The Legal 500 United States Recognizes 20 Foley Practice Areas

Foley has been recognized in 20 practice areas by The Legal 500 United States 2014, an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of law firms based on surveys and interviews of more than 250,000 corporate counsel. Among the firm’s recognized practice areas is a top-tier recommendation for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts, and a new practice ranking for Sport. Additionally, the following three Foley attorneys were recognized on The Legal 500 elite “Leading Lawyers” list:

Mark A. Kassel, Intellectual property – Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
Neal J. Moglin, Insurance: advice to insurers
David S. Sanders, Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

Foley received a top-tier recommendation for the following practice area: 

• Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts — M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

Foley was also recommended in these 19 practice areas: 

• Finance — Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
• Finance — Project finance
• Industry focus — Energy: renewable/alternative
• Industry focus — Healthcare: life sciences
• Industry focus — Healthcare: service providers
• Industry focus — Insurance: advice to insurers
• Industry focus — Insurance: non-contentious
• Industry focus — Sport
• Intellectual property — Patent licensing and transactional
• Intellectual property — Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
• Intellectual property — Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
• Media, technology and telecoms — Marketing and advertising
• Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: data protection and privacy
• Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: outsourcing
• Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: transactions
• Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts — Venture capital and emerging companies
• Real estate and construction — Construction
• Real estate and construction — Real estate
• Tax — Domestic tax: Central

The following attorneys were recommended in The Legal 500 guide:

Finance 

• Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy) — Geoffrey S. Goodman, Jill L. Nicholson
• Project finance — Jason W. Allen, Jeffery R. Atkin, Tracy A. Bacigalupo, Elizabeth L. Corey, John A. Eliason, Edward J. Hammond, Charles V. Hedrick

Industry Focus

• Energy: renewable/alternative — Jason W. Allen, Jeffery R. Atkin, Jason N. Barglow, Larry J. Bonney, David W. Clark, William D. DuFour III, John T. Dunlap, John A. Eliason
• Healthcare: life sciences — Monica R. Chmielewski, Gabor Garai, Richard A. Kaufman, Antoinette F. Konski, Marc T. Morley, David L. Rosen
• Healthcare: service providers — Michael L. Blau, Brian M. Cohen, Christopher J. Donovan, Lisa A. Estrada, Jan E. Murray, Russell E. Ryba, Lawrence W. Vernaglia
• Insurance: advice to insurers — Gordon Davenport III, Gail M. Goering, Eric A. Haab, Robert C. Leventhal, Brett H. Ludwig, Neal J. Moglin
• Insurance: non-contentious — Thomas R. Hrdlick, Thomas J. Maida
• Sport: George C. Beck, Mary K. Braza, Irwin P. Raij

Intellectual Property 

• Patent licensing and transactional — Pavan K. Agarwal, Jeanne M. Gills, Richard A. Kaufman, Stephen B. Maebius, Marc T. Morley, Andrew E. Rawlins, Michael D. Rechtin 
• Patent prosecution: utility and design patents — Pavan K Agarwal, Stephen A. Bent, Jeffrey S. Gundersen, Mark A. Kassel, John D. Lanza, Stephen B. Maebius, Christopher J. McKenna
• Trademarks: non-contentious – full coverage — Andrew Baum, Mark J. Diliberti, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin

Media, Technology and Telecoms 

• Marketing and advertising — Craig S. Fochler, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin 
• Technology: data protection and privacy — Chanley T. Howell, James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly 
• Technology: outsourcing — James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly
• Technology: transactions — Christopher C. Cain, James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts 

• M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m) — Steven R. Barth, David S. Sanders
• Venture capital and emerging companies — Lisa M. Conmy, Gabor Garai, Richard A. Kaufman, Susan E. Pravda

Real Estate and Construction 

• Construction — Jeffrey R. Blease, Christopher Ryan Maloney
• Real estate — Jason N. Barglow, David C. Cook, Michael W. Hatch, Fred S. Ridley, Joseph S. Rupkey

Tax 

• Domestic tax: Central — John B. Palmer