Chambers USA 2021 ranks Mayer Brown in 52 practices, with 144 individual lawyers recognized
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
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
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