June 06, 2024
Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys Earn Rankings in Chambers USA 2024 Guide
News
Chambers USA has recognized Faegre Drinker in its 2024 edition, highlighting the firm in 77 practice area categories and more than 200 attorney designations on its list of America’s leading lawyers for business.
Of the 77 total practice ratings for excellence, including 15 nationwide sections, the firm earned “Band 1” designations — the publication’s highest ranking — in 17 categories across practice areas in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Nationwide.
A total of 203 Faegre Drinker attorneys were recognized by Chambers USA this year, with ten receiving multiple rankings. Of those ranked, 34 attorneys received “Band 1” designations.
Below are Faegre Drinker’s 2024 rankings (*denotes “Band 1” designation):
USA – Nationwide
- Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
- 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: The Elite
California: Los Angeles & Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Colorado
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A
- Environment*
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Delaware
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Intellectual Property
District of Columbia
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Illinois
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Health Care
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Technology & Outsourcing
Indiana
- Antitrust
- Corporate/M&A*
- Environment
- 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
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation*
- Environment
- Health Care
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: Product Liability
- Real Estate*
New York
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded*
- Health Care
Pennsylvania
- Antitrust
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- Insurance
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate: Finance
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
- Banking & Finance*
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Texas
- Insurance
Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
- Litigation: General Commercial
Individual Attorneys (sorted by Faegre Drinker practice group)
Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Mona Ghude – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)
- Joan M. Neri – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New Jersey)*
- Fred Reish – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
- Michael D. Rosenbaum – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
- Sarah Bassler Millar – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
- Kendra Roberson – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (District of Columbia)
Construction and Real Estate Litigation
- Laurence (Trip) DeMuth III – Construction (Colorado)
- James J. Hartnett IV – Construction (Minnesota)
- Michael Lapicola – Construction (Colorado)
- Deb Mackay – Construction (Minnesota)
- Bernard Nodzon – Construction (Minnesota)*
Corporate
- Michael B. Abbott – Corporate/M&A (Iowa)
- David W. Barrett – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Trevor J. Belden – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- James Birge – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)*
- Jill E. Bronson – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)*
- J. Jeffrey Brown – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)*
- W. Morgan Burns – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota); Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Michael Coddington – Native American Law: Finance (USA - Nationwide)
- Charles B. Congdon –Public Finance (Pennsylvania)*; Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Stephen D. D. Hamilton – Tax (Pennsylvania)*
- Dawn Holicky Pruitt – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
- Eli Isaacs – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Kaili Janus – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Yana Johnson – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro)
- Steven C. Kennedy – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Mallory Korpalski – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Daniel Krane – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
- John Marcil – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Brandon Mason – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Matthew H. Meyers – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ryan R. Miske – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Jonathan Nygren – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Keith Radtke – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- 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)*
- Brian B. Schnell – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
- Amy C. Seidel – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Kate Sherburne – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Jeffrey Sherman – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Benjamin A. Stacke – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)*
- Matt Stamski – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Michael A. Stanchfield – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)*
- Eirik Tellefsen – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Justin Watkins – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Douglas R. Wright – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Mingli Wu – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
- Brittany Yocum – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Jonathan Zimmerman – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)*; Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Finance and Restructuring
- Joseph Argentina – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ian Bambrick – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Brett D. Fallon – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Scott F. Gautier – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
- Miko Hernandez – Native American Law: Finance (USA - Nationwide)*
- Patrick Jackson – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Andrew C. Kassner – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Jennifer Miernicki – Native American Law: Finance (USA – Nationwide)
- James Millar – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
- Michael Pompeo – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
- Frank Velocci – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey); Health Care (New Jersey)
Government and Regulatory Affairs
- Jessica Abrahams – Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide)
- Bonnie Allyn Barnett – Environment (Pennsylvania)*
- Leigh Bausinger – Environment (Pennsylvania)
- Jay Brudz – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA - Nationwide)
- Nicolas Guzman – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
- Julian Harrell – Environment (Indiana)
- Colin Harris – Environment (Colorado)
- John G. Horan – Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide)
- H. Max Kelln – Environment (Indiana)
- Kathleen Murphy – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
- Judith Praitis – Environment (California)
- Randy Rucker – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
- James Sawyer – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
- Mollie Sitkowski – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
- Ted Wolff – Environment (New York)
Health Care
- Jennifer Breuer – Health Care (Illinois)
- Eileen M. Considine – Health Care (New York)
- John J. D'Andrea – Health Care (Pennsylvania)
- Jonathan Keller – Health Care (New Jersey)
- Neil S. Olderman – Health Care (Illinois)
- Randy Peak – Health Care (Texas)
- Kenneth Vorrasi – Health Care (District of Columbia)
- Jesse Witten – Health Care (District of Columbia)
Insurance
- Susan Egeland – Insurance (Texas)
- Sara Inman – Insurance (Texas)
- John Mulhern – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)
- Brian Perryman – Insurance: Insurer (District of Columbia)
- Stephen A. Serfass – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
- Nolan Tully – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
- Dawn Williams – Insurance: Insurer (District of Columbia)
Intellectual Property
- Emily Bayton – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Jared Briant – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Lora Brzezynski – Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia)
- Robert Cannuscio – Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)
- Trevor Carter – Intellectual Property (Indiana)*
- Jennifer Dean – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (District of Columbia)
- Tore DeBella – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (District of Columbia)
- Francis DiGiovanni – Intellectual Property (Delaware)
- Kenneth Dort – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
- Timothy Grimsrud – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
- Victor Jonas – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
- Ira M. Kalina – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
- Andrew McCoy – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
- William Meyers – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
- Thatcher Rahmeier – Intellectual Property (Delaware)
- Kate Razavi – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
- Timothy B. Scull – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Robert Stoll – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)*
- Kirstin Stoll-DeBell – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Reeya Thakrar – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
Investment Management
- Jeff Blumberg – Hedge Funds (USA – Nationwide)
- Joshua Deringer – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
- Michael Malloy – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
- Mark Weakley – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Tiffany Reeves – Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA - Nationwide)
- David Williams – Registered Funds (USA - Nationwide)
Labor and Employment
- Lynne Anne Anderson – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
- Thomas J. Barton – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Stuart Buttrick – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- Erika C. Collins – Labor & Employment (New York)
- Lawrence Del Rossi – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
- Susan Elgin – Labor & Employment (Iowa)
- Mark J. Foley – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Matthew A. Fontana – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Ryan Funk – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- Brian Garrison – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- David A. Given – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- Charles F. Knapp – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
- Alexa Miller – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
- Cheryl D. Orr – Labor & Employment (California)
- Daniel Prokott – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
- Samantha Rollins – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
- Roger Tsai – Immigration (Colorado)
- Mary Will – Labor & Employment (Colorado)
- David J. Woolf – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Litigation
- Elsa Bullard – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- E. Paul Cauley – Product Liability: Automobile (USA – Nationwide)*; Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
- Martin Chester – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Emily Chow – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Michael Cockson – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Craig Coleman – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Michael P. Daly – Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Carrie DeLange – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
- Richard Duncan – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Deborah Ellingboe – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Sandra Dawn Grannum – Litigation: Securities (New Jersey)*
- Barry Gross – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
- Angela Kelver Hall – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Joel Hammerman – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
- D. Alicia Hickok – Litigation: Appellate (Pennsylvania)*; Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ryan Hurley – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Andrew B. Joseph – Litigation: General Commercial (New Jersey)
- Jeffrey P. Justman – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
- Randall E. Kahnke – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Lance Lange – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
- Charles S. Leeper – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
- Joanne Lewers – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
- Ross A. Lewin – Environment (New Jersey)*
- Jesse Linebaugh – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
- Carrie Sarhangi Love – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
- Erica MacDonald – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Minnesota)
- Peter Magnuson – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Wayne Mason – Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Texas)*; Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
- Alice Morical – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)*
- Kathy L. Osborn – Antitrust (Indiana)*; Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Brian J. Paul – Litigation: Appellate (Indiana)*
- Antonio Pozos – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
- Daniel Pulliam – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Indiana)
- Paul Saint-Antoine – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)*
- Richard Scheff – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)*
- John Ursu – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Henry Van Dyck – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
- Aaron D. Van Oort – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)*
- John Yi – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
- Tyler Young – Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (USA – Nationwide)
Product Liability and Mass Torts
- Sarah L. Brew – Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (USA – Nationwide)*
- Jacob Bylund – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
- Christopher Casolaro – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
- Bruce Jones – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
- Heather Carson Perkins – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
- Andrea Pierson – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
- Susan M. Sharko – Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)*; Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
- J. Joseph Tanner – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
Real Estate
- Scott A. Anderegg – Real Estate (Minnesota)*
- Reuben Asia – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Peter Berrie – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Andrew B. Buroker – Real Estate (Indiana)
- Gretchen Miller Busch – Real Estate (Colorado)
- Adrian E. Ciacci – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- David A. Ebby – Real Estate: Finance (Pennsylvania)*; Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Jerald M. Goodman – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Carol Lansing – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Minnesota)*
- John Michalski – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
- Andy Norin – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
- Glenn S. Pantel – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)*
- Michael E. Rothpletz Jr. – Real Estate (New Jersey)*
- Michael San Giacomo – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Patrick Scheiderer – Real Estate (Indiana)
- Lica Tomizuka – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Allen Wheeler – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Joseph Whitney – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Michael C. Woodruff – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Mark Wright – Real Estate (Indiana)
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 editors and researchers who talk to attorneys and clients year-round, conducting in-depth phone interviews. More information is available in the Chambers USA 2024 guide.
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