Chambers USA 2020 ranks Mayer Brown in 38 practices, with 121 individual lawyers recognized

The 2020 edition of Chambers USA ranked Mayer Brown in 38 practice categories, including five Band One nationwide rankings:

• Capital Markets: Securitization, for the 13th consecutive year
• Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), for the fifth consecutive year
• Outsourcing, for the 17th consecutive year
• Projects: PPP, for the 11th consecutive year
• Tax: Controversy, for the 15th consecutive year

In addition, Mayer Brown received top-band rankings in four state categories:

• Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
• Antitrust, Illinois
• Communications, Illinois
• Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois

The new Chambers edition also recognized 121 Mayer Brown lawyers with 142 total rankings in 50 practice categories, including 31 lawyers who achieved a total of 32 Band One or higher rankings.

Senior Statespeople

• Lee Abrams – Franchising: Mainly Franchisee, Nationwide
• Vincent Connelly – Litigation: General Commercial, Illinois; and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Illinois
• Andy Frey – Appellate Law, Nationwide
• Dennis Friedman – Communications, Illinois
• Rob Jenkins – Transportation: Rail (for Railroads), Nationwide
• Phyllis Korff – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States, Nationwide
• Jason Kravitt – Capital Markets: Securitization, Nationwide
• Larry Langdon – Tax, Northern California
• Ed Osterberg – Tax, Texas
• Paul Roy – Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois

Star Individuals

• Andy Marovitz – Antitrust, Illinois
• Laurence Platt – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), Nationwide
• Joel Williamson – Tax: Controversy, Illinois

Band One

• Christian Binnig – Communications, Illinois
• Rebecca Eisner – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
• Erika Jones – Transportation: Road (Automotive), Nationwide
• Steven Kaplan – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), Nationwide
• Thomas Kittle-Kamp – Tax: Controversy, Illinois
• Marcia Madsen – Government Contracts, Nationwide
• Dan Masur – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, District of Columbia
• Stephanie Monaco – Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Nationwide
• Brad Peterson – Outsourcing, Nationwide; and Technology & Outsourcing, Illinois
• Andrew Pincus – Appellate Law, Nationwide
• Anna Pinedo – Capital Markets: Structured Products, Nationwide
• Tristan Propst – Banking & Finance, Texas
• Joseph Seliga – Projects: PPP, Nationwide
• Larry Urgenson – FCPA, Nationwide
• Jon Van Gorp – Capital Markets: Securitization, Nationwide
• Paul Virtue – Immigration, Nationwide; and Immigration, District of Columbia
• Neil Wasserstrom – Real Estate, Texas
• Joel Williamson – Tax: Controversy, Nationwide
• Keith Willner – Real Estate, District of Columbia

Following is a complete list of the Chambers USA 2020 rankings for Mayer Brown.

Practice Category Rankings:

Nationwide

• Antitrust
• Appellate Law
• Capital Markets: Derivatives
• Capital Markets: Securitization
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• ERISA Litigation
• Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
• Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
• Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation)
• Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
• Government Contracts
• Immigration
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
• Outsourcing
• Product Liability & Mass Torts
• Projects: PPP
• Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Real Estate
• Tax: Controversy
• Tax: Corporate & Finance
• Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
• Transportation: Road (Automotive)

District of Columbia

• Antitrust
• Immigration
• Intellectual Property: Litigation
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Real Estate
• Tax
• Technology & Outsourcing

Illinois

• Antitrust
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Communications
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Environment
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Real Estate
• Tax
• Technology & Outsourcing

New York

• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
• Tax 

North Carolina

• Banking & Finance
• Real Estate: Finance 

Northern California

• Tax

Southern California

• Real Estate 

Texas

• Banking & Finance
• Corporate/M&A
• Real Estate

Individual Rankings:

Nationwide

Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz

Appellate Law
Andrew Frey
Dan Himmelfarb
Andrew Pincus
Charles Rothfeld
Nicole Saharsky
Evan Tager

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
Phyllis Korff

Capital Markets: Derivatives
Curtis Doty

Capital Markets: Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory
Curtis Doty

Capital Markets: Securitization
Julie Gillespie
Carol Hitselberger
Paul Jorissen
Jason Kravitt
Stuart Litwin
Jerry Marlatt
Keith Oberkfell
Angela Ulum
Jon Van Gorp

Capital Markets: Structured Products
Anna Pinedo

E-Discovery & Information Governance
Michael Lackey

Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Fritz Lark

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Thomas Moore

ERISA Litigation
Brian Netter
Nancy Ross

FCPA
Jason Linder
Larry Urgenson

Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
Thomas Delaney
Ori Lev

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Melanie Brody
Jonathan Jaffe
Steven Kaplan
Laurence Platt
Phillip Schulman

Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Dale Giali

Franchising: Mainly Franchisee
Lee Abrams

Government Contracts
David Dowd
Marcia Madsen

Government Contracts: Bid Protests
Marcia Madsen

Immigration
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Kara Baysinger

Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
Tram Nguyen

Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Stephanie Monaco

Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Daniel Masur
Brad Peterson

Product Liability & Mass Torts
Michael Olsen
Daniel Ring
Andrew Tauber

Projects
Barry Machlin

Projects: PPP
David Narefsky
Joseph Seliga
Stephanie Wagner

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Jeffrey Davis
Robert Goldberg
Nadav Klugman

Tax: Controversy
Brian Kittle
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Joel Williamson

Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
Robert Jenkins
Andrew Tauber

Transportation: Road (Automotive)
Erika Jones
Adam Sloane

California

Insurance: Insurer
Kara Baysinger

Litigation: Appellate
Donald Falk

California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro

Corporate/M&A
Peter Wolf

District of Columbia

Antitrust
William Stallings

Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Mark Ryan

Immigration
Grace Shie
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Kelly Kramer
Michael Levy

Real Estate
Frank Henneburg
Keith Willner

Technology & Outsourcing
Daniel Masur
Linda Rhodes

Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Angela Giancarlo

Illinois

Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Britt Miller

Banking & Finance
Douglas Doetsch
Frederick Fisher
Paul Forrester
Matthew O’Meara

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Thomas Kiriakos

Communications
Christian Binnig
Tyson Covey
Dennis Friedman
Hans Germann

Corporate/M&A
William Kucera
Jodi Simala
Marc Sperber
Paul Theiss
Frederick Thomas

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Debra Hoffman
Lennine Occhino
Nancy Ross

Energy & Natural Resources: Transactional
Paul Forrester

Environment: Litigation
Timothy Bishop
Mark Ter Molen

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Larry Hamilton

Labor & Employment
Marcia Goodman

Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Debra Hoffman
Lennine Occhino
Nancy Ross

Litigation: General Commercial
Vincent Connelly
Michele Odorizzi

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Vincent Connelly
Gregory Deis

Real Estate
Heather Adkerson
Paul Meyer
Jade Newburn
Jeffrey Usow

Tax
James Barry
George Craven

Tax: Controversy
John Hildy
Thomas Kittle-Kamp
Scott Stewart
Joel Williamson

Technology & Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Brad Peterson
Paul Roy

New York

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
David Alberts
Frank Monaco
Stephen Rooney
Richard Spitzer

Tax
Jason Bazar

Tax: State & Local
Leah Robinson

North Carolina

Banking & Finance
Carol Hitselberger
Keith Oberkfell

Real Estate: Finance
David Saye

Northern California

Tax
Larry Langdon

Southern California

Real Estate
Scott Cooper

Texas

Banking & Finance
Bill Hart
Tristan Propst

Corporate/M&A
Robert Gray

Real Estate
Ronald Shoss
Neil Wasserstrom

Tax
Edward Osterberg

Tax: Litigation
Shawn O’Brien