Mayer Brown was recognized as a leading law firm in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States. With 68 practice areas rankings, including 23 top-tier, and 76 lawyer rankings, the firm earned a spot among the top five firms with “the most total rankings,” “the most top-tier rankings,” and “the most ranked lawyers.”
Top ranked practice areas:
- Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance: Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
- Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products
- Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Finance: Fintech
- Media technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
- Tax: Financial products
- Tax: International tax
- Tax: US taxes: Contentious
Individual lawyer rankings:
“Leading Lawyers”
- James Barry – Tax: US taxes: Non-contentious
- Jason Bazar – Tax: US taxes: Non-contentious
- David Beam – Finance: Fintech
- Timothy Bishop – Environment: Litigation
- Lisa Ferri – Healthcare: Life sciences
- Fred Fisher – Finance: Commercial lending
- Julie Gillespie – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Mark Hanchet – Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
- John Hildy – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
- Joanna Horsnail – Real estate: Construction (including construction litigation)
- Christopher Houpt – Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
- Brian Kittle – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
- Nadav Klugman – Energy: Renewable/alternative power
- Duane Layton – International trade: Trade remedies and trade policy
- Mark Leeds – Tax: Financial products
- Stephen Lilley – Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Stuart Litwin – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Britt Miller – Antitrust: Civil litigation/Class actions: Defense
- Michael Olsen – Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: Toxic tort
- Anna Pinedo – Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products; and Finance: Capital markets: Global offerings
- Philip Recht – Government: Government relations
- Linda Rhodes – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
- Leah Robinson – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
- Nicole Saharsky – Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Evan Tager – Transport: Rail and road – Litigation and regulation
- Mark Ter Molen – Environment: Litigation
- Angela Ulum – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Reb Wheeler – Healthcare: Life sciences
- Scott Zemser – Finance: Commercial lending
“Next Generation Lawyers”
- Ryan Castillo – Finance: Capital markets: Debt offerings
- Rohith George – Finance: Fintech
- Jaimy Hamburg – Environment: Litigation
- Brian Hirshberg – Finance: Capital markets: Equity offerings
- Mitch Holzrichter – Government: Government relations
- Joe Pennell – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
- Remmelt Reigersman – Tax: Financial products
- Elena Rubinov – Energy: Energy transactions: Electric power
- Grace Shie – Labor and employment: Immigration
- Ryan Suda – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Stephanie Vasconcellos – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: Transactional
- Ruth Zadikany – Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): Defense
- Jing Zhang – International trade: Customs, export, controls and economic sanctions
“Hall of Fame Lawyers”
- Rajesh De – Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Thomas Kittle-Kamp – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
- Kenneth Klein – Tax: International tax
- Larry Langdon – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
- Barry Machlin – Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
- Marcia Madsen – Government: Government contracts
- John Mancini – Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Brad Peterson – Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
- Andrew Pincus – Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Nancy Ross – Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Joe Seliga – Project finance: Infrastructure and PPP
- Elizabeth Espín Stern – Labor and employment: Immigration
- Jon Van Gorp – Finance: Structured finance: Securitization
- Joel Williamson – Tax: US taxes: Contentious
“Rising Stars”
- Avi Kupfer – Dispute resolution: Appellate: Courts of appeals / Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Marla Matusic – Finance: Structured finance: Derivatives and structured products
- Arteen Mnayan – Real estate: Land use/zoning
- Samuel Myler – Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
View the complete list of Mayer Brown’s 2023 Legal 500 US practice rankings.
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