The 2020 edition of Chambers USA ranked Mayer Brown in 38 practice categories, including five Band One nationwide rankings:
- Capital Markets: Securitization, for the 13th consecutive year
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), for the fifth consecutive year
- Outsourcing, for the 17th consecutive year
- Projects: PPP, for the 11th consecutive year
- Tax: Controversy, for the 15th consecutive year
In addition, Mayer Brown received top-band rankings in four state categories:
- Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
- Antitrust, Illinois
- Communications, Illinois
- Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
The new Chambers edition also recognized 121 Mayer Brown lawyers with 142 total rankings in 50 practice categories, including 31 lawyers who achieved a total of 32 Band One or higher rankings.
Senior Statespeople
- Lee Abrams – Franchising: Mainly Franchisee, Nationwide
- Vincent Connelly – Litigation: General Commercial, Illinois; and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Illinois
- Andy Frey – Appellate Law, Nationwide
- Dennis Friedman – Communications, Illinois
- Rob Jenkins – Transportation: Rail (for Railroads), Nationwide
- Phyllis Korff – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States, Nationwide
- Jason Kravitt – Capital Markets: Securitization, Nationwide
- Larry Langdon – Tax, Northern California
- Ed Osterberg – Tax, Texas
- Paul Roy – Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
Star Individuals
- Andy Marovitz – Antitrust, Illinois
- Laurence Platt – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), Nationwide
- Joel Williamson – Tax: Controversy, Illinois
Band One
- Christian Binnig – Communications, Illinois
- Rebecca Eisner – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
- Erika Jones – Transportation: Road (Automotive), Nationwide
- Steven Kaplan – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), Nationwide
- Thomas Kittle-Kamp – Tax: Controversy, Illinois
- Marcia Madsen – Government Contracts, Nationwide
- Dan Masur – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
- Stephanie Monaco – Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Nationwide
- Brad Peterson – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
- Andrew Pincus – Appellate Law, Nationwide
- Anna Pinedo – Capital Markets: Structured Products, Nationwide
- Tristan Propst – Banking & Finance, Texas
- Joseph Seliga – Projects: PPP, Nationwide
- Larry Urgenson – FCPA, Nationwide
- Jon Van Gorp – Capital Markets: Securitization, Nationwide
- Paul Virtue – Immigration, Nationwide; and Immigration, District of Columbia
- Neil Wasserstrom – Real Estate, Texas
- Joel Williamson – Tax: Controversy, Nationwide
- Keith Willner – Real Estate, District of Columbia
Following is a complete list of the Chambers USA 2020 rankings for Mayer Brown.
Practice Category Rankings:
Nationwide
- Antitrust
- Appellate Law
- Capital Markets: Derivatives
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation)
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts
- Immigration
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Outsourcing
- Product Liability & Mass Torts
- Projects: PPP
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Real Estate
- Tax: Controversy
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
- Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
- Transportation: Road (Automotive)
District of Columbia
- Antitrust
- Immigration
- Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Technology & Outsourcing
Illinois
- Antitrust
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Communications
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Technology & Outsourcing
New York
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Tax
North Carolina
- Banking & Finance
- Real Estate: Finance
Northern California
- Tax
Southern California
- Real Estate
Texas
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Real Estate
Individual Rankings:
Nationwide
Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Appellate Law
Andrew Frey
Dan Himmelfarb
Andrew Pincus
Charles Rothfeld
Nicole Saharsky
Evan Tager
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
Edward Best
Phyllis Korff
Capital Markets: Derivatives
Curtis Doty
Capital Markets: Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory
Curtis Doty
Capital Markets: Securitization
Julie Gillespie
Carol Hitselberger
Paul Jorissen
Jason Kravitt
Stuart Litwin
Jerry Marlatt
Keith Oberkfell
Angela Ulum
Jon Van Gorp
Capital Markets: Structured Products
Anna Pinedo
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Michael Lackey
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Fritz Lark
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Thomas Moore
ERISA Litigation
Brian Netter
Nancy Ross
FCPA
Jason Linder
Larry Urgenson
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
Thomas Delaney
Ori Lev
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Melanie Brody
Jonathan Jaffe
Steven Kaplan
Laurence Platt
Phillip Schulman
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Dale Giali
Franchising: Mainly Franchisee
Lee Abrams
Government Contracts
David Dowd
Marcia Madsen
Government Contracts: Bid Protests
Marcia Madsen
Immigration
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Kara Baysinger
Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
Tram Nguyen
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Stephanie Monaco
Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Daniel Masur
Brad Peterson
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Michael Olsen
Daniel Ring
Andrew Tauber
Projects
Barry Machlin
Projects: PPP
David Narefsky
Joseph Seliga
Stephanie Wagner
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Jeffrey Davis
Robert Goldberg
Nadav Klugman
Tax: Controversy
Brian Kittle
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Joel Williamson
Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
Robert Jenkins
Andrew Tauber
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Erika Jones
Adam Sloane
California
Insurance: Insurer
Kara Baysinger
Litigation: Appellate
Donald Falk
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro
Corporate/M&A
Peter Wolf
District of Columbia
Antitrust
William Stallings
Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Mark Ryan
Immigration
Grace Shie
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Kelly Kramer
Michael Levy
Real Estate
Frank Henneburg
Keith Willner
Technology & Outsourcing
Daniel Masur
Linda Rhodes
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Angela Giancarlo
Illinois
Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Britt Miller
Banking & Finance
Douglas Doetsch
Frederick Fisher
Paul Forrester
Matthew O’Meara
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Thomas Kiriakos
Communications
Christian Binnig
Tyson Covey
Dennis Friedman
Hans Germann
Corporate/M&A
William Kucera
Jodi Simala
Marc Sperber
Paul Theiss
Frederick Thomas
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Debra Hoffman
Lennine Occhino
Nancy Ross
Energy & Natural Resources: Transactional
Paul Forrester
Environment: Litigation
Timothy Bishop
Mark Ter Molen
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Edward Best
Larry Hamilton
Labor & Employment
Marcia Goodman
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Debra Hoffman
Lennine Occhino
Nancy Ross
Litigation: General Commercial
Vincent Connelly
Michele Odorizzi
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Vincent Connelly
Gregory Deis
Real Estate
Heather Adkerson
Paul Meyer
Jade Newburn
Jeffrey Usow
Tax
James Barry
George Craven
Tax: Controversy
John Hildy
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Scott Stewart
Joel Williamson
Technology & Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Brad Peterson
Paul Roy
New York
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
David Alberts
Frank Monaco
Stephen Rooney
Richard Spitzer
Tax
Jason Bazar
Tax: State & Local
Leah Robinson
North Carolina
Banking & Finance
Carol Hitselberger
Keith Oberkfell
Real Estate: Finance
David Saye
Northern California
Tax
Larry Langdon
Southern California
Real Estate
Scott Cooper
Texas
Banking & Finance
Bill Hart
Tristan Propst
Corporate/M&A
Robert Gray
Real Estate
Ronald Shoss
Neil Wasserstrom
Tax
Edward Osterberg
Tax: Litigation
Shawn O’Brien