Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys Ranked Among Leaders in Chambers USA 2023 Guide

Chambers USA has recognized Faegre Drinker in its 2023 edition, highlighting the firm in 75 practice area categories and 176 attorney designations on its list of America’s leading lawyers for business.

Of the 75 total practice ratings for excellence, including 15 nationwide sections, the firm earned “Band 1” designations — the publication’s highest ranking — in 18 categories across practice areas in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Nationwide.

A total of 176 Faegre Drinker attorneys were recognized by Chambers USA this year, with nine receiving multiple rankings. Of those ranked, 27 attorneys received “Band 1” designations.

Below are Faegre Drinker’s 2023 rankings (*denotes “Band 1” designation):

USA – Nationwide

• Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
• 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

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• 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*
• Environment 
• 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
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Environment
• Insurance
• 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 (sorted by Faegre Drinker practice group)

Benefits and Executive Compensation

• Mona Ghude – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)
• Yana Johnson – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
• 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)
• Deb Mackay – Construction (Minnesota)
• Bernard Nodzon – 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)*
• Dawn Holicky Pruitt – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Minnesota)
• Steven C. Kennedy – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
• John Marcil – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
• Brandon Mason – Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
• Matthew H. Meyers – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds)
• Ryan R. 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)
• Jeffrey Sherman – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
• Benjamin 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)
• Brittany Yocum – Corporate/M&A (Indiana)
• 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)
• 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)
• George Mesires – Health Care (Illinois)
• James Millar – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
• Michael Pompeo – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey)
• Frank Velocci – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New Jersey); Health Care (New Jersey)

Government and Regulatory Affairs

• Jessica Abrahams – Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide)
• Bonnie Allyn Barnett – Environment (Pennsylvania)*
• Leigh Bausinger – Environment (Pennsylvania)
• Jay Brudz – E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA - Nationwide)
  
• Nicolas Guzman – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
• Julian Harrell – Environment (Indiana)
• Colin Harris – Environment (Colorado) 
• John G. Horan – Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide)
• H. Max Kelln – Environment (Indiana)
• Kathleen Murphy – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
• Laura Phillips – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
• Judith Praitis – Environment (California) 
• Randy Rucker – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
• James Sawyer – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
• Mollie Sitkowski – International Trade: Customs (USA - Nationwide)
• Ted Wolff – Environment (New York) 

Health Care

• Jennifer Breuer – Health Care (Illinois) 
• Eileen M. Considine – Health Care (New York)
• John J. D'Andrea – Health Care (Pennsylvania)
• Jeffrey Ganiban – 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)
• Sara Inman – Insurance (Texas)
• Daniel W. Krane – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
• George McCall – Insurance (Texas)
• Stephen A. Serfass – Insurance (Pennsylvania)
• Sondra Sylva – Insurance (Texas)

Intellectual Property

• Jared Briant – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
• 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)
• Tore DeBella – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (District of Columbia)
• Francis DiGiovanni – Intellectual Property (Delaware)
• Timothy Grimsrud – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
• Stephanie Gumm – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
• Victor Jonas – Intellectual Property (Minnesota)
• Ira M. Kalina – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)
• Andrew McCoy – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
• William Meyers – Intellectual Property (Indiana)
• Timothy B. Scull – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
• Robert Stoll – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
• Kirstin Stoll-DeBell – Intellectual Property (Colorado)
• Reeya Thakrar – Technology & Outsourcing (Illinois)

Investment Management

• Joshua Deringer – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
• Michael Malloy – Registered Funds (USA – Nationwide)
• Mark Weakley – Corporate/M&A (Colorado) 

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)
• Susan Kline – Labor & Employment (Indiana)
• 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)

Litigation

• Elsa Bullard – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
• E. Paul Cauley – Product Liability: Automobile (USA – Nationwide)*; 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)
• Joel Hammerman – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
• 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)
• Joanne Lewers – Antitrust (Pennsylvania) 
• Ross A. Lewin – Environment (New Jersey)
• Jesse Linebaugh – Litigation: General Commercial (Iowa)
• Erica MacDonald – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Minnesota)
• Peter Magnuson – Litigation: General Commercial (Minnesota)
• Wayne Mason – Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Texas)*; Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
• Kathy L. Osborn – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
• Brian J. Paul – Litigation: Appellate (Indiana)*
• Antonio Pozos – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
• Daniel Pulliam – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Indiana)
• Paul Saint-Antoine – Antitrust (Pennsylvania)*
• Henry Van Dyck – Litigation: While-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
• Aaron D. Van Oort – Litigation: Appellate (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)
• Susan M. Sharko – Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)*; Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA – Nationwide)
• J. Joseph Tanner – Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)

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)
• 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)
• 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 2023 guide.