DLA Piper lawyers and practices ranked in latest Chambers edition
DLA Piper today announced that the firm received 218 lawyer rankings and 107 firm rankings, a 14-percent increase, in Chambers USA's 2022 guide.
“Our lawyers strive to be exceptional and it’s gratifying to see our clients and the market recognize our strengths,” said Frank Ryan, DLA Piper’s Americas chair. “I congratulate our lawyers and am proud of the work they are doing in their respective practices, sectors and regions to serve our clients and communities.”
The annual rankings are based on extensive research by Chambers & Partners Publishing. Listed below are the practice rankings in their affiliated regions, as well as the ranked DLA Piper lawyers.
In 2022, DLA Piper ranked in Band 1 in 21 national and regional areas of practice, including:
Corporate/M&A Arizona (USA)
Corporate/M&A Maryland (USA)
Corporate/M&A Virginia: Northern (USA)
Corporate/M&A Texas: Austin & Surrounds (USA)
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded USA - Nationwide (USA)
Franchising USA - Nationwide (USA)
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded Texas (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial Maryland (USA)
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets Illinois (USA)
Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded New York (USA)
Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded Illinois (USA)
Investment Funds: Investor Representation USA - Nationwide (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded California (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded District of Columbia (USA)
Technology: Corporate & Commercial Texas (USA)
Real Estate District of Columbia (USA)
Real Estate Illinois (USA)
Real Estate Massachusetts (USA)
Retail USA - Nationwide (USA)
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Illinois (USA)
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite District of Columbia (USA)
DLA Piper ranked in Band 2 in:
Corporate/M&A California: San Diego (USA)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring Delaware (USA)
Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded USA - Nationwide (USA)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded USA - Nationwide (USA)
Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs USA - Nationwide (USA)
Corporate/M&A New Jersey (USA)
Corporate/M&A Washington (USA)
Sports Law USA - Nationwide (USA)
Intellectual Property Virginia: Northern (USA)
Healthcare Florida (USA)
Healthcare: Highly Regarded USA - Nationwide (USA)
Intellectual Property USA - Nationwide (USA)
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets USA - Nationwide (USA)
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets California (USA)
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets District of Columbia (USA)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded New York (USA)
Privacy & Data Security: The Elite USA - Nationwide (USA)
Technology: Transactions California (USA)
Venture Capital: California (USA)
Construction Maryland (USA)
Leisure & Hospitality USA - Nationwide (USA)
Real Estate Maryland (USA)
Real Estate USA - Nationwide (USA)
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Virginia: Northern (USA)
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory Illinois (USA)
Technology USA - Nationwide (USA)
Technology: Outsourcing California (USA)
Real Estate California: Northern (USA)
DLA Piper ranked in Band 3 in:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring Illinois (USA)
Cannabis Law USA - Nationwide (USA)
REITs USA - Nationwide (USA)
Corporate/M&A Massachusetts (USA)
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity District of Columbia (USA)
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds (USA)
E-Discovery & Information Governance USA - Nationwide (USA)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Illinois (USA)
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation USA - Nationwide (USA)
Government Relations USA - Nationwide (USA)
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer USA - Nationwide (USA)
Intellectual Property Illinois (USA)
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) USA - Nationwide (USA)
Life Sciences California (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial Washington (USA)
Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market USA - Nationwide (USA)
Startups & Emerging Companies USA - Nationwide (USA)
Outsourcing USA - Nationwide (USA)
Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite USA - Nationwide (USA)
Construction Georgia (USA)
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt New York (USA)
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use California (USA)
State Attorneys General USA - Nationwide (USA)
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory New York (USA)
Tax California: Northern (USA)
Tax Massachusetts (USA)
DLA Piper ranked in Band 4 in:
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity California (USA)
Antitrust California (USA)
Media & Entertainment: Transactional California (USA)
Private Equity: Fund Formation USA - Nationwide (USA)
Corporate/M&A Georgia (USA)
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Illinois (USA)
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Florida: South (USA)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation District of Columbia (USA)
Government Contracts: The Elite USA - Nationwide (USA)
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer New York (USA)
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded New York (USA)
Intellectual Property Texas (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds (USA)
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation California (USA)
International Arbitration: The Elite USA - Nationwide (USA)
Corporate/M&A: The Elite California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro (USA)
Labor & Employment: The Elite California (USA)
Life Sciences USA - Nationwide (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial Illinois (USA)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations Illinois (USA)
Real Estate California: Southern (USA)
Tax New York (USA)
Tax: Controversy USA - Nationwide (USA)
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance New York (USA)
DLA Piper ranked in Band 5 in:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite New York (USA)
FCPA USA - Nationwide (USA)
Healthcare District of Columbia (USA)
Labor & Employment Texas (USA)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation USA - Nationwide (USA)
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded New York (USA)
Litigation: Securities New York (USA)
Tax: Corporate & Finance USA - Nationwide (USA)
Ranked Individual Lawyers
The 218 individual DLA Piper lawyer rankings cited by Chambers USA are listed below, along with the regions and areas of law for which they were selected.
Nationwide
Adam Tope, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Adam Tope, Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Alexander Tuneski, Franchising
Allen Ashley, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Andrew Peck, E-Discovery & Information Governance
Andrew Serwin, Privacy & Data Security
Ann Ford, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Barry Heller, Franchising
Benjamin Mulcahy, Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
Bradley Gersich, Startups & Emerging Companies
Bret Lowell, Franchising
Cara Edwards, Product Liability & Mass Torts
Daniel Cook, Government Contracts
David Parrish, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
David Sager, Franchising
Diana Erbsen, Tax: Controversy
Elise Green, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Ellis Reemer, Tax: Controversy
Erik Wulff, Franchising
Erin Gibson, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Helena Kiepura, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
James Blanchard, Government Relations
Jeffrey Tsai, State Attorneys General
John Gilluly, Technology
John Merrigan, Government Relations
Joseph Sheyka, Franchising
Karl Buch, FCPA
Kate Brown de Vejar, International Arbitration: Counsel
Kerry Johnson, REITs
Kevin Nolan, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Kiera Gans, International Arbitration: Counsel
Leeanne Sara Mancari, E-Discovery & Information Governance
Lisa Haile, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Loren Brown, Product Liability & Mass Torts
Lyn Pruittc, Litigation: Trial Lawyers
Mark Fowler, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Mark Whitaker, Sports Law
Matthew Holian, Product Liability & Mass Torts
Nathaniel Marrs, Private Equity: Fund Formation
Nicole Brennig, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Norman Leon, Franchising
Peter White, Sports Law
Philip Svahn, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Philip Zeidman, Franchising
Randy Socol, Startups & Emerging Companies
Richard Cardillo, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Richard Greenstein, Franchising
Richard Morey, Franchising
Richard Rector, Government Contracts
Richard Rector, Government Contracts: Bid Protests
Richard Reilly, Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs
Robert Bergdolt, REITs
Sandra Kellman, Leisure & Hospitality
Sara Stinnett, Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Sean Cunningham, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Stefanie Fogel, Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Stephen Alicanti, SPACs
Stuart Hershman, Franchising
Tao Xu, Franchising
Vincent Sanchez, Outsourcing
William Minor, Political Law
Yoni Tuchman, Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Arizona
David Lewis, Corporate/M&A
Kevin Criddle, Corporate/M&A
Steven Pidgeon, Corporate/M&A
California
Bradley Gersich, Venture Capital
Curtis Mo, Venture Capital
Gina Durham, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Gregory Manter, Technology: Transactions
Jerold Neuman, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Kyndra Joy Casper, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Lisa Haile, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Lisa Haile, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, Antitrust
Mark Fowler, Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Mark Lehberg, Technology: Transactions
Mark Radcliffe, Technology: Transactions
Mary Dollarhide, Labor & Employment
Melissa Reinckens, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Michael Garfinkel, Media & Entertainment: Litigation
Randy Socol, Venture Capital
Tom Ara, Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Victoria Lee, Technology: Outsourcing
Victoria Lee, Technology: Transactions
Vincent Sanchez, Technology: Outsourcing
California: Northern
Stephen Cowan, Real Estate
Sang Kim, Tax
California: Sacramento
David Richardson, Corporate/M&A
California: San Diego
Christopher Young, Litigation: General Commercial
Randy Socol, Corporate/M&A
Delaware
Aaron Applebaum, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Brian Biggs, Intellectual Property
Craig Martin, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
John Reed, Chancery
Stuart Brown, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
District of Columbia
Amy Carbins, Real Estate
Ann Ford, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Deborah Meshulam, Litigation: Securities
Donna Thiel, Healthcare
Edward Smith, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Erin Sweeney, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Frederick Klein, Real Estate
Jay Epstien, Real Estate
Jeffrey Houle, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Jonathan Haray, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Justin Park, Intellectual Property: Litigation
Kristi Kung, Healthcare
Lauren Rico, Real Estate
Mary Elizabeth Gately, Litigation: General Commercial
Michael Senkowski, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Nancy Victory, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Peter Karanjia, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Richard Marks, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Rita Patel, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Sarah Kahn, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Thomas Zutic, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Todd Castleton, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Tracy Weir, Healthcare
Florida
Joshua Kaye, Healthcare
Russell Sass, Healthcare
Ryan O’Quinn, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Florida: South
Joshua Kayec, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Joshua Samek, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Michael Bedke, Real Estate
Ryan Girnun, Real Estate
Georgia
Brian Fielden, Construction
John Ducat, Construction
Joseph Silver, Corporate/M&A
Maxine Hicks, Real Estate
Robert Crewdson, Construction
Illinois
Adam Berkoff, Real Estate
Alison Mitchell, Real Estate
Andrew Weil, Corporate/M&A
David Mendelsohn, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Edward Goldman, Real Estate
Ferlillia Roberson, Intellectual Property
John Hamill, Litigation: General Commercial
John Lyons, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jon Goreham, Real Estate
Jonathan King, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Katie Hausfeld, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Katie Jahnke Dale, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Keith Medansky, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Mariah DiGrino, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Matthew Satchwell, Intellectual Property
Michael Geller, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Paul Shadle, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Paul Steadman, Intellectual Property
Richard Chesley, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Klawiter, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Stephen Schwab, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Victoria Richter, Labor & Employment
Vincent Sanchez, Technology & Outsourcing
Maryland
Anthony Meagher, Construction
Brett Ingerman, Litigation: General Commercial
Guy Flynn, Real Estate
Howard Schwartz, Corporate/M&A
James Mathias, Litigation: General Commercial
Jay Smith, Corporate/M&A
Lin Pang, Real Estate
Matthew Gorra, Corporate/M&A
Michael P. O’Day, Construction
Penny Minna, Corporate/M&A
Richard Kremen, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Levine, Real Estate
Robert Mathias, Litigation: General Commercial
Massachusetts
Adam Ghander, Corporate/M&A
Barbara Trachtenberg, Real Estate
Bruce Falby, Litigation: General Commercial
Bryan Connolly, Real Estate
Cara Nelson, Real Estate
Geoffrey Howell, Real Estate
Itai Nevo, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
John Rattigan, Real Estate
John Sullivan, Real Estate
Primo Fontana, Real Estate
Richard Rudman, Real Estate
Thanos Matthai, Real Estate
New Jersey
Andrew Gilbert, Corporate/M&A
Emilio Ragosa, Corporate/M&A
James Fischer, Corporate/M&A
Joseph Guarino, Labor & Employment
Scott Cowan, Corporate/M&A
Stephen Matthews, Litigation: Product Liability
New York
Aidan McCormack, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Brian Kaplan, Labor & Employment
Chris Smith, Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Evan Parness, Labor & Employment
Garrett Kennedy, Labor & Employment
Jeffrey Salinger, Environment: Mainly Transactional
Jessica Masella, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John Clarke, Litigation: Securities
John Hillebrecht, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Kevin Glenn, Tax
Marc Casale, Tax
Martin Polevoy, Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Rachel Albanese, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Robert Alessi, Environment
Pennsylvania
Ilana Eisenstein, Litigation: Appellate
Ilana Eisenstein, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Texas
Craig Anderson, Real Estate
Jason Lewis, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John Gilluly, Technology: Corporate & Commercial
John Guaragna, Intellectual Property
Marc Katz, Labor & Employment
Texas: Austin and Surrounds
John Gilluly, Corporate/M&A
Joseph Fore, Corporate/M&A
Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
Lyn Pruitt, Litigation: General Commercial
Virginia: Northern
Antonio Calabrese, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Eric Grossman, Corporate/M&A
Jeff Lehrer, Corporate/M&A
Thomas Hendershot, Corporate/M&A
Washington
Anthony Todaro, Litigation: General Commercial
Michael Hutchings, Corporate/M&A
Michael Pirog, Corporate/M&A
Steven Yentzer, Corporate/M&A
Trenton Dykes, Corporate/M&A
Tyler Hollenbeck, Corporate/M&A
