Foley Secures Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2025
June 5, 2025
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番茄社区; Lardner LLP is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.
The firm received 53 practice rankings, including 11 national rankings and 12 Band 1 placements, highlighting the strength and depth of Foley鈥檚 capabilities across key industries and practice areas. Additionally, 126 Foley attorneys across 20 of the firm鈥檚 offices earned individual rankings, with 22 ranked nationally and 22 recognized in Band 1.
Nationwide Practice Rankings
- Cannabis Law
- Derivatives
- Franchising
- Health Care: The Elite
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Public Finance
- Sports Law
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Transportation: Road (Automotive)
State Practice Rankings
California
- Health Care
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Venture Capital
District of Columbia
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Health Care
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Florida: North & Central
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Band 1)
- Real Estate (Band 1)
Illinois
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Health Care
- Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Public Finance
Massachusetts
- Health Care
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Corporate/M&A
- Litigation: General Commercial
New York
- Health Care
Texas
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
- Health Care
- Insurance: Regulatory
- Labor & Employment
Utah
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
Wisconsin
- Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
- Health Care (Band 1)
- Intellectual Property (Band 1)
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
- Public Finance (Band 1)
- Real Estate (Band 1)
Nationwide Attorney Rankings
- Christopher Cutler, Accountant and Auditor Liability
- James McKee, Cannabis Law: Eastern United States
- Kathryn Trkla, Derivatives (Band 1); Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory (Band 1)
- Ellen Wheeler, Derivatives: Enforcement (Band 1)
- Lisa Noller, False Claims Act
- Michael Lockerby, Franchising
- Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Rajiv Dharnidharka, Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
- Clifford Risman, Leisure & Hospitality
- Daniel Bachrach, Leisure & Hospitality
- William Guthrie, Leisure & Hospitality
- Jeffery Atkin, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Jocelyn Lavallo, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Darin Lowder, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Jonathan Israel, Sports Law; Sports Law: Esports (Band 1)
- Kevin Schulz, Sports Law
- Louis Lehot, Startups & Emerging Companies
- Edward Burbach, State Attorneys General
- Stephen Cobb, State Attorneys General
- Siran Faulders, State Attorneys General
- Christopher Grigorian, Transportation: Road (Automotive) (Band 1)
- Vanessa Miller, Transportation: Road (Automotive)
State Attorney Rankings
California
- Shane Moses, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Up and Coming)
- Adam Hepworth, Health Care
- Claire Marblestone, Health Care
- Anil Shankar, Health Care
- Judith Waltz, Health Care (Band 1)
- Thomas Anderton, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Thomas Carlucci, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Pamela Johnston, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- James Kalyvas, Outsourcing
- Louis Lehot, Venture Capital
District of Columbia
- Lori Rubin Garber, Health Care
- Nathan Beaver, Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Eric Sophir, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Florida
- David Harper, Construction
- Andrea Cunha, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Thomas Ferrante, Health Care
- Rachel Goodman, Health Care
- Jana Kolarik, Health Care
- Nathaniel Lacktman, Health Care (Band 1)
- Matthew Citrin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Associates to Watch)
- Austin Neal, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Nicholas Paquette, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Kevin Hyde, Labor & Employment
- Mark Neuberger, Labor & Employment
- Jason Mehta, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Vanessa Singh Johannes, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Florida: North & Central
- Mark Wolfson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Gardner Davis, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Michael Okaty, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Steven Vazquez, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- David Cook, Real Estate
- Thomas Little, Real Estate
- Fred Ridley, Real Estate
- Stephen Szabo, Real Estate
Illinois
- Harold Kaplan, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Mark Radtke, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Michael Small, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Edward Green, Health Care
- Roger Strode, Health Care
- Monica Chmielewski, Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (Band 1)
- Eric Haab, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
- Michael Kasdin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Lisa Noller, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
- Laura Bilas, Public Finance (Band 1)
- Heidi Jeffery, Public Finance (Band 1)
Massachusetts
- Adrienne Walker, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Lisa Glahn, Construction
- Kyle Faget, Health Care; Life Sciences
- Lawrence Vernaglia, Health Care (Band 1)
- Adria Warren, Health Care
- Donald Schroeder, Labor & Employment
- Andrew Kurzon, Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Matthew McBride, Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Stephen Meli, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Michigan
- Daljit Doogal, Corporate/M&A (Eminent Practitioners)
- Gjina Lucaj, Corporate/M&A
- Omar Lucia, Corporate/M&A
- Norman Ankers, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Vanessa Miller, Litigation: General Commercial
New York
- Evan Hellman, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Jeffrey Thrope, Health Care
- JillAllison Opell, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Kenneth Breen, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
North Carolina
- Leah D鈥橝urora Richardson, Health Care (Up and Coming)
Texas
- Hoang Quan Vu, Banking & Finance
- John Melko, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Holland O鈥橬eil, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Christopher Converse, Corporate/M&A
- Joshua Skora, Health Care
- Kinal Patel, Health Care(Up and Coming)
- Jessica Glatzer Mason, Labor & Employment
- Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor & Employment
- Val Albright, Tax: Litigation (Senior Statespeople)
Utah
- R. Whitney Johnson, Intellectual Property
- David Wright, Intellectual Property
- Monica Call, Litigation: General Commercial
- Brandon Christensen, Litigation: General Commercial (Associates to Watch)
- David Jordan, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- David Mortensen, Litigation: General Commercial
- Melanie Clark, Real Estate
Wisconsin
- Steven Barth, Corporate/M&A
- Christopher Cain, Corporate/M&A
- James Peterson, Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
- Patrick Quick, Corporate/M&A
- Bryan Schultz, Corporate/M&A
- John Wilson, Corporate/M&A
- Amy Ciepluch, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Casey Knapp, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
- Leigh Riley, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
- Jennifer Hennessy, Health Care (Band 1)
- Mitchell Lindstrom, Health Care (Up and Coming)
- Anita Sorensen, Immigration (Band 1)
- Jeffrey Gundersen, Intellectual Property (Eminent Practitioners)
- Mark Kassel, Intellectual Property
- Joseph Ziebert, Intellectual Property
- Kadie Jelenchick, Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Carmen Decot, Labor & Employment
- Daniel Kaplan, Labor & Employment
- James Clark, Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statespeople)
- Thomas Shriner, Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statespeople)
- Andrew Wronski, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Linda Benfield, Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
- Bruce Keyes, Natural Resources & Environment; Real Estate
- Sarah Slack, Natural Resources & Environment
- Peter Tomasi, Natural Resources & Environment
- Dana Lach, Public Finance (Band 1)
- Katherine Rist, Real Estate
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