The 2019 edition of The Legal 500 United States recognized 147 Arnold & Porter attorneys and 44 practice areas. This ranks Arnold & Porter as one of the top 20 most ranked firms in the guide.

The Legal 500 researches the global legal market using feedback from 250,000 in-house counsels and lawyers worldwide. This year, the guide distinguished 10 attorneys as elite "Leading Lawyers," 11 junior partners as "Next Generation Lawyers," and one senior associate as a "Rising Star."

The following practices were recommended:

  • Antitrust: Cartel
  • Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
  • Antitrust: Merger Control
  • Appellate: Courts Of Appeals
  • Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
  • Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - Advice To Issuers
  • Capital Markets: Global Offerings - Advice To Issuers
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
  • Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
  • Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
  • Environment: Litigation
  • Environment: Regulatory
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • Financial Services: Litigation
  • General Commercial Disputes
  • Government Contracts
  • Government Relations
  • Healthcare: Life Sciences
  • Healthcare: Service Providers
  • Intellectual Property: Copyright
  • International Arbitration
  • International Litigation
  • International Trade
  • M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
  • Media, Technology And Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy And Data Protection)
  • Media, Technology And Telecoms: Data Privacy And Data Protection
  • Media, Technology And Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Media, Technology And Telecoms: Telecoms And Broadcast: Regulatory
  • Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
  • Patents: Prosecution (Including Reexamination And Post-Grant Proceedings)
  • Private Equity Buyouts
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices - Defense
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions: Toxic Tort - Defense
  • Securities Litigation: Defense
  • Sport
  • Structured Finance: Derivatives And Structured Products
  • Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Tax: Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, and National Trade Associations and Charities)
  • Trademarks: Litigation
  • Transport: Aviation And Air Travel: Finance
  • Transport: Aviation And Air Travel: Litigation
  • US Taxes: Non-Contentious