Foley Achieves Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026

Foley & Lardner LLP is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

The firm received 55 practice rankings, including 11 national rankings and 13 Band 1 placements, highlighting the strength and depth of Foley’s capabilities across key industries and practice areas. Additionally, 125 Foley attorneys across 20 of the firm’s offices earned individual rankings, with 22 ranked nationally and 22 recognized in Band 1.

Nationwide Practice Rankings

• Cannabis Law
• Derivatives
• Franchising
• Health Care: The Elite
• Leisure & Hospitality
• Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
• Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Sports Law
• Startups & Emerging Companies
• State Attorneys General
• Transportation: Road (Automotive)

State Practice Rankings

California

• Health Care
• Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Venture Capital

District of Columbia

• Health Care
• Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution

Florida

• Banking & Finance
• Construction
• Health Care
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Florida: North & Central

• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Band 1)
• Real Estate (Band 1)

Illinois

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Health Care
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Public Finance

Massachusetts

• Health Care
• Life Sciences
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Private Equity: Fund Formation

Michigan

• Corporate/M&A
• Litigation: General Commercial

New York

• Health Care

North Carolina

• Health Care

Texas

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Health Care
• Insurance: Regulatory
• Labor & Employment

Utah

• Intellectual Property
• Litigation: General Commercial

Wisconsin

• Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
• Health Care (Band 1)
• Intellectual Property (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
• Natural Resources & Environment (Band 1)
• Public Finance (Band 1)
• Real Estate (Band 1)

Nationwide Attorney Rankings

• Christopher Cutler, Accountant and Auditor Liability
• James McKee, Cannabis Law: Eastern United States
• Ellen Wheeler, Derivatives; Derivatives: Enforcement (Band 1)
• Kathryn Trkla, Derivatives (Band 1); Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory (Band 1)
• Lisa Noller, False Claims Act
• Michael Lockerby, Franchising
• Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
• Clifford Risman, Leisure & Hospitality
• Daniel Bachrach, Leisure & Hospitality
• William Guthrie, Leisure & Hospitality
• Jeffery Atkin, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
• Darin Lowder, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Jocelyn Lavallo, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• Rajiv Dharnidharka, Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
• Louis Lehot, Startups & Emerging Companies
• Edward Burbach, State Attorneys General
• Siran Faulders, State Attorneys General
• Stephen Cobb, State Attorneys General
• Jonathan Israel, Sports Law
• Kevin Schulz, Sports Law
• Christopher Grigorian, Transportation: Road (Automotive) (Band 1)
• Vanessa Miller, Transportation: Road (Automotive)

State Attorney Rankings

California

• Adam Hepworth, Health Care
• Anil Shankar, Health Care
• Claire Marblestone, Health Care
• Judith Waltz, Health Care (Band 1)
• Thomas Anderton, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
• Pamela Johnston, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Thomas Carlucci, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• James Kalyvas, Outsourcing
• Louis Lehot, Venture Capital

California: Southern

• Rishi Sodhi, Tax

District of Columbia

• Lori Rubin Garber, Health Care
• Nathan Beaver, Health Care: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
• Eric Sophir, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution

Florida

• David Harper, Construction
• Andrea Cunha, Health Care
• Thomas Ferrante, Health Care
• Rachel Goodman, Health Care
• Jana Kolarik, Health Care
• Nathaniel Lacktman, Health Care (Band 1)
• Aaron Maguregui, Health Care (Up and Coming)
• Matthew Citrin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Associates to Watch)
• Austin Neal, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Nicholas Paquette, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Kevin Hyde, Labor & Employment
• Mark Neuberger, Labor & Employment
• Jason Mehta, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Vanessa Singh Johannes, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Florida: North & Central

• Mark Wolfson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Michael Okaty, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
• Steven Vazquez, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
• David Cook, Real Estate
• Thomas Little, Real Estate
• Fred Ridley, Real Estate
• Stephen Szabo, Real Estate

Illinois

• Mark Radtke, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Michael Small, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Edward Green, Health Care
• Roger Strode, Health Care
• Neal Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
• Michael Kasdin, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Lisa Noller, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
• Laura Bilas, Public Finance (Band 1)
• Heidi Jeffery, Public Finance (Band 1)

Massachusetts

• Adrienne Walker, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Lisa Glahn, Construction
• Benton Bodamer, Corporate/M&A (Ohio: South & Central)  
• Hannah Zaitlin, Health Care (Up and Coming)
• Lawrence Vernaglia, Health Care (Band 1)
• Adria Warren, Health Care
• Katharine Beattie, Labor & Employment
• Donald Schroeder, Labor & Employment
• Andrew Kurzon, Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Matthew McBride, Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Stephen Meli, Private Equity: Fund Formation

Michigan

• Daljit Doogal, Corporate/M&A (Eminent Practitioners)
• Gjina Lucaj, Corporate/M&A
• Omar Lucia, Corporate/M&A
• Norman Ankers, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Vanessa Miller, Litigation: General Commercial

New York

• Evan Hellman, Health Care (Up and Coming)
• JillAllison Opell, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
• Kenneth Breen, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

North Carolina

• Leah D’Aurora Richardson, Health Care

Texas

• Hoang Quan Vu, Banking & Finance
• John Melko, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Holland O’Neil, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Christopher Converse, Corporate/M&A
• Kinal Patel, Health Care
• Joshua Skora, Health Care
• Jessica Glatzer Mason, Labor & Employment
• Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor & Employment (Band 1)
• Val Albright, Tax: Litigation (Senior Statespeople)

Utah

• R. Whitney Johnson, Intellectual Property
• David Wright, Intellectual Property
• Monica Call, Litigation: General Commercial
• David Jordan, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• David Mortensen, Litigation: General Commercial
• Melanie Clark, Real Estate

Wisconsin

• Steven Barth, Corporate/M&A
• Christopher Cain, Corporate/M&A
• James Peterson, Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
• Patrick Quick, Corporate/M&A
• Bryan Schultz, Corporate/M&A
• John Wilson, Corporate/M&A
• Amy Ciepluch, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Casey Knapp, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
• Leigh Riley, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
• Jennifer Hennessy, Health Care (Band 1)
• Mitchell Lindstrom, Health Care (Up and Coming)
• Anita Sorensen, Immigration (Band 1)
• Jeffrey Gundersen, Intellectual Property (Eminent Practitioners)
• Mark Kassel, Intellectual Property
• Joseph Ziebert, Intellectual Property
• Kadie Jelenchick, Intellectual Property: Litigation
• Carmen Decot, Labor & Employment
• Daniel Kaplan, Labor & Employment
• James Clark, Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statespeople)
• Thomas Shriner, Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statespeople)
• Andrew Wronski, Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Matthew Krueger, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
• David Simon, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
• Bruce Keyes, Natural Resources & Environment; Real Estate
• Sarah Slack, Natural Resources & Environment
• Peter Tomasi, Natural Resources & Environment
• Dana Lach, Public Finance (Band 1)
• Katherine Rist, Real Estate
• Joshua Roling, Real Estate (Up and Coming)

About Chambers USA

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