O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2022
June 8, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES—June 8, 2022—Chambers has recognized O’Melveny as a leading law firm in 41 practice areas in the 2022 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: Highly Regarded – Nationwide
• ERISA Litigation – Nationwide
• General Commercial Litigation: Highly Regarded – New York
• White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded – New York
• Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) - Texas
Chambers also recognized 71 O’Melveny lawyers, with 12 lawyers earning Band 1 status, including four who were ranked in their category nationally:
• Robert Blashek – Tax (CA)
• Brian Boyle – ERISA (Nationwide)
• Apalla Chopra – Labor & Employment (CA)
• Katie Coleman – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (TX)
• Lindsay Conner – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (CA)
• Jeffrey Fisher – Appellate Law (Nationwide)
• Greta Lichtenbaum – International Trade: Export Controls (Nationwide)
• Phillip Oldham – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (TX)
• Daniel Petrocelli – Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)
• Daniel Petrocelli – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (CA)
• Eric Rothenberg – Environment: Mainly Transactional (NY)
• Lou Strubeck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (TX)
• Rex VanMiddlesworth – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (TX)
Chambers once again named partner 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 partners Jennifer Taylor, Ryan Cicero and counsel David Ribner as “Up & Coming” lawyers, a ranking given to practitioners at the forefront of their generation.
Practice Area Rankings (Bands 1-5)
USA Nationwide
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment – ERISA Litigation (Band 1)
• Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust: Cartel (Band 2)
• Insurance – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 2)
• Intellectual Property & Technology – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (Band 2)
• Product Liability & Mass Torts – Product Liability: Consumer Class Actions (Band 2)
• Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: PPP (Band 2)
• Supreme Court & Appellate – Appellate Law (Band 3)
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Band 3)
• Product Liability & Mass Torts – Product Liability & Mass Torts (Band 3)
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Sports Law (Band 3)
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: Exports Controls & Economic Sanctions (Band 4)
• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (Band 5)
• Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Band 5)
• Securities Litigation – Securities: Litigation (Band 5)
California
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 2)
• Tax (Band 2)
• Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust (Band 3)
• Capital Markets – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Band 3)
• Intellectual Property & Technology – Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (Band 3)
• Intellectual Property & Technology – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (Band 3)
• Labor & Employment – Labor & Employment (Band 3)
• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3)
• Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 3)
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 3)
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (Band 3)
• Labor & Employment – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 3)
• Insurance – Insurance: Insurer (Band 4)
• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
New York
• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Environmental – Environment: Mainly Transactional (Band 3)
• Insurance – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 3)
• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 4)
• Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 4)
District of Columbia
• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4)
• Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust (Band 5)
• White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 5)
Texas
• Environmental & Natural Resources Litigation – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation – Electricity (Band 1)
Ranked Lawyers by Practice Area
Antitrust
California:
• Michael Tubach
Antitrust: Cartel
Nationwide:
• Michael Tubach
Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
Washington DC:
• Katrina Robson
• Ian Simmons
Appellate Law
Nationwide:
• Michael Dreeben
• Jeffrey Fisher
• Jonathan Hacker
Banking & Finance
California:
• Thomas W. Baxter
Texas:
• Ryan Cicero
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Nationwide:
• John Rapisardi
• Lou Strubeck
Texas:
• Lou Strubeck
• Greg Wilkes
New York:
• John Rapisardi
California:
• Jennifer Taylor
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Nationwide:
• Jeffrey Fowler
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
California:
• Jeff Walbridge
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Nationwide:
• Steven Torello
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
Texas:
• Katie Coleman
• Ben Hallmark
• Phillip Oldham
• Rex VanMiddlesworth
Environment
California:
• Kelly McTigue
Environment: Mainly Transactional
New York:
• Eric Rothenberg
• John Rousakis
ERISA
Nationwide:
• Shannon Barrett
• Brian Boyle
• Meaghan VerGow
Government Relations: Congressional Investigations
Nationwide:
• David Leviss
Healthcare
California:
• David Deaton
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
Nationwide:
• Richard Goetz
• Tancred Schiavoni
New York:
• Tancred Schiavoni
Insurance: Insurer
California:
• Richard Goetz
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
California:
• Darin Snyder
• Ryan Yagura
International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Nationwide:
• Theodore Kassinger
• Greta Lichtenbaum
• David Ribner
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Nationwide:
• Greta Lichtenbaum
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Nationwide:
• Sean Trainor
Labor & Employment
California:
• Eric Amdursky
• Apalla Chopra
• Adam Karr
• Robert Siegel
New York:
• Jeffrey Kohn
Litigation: General Commercial
California:
• Matt Kline
• Daniel Petrocelli
New York:
• Andrew Frackman
Texas:
• Timothy Durst
Litigation: Securities
California:
• Seth Aronson
• Matthew Close
New York:
• Jonathan Rosenberg
Litigation: Trial Lawyers
Nationwide:
• Daniel Petrocelli
Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
California:
• Daniel Bookin
• Steven Olson
• Michael Tubach
New York:
• Howard Heiss
• Mark Racanelli
Texas:
• Danny Ashby
Washington DC:
• Benjamin Singer
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
California:
• David Marroso
• Daniel Petrocelli
Media & Entertainment: Transactional
California:
• Lindsay Conner
• Amy Siegel
• Bruce Tobey
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Nationwide:
• Steve Brody
• Richard Goetz
• Sabrina Strong
Product Liability: Consumer Class Actions
Nationwide:
• Matt Powers
Projects: LNG
Nationwide:
• Monica Hwang
Projects: PPP
Nationwide:
• M. Elizabeth Dubeck
• Denise Raytis
• Eric A. S. Richards
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Nationwide:
• Junaid Chida
Real Estate
California:
• Michael Hamilton
Securities: Regulation: Advisory
Nationwide:
• Robert Plesnarski
Tax
California:
• Robert Blashek
• Luc Moritz
Technology: Transactions
California:
• Adit Khorana
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