Mayer Brown was recognized as a leading law firm in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States. With 68 practice areas rankings, including 23 top-tier, and 76 lawyer rankings, the firm earned a spot among the top five firms with “the most total rankings,” “the most top-tier rankings,” and “the most ranked lawyers.”
Top ranked practice areas:
- Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
 - Finance: Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
 - Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products
 - Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Finance: Fintech
 - Media technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
 - Tax: Financial products
 - Tax: International tax
 - Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 
Individual lawyer rankings:
“Leading Lawyers”
- James Barry – Tax: US taxes: Non-contentious
 - Jason Bazar – Tax: US taxes: Non-contentious
 - David Beam – Finance: Fintech
 - Timothy Bishop – Environment: Litigation
 - Lisa Ferri – Healthcare: Life sciences
 - Fred Fisher – Finance: Commercial lending
 - Julie Gillespie – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Mark Hanchet – Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
 - John Hildy – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 - Joanna Horsnail – Real estate: Construction (including construction litigation)
 - Christopher Houpt – Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
 - Brian Kittle – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 - Nadav Klugman – Energy: Renewable/alternative power
 - Duane Layton – International trade: Trade remedies and trade policy
 - Mark Leeds – Tax: Financial products
 - Stephen Lilley – Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
 - Stuart Litwin – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Britt Miller – Antitrust: Civil litigation/Class actions: Defense
 - Michael Olsen – Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: Toxic tort
 - Anna Pinedo – Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products; and Finance: Capital markets: Global offerings
 - Philip Recht – Government: Government relations
 - Linda Rhodes – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
 - Leah Robinson – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 - Nicole Saharsky – Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
 - Evan Tager – Transport: Rail and road – Litigation and regulation
 - Mark Ter Molen – Environment: Litigation
 - Angela Ulum – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Reb Wheeler – Healthcare: Life sciences
 - Scott Zemser – Finance: Commercial lending
 
“Next Generation Lawyers”
- Ryan Castillo – Finance: Capital markets: Debt offerings
 - Rohith George – Finance: Fintech
 - Jaimy Hamburg – Environment: Litigation
 - Brian Hirshberg – Finance: Capital markets: Equity offerings
 - Mitch Holzrichter – Government: Government relations
 - Joe Pennell – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
 - Remmelt Reigersman – Tax: Financial products
 - Grace Shie – Labor and employment: Immigration
 - Ryan Suda – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Stephanie Vasconcellos – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: Transactional
 - Ruth Zadikany – Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): Defense
 - Jing Zhang – International trade: Customs, export, controls and economic sanctions
 
“Hall of Fame Lawyers”
- Rajesh De – Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
 - Thomas Kittle-Kamp – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 - Kenneth Klein – Tax: International tax
 - Barry Machlin – Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
 - Marcia Madsen – Government: Government contracts
 - John Mancini – Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
 - Brad Peterson – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
 - Andrew Pincus – Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
 - Nancy Ross – Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
 - Joe Seliga – Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
 - Elizabeth Espín Stern – Labor and employment: Immigration
 - Jon Van Gorp – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
 - Joel Williamson – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
 
“Rising Stars”
- Marla Matusic – Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products
 - Arteen Mnayan – Real estate: Land use/zoning
 - Samuel Myler – Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
 
View the complete list of Mayer Brown’s 2023 Legal 500 US practice rankings.
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