June 01, 2022
Faegre Drinker Practices and Lawyers Ranked Among Leaders in Chambers USA 2022 Guide
News
Chambers USA has recognized Faegre Drinker in its 2022 edition, highlighting the firm in 72 practice area categories and 170 lawyer designations on its list of America’s leading lawyers for business.
Of the 72 total practice ratings for excellence, including 14 nationwide sections, the firm earned “Band 1” designations — the publication’s highest ranking — in 19 categories across practice areas in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Nationwide.
A total of 170 Faegre Drinker lawyers were recognized by Chambers USA this year, with eight receiving multiple rankings. Of those ranked, 28 lawyers received “Band 1” designations.
Faegre Drinker’s 2022 recognitions include:
USA – Nationwide
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Franchising
- Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
- Health Care: The Elite
- International Trade: Customs
- Labor & Employment
- Native American Law
- Native American Law: Finance
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
- Registered Funds
California
- Labor & Employment: The Elite
California: Los Angeles & Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Colorado
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A
- Environment
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Delaware
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
District of Columbia
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Illinois
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Health Care
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Technology & Outsourcing
Indiana
- Corporate/M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Iowa
- Corporate/M&A
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
Minnesota
- Antitrust
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
New Jersey
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- Health Care
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: Product Liability
- Real Estate
New York
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
- Health Care
Pennsylvania
- Antitrust
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate: Finance
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Texas
- Insurance
Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
- Litigation: General Commercial
Individual Attorneys
Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Mona Ghude – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)
- Jason Luter – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
- Joan M. Neri – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New Jersey)
- Fred Reish – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
- Michael D. Rosenbaum – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
Construction and Real Estate Litigation
- Laurence (Trip) Demuth III – Construction (Colorado)
- James J. Hartnett IV – Construction (Minnesota)
- Michael Lapicola – Construction (Colorado)
- Bernard Nodzon – Construction (Minnesota)
- Patrick J. O’Connor – Construction (Minnesota)
Corporate
- Michael B. Abbott – Corporate/M&A (Iowa)
- David W. Barrett – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Trevor J. Belden – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- James Birge – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- Jill E. Bronson – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- J. Jeffrey Brown – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
- W. Morgan Burns – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota); Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Michael Coddington – Native American Law: Finance (USA – Nationwide)
- Charles B. Congdon – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Lucie Guyot – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
- Stephen D.D. Hamilton – Tax (Pennsylvania)
- Steven C. Kennedy – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- John Marcil – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Matthew H. Meyers – Corporate/M&A & Pvate Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ryan Miske – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Jonathan Nygren – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Keith Radtke – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- F. Douglas Raymond III – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds); Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)
- Judith E. Reich – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Brian B. Schnell – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
- Amy C. Seidel – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Kate Sherburne – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Ben A. Stacke – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
- Michael A. Stanchfield – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
- Eirik Tellefsen – Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Douglas R. Wright – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Jonathan Zimmerman – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota); Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Finance and Restructuring
- Joseph Argentina – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ian Bambrick – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Marita S. Erbeck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
- Brett D. Fallon – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Scott F. Gautier – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
- Miko Hernandez – Native American Law: Finance (USA – Nationwide)
- Patrick Jackson – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)
- Andrew C. Kassner – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- James Millar – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
- Michael Pompeo – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
- Frank Velocci – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
Government and Regulatory Affairs
- Jessica Abrahams – Government Contracts (USA – Nationwide)
- Bonnie Allyn Barnett – Environment (Pennsylvania)
- Bennett Borden – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA – Nationwide)
- Jay Brudz – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA – Nationwide)
- Nicolas Guzman – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
- Colin Harris – Environment (Colorado)
- H. Max Kelln – Environment (Indiana)
- Lynn M. Kornfeld – Environment (Colorado)
- Kathleen Murphy – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
- Laura Phillips – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
- Brian Pickard – Environment (Pennsylvania)
- Judith Praitis – Environment (California)
- James Sawyer – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
- Mollie Sitkowski – International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)
- James R. Spaanstra – Environment (Colorado)
Health Care
- Jennifer R. Breuer – Health Care (Illinois)
- Eileen S. Considine – Health Care (New York)
- Jeffrey Ganiban – Health Care (District of Columbia)
- Kelley Taylor Hearne – Health Care (District of Columbia)
- Jonathan Keller – Health Care (New Jersey)
- Gerald McCartin – Health Care (District of Columbia)
- George Mesires – Health Care (Illinois)
- Neil S. Olderman – Health Care (Illinois)
- Douglas B. Swill – Health Care (Illinois)
- Kenneth Vorrasi – Health Care (District of Columbia)
- Jesse Witten – Health Care (District of Columbia)
Insurance
- Susan Egeland – Insurance (Texas)
- Jason Gould – Insurance: Insurer (District of Columbia)
- Sara Inman – Insurance (Texas)
- Daniel W. Krane – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
- George McCall – Insurance (Texas)
- John Mulhern – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)
- Neil Rambin – Insurance (Texas)
- Stephen A. Serfass – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
Intellectual Property
- Lora Brzezynski – Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia)
- Robert Cannuscio – Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)
- Trevor Carter – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
- Jennifer Dean – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (District of Columbia)
- Francis DiGiovanni – Intellectual Property (Delaware)
- Timothy Grimsrud – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
- Stephanie Gumm – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
- Ira M. Kalina – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
- Andrew McCoy – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
- Mercedes K. Meyer – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
- Timothy B. Scull – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Robert Stoll – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
- Reeya Thakrar – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
Investment Management
- Joshua Deringer – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
- Michael Malloy – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
Labor and Employment
- Lynne Anne Anderson – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
- Thomas J. Barton – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Stuart Buttrick – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- Erika C. Collins – Labor & Employment (New York)
- Susan Elgin – Labor & Employment (Iowa)
- Mark J. Foley – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Matthew A. Fontana – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Michael A. Giudicessi – Labor & Employment (Iowa)
- David A. Given – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
- Gerald T. Hathaway – Labor & Employment (New York)
- Charles F. Knapp – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
- Alexa Miller – Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
- Cheryl D. Orr – Labor & Employment (California)
- Daniel Prokott – Labor & Employment (Minnesota)
- Mary Will – Labor & Employment (Colorado)
- David J. Woolf – Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
- Jill A. Zender – Labor & Employment (Colorado)
Litigation
- Elsa Bullard – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Kerry L. Bundy – Franchising (USA – Nationwide)
- E. Paul Cauley – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
- Emily Chow – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Michael Cockson – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Craig Coleman – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Michael P. Daly – Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Richard Duncan – Antitrust (Minnesota)
- Deborah Ellingboe – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Sandra Dawn Grannum – Litigation: Securities (New Jersey)
- Barry Gross – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
- D. Alicia Hickok – Litigation: Appellate (Pennsylvania); Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Ryan Hurley – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Andrew B. Joseph – Litigation: General Commercial (New Jersey)
- Jeffrey P. Justman – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
- Randall E. Kahnke – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
- Charles S. Leeper – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
- Ross A. Lewin – Environment (New Jersey)
- Jesse Linebaugh – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
- Wayne Mason – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Texas)
- Kathy L. Osborn – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Brian J. Paul – Litigation: Appellate (Indiana)
- Antonio Pozos – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
- Jeffrey Roberts – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
- Paul Saint-Antoine – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
- Aaron D. Van Oort – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
- Wendy J. Wildung – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
Product Liability and Mass Torts
- Sarah L. Brew – Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (USA – Nationwide)
- Jacob Bylund – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
- Bruce Jones – Litigation: Appellate (Minnesota)
- Heather Carson Perkins – Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
- Andrea Pierson – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
- Joseph M. Price – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
- Susan M. Sharko – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide); Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)
- J. Joseph Tanner – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
- Michael Zogby – Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide); Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)
Real Estate
- Scott A. Anderegg – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Reuben Asia – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Peter Berrie – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Andrew B. Buroker – Real Estate (Indiana)
- Harry S. Cherken Jr. – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Angela M. Christy – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Adrian E. Ciacci – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- David A. Ebby – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds); Real Estate: Finance (Pennsylvania)
- Jerald M. Goodman – Real Estate (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
- Steven D. Hardin – Real Estate (Indiana)
- Carol Lansing – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Minnesota)
- Andy Norin – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
- Glenn S. Pantel – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New Jersey)
- Michael E. Rothpletz Jr. – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Michael San Giacomo – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Patrick Scheiderer – Real Estate (Indiana)
- Lica Tomizuka – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- John R. Wheaton – Real Estate (Minnesota)
- Michael C. Woodruff – Real Estate (New Jersey)
- Mark Wright – Real Estate (Indiana)
Chambers and Partners selects law firms and attorneys based on client and industry feedback about qualities most valued by clients, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence and commitment. The rankings are determined by editors and researchers who talk to attorneys and clients year-round, conducting in-depth phone interviews. More information is available in the Chambers USA 2022 guide.
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