Reed Smith lawyers and practices were awarded 34 Band 1 rankings, and 132 Reed Smith lawyers and 66 of its practices were recognized in Chambers USA 2024 rankings made public June 6.
PRACTICE RANKINGS
The firm earned 66 total practice rankings, of which 15 were Band 1. The rankings reflect the firm’s strong presence in Pennsylvania, Texas, California and Illinois. Sixteen of the firm’s practices were ranked in the Nationwide category, of which two were in the Band 1 list.
15 Band 1 practice rankings
Fifteen Band 1 practice rankings for Reed Smith were concentrated in healthcare, insurance, bankruptcy/restructuring, corporate and dispute resolution fields, as follows.
- Florida Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Illinois Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Illinois Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Nationwide Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
- Nationwide International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
- New Jersey Banking & Finance
- Pennsylvania Energy & Natural Resources
- Pennsylvania Healthcare
- Pennsylvania Insurance
- Pennsylvania Litigation: Product Liability (new entry)
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds Litigation: General Commercial
- Texas Insurance
California
- Healthcare
- Insurance: Policyholder
- Labor & Employment: The Elite
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: Appellate
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Media & Entertainment: Transactional
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Healthcare
- Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Healthcare (new entry)
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
- Cannabis Law
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (new entry)
- Healthcare: The Elite
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- International Arbitration: The Elite
- Labor & Employment
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
- Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Tax (new entry)
- Antitrust
- Environment
- Labor & Employment
- Tax
- Banking & Finance
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (new entry)
- Environment
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property (new entry)
- Labor & Employment
- Technology: Outsourcing
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Labor & Employment
- Real Estate
The firm garnered 132 total individual rankings, of which 19 were Band 1.19 Band 1 individuals rankingsNineteen individual Band 1 rankings demonstrate the law firm’s wide range of competencies, including energy, health care, banking, insurance, labor and employment, corporate, litigation and appellate. The top-ranking individuals are listed with their areas of concentration.
- José Astigarraga, Nationwide, International Arbitration: Counsel
- Michael Brown, Nationwide, Product Liability & Mass Torts
- James Cooper, Texas, Insurance
- Dusty Elias Kirk, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds, Real Estate
- John Ellison, Pennsylvania, Insurance
- Betty Graumlich, Virginia, Labor & Employment
- Kurt Gwynne, Delaware, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Brian Farmer, Virginia Southern, Corporate/M&A
- R. Hugh Lumpkin, Florida, Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- James Martin, Pennsylvania, Litigation: Appellate
- Christopher Maurer, New Jersey, Banking & Finance
- Daniel Peck, New Jersey, Banking & Finance
- Rachael Pontikes, Illinois, Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Ryan Purpura, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- John Shugrue, Illinois, Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Nicolle Snyder Bagnell, Pennsylvania, Energy & Natural Resources
- Karl Thallner, Pennsylvania, Healthcare
- John Vishneski, Illinois, Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Justin Werner, Pennsylvania, Energy & Natural Resources
The list includes 113 other Reed Smith lawyers who offer a full range of legal services to an array of industries throughout the United States.Several Reed Smith lawyers were endorsed in more than one category. Those include: Daniel Booker, James Cooper, Dusty Elias Kirk, John Ellison, Brian Farmer, Cori Goldberg, Jason Gordon, David Halbreich, Courtney Horrigan, James Martin, Francisco Rivero, John Shugrue, Matthew Tashman, Michael Sanders, Nicolle Snyder Bagnell, Robert Newman and Ryan Purpura.
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