O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES—May 25, 2021—Chambers has recognized O’Melveny as a leading law firm in 37 practice areas in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This year, Chambers ranked the firm in Band 1—the top rank—in Corporate Crime & Investigations (Nationwide), ERISA Litigation (Nationwide), General Commercial Litigation (NY), and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (NY).

In all, Chambers recognized 60 firm lawyers across 19 practice areas. Nine earned Band 1 status, including five who were ranked in their category nationally:

• Seth Aronson: Securities Litigation (California)
• Jared Bartie: Sports - E-Sports (Nationwide)
• Robert Blashek: Tax (California)
• Brian Boyle: ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
• Apalla Chopra: Labor & Employment (California)
• Jeffrey Fisher: Appellate Law (Nationwide)
• Greta Lichtenbaum: International Trade (Nationwide)
• Daniel Petrocelli: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide) and Media & Entertainment (California)
• Eric Rothenberg: Environment (New York)

For the 10th consecutive year, Chambers named O’Melveny partner Walter Dellinger to its ranking of “senior statespeople,” a designation awarded to lawyers with exceptional recommendations in their field. O’Melveny Of Counsel Theodore Kassinger also received the “senior statesperson” accolade this year. And Chambers once against named Daniel Petrocelli, Chair of O’Melveny’s Trial Practice and Vice Chair of the firm, a “Star Individual”—an elite ranking above “Band 1.”

Chambers also recognized four O’Melveny lawyers—Elizabeth Dubeck, Denise Raytis, David Ribner, and Jennifer Taylor—as “Up & Coming” lawyers, a ranking given to practitioners at the forefront of their generation. Ribner is the only non-partner at any firm ranked as Up & Coming in the International Trade: CFIUS Experts category.

“We are proud once again to be ranked so highly by Chambers,” said Bradley J. Butwin, Chair of O’Melveny. “Our strong showings, year after year, tell the story of our unflagging commitment to our clients and of our drive to excel.”

Highlights of O’Melveny’s practice achievements include:

Practice Area Rankings (Bands 1, 2 & 3):

California

• Antitrust (Band 3)
• Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Band 3)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 2)
• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (Band 3)
• Labor & Employment (Band 3)
• Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 3)
• Litigation: Securities (Band 3)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 3)
• Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 2)
• Media & Entertainment: Transactional (Band 2)
• Tax (Band 2)

New York

• Environment: Mainly Transactional (Band 3)
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 3)
• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)

US - Nationwide

• Antitrust: Cartel (Band 2)
• Appellate Law (Band 3)
• Corporate Crime and Investigations (Band 1)
• ERISA Litigation (Band 1)
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 2)
• International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Band 3)
• Product Liability: Consumer Class Actions (Band 2)
• Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite (Band 3)
• Projects: PPP (Band 2)
• Sports Law (Band 3)

Ranked Lawyers (Bands 1 & 2):

Antitrust

California:

• Michael Tubach (Band 2)

Antitrust: Cartel

USA - Nationwide:

• Michael Tubach (Band 2)

Appellate Law

USA - Nationwide:

• Jeffrey Fisher (Band 1)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

District of Columbia:

• Peter Friedman (Band 2)

Environment: Mainly Transactional

New York:

• Eric Rothenberg (Band 1)

ERISA

USA - Nationwide:

• Brian Boyle (Band 1)

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

USA - Nationwide:

• Tancred Schiavoni (Band 2)

California:

• Richard Goetz (Band 2)

New York:

• Tancred Schiavoni (Band 2)

International Trade

USA - Nationwide:

• Greta Lichtenbaum (Band 1)

Labor & Employment

California:

• Apalla Chopra (Band 1)

Litigation: Securities

California:

• Seth Aronson (Band 1)

New York:

• Jonathan Rosenberg (Band 2)

Litigation: Trial Lawyers

USA - Nationwide:

• Daniel Petrocelli

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

California:

• Daniel Bookin (Band 2)
• Steven Olson (Band 2)

Media & Entertainment: Litigation

California:

• Daniel Petrocelli (Band 1)

Media & Entertainment: Transactional

California:

• Bruce Tobey (Band 2)

Projects: PPP

USA - Nationwide:

• Eric Richards (Band 2)

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

USA - Nationwide:

• Junaid Chida (Band 2)

Securities: Regulation: Advisory

USA - Nationwide:

• Robert Plesnarski (Band 2)

Sports: E-Sports

USA - Nationwide:

• Jared Bartie (Band 1)

Tax

California:

• Robert Blashek (Band 1)

Technology: Transactions

California:

• Heather Meeker (Band 2)

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP
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