O’Melveny Practices, Lawyers Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 US 2026
June 12, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK—June 12, 2026— O’Melveny’s leading practices and lawyers have been recognized for their excellence by the 2026 edition of The Legal 500: United States, a guide to the US legal market.
This year’s guide ranked the firm across 42 practice areas, with four practices receiving Tier 1 rankings and 16 practices receiving Tier 2 rankings. Additionally, O’Melveny was recognized as a “Firm to Watch” for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
The Legal 500 US ranked 35 O’Melveny lawyers in the following categories: Hall of Fame (7 rankings), Leading Trial Lawyer (1 ranking), Leading Partners (22 rankings), Leading Lawyer: Advice to Corporates (1 ranking), Next Generation Partners (4 rankings), and Leading Associate (1 ranking).
Additionally, 99 lawyers were recommended by The Legal 500 US as a key lawyer in their respective practice areas.
The Legal 500 series provides independent commentary on leading law firms and lawyers in more than 100 countries. Rankings are based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivaled experience in the legal market.
The following are O’Melveny’s Hall of Fame, Leading Partners, Next Generation Partners, and Leading Associates US lawyers and ranked practice areas for 2026.
Hall of Fame
David Almeling
Brian Boyle
Apalla U. Chopra
Richard B. Goetz
David Kelley
Daniel Petrocelli
Tancred Schiavoni
Leading Partners
Eric Amdursky
Steve Brody
Allen Burton
Junaid Chida
Matthew Close
Elizabeth M. Dubeck
Jonathan Hacker
Molly Lens
Meghan McElvy
Lisa B. Pensabene
Eric A. S. Richards
Mark Robertson
Eric Rothenberg
Hassan Sayeed
Denise Scofield
Amy Siegel
Ian Simmons
Darin Snyder
Sabrina Strong
Gary Svirsky
Meghan VerGow
Ryan Yagura
Next Generation Partners
Aparna Joshi
Zoheb Noorani
Daniel Suvor
Silvia Vannini
Leading Associates
Brian Quinn
Leading Trial Lawyer
Daniel Petrocelli
Leading Lawyer: Advice to Corporates
Mark Racanelli
Tier 1 Practices
ERISA Litigation
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
State Attorneys General
Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
Tier 2 Practices
Advice to Insurers
Appellate: Courts of Appeals
Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
Cartel
Civil Litigation / Class Actions: Defense
Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
Education
Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – Premium ($500m+)
Environment: Transactional
General Commercial Disputes – Premium ($500m+)
Health Insurers
Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Securities Litigation: Defense
Tier 3 Practices
Aviation and Air Travel: Finance
Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas: Mid-Market ($0-500m)
Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
Labor-Management Relations
Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Automotive/Transport
Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco)
Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort
Project Finance: Infrastructure and PPP
Transport: Aviation & Air Travel - Litigation & Regulation
Tier 4 Practices
Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Energy Regulation: Electric Power
Life Sciences
Merger Control
Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
Project Finance: Energy and PowerSport
Tier 5 Practices
Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Tier 6 Practices
M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Firms to Watch
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
About O’Melveny
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Contact:
Brandon Jacobsen
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
+1 213 430 8024
bjacobsen@omm.com
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