Chambers USA has ranked 73 Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys as leading lawyers in their fields in its 2012 Chambers USA Client’s Guide. Among these attorneys, nine were nationally ranked in their respective practice areas. Additionally, the firm has been recognized nationally in a new practice area this year – Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare. At the state level three of its practices are newly ranked for 2012: Life Sciences (California), White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) and General Commercial Litigation (Illinois).
Rankings in the Chambers USA: Client’s Guide are based on confidential in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys from across the country. Among the qualities on which rankings are assessed are technical legal ability, client service, diligence and other qualities most valued by the client.
National Rankings
Foley was ranked nationally in the following practice areas:
- Franchising
- Government: Government Contracts
- Healthcare
- Privacy & Data Security
- Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
- Sports Law
Nine Foley partners were nationally recognized in the following respective practice areas:
- Michael L. Blau, Healthcare: Transactional
- Mary K. Braza, Sports Law
- Michael J. Lockerby, Franchising
- Nir E. Margalit, Leisure & Hospitality
- David T. Ralston, Jr., Government: Government Contracts
- Andrew B. Serwin, Privacy & Data Security
- Mary Leslie Smith, Franchising
- Samuel J. Winer, Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
State Rankings
California
Practices
- Healthcare
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Attorneys
- James R. Kalyvas, IT & Outsourcing
- Denise Rios Rodriguez, Healthcare
- R. Michael Scarano Jr., Healthcare
- Judith A. Waltz, Healthcare
- Carl I. Weissburg, Healthcare
District of Columbia
Practices
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Attorneys
- Stephen B. Maebius, Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Richard G. Stoll, Environment
Florida
Practices
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Attorneys
- Francisco J. Cerezo, Latin American Investment
- Gardner F. Davis, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Kevin E. Hyde, Labor & Employment
- Thomas J. Maida, Insurance
- Thomas K. Maurer, Environment
- Austin B. Neal, Insurance
- Fred S. Ridley, Real Estate
- Martin A. Traber, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Steven W. Vazquez, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Mark J. Wolfson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- R. Duke Woodson, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Illinois
Practices
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Litigation: General Commercial
Attorneys
- Michael M. Conway, Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- Gail M. Goering, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Eric A. Haab, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- Harold L. Kaplan, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Neal J. Moglin, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
- John L. Rogers III, Energy & Natural Resources: Regulatory
Massachusetts
Practices
- Healthcare
- Litigation: General Commercial
Attorneys
- Michael L. Blau, Healthcare
- Alan H. Einhorn, Healthcare
- Roger A. Lane, Litigation: Securities
- John D. Lanza, Intellectual Property
- Lawrence B. Litwak, Healthcare
- Susan E. Pravda, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Andrew R. Stern, Real Estate
- Michael J. Tuteur, Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Healthcare
- J. Mark Waxman, Healthcare
Michigan
Practices
- Corporate/M&A
Attorneys
- Daljit S. Doogal, Corporate/M&A
New York
Attorneys
- David M. Klein, Technology & Outsourcing
- Jeffrey C. Thrope, Healthcare
Wisconsin
Practices
- Corporate/M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Real Estate
Attorneys
- William J. Abraham, Jr., Corporate/M&A
- Allen A. Arntsen, Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Linda E. Benfield, Natural Resources & Environment
- Bernard J. Bobber, Labor & Employment
- Michael A. Bowen, Litigation: General Commercial
- Jon P. Christiansen, Litigation: General Commercial
- Douglas B. Clark, Natural Resources & Environment
- James R. Clark, Litigation: General Commercial
- Michael D. Flanagan, Natural Resources & Environment
- Benjamin F. Garmer III, Corporate/M&A
- Jeffrey S. Gundersen, Intellectual Property
- Michael W. Hatch, Real Estate
- Stanley S. Jaspan, Labor & Employment
- Sarah O. Jelencic, Real Estate
- Daniel A. Kaplan, Labor & Employment
- Mark A. Kassel, Intellectual Property
- Maureen A. McGinnity, Litigation: General Commercial
- Brian W. McGrath, Litigation: General Commercial
- Hugh J. O’Halloran, Real Estate
- Thomas C. Pence, Labor & Employment
- James P. Peterson, Corporate/M&A
- Patrick G. Quick, Corporate/M&A
- Jay O. Rothman, Corporate/M&A
- Nancy J. Sennett, Litigation: General Commercial
- Thomas L. Shriner Jr., Litigation: General Commercial
- Jeffrey A. Simmons, Intellectual Property
- Mark A. Thimke, Natural Resources & Environment
- John K. Wilson, Corporate/M&A
