May 20, 2021

Chambers USA Recognizes Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys in 2021 Guide

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Authors: Michael B. Abbott , Jessica C. Abrahams , Scott A. Anderegg , Lynne Anne Anderson , Joseph N. Argentina, Jr. , Reuben H. Asia , Bonnie Allyn Barnett , David W. Barrett , Thomas J. Barton , Trevor J. Belden , Peter J. Berrie , Jim Birge , Jennifer R. Breuer , Sarah L. Brew , Jill Eiseman Bronson , J. Jeffrey Brown , Jay Brudz , Lora A. Brzezynski , W. Morgan Burns , Andrew B. Buroker , Stuart R. Buttrick , Jacob D. Bylund , Robert E. Cannuscio , R. Trevor Carter , E. Paul Cauley, Jr. , Emily E. Chow , Adrian E. Ciacci , Craig S. Coleman , Erika C. Collins , Charles B. Congdon , Eileen M. Considine , Jennifer L. Dean , Laurence (Trip) W. DeMuth, III , Joshua B. Deringer , Francis DiGiovanni , Richard A. Duncan , David A. Ebby , Brett D. Fallon , Mark J. Foley , David A. Given , Jerald M. Goodman , Barry Gross , Lucie Guyot , Nicolas Guzman , Stephen D. D. Hamilton , Colin G. Harris , James J. Hartnett , Kelley Taylor Hearne , Miko E. Hernandez , Ryan M. Hurley , Sara E. Inman , Patrick A. Jackson , Bruce Jones , Jeffrey P. Justman , Randall E. Kahnke , Ira M. Kalina , Andrew C. Kassner , Steven C. Kennedy , Charles F. Knapp , Daniel W. Krane , Carol Lansing , Michael B. Lapicola , Charles S. Leeper , Ross A. Lewin , Jesse Linebaugh , Michael P. Malloy , John R. Marcil , Wayne B. Mason , George R. Mesires , Matthew H. Meyers , James H. Millar , John P. Mulhern , Kathleen M. Murphy , Joan M. Neri , Bernard (B.J.) E. Nodzon , Andy S. Norin , Jonathan L.H. Nygren , Neil S. Olderman , Cheryl D. Orr , Kathy L. Osborn , Glenn S. Pantel , Brian J. Paul , Heather Carson Perkins , Andrea Roberts Pierson , Michael P. Pompeo , Judith M. Praitis , Daniel G. Prokott , Keith P. Radtke , F. Douglas Raymond , Judith E. Reich , Fred Reish , Michael D. Rosenbaum , Michael E. Rothpletz, Jr. , Paul H. Saint-Antoine , Michael San Giacomo , Brian B. Schnell , Timothy B. Scull , Amy C. Seidel , Stephen A. Serfass , Susan M. Sharko , Kate Sherburne , Mollie D. Sitkowski , Ben A. Stacke , Michael A. Stanchfield , John Joseph Tanner , Eirik E. Tellefsen , Lica Tomizuka , Aaron D. Van Oort , Frank F. Velocci , Mary L. Will , Jesse A. Witten , Angela M. Woessner , Michael C. Woodruff , David J. Woolf , Douglas R. Wright , Jonathan R. Zimmerman

Chambers USA announced that it has ranked Faegre Drinker in 67 practice area categories and 155 attorney designations on its list of America’s leading lawyers for business.

The firm’s practice area rankings include 14 nationwide sections, as well as 17 “Band 1” designations — the publication’s highest ranking — in categories across practice areas in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and nationwide.

A total of 155 Faegre Drinker attorneys were recognized by Chambers USA this year, with six receiving multiple rankings. Of those ranked, 29 attorneys received “Band 1” designations.

Faegre Drinker’s 2021 recognitions include:

USA - Nationwide

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
Franchising
Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
Health Care: The Elite
International Trade: Customs
Labor & Employment
Native American Law
Native American Law: Finance
Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
Registered Funds

California

Labor & Employment

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Colorado

Construction
Corporate/M&A
Environment
Intellectual Property
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate

District of Columbia

Health Care
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets

Illinois

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Health Care
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Technology & Outsourcing

Indiana

Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate

Iowa

Corporate/M&A
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial

Minnesota

Antitrust
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Construction
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate

New Jersey

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A
Environment
Health Care
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Product Liability
Real Estate

New York

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Health Care

Pennsylvania

Environment
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Real Estate
Real Estate: Finance

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Litigation: General Commercial

Texas

Insurance

Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds

Litigation: General Commercial

Individual Attorneys

Michael B. Abbott – Corporate/M&A (Iowa)
Jessica Abrahams – Government Contracts (USA – Nationwide)
Scott A. Anderegg – Real Estate (Minnesota)
Lynne Anne Anderson – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
Joseph Argentina – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Bruce Ashton – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
Reuben Asia – Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Bonnie Allyn Barnett – Environment (Pennsylvania)
David W. Barrett – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
Thomas J. Barton – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Trevor J. Belden – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
Peter Berrie – Real Estate (Minnesota)
James Birge – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
Daniel L. Boeglin – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
Bennett Borden – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA – Nationwide)
Ellen Boshkoff – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
Jennifer R. Breuer – Health Care (Illinois)
Sarah L. Brew – Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (USA – Nationwide)
Jill E. Bronson – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
J. Jeffrey Brown – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
Jay Brudz – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA – Nationwide)
Lora Brzezynski – Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia)
Kerry L. Bundy – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
W. Morgan Burns – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota); Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Andrew B. Buroker – Real Estate (Indiana)
Stuart Buttrick – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
Jacob Bylund – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
Robert Cannuscio – Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)
Trevor Carter – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
E. Paul Cauley – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
Harry S. Cherken Jr. – Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Emily Chow – Antitrust (Minnesota)
Angela M. Christy – Real Estate (Minnesota)
Adrian E. Ciacci – Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Craig Coleman – Antitrust (Minnesota)
Daniel J. Collins – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
Erika C. Collins – Labor & Employment (New York)
Charles B. Congdon – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
James F. Conlan – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois); Bankruptcy/Restructuring (USA – Nationwide)
Eileen S. Considine – Health Care (New York)
Jennifer Dean – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (District of Columbia)
Laurence (Trip) Demuth, III – Construction (Colorado)
David S. Denious – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Joshua Deringer – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
Francis DiGiovanni – Intellectual Property (Delaware)
Richard Duncan – Antitrust (Minnesota)
David A. Ebby – Real Estate (Pennsylvania); Real Estate: Finance (Pennsylvania)
Deborah Ellingboe – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
Bruce M. Engler – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Marita S. Erbeck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
Brett D. Fallon – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
James M. Fischer – Corporate/M&A (New Jersey)
Mark J. Foley – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Jeffrey Ganiban – Health Care (District of Columbia)
Michael A. Giudicessi – Labor & Employment (Iowa)
David A. Given – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
Jerald M. Goodman – Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Barry Gross – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
Lucie Guyot – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
Nicolas Guzman – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
Greg R. Hall – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Stephen D.D. Hamilton – Tax (Pennsylvania)
Steven D. Hardin – Real Estate (Indiana)
Colin Harris – Environment (Colorado)
James J. Hartnett IV – Construction (Minnesota)
Gerald T. Hathaway – Labor & Employment (New York)
Kelley Taylor Hearne – Health Care (District of Columbia)
Miko Hernandez – Native American Law (USA – Nationwide)
D. Alicia Hickok – Litigation: Appellate (Pennsylvania)
Ryan Hurley – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
Sara Inman – Insurance (Texas)
Patrick Jackson – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
Zeke Johnson – Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)
Bruce Jones – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
Jeffrey P. Justman – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
Randall E. Kahnke – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
Ira M. Kalina – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
Andrew C. Kassner – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Steven C. Kennedy – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Charles F. Knapp – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
Lynn M. Kornfeld – Environment (Colorado)
Daniel W. Krane – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
Carol Lansing – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Minnesota)
Michael Lapicola – Construction (Colorado)
Charles S. Leeper – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Ross A. Lewin – Environment (New Jersey)
Jesse Linebaugh – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
Jason Luter – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
Michael Malloy – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
John Marcil – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Wayne Mason –Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
George McCall – Insurance (Texas)
Michael S. McCarthy – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
Alexander S. Meiseles – Corporate/M&A (New Jersey)
George Mesires – Health Care (Illinois)
Mercedes K. Meyer – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
Matthew H. Meyers – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
James Millar – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
John Mulhern – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)
Kathleen Murphy – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
Kenneth Murphy – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
Joan M. Neri – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New Jersey)
Bernard Nodzon, Jr. – Construction (Minnesota)
Andy Norin – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
Jonathan Nygren – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Patrick J. O'Connor, Jr. – Construction (Minnesota)
Neil S. Olderman – Health Care (Illinois)
Cheryl D. Orr – Labor & Employment (California)
Kathy L. Osborn – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
Glenn S. Pantel – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
Brian J. Paul – Litigation: Appellate (Indiana)
Heather Carson Perkins – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
Laura Phillips – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Andrea Pierson – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
Michael Pompeo – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
Judith Praitis – Environment (California)
Joseph M. Price – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
Daniel Prokott – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
Keith Radtke – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Neil Rambin – Insurance (Texas)
F. Douglas Raymond III – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds); Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Judith E. Reich – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Fred Reish – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
Kent E. Richey – Native American Law (USA – Nationwide)
Michael D. Rosenbaum – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
Michael E. Rothpletz Jr. – Real Estate (New Jersey)
Paul Saint-Antoine – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
Michael San Giacomo – Real Estate (New Jersey)
Brian B. Schnell – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
Timothy B. Scull – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Amy C. Seidel – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Stephen A. Serfass – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
Susan M. Sharko – Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey); Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
Kate Sherburne – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Mollie Sitkowski – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
James R. Spaanstra – Environment (Colorado)
Ben A. Stacke – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
Michael A. Stanchfield – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Robert Stoll – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
Douglas B. Swill – Health Care (Illinois)
J. Joseph Tanner – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
Eirik Tellefsen – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Lica Tomizuka – Real Estate (Minnesota)
Aaron D. Van Oort – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
Frank Velocci – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
John R. Wheaton – Real Estate (Minnesota)
Wendy J. Wildung – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
Mary Will – Labor & Employment (Colorado)
Jesse Witten – Health Care (District of Columbia)
Ryan R. Woessner – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
Michael C. Woodruff – Real Estate (New Jersey)
David J. Woolf – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Douglas R. Wright – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Jonathan Zimmerman – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota); Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Michael Zogby – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)

Chambers and Partners selects law firms and attorneys based on client and industry feedback about qualities most valued by clients, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence and commitment. The rankings are determined by 150 editors and researchers who talk to attorneys and clients year-round, conducting in-depth phone interviews. More information is available in the Chambers USA 2021 guide.