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6 June 2025

Sheppard Mullin Earns Top Rankings In Chambers USA 2025

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.
Sheppard Mullin is proud to announce that we are again recognized Chambers as one of the leading law firms in the U.S. in the 2025 edition
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Sheppard Mullin is proud to announce that we are again recognized Chambers as one of the leading law firms in the U.S. in the 2025 edition.

The firm earned 38 practice rankings, including 10 national rankings and four ranked in Band 1. Additionally, 92 Sheppard Mullin attorneys across the country are recognized, with 22 ranked nationally and 10 listed in Band 1.

Nationwide practice rankings include Cannabis Law; Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation; Government Contracts (among The Elite list); Healthcare; Leisure & Hospitality; Native American Law: Finance; Privacy & Data Security; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy; and Retail.

In California, the firm was recognized in Antitrust; Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Construction; Corporate/M&A; Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation; Environment; Healthcare; Insurance; IP: Patent Litigation; IP: Patent Prosecution; IP: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Labor & Employment (among The Elite list); Litigation: General Commercial; Media & Entertainment: Transactional; Real Estate; Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use; and White Collar.

The firm was also recognized regionally in the following areas:

New York for its Construction, Healthcare and Media & Entertainment: Advisory

Washington, D.C. for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite and Healthcare

Texas for Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations and Real Estate

The complete list of 92 attorneys individually recognized by Chambers is as follows:

Valerie Alter in Litigation: Appellate – California

Emily Anderson in Construction – New York

Jonathan Aronie in Government Contracts – Nationwide

Frank Bacelli in Corporate/M&A – District of Columbia

Martin Bader in Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – California

Harper Batts in Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – California

Gene Besen in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Texas

Justin Bernbrock in Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Illinois

Townsend Bourne – in 1) Government Contracts and 2) Government Contracts: Cybersecurity – Nationwide

Michelle Brown in Real Estate – Texas

Sophia Cahill in Construction – New York

Peter Carson in Banking & Finance – California

Steve Chananie in Healthcare – New York

Laura Chapman in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – California

Erinn Contreras in Construction – California

Lisa Cottle in Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation – California

Paul Cowie in Labor & Employment: California

Robert Darwell in Media & Entertainment: Transactional – California

Larry Eppley in Leisure & Hospitality – Nationwide

Dave Fournier in Intellectual Property – Illinois

Richard Fries in Real Estate: Finance – New York

James Gatto in Intellectual Property – Northern Virginia

Jay Gerzog in Healthcare – New York

Katherine Gillespie in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Linas Grikis in Healthcare – Illinois

Sascha Henry in Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation – Nationwide

Elliot Hinds in Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional – Nationwide

Carly Hoinacki in Healthcare – New York

Zach Hutton in Labor & Employment – California

Wook Hwang in Media & Entertainment: Litigation – New York

Amit Kalra in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Joseph Karp in 1) Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation – California and 2) Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Ori Katz in Bankruptcy/Restructuring – California

Thomas Kaufman in Labor & Employment – California

Tracey Kennedy in 1) Labor & Employment – California and Litigation: Trial Lawyers – Nationwide

Moe Keshavarzi in Healthcare – California

John Keville in Intellectual Property – Texas

Phillip Kim in Healthcare – Texas

Peter Klee in Insurance – California

Eric Klein in Healthcare – California

Robb Klein in Media & Entertainment: Transactional – California

Elisha Kobre in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Texas

Chris Kolosov in Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation – California

Andrius Kontrimas in Tax – Texas

Stephen Korniczky in Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – California

Erica Kraus in Healthcare – District of Columbia

Charles Kreindler in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – California

Katarzyna Levecke in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Todd Lundell in Litigation: Appellate – California

Stephanie Marcantonio in Healthcare – New York

Lourdes Martinez in Healthcare – New York

Bill Mateja in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Texas

Ted Max in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – New York

Carolyn Metnick in Healthcare – Illinois

Chad Mills in Derivatives – Nationwide

Jennifer Nassiri in Bankruptcy/Restructuring – California

Scarlett Nokes in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Tennessee

Ann O'Brien in 1) Antitrust – District of Columbia and 2) Antitrust: Cartel – Nationwide

Michael Paddock in Healthcare – District of Columbia

Jeff Parker in Environment – California

Cesar Pereira in Construction – New York

Anne Perry in 1) Government Contracts and 2) Government Contracts: Bid Protests – Nationwide

Laurette Petersen in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Jill Pietrini in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – California

Andrew Ratts in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – Nationwide

Richard Rifenbark in Healthcare – California

Ryan Roberts in Government Contracts – Nationwide

Megan Rooney in Healthcare – Illinois

Jack Rubens in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – California

Eva Schneider in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – New York

Ira Schulman in Construction – New York

Nancy Scull in Real Estate – Southern California

Richard Simmons in Labor & Employment – California

Thomas Solomon in Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation – California

Jodi Stein in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – New York

Gail Suchman in Environment – New York

Mark Sundback in Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – Nationwide

Christine Swanick in Native American Law: Finance – Nationwide

Douglas Swill in Healthcare – Illinois

Keith Szeliga in Government Contracts – Nationwide

Lorna Tanner in Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – California

Liisa Thomas in Privacy & Data Security – Nationwide

Nicholas van Aelstyn in Environment – California

Christopher Van Gundy in Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation – Nationwide

Brian Weimer in 1) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite – District of Columbia and 2) Space Law – Nationwide

Pamela Westhoff in Real Estate – Southern California

Ashley Wheelock in Healthcare – Texas

Tammy Woffenden in Healthcare – Texas

John Yacovelle in Construction – California

Douglas A. Yeager in Real Estate – Texas

Amanda Zablocki in Healthcare – New York

Theona Zhordania in Insurance – California

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Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.
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