press releases
The Legal 500 US Ranks O’Melveny Across Dozens of Practice Areas
June 15, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angles—June 15, 2017—O’Melveny’s practices and lawyers were highly ranked in the 2017 edition of The Legal 500: United States, a leading guide to the US legal market. The firm is ranked in 32 practice areas, and 111 O’Melveny lawyers are named in this year’s guide.
In its special focus on “Leading Trial Lawyers,” The Legal 500 once again highlighted partner Daniel Petrocelli, noting that he is “active on cases drawing public attention,” including serving as trial counsel to Donald Trump and Trump University in two class action lawsuits, and work for Kesha and Fox.
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 2017.
Tier 1
Transport: aviation and air travelMedia, technology and telecoms: Media and entertainment
Tier 2
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actionsDispute: Appellate: Courts of appeals
Insurance: Advice to insurers
Intellectual Property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Labor & Employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Tier 3
Antitrust: CartelAntitrust: Merger control
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Energy: Renewable/alternative
Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to underwriters
Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings - advice to issuers
Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Healthcare: Health insurers
Intellectual Property: Copyright
Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Tier 4
Dispute resolution: Appellate: Supreme Court (federal and state)Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Dispute resolution: International trade
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings - advice to underwriters
Sport
Intellectual Property: Trademarks: litigation
Tier 5
Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigationHealthcare: Life sciences
Intellectual Property: Patent litigation: full coverage
Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds
Tier 6
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)Leading Lawyers
Brian Anderson (Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - automotive/transport)Brian Boyle (Labor and employment - ERISA litigation)
Apalla Chopra (Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes, including collective actions, defense - Leading individual)
George Davis (Finance - Restructuring, including bankruptcy - corporate)
Matthew Erramouspe (Media, technology and telecoms - Media and entertainment)
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)
Daniel Petrocelli (Dispute resolution - Leading trial lawyers and Media, technology and telecoms - Media and entertainment)
John Rapisardi (Finance - Restructuring, including bankruptcy - corporate)
Tancred Schiavoni (Industry focus - Insurance - advice to insurers)
Bob Siegel (Transport - aviation and air travel)
Next Generation Lawyers
Jared Bartie (Sport)Andrew Parlen (Finance - Restructuring, including bankruptcy - corporate - Next generation lawyers)
Molly Lens (Media, technology and telecoms - Media and entertainment - Next generation lawyers)
Recommended Lawyers
Antitrust: Cartel
Ian SimmonsMichael Tubach
Richard Parker
Ted Hassi
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions
Ben BradshawBo Pearl
Ian Simmons
Katrina Robson
Michael Antalics
Michael Tubach
Richard Parker
Ted Hassi
Antitrust: Merger control
Ben BradshawCourtney Dyer
Katrina Robson
Kenneth O’Rourke
Michael Antalics
Richard Parker
Ted Hassi
Dispute resolution: Appellate: Supreme Court (federal and state)
Anton MetlitskyDeanna Rice
Jonathan Hacker
Walter Dellinger
Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Jeremy MaltbyMary Patrice Brown
Steven Olson
Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
Brian BoyleElizabeth McKeen
Jonathan Hacker
Jonathan Rosenberg
Dispute resolution: International trade
Greta LichtenbaumTheodore Kassinger
Thomas Donilon
Dispute resolution: Leading trial lawyers
Daniel PetrocelliDispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
Brian AndersonCarlos Lazatin
Michael Reynolds
Randall Edwards
Richard Goetz
Steve Brody
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
Amy LaurendeauCynthia Merrill
Joe O’Connor
Randall Edwards
Richard Goetz
Steve Brody
Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - pharmaceuticals and medical devices: defense
Daniel PetrocelliJeffrey Barker
Matt Powers
Richard Goetz
Steve Brody
Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
Allen BurtonAndrew Bednark
Bill Sushon
Bradley Butwin
Jeffrey Kilduff
Jonathan Rosenberg
Matthew Close
Seth Aronson
Shannon Barrett
Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings
Brophy ChristensenDaniel O’Shea
Jaroslaw Hawrylewicz
John-Paul Motley
Michael Schiavone
Shelly Heyduk
Finance - Capital markets - equity offerings
Brophy ChristensenDaniel O’Shea
John-Paul Motley
Michael Schiavone
Peter Healy
Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Andrew ParlenEvan Jones
George Davis
Jennifer Taylor
John Rapisardi
Peter Friedman
Steve Warren
Suzzanne Uhland
Energy: renewable/alternative
Arthur HazlittHugh Hilliard
Jeff Hoffner
Junaid Chida
Richard Shutran
Healthcare: health insurers
Brian BoyleDavid Deaton
David Leviss
Lee Blalack
Healthcare: life sciences
Lisa PensabenePortia Ku
Richard Goetz
Ross Galin
Scott Elliott
Seth Ray
Insurance: advice to insurers
Gary SvirskyJonathan Hacker
Richard Goetz
Tancred Schiavoni
Sport
Jared BartieDavid Marroso
Daniel Petrocelli
Transport: aviation and air travel
Ben BradshawBob Siegel
Jonathan Hacker
Matthew Close
Richard Parker
Intellectual property: Copyright
David EberhartMatthew Kline
Intellectual property: Patent litigation: full coverage
Darin SnyderMark Miller
Ryan Yagura
Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Darin SnyderDavid Almeling
Eric Amdursky
Mark Miller
Melody Drummond-Hansen
Ryan Yagura
Intellectual property: Trademarks: litigation
Daniel PetrocelliDrew Breuder
Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds
Kathryn SandersTimothy Clark
Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
Brian BoyleCatalina Vergara
Gregory Jacob
Shannon Barrett
Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
Adam KarrAdam KohSweeney
Apalla Chopra
Eric Amdursky
Jeffrey Kohn
Mark Robertson
Bob Siegel
Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
Apalla ChopraAparna Joshi
Chris Hollinger
Jeffrey Kohn
Mark Robertson
Michael McGuinness
Bob Siegel
M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Paul SiebenTobias Knapp
Warren Lazarow
M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
Eric ZabinskiPaul Sieben
Portia Ku
Warren Lazarow
Media, technology and telecoms: Media and entertainment
Bruce TobeyDaniel Petrocelli
Matthew Erramouspe
Molly Lens
Stephen Scharf
Tax: US taxes - non-contentious
Arthur HazlittLuc Moritz
Robert Blashek
Robert Fisher
About O’Melveny
O’Melveny’s clients shape markets, set precedents, and break boundaries. They are stalwarts and innovators, the names you trust and the next big thing. And for more than a century, O’Melveny has been right beside them, kicking down walls and putting up defenses to help our clients achieve their most important goals. With approximately 700 lawyers in 15 offices worldwide guided by the principles of excellence, leadership, and citizenship, we uphold a tradition of treating our clients’ challenges and opportunities as our own. What do you want to achieve? For the answers, please visit www.omm.com.
Contact:
Julie FeiO’Melveny & Myers LLP
213.430.7792
jfei@omm.com