O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2023

June 01, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK—June 1, 2023—Chambers has recognized O’Melveny as a leading law firm in 41 practice areas in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This year, Chambers ranked the firm in Band 1, the top rank, in:

  • ERISA Litigation – Nationwide
  • Media & Entertainment: Litigation – California
  • Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded – New York
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
  • Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation - Texas

Chambers also recognized 79 O’Melveny lawyers, with 11 lawyers earning Band 1 status, including four who were ranked in their category nationally:

  • 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 Will Becker, Ryan Cicero, Leah Godesky, Stephen McIntyre, Jennifer Taylor and Silvia Vannini as “Up & Coming” lawyers, a ranking given to practitioners at the forefront of their generation.

Practice Area Rankings (Bands 1-5)

Nationwide

  • 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)
  • Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: PPP (Band 2)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded (Band 2)
  • Entertainment, Sports & Media – Sports Law (Band 3)
  • Litigation - State Attorneys General (Band 3)
  • Product Liability & Mass Torts – Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite (Band 3)
  • Supreme Court & Appellate – Appellate Law (Band 3)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Band 4)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite (Band 4)
  • Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Band 5)
  • Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (Band 5)
  • Securities Litigation – Securities: Litigation (Band 5)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (Band 5)

California

  • Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 1)
  • Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust (Band 3)
  • Capital Markets – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Band 3)
  • Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (Band 3)
  • General Litigation: Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (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: The Elite (Band 3)
  • Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 3)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 3)
  • Insurance – Insurance: Insurer (Band 4)
  • Healthcare – Healthcare (Band 5)
  • Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

  • Labor & Employment - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 3)

California: Southern

  • Tax – Tax (Band 2)

New York

  • General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
  • Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 4)
  • White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – 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: The Elite (Band 5)

Texas

  • Environmental & Natural Resources Litigation – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (Band 1)

Washington DC

  • General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 4)
  • Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust (Band 5)
  • White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 5)

Ranked Lawyers by Practice Area

Antitrust

California:

  • Stephen McIntyre
  • Michael Tubach

Antitrust: Cartel

Nationwide:

  • Michael Tubach

Antitrust: Litigation Specialists

Washington DC:

  • Ian Simmons

Appellate Law

Nationwide:

  • Michael Dreeben
  • Jeffrey Fisher
  • Jonathan Hacker

Banking & Finance

Texas:

  • Ryan Cicero

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Nationwide:

  • John Rapisardi
  • Lou Strubeck
California:
  • Jennifer Taylor
  • Steve Warren

New York:

  • John Rapisardi

Texas:

  • Lou Strubeck
  • Greg Wilkes

E-Discovery & Information Governance

Nationwide:

  • Jeffrey Fowler

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

  • 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

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

New York:

  • Greg Morris
  • Lisa Pensabene

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

California:

  • Luann Simmons
  • Darin Snyder
  • Ryan Yagura

International Trade: CFIUS Experts

Nationwide:

  • 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
  • Matt Powers

New York:

  • Andrew Frackman

Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds

  • Timothy Durst

Litigation: Securities

California:

  • Matthew Close

New York:

  • Jonathan Rosenberg
  • Abby Rudzin

Litigation: Trial Lawyers

Nationwide:

  • Daniel Petrocelli

Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations

California:

  • Daniel Bookin
  • Jim Bowman
  • Steven Olson
  • Michael Tubach

New York:

  • Howard Heiss
  • Mark Racanelli

Texas:

  • Danny Ashby

Washington DC:

  • Benjamin Singer

Media & Entertainment: Corporate

New York:

  • Matthew Syrkin

Media & Entertainment: Litigation

California:

  • Leah Godesky
  • Molly Lens
  • David Marroso
  • Daniel Petrocelli

Media & Entertainment: Transactional

California:

  • Lindsay Conner
  • Amy Siegel
  • Silvia Vannini

Product Liability & Mass Torts

Nationwide:

  • Steve Brody
  • Richard Goetz
  • Sabrina Strong

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: Southern

  • Michael Hamilton

Securities: Regulation: Advisory

Nationwide:

  • Robert Plesnarski

State Attorneys General

Nationwide:

  • Daniel Suvor

Tax

California:

  • Robert Blashek
  • Luc Moritz

Technology: Transactions

California:

  • Adit Khorana

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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