising
Vincent Sanchez, Outsourcing
William Minor, Political Law
Arizona
David Lewis, Corporate/M&A
Mark Nadeau, Litigation: General Commercial
Stephanie King, Corporate/M&A
Steven Pidgeon, Corporate/M&A
California
Bradley Gersich, Venture Capital
Christopher Young, Litigation: General Commercial
Curtis Mo, Venture Capital
Jerold Neuman, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Joel Athey, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Lisa Haile, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution and Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, Antitrust
Mark Fowler, Intellectual Property: Patent
Mark Lehberg, IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
Mark Radcliffe, IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
Michael Garfinkel, Media & Entertainment: Litigation
Randy Socol, Venture Capital
Robbin Itkin, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Shirli Fabbri Weiss, Litigation: Securities
Tom Ara, Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Victoria Lee, IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
California: Sacramento
David Richardson, Corporate/M&A
Delaware
Craig Martin, Bankruptcy Restructuring
Denise Kraft, Intellectual Property
John Reed, Chancery
Stuart Brown, Bankruptcy Restructuring
District of Columbia
Amy Carbins, Real Estate
Ann Ford, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Frederick Klein, Real Estate
Jay Epstien, Real Estate
Jeffrey Houle, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Mary Elizabeth Gately, Litigation: General Commercial
Michael Senkowski, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Nancy Victory, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Peter Karanjia, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Richard Marks, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Sarah Kahn, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Florida
Joshua Kaye, Healthcare and Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Michael Bedke, Real Estate
Rachel Nanes, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Ryan O’Quinn, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Georgia
Joseph Silver, Corporate/M&A
Maxine Hicks, Real Estate
Robert Crewdson, Construction
Steven Park, Intellectual Property
Illinois
Andrew Weil, Corporate/M&A
David Mendelsohn, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Edward Goldman, Real Estate
Jon Goreham, Real Estate
John Lyons, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Keith Medansky, Intellectual Property
Neal Aizenstein, Corporate/M&A
Richard Chesley, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Klawiter, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Robby Robertson, Antitrust
Stephen Schwab, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Theodore Novak, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Vincent Sanchez, Technology & Outsourcing
Maryland
Brett Ingerman, Litigation: General Commercial
Guy Flynn, Real Estate
Howard Schwartz, Corporate/M&A
James Mathias, Litigation: General Commercial
Jay Smith Jr, Corporate/M&A
Lin Pang, Real Estate
Matthew Gorra, Corporate/M&A
Richard Kremen, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Levine, Real Estate
Robert Mathias, Litigation: General Commercial
Massachusetts
Adam Ghander, Corporate/M&A
Barbara Trachtenberg, Real Estate
Bruce Falby, Litigation: General Commercial
Cara Nelson, Real Estate
Francis Feeney, Corporate/M&A
Geoffrey Howell, Real Estate
Itai Nevo, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
John Rattigan Jr, Real Estate
John Sullivan, Real Estate
Michael Hardgrove, Tax
Richard Rudman, Real Estate
Ryan Starr, Tax
New Jersey
Andrew Gilbert, Corporate/M&A
Emilio Ragosa, Corporate/M&A
Joseph Guarino, Labor & Employment
Michael Helmer, Corporate/M&A
New York
Aidan McCormack, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Chris Smith, Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
David Luce, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Eugene Pinover, Real Estate: Corporate and Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Jeffrey Salinger, Environment: Mainly Transactional
John Hillebrecht, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Martin Polevoy, Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Robert Alessi, Environment
Thomas Califano, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Northern California
James Anderson, Real Estate
Stephen Cowan, Real Estate
Sang Kim, Tax
Northern Virginia
Antonio Calabrese, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Eric Grossman, Corporate/M&A
Jeffrey Lehrer, Corporate/M&A
Kevin MacWhorter, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Ryan Selis, Corporate/M&A
Thomas Hendershot, Corporate/M&A
Philadelphia & Surrounds
Jay Coogan, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Lisa Jacobs, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Texas
Jack Langlois, Corporate/M&A
Jason Lewis, Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations
John Gilluly, Corporate/M&A and Technology: Corporate & Commercial
John Guaragna, Intellectual Property
Marc Katz, Labor and Employment
Philip Russell, Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Sam Zabaneh, Corporate/M&A and Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Washington
Anthony Todaro, Litigation: General Commercial
John Steel, Corporate/Commercial
Michael Hutchings, Corporate/Commercial
Steven Yentzer, Corporate/Commercial
Trenton Dykes, Corporate/Commercial
Tyler Hollenbeck, Corporate/Commercial
