The 2021 edition of Chambers USA ranked Mayer Brown in 52 practice categories, including eight Band One nationwide rankings:
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
- Capital Markets: Structured Products
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), for the sixth consecutive year
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Projects: PPP, for the 12th consecutive year
- Tax: Controversy, for the 16th consecutive year
- Technology
In addition, Mayer Brown received top-band rankings in seven state categories:
- Antitrust, Illinois
- Communications, Illinois
- Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
- Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded, District of Columbia
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded, New York
- Tax: State & Local, New York
The new Chambers edition also recognized 144 Mayer Brown lawyers with 167 total rankings, including 29 lawyers who achieved a total of 30 Band One or higher rankings.
Star Individuals
- Laurence Platt – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), Nationwide
- Joel Williamson – Tax: Controversy, Illinois
Senior Statespeople
- Vincent Connelly – Litigation: General Commercial, Illinois; and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Illinois
- Rob Jenkins – Transportation: Rail (for Railroads), Nationwide
- Phyllis Korff – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States, Nationwide
- Frederick Thomas – Corporate/M&A, Illinois
- Larry Langdon – Tax, Northern California
- Ed Osterberg – Tax, Texas
- Laurence Urgenson – FCPA, Nationwide
Eminent Practitioners
- Paul Theiss – Corporate/M&A, Illinois
Band One
- Christian Binnig – Communications, Illinois
- Rebecca Eisner – Technology, 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 – Technology, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
- Britt Miller – Antitrust, Illinois
- Stephanie Monaco – Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Nationwide
- Brad Peterson – Technology, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
- Andrew Pincus – Appellate Law, Nationwide
- Anna Pinedo – Capital Markets: Structured Products, Nationwide
- Tristan Propst – Banking & Finance, Texas
- Nancy Ross – ERISA Litigation, Nationwide
- Joseph Seliga – Projects: PPP, Nationwide
- Elizabeth Espín Stern – Immigration, District of Columbia
- Jon Van Gorp – Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS, 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 2021 rankings for Mayer Brown.
Practice Category Rankings:
Nationwide
- Antitrust
- Appellate Law
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
- Capital Markets: Structured Products
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Derivatives
- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- ERISA Litigation
- FCPA
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts: The Elite
- Immigration
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- International Arbitration: Enforcement
- International Arbitration: Highly Regarded
- International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Outsourcing
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
- Projects: PPP
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Real Estate
- Tax: Controversy
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
- Technology
- Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
- Transportation: Road (Automotive)
District of Columbia
- Antitrust
- Immigration
- Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- 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
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Technology & Outsourcing
New York
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Tax
- Tax: State & Local
North Carolina
- Banking & Finance
- Real Estate: Finance
Northern California
- Tax
Southern California
- Real Estate
Texas
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Real Estate
Individual Rankings:
Nationwide
Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Britt Miller
Appellate Law
Dan Himmelfarb
Andrew Pincus
Charles Rothfeld
Nicole Saharsky
Evan Tager
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
Anna Pinedo
Edward Best
Phyllis Korff
Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Julie Gillespie
Carol Hitselberger
Linda Boss
Stuart Litwin
Jerry Marlatt
Keith Oberkfell
Angela Ulum
Jon Van Gorp
Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOS
Keith Oberkfell
Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
Jon Van Gorp
Paul Jorissen
Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax
Russell Nance
Capital Markets: Structured Products
Anna Pinedo
Bradley Berman
Marla Matusic
Derivatives
Curtis Doty
Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory
Curtis Doty
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Ethan Hastert
Michael Lackey
ERISA Litigation
Brian Netter
Nancy Ross
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Mark Williams
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Elena Rubinov
Frederick (Fritz) Lark
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Thomas Moore
FCPA
Audrey Harris
Jason Linder
Laurence Urgenson
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
Ori Lev
Thomas Delaney
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Jonathan Jaffe
Steven Kaplan
Laurence Platt
Phillip Schulman
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
Ori Lev
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Lucia Nale
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Dale Giali
Franchising: Mainly Franchisee
Lee Abrams
Government Contracts
David Dowd
Marcia Madsen
Government Contracts: Bid Protests
Marcia Madsen
Hedge Funds
Tram Nguyen
Immigration
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Lawrence Hamilton
International Arbitration: Counsel
Ted Howes
International Arbitration: Enforcement
Michael Lennon
International Trade: Customs
Sydney Mintzer
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Stephanie Monaco
Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Daniel Masur
Brad Peterson
Privacy & Data Security
Rajesh De
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Michael Olsen
Daniel Ring
Projects
Barry Machlin
John Tormey
Projects: PPP
Mitchell Holzrichter
David Narefsky
Joseph Seliga
Stephanie Wagner
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Eric Pogue
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Eric Pogue
Jeffrey Davis
Nadav Klugman
Robert Goldberg
REITs
David Freed
Tax: Controversy
Brian Kittle
Joel Williamson
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Technology
Brad Peterson
Daniel Masur
Rebecca Eisner
Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
Robert Jenkins
Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Adam Sloane
Erika Jones
California
Labor & Employment
Ruth Zadikany
Litigation: Appellate
Donald Falk
California: Northern
Real Estate
Scott Buser
Tax
Larry Langdon
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro
Corporate/M&A
Nina Flax
Peter Wolf
California: Southern
Real Estate
Scott Cooper
District of Columbia
Antitrust
William Stallings
Immigration
Elizabeth Stern
Grace Shie
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
Beth Vogel
Douglas Doetsch
Ermelinda Villagomez
Frederick Fisher
Paul Forrester
Matthew O’Meara
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Adam Paul
Thomas Kiriakos
Communications
Christian Binnig
Dennis Friedman
Hans Germann
Construction
Joanna Horsnail
Corporate/M&A
Jennifer Keating
William Kucera
Jodi Simala
Marc Sperber
Paul Theiss
Frederick Thomas
Ryan Ferris
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
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Michael Adams
Labor & Employment
Marcia Goodman
Litigation: General Commercial
Vincent Connelly
Michele Odorizzi
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Vincent Connelly
Gregory Deis
Real Estate
Heather Adkerson
Paul Meyer
Jeffrey Usow
Tax
James Barry
George Craven
Tax: Controversy
John Hildy
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Scott Stewart
Joel Williamson
Technology & Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Brad Peterson
New York
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Daniel Scher
David Alberts
Frank Monaco
Richard Spitzer
Stephen Rooney
Intellectual Property: Patent
Lisa Ferri
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Paul Fakler
Litigation: General Commercial
Lauren Goldman
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government investigations
Daniel Stein
Tax
Jason Bazar
Russell Nance
Tax: State & Local
Leah Robinson
North Carolina
Banking & Finance
Carol Hitselberger
Keith Oberkfell
Real Estate: Finance
David Saye
Texas
Banking & Finance
Tristan Propst
Corporate/M&A
Robert Gray
Real Estate
Ronald Shoss
Neil Wasserstrom
Tax
Edward Osterberg
Tax: Litigation
Shawn O’Brien