Seyfarth Shaw LLP has been ranked as a "Top Tier Firm" in five practice areas and recommended in 15 other practices in 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States. In addition, 84 individual Seyfarth lawyers were recognized for their "standout contribution" to their respective practices.
The five top tier practices, all national, include three from Labor and Employment (Labor-Management Relations, Immigration, and Workplace and Employment Counseling), along with Construction Real Estate (including construction litigation) and Corporate – Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts (M&A Middle Market, sub $500 million).
The other ranked practice areas include six in Tier 2: Dispute Resolution - E-Discovery; Intellectual Property - Trade Secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters); Labor and Employment - ERISA litigation; Labor and Employment – Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design; Labor and Employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; and Tax (not for profit and tax exempt organizations).
The 84 recommended Seyfarth lawyers include six Hall of Famers:
- Dave Baffa - Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Bennett Greenberg - Real Estate - Construction (including construction litigation)
- Camille Olson - Labor & Employment Disputes (including collective actions) - defense
- Angelo Paparelli - Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Bill Perkins - Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Suzanne Saxman - M&A middle-market (sub-$500 million)
Sixteen Seyfarth lawyers were ranked as "leading lawyers" in their respective practices:
- Scott Carlson - eDiscovery
- Andrew Lucano - M&A middle-market (sub-$500 million)
- Douglas Mancino - Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
- Ian Morrison - Labor and Employment - ERISA litigation
- Kathleen Cahill Slaught - Labor and Employment - ERISA litigation
- James King - Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Russell Swapp - Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Bradford Livingston - Labor and Employment - Labor-Management Relations
- Glenn Smith - Labor and Employment - Labor-Management Relations
- Lisa Damon - Labor and Employment - Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Lawrence Lorber - Labor and Employment - Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Alison Ashford - Real Estate - Construction (including construction litigation)
- Vincent Sama - Securities Litigation defense
- Robert Milligan - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Kate Perrelli - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Michael Wexler - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dawn Mertineit - Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
The annual Legal 500 United States rankings are based on a series of criteria that "highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market."