38 Norton Rose Fulbright practices recognized in 2024 Legal 500 US edition
United States | Press release - Recognition | June 2024
The Legal 500 United States 2024 edition has ranked Norton Rose Fulbright as a leading law firm in 38 national practice areas and recognized 27 of the firm’s US lawyers as national leaders.
Seven of the recognized lawyers were part of the “Hall of Fame” of their respective practice groups, and 12 were named to the elite list of “Leading Lawyers.” Three lawyers were named “Next Generation Partners,” and five lawyers were listed as “Rising Stars.” The firm had 167 lawyers recommended for their work across a broad range of key industries and practice areas.
Each US edition of The Legal 500 guide highlights law firms with a large national presence, and selections are based on firm matters and client feedback. Emphasis is placed on practice teams as opposed to individual lawyers to highlight “the overall strength and depth of a practice group.”
Listed below are the nationwide practice areas in which the firm ranked:
| Practice Area |
Tier |
| Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
1 |
| M&A | Corporate and commercial: M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
1 |
| Dispute resolution: E-discovery |
2 |
| Dispute resolution: International litigation |
2 |
| Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
2 |
| Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort |
2 |
| Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
2 |
| Energy transactions: Oil and gas |
2 |
| Project finance: Energy and power |
2 |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
2 |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal |
2 |
| Industry focus: Education |
2 |
| Transport: Aviation and air travel: Finance |
2 |
| Transport: Shipping: Finance |
2 |
| Dispute resolution: International arbitration |
3 |
| Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Auto / Transport |
3 |
| Energy regulation: Electric power |
3 |
| Energy transactions: Electric power |
3 |
| Environment: Litigation |
3 |
| Structured finance: Securitization |
3 |
| Intellectual property: Trademarks: Non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
3 |
| Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
3 |
| Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing |
3 |
| Tax: US taxes: Contentious |
3 |
| Antitrust: Civil litigation/class action: Defense |
4 |
| Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes |
4 |
| Finance: Fintech |
4 |
| Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
4 |
| Healthcare: Life sciences |
4 |
| Healthcare: Service providers |
4 |
| Insurance: Advice to insurers |
4 |
| Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (full coverage) |
4 |
| Intellectual property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
4 |
| Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) |
4 |
| Tax: US taxes: Non-contentious |
4 |
| Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
5 |
| Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: Defense |
5 |
| Real estate |
5 |
Hall of Fame
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
| Todd Alexander | Energy: Renewable / Alternative power and Project finance |
| Noam Ayali | Project finance |
| Mark Baker | International arbitration |
| Bill Bowers | US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Brian Devine | Transport: Shipping - finance |
| Keith Martin | Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
| Alyssa Vazquez | Transport: Aviation and air travel: Finance |
Leading Lawyers
| Lawyer |
Practice Area |
|
E-discovery |
|
|
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal |
|
|
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
|
|
E-discovery |
|
|
Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
|
|
International litigation |
|
|
Environment: Litigation |
|
|
Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
|
|
Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
|
|
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
|
|
Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
|
|
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort |
Next Generation Partners
|
Lawyer |
Practice Area |
|
Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
|
|
Transport: Aviation and air travel: Finance |
|
|
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
Rising Stars
|
Lawyer |
Practice Area |
|
Transport: Aviation and air travel: Finance |
|
|
Project finance |
|
|
Dispute resolution: International arbitration |
|
|
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
|
|
Transport: Shipping - finance |
Recommended Lawyers
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
| Robin Adelstein | Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| General commercial disputes | |
| Jodi Adolf | |
| Insurance: Advice to insurers | |
| Marissa Alcala | Renewable / Alternative power |
| Todd Alexander | Renewable / Alternative power |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP | |
| Andrea D’Ambra | |
| E-discovery | |
| Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) | |
| Mark Angland |
Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Darryl Anderson | |
| Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense | |
| Ryan Apar | Aviation and air travel: Finance |
| Judith Archer |
General commercial disputes |
| Noam Ayali | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| Mark Baker | International arbitration |
| Mario Barrera | Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) |
| Deanne Barrow | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| Bruce Baty | Insurance: Advice to insurers |
| Jerry Bell | Healthcare: Service providers |
| James Berger |
Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
| Mayling Blanco | Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Jason Boland | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Bill Bowers | US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Felicia Boyd | Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Reagan Brown | Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
| Douglas Buchanan | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| David Burton | Renewable / Alternative power |
| US taxes: Non-contentious |
|
| Scott Burton | Environment: Litigation |
| Brandon Byrne | M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Tim Carlton | Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing |
| Bill Cavanagh | US taxes: Contentious |
| US taxes: Non-contentious | |
| Abraham Chang |
Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Sean Christy | |
| Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing | |
| Shauna Johnson Clark | Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) |
| Marc Collier |
General commercial disputes |
| Chris Conatser |
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
| Katie Connolly | International arbitration |
| James Copeland | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal |
| Andrew Coronios | Structured finance: Securitization |
| Carter Crow | Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) |
| Alex Cummings |
Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Chris Cwalina | Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| Eric Daucher | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal | |
| Will Daugherty | |
| Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) | |
| D’Lesli Davis | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Healthcare: Life sciences | |
| Healthcare: Service providers | |
| Dani Davis | |
| Real estate | |
| Brian Devine | Shipping: Finance |
| Jay Dewald |
Healthcare: Service providers |
| Becky Diffen | Energy transactions: Electric power |
| Renewable / Alternative power | |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP | |
| Patrick Dolan | |
| Structured finance: Securitization | |
| Alesha Dominique | Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Carter Dugan | Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
| Luke Edney | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| Rhodri Evans | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| Jason Fagelman |
General commercial disputes |
| Jacob Falk | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| Susan Feigin Harris | Healthcare: Service providers |
| Education | |
| Brian Fenske | |
| M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) | |
| Michael Flamenbaum |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Kevin Fischer | Insurance: Advice to insurers |
| M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) | |
| Doug Fried | |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP | |
| Kevin Friedmann | M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Caileen Kateri Gamache | Energy regulation: Electric power |
| Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
|
| Debra Gatison Hatter |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kristian Gluck |
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Sameer Ghaznavi | Energy transactions: Electric power |
| Toby Gerber | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Brett Govett | Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Alicia Grant | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
|
| Paul Guirguis |
Shipping: Finance |
| Evan Hardee |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kevin Harnisch | Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Securities litigation: Defense | |
| Fiona Henderson | |
| Aviation and air travel: Finance | |
| John Herring |
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
| Chuck Hollis | Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing |
| Matt Hughey | Structured finance: Securitization |
| Steve Jansma | General commercial disputes |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport | |
| John Jennings | |
| Real estate | |
| Derek Johnston | Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing |
| Jared Kaplan |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Mike Keeley |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Lauren Kelly |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) | |
| Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) | |
| David Kessler | |
| E-discovery | |
| Healthcare: Life sciences |
|
| Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
|
| Matt Kirtland | |
| International arbitration | |
| Ben Koenigsberg | Renewable / Alternative power |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP | |
| Michael Krawzsenek |
Intellectual property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Richard Krumholz | |
| General commercial disputes | |
| Layne Kruse | Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Roger Kuan | Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Stephen Kuntz | US taxes: Contentious |
| US taxes: Non-contentious | |
| Neel Lane | |
| Insurance: Advice to insurers | |
| Daryl Lansdale |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Hilary Lefko | Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP |
| US taxes: Non-contentious |
|
| Elise LeGros |
Healthcare: Service providers |
| Daniel Leventhal | |
| Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (full coverage) | |
| Eddie Lewis | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort |
| Environment: Litigation | |
| Art Licygiewicz | |
| Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (full coverage) | |
| Andrew Lom | Fintech |
| Ryan Manns | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal | |
| Jeffrey Margulies | |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort | |
| Environment: Litigation | |
| Mac Marshall | |
| Energy transactions: oil and gas | |
| Keith Martin | Renewable / Alternative power |
| Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP | |
| Mina Matin | |
| International arbitration | |
| Insurance: Advice to insurers | |
| Daniel McClure | |
| Energy litigation: Oil and gas | |
| Jennifer McDaniel | Education |
| Scarlet McNellie | M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Susana Medeiros | E-discovery |
| Michelle Meiselman | Media, technology and telecoms Outsourcing |
| Linda Merritt | Intellectual property: Trademarks: Non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Ben Montanez |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Robert Morris | US taxes: Contentious |
| US taxes: Non-contentious | |
| Stacey Murphy | |
| Healthcare: Service providers | |
| Education | |
| Megan Musachio |
Shipping: Finance |
| Kessar Nashat | |
| Energy transactions: Electric power | |
| M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) | |
| Alex Niebruegge | |
| Energy transactions: Oil and gas | |
| Ellie Norris | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Jason Novak | Intellectual property Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Sheldon Nussbaum | M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kevin O’Gorman | International arbitration |
| Debra Ann Palmer | Energy regulation: Electric power |
| Julie Pateman Ward | Shipping: Finance |
| Andrew Price |
General commercial disputes |
| Kevin Prokup |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Blake Redwine |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Christy Rivera |
Energy: Renewable / Alternative power |
| Mark Robertson | Antitrust: Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Eagle Robinson | Intellectual property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Robert Romano | Advice to insurers |
| Steven Roosa | Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| Keith Rosen | Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Andrew Roth | Education |
| Healthcare: Service providers |
|
| Benjamin Roth |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Melanie Rother | Energy litigation: Oil and gas |
| Bryn Sappington |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kassandra Savicki | Shipping: Finance |
| Sandeep Savla | Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Securities litigation: Defense | |
| Stephanie Schmidt |
Intellectual property: Trademarks: Non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Johanna Schmitt |
Media and Entertainment: Litigation |
| Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio managing and licensing) |
|
| Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation |
|
| Les Schreyer |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Todd Schroeder |
US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Michael Schwartz | |
| Insurance: Advice to insurers | |
| Howard Seife | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate |
| Andrea Shannon | Intellectual property: Trademarks: Non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Robert Shapiro | Energy regulation: Electric power |
| Gina Shishima | Intellectual property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Jonathan Skidmore | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Healthcare: Life sciences | |
| Anastasia Slivker | |
| Energy transactions: Electric power | |
| M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
|
| Elizabeth Sluder | Energy transactions: Electric power |
| Darren Smith |
Intellectual property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Mike Solomita | Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (full coverage) |
| Peter Stokes | Securities litigation: Defense |
| Steve Suzzan | M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Michael Swartzendruber | Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: Defense |
| Katherine Tapley | Real estate |
| Eric Tashman | Structured finance: Securitization |
| Eliot Turner | Civil litigation / Class actions: Defense |
| Justin VandenBout |
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort |
| Alyssa Vazquez | Aviation and air travel: Finance |
| Craig Vogelsang | Energy transactions: Oil and gas |
| Ryan Waggoner |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Devin Wagner |
Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort |
| Elizabeth Weaver | Environment: Litigation |
| Jeffrey Webb | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
| Energy litigation: Oil and gas | |
| Joseph Williams | |
| Energy regulation: Electric power | |
| Rebecca Winthrop | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal |
| Richard Wright | US taxes: Non-contentious |
| Geraldine Young | Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: Defense |
| Brett Young | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive / Transport |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
|
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Toxic tort | |
| Richard Zembek | |
| Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (full coverage) | |
| Amelia Zhang |
M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) |