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Legal 500: United States Ranks O’Melveny Across a Number of Practice Areas
June 28, 2016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles — June 27, 2016 — O’Melveny’s practices and lawyers were highly ranked in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500: United States, a leading guide to the US legal market. The firm is ranked in 29 practice areas and 96 O’Melveny lawyers are named in this year’s guide, over 20 more than were named last year.
In its special focus on “Leading Trial Lawyers,” Legal 500 once again highlighted partner Daniel Petrocelli, noting that in 2015 he “did particularly ‘excellent work in media and trademarks,’” noting his successful record for clients like 20th Century Fox, Fox Broadcasting and Disney. The Legal 500 series provides independent commentary on leading law firms and lawyers in more than 90 countries. The following are O’Melveny’s complete US results for 2016.
Tier 2
Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions
Dispute Resolution, Appellate: Courts of Appeal
Insurance: Advice to insurers
Intellectual Property: Trade secrets
Labor and Employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Tier 3
Antitrust: Cartel
Dispute resolution: Appellate: Supreme court (federal and state)
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: Pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
Dispute resolution: Securities litigation - defense
Finance: Capital markets: Debt offerings - advice to managers
Capital markets: Equity offerings - advice to issuers
Energy: Renewable/alternative
Healthcare: Health insurers
Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
M&A: Venture capital and emerging companies
Tier 4
Dispute resolution: International trade
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
Dispute resolution: White collar criminal - defense
Finance: Capital markets: Equity offerings - advice to managers
Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Intellectual property: Copyright
Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds
Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Tier 5
Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
Healthcare: Life sciences
Intellectual property: Patent litigation: full coverage
Tier 7
M&A: Large deals ($1bn+)
Leading Lawyers
Brian Anderson, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transportation
Brian Boyle, Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Apalla Chopra, Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes including collective actions-defense
Walter Dellinger, Dispute resolution: Appellate
Peter Friedman, Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate
Richard Goetz, Insurance: Advice to insurers
Jeffrey Kilduff, Dispute resolution: Securities litigation - defense
Luc Moritz, Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Richard Parker, Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions
John Rapisardi, Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate
Tancred Schiavoni, Insurance: Advice to insurers
Mentioned Lawyers
Antitrust: Cartel
Michael Tubach (SF)
Richard Parker (DC)
Katrina Robson (DC)
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions
Richard Parker (DC)
Courtney Dyer (DC)
Ted Hassi (DC)
Andrew Frackman (NY)
Kenneth O’Rourke (LA)
Michael Tubach (SF)
Dispute resolution: Appellate
Jonathan Hacker (DC)
Walter Dellinger (DC)
Deanna Rice (DC)
Anton Metlitsky (NY)
Dispute resolution: Financial services litigation
Pamela Miller (NY)
Brian Boyle (DC)
Shannon Barrett (DC)
Jonathan Rosenberg (NY)
Dispute resolution: International trade
Theodore Kassinger (DC)
Greta Lichtenbaum (DC)
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
Richard Goetz (LA)
Steve Brody (DC)
Carlos Lazatin (LA)
Michael Reynolds (LA)
Brian Anderson (DC)
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
Richard Goetz (LA)
Steve Brody (DC)
Amy Laurendeau (NB)
Randall Edwards (SF)
Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
Charles Lifland (LA)
Steve Brody (DC)
Walter Dellinger (DC)
Amy Laurendeau (NB)
Richard Goetz (LA)
Houman Ehsan (LA)
Dispute resolution: Securities litigation - defense
Jonathan Rosenberg (NY)
Bradley Butwin (NY)
Andrew Bednark (NY)
Bill Sushon (NY)
Michael Walsh (DC)
Seth Aronson (LA)
Matthew Close (LA)
Dispute resolution: White collar criminal - defense
Greta Lichtenbaum (DC)
Mary Patrice Brown (DC)
David Leviss (DC)
Lee Blalack (DC)
Steven Olson (LA)
Daniel Bookin (SF)
Howard Heiss (NY)
Mark Racanelli (NY)
Finance: Capital markets: Debt offerings
Brophy Christensen (SF)
Michael Schiavone (NY)
John-Paul Motley (LA)
Daniel O’Shea (NY)
Peter Healy (SF)
Finance: Capital markets: Equity offerings
Eric Sibbitt (SF)
Kurt Berney (SF)
Daniel O’Shea (NY)
Michael Schiavone (NY)
Robert Plesnarski (DC)
Brophy Christensen (SF)
Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate
George Davis (NY)
John Rapisardi (NY)
Andrew Parlen (NY)
Peter Friedman (DC)
Daniel Shamah (NY)
Suzzanne Uhland (NY, SF)
Energy: Renewable/alternative
Junaid Chida (NY)
Arthur Hazlitt (NY)
Gregory Thorpe (LA)
Healthcare: Health insurers
David Leviss (DC)
Lee Blalack (DC)
David Deaton (LA)
Stephen Sullivan (LA)
Healthcare: Life sciences
Scott Elliott (SF)
Insurance: Advice to insurers
Tancred Schiavoni (NY)
Michael Yoder (LA)
Jonathan Hacker (DC)
Allen Burton (NY)
Richard Goetz (LA)
Intellectual property: Copyright
Matthew Kline (LA)
David Eberhart (SF)
Intellectual property: Patent litigation: full coverage
Ryan Yagura (LA)
Mark Samuels (LA)
Darin Snyder (SF)
David Eberhart (SF)
John Kappos (NB)
Intellectual property: Trade secrets
Ryan Yagura (LA)
Darin Synder (SF)
David Almeling (SF)
Mark Miller (SF)
Nicholas Whilt (LA)
Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds
Timothy Clark (NY)
Don Melamed (LA)
Kathryn Sanders (LA)
Eve Ellis (London)
Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Brian Boyle (DC)
Shannon Barrett (DC)
Catalina Vergara (LA)
Gregory Jacob (DC)
Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Eric Amdursky (SV)
Apalla Chopra (LA)
Adam Karr (NB)
Jeffrey Kohn (NY)
Mark Robertson (NY)
Labor and employment: labor-management relations
Robert Siegel (LA)
Aparna Joshi (DC)
Mark Robertson (NY)
Michael McGuinness (LA)
Jeffrey Kohn (NY)
Chris Hollinger (SF)
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Paul Scrivano (NY, SF, SV)
Tobias Knapp (NY)
M&A: Venture capital and emerging companies
Portia Ku (SV, Shanghai)
Eric Zabinski (CC, Beijing)
David Makarechian (SV)
Warren Lazarow (SV)
Paul Sieben (SV)
Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Mark Caterini (NY)
Luc Moritz (LA)
Jeff Walbridge (NB, NY)
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