O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK—June 6, 2024—Chambers has recognized O’Melveny as a leading law firm in 47 practice areas in the 2024 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), and Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (Texas).

Chambers also recognized 90 O’Melveny lawyers, with 12 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: Transaction (CA)
• Jeffrey Fisher – Appellate Law (Nationwide)
• Greta Nightingale – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
• Phillip G. Oldham – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (TX)
• Steven J. Olson – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (CA)
• Daniel Petrocelli – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (CA)
• Daniel Petrocelli – Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)
• Jonathan Rosenberg – Litigation: Securities (NY)
• Louis R. Strubeck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (TX)
• Michael Tubach – Antitrust (CA)

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, Leah Godesky, Stephen McIntyre, 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

• Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust: Cartel (Band 2)
• Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation – Appellate Law (Band 3)
• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (Band 5)
• White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment – ERISA Litigation (Band 1)
• Financial Services Litigation – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) (Band 3)
• Insurance – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 2)
• Intellectual Property & Technology – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (Band 2)
• 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)
• White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (Band 4)
• Product Liability & Mass Torts – Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite (Band 3)
• Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: PPP (Band 2)
• Project Development & Real Estate – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Band 5)
• Securities Litigation – Securities: Litigation (Band 4)
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Sports Law (Band 3)
• Litigation – State Attorneys General (Band 3)
• Aviation – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Band 4)

California 

• Antitrust & Competition – Antitrust (Band 2)
• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
• Capital Markets – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Band 4)
• Healthcare – Healthcare (Band 5)
• Insurance – Insurance: Insurer (Band 4)
• 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)
• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 3)
• Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 3)
• White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigation (Band 3)
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 1)
• Entertainment, Sports & Media – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (Band 3)

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds 

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

California: Southern 

• Real Estate – Real Estate (Band 4)
• Tax – Tax (Band 3)

District of Columbia

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

New York 

• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (Band 5)
• Environmental – Environment: Mainly Transactional (Band 3)
• Insurance – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 3
• Intellectual Property & Technology – Intellectual Property: Patent (Band 5)
• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Securities Litigation – Litigation: Securities (Band 3)
• White-Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded (Band 1)

Texas 

• Restructuring – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
• Energy Litigation – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (Band 1)

Texas: Houston & Surrounds

• General Litigation – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 5)

Ranked Lawyers by Practice Area

Antitrust

California:

• Stephen McIntyre
• Anna Pletcher
• Michael Tubach

Antitrust: Litigation Specialists 

Washington DC:

• Ian Simmons

Antitrust: Cartel

Nationwide:

• Michael Tubach

Appellate Law

Nationwide:

• Jeffrey Fisher
• Jonathan Hacker

Banking & Finance

Texas:

• Ryan Cicero

Bankruptcy/Restructuring 

Nationwide:

• John Rapisardi
• Louis R. Strubeck

California:

• Steve Warren

Texas: 

• Louis R. Strubeck
• Greg Wilkes

New York:

• John Rapisardi 

Washington DC:

• Peter Friedman

E-Discovery & Information Governance

Nationwide:

• Jeffrey Fowler

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds:

• Jeffrey Walbridge

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

Nationwide:

• Jason Schumacher
• Steven Torello

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)

Texas:

• Katie Coleman
• Benjamin B. Hallmark
• Phillip G. Oldham
• Rex D. VanMiddlesworth

Environment

California:

• Kelly McTigue

Environment: Mainly Transactional

New York:

• Eric Rothenberg
• John Rousakis

ERISA Litigation

Nationwide:

• Shannon Barrett
• Brian Boyle
• Greg Jacob
• Meaghan VerGow

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)

Nationwide:

• Elizabeth L. McKeen

FCPA

Nationwide:

• David N. Kelley

Healthcare

California:

• David Deaton
• Caitlin Bair

Washington DC:

• Lee Blalack

Insurance: Insurer

Nationwide:

• Richard B. Goetz

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

Nationwide:

• Richard B. Goetz
• Tancred Schiavoni

New York:

• Tancred Schiavoni

Intellectual Property: Patent

New York:

• Gregory Morris
• Lisa Pensabene 

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

California:

• Luann Simmons
• Darin Snyder
• Ryan Yagura 

International Trade: CFIUS Experts

Nationwide:

• Theodore W. Kassinger
• Greta Nightingale
• David Ribner

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions 

Nationwide:

• Greta Nightingale

International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)

Nationwide:

• Sean Trainor

Labor & Employment

California:

• Eric Amdursky
• Apalla U. Chopra
• Adam Karr
• Robert Siegel

New York:

• Jeffrey Kohn

Washington DC:

• Aparna Joshi

Litigation: General Commercial 

California:

• Matt Kline
• Daniel Petrocelli
• Matt Powers

New York:

• Hannah Chanoine
• Andrew Frackman

Texas: Houston & Surrounds:

• John Anaipakos
• Travis Sales

Texas: DFW & Surrounds:

• Timothy S. Durst

Litigation: Securities

California:

• Matthew W. Close

New York:

• Jonathan Rosenberg
• Abby Rudzin

Litigation: Trial Lawyers

Nationwide:

• Daniel Petrocelli

Litigation: White Collar Crime & Investigations

California:

• Daniel Bookin
• James A. Bowman
• Steven J. Olson
• Michael Tubach

New York:

• Howard E. Heiss
• David N. Kelley
• Mark A. Racanelli

Washington DC:

• Benjamin Singer

Texas:

• Danny Ashby

Media & Entertainment: Corporate

New York:

• Matthew Syrkin

Media & Entertainment: Litigation

California:

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

Media & Entertainment: Transactional

California:

• Amy Siegel
• Silvia Vannini
• Lindsay Conner

Product Liability & Mass Torts

Nationwide:

• Richard B. Goetz
• Steve Brody 
• Sabrina H. Strong

Projects: LNG

Nationwide:

• Monica Hwang

Projects: PPP

Nationwide:

• Elizabeth M. Dubeck
• Denise Raytis
• Eric Richards

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

Nationwide:

• Junaid Chida

Real Estate

California: Southern:

• Michael Hamilton

Real Estate: Finance 

New York:

• Malcolm Montgomery

Securities: Regulation: Advisory

Nationwide:

• Robert Plesnarski

State Attorneys General

Nationwide:

• Daniel Suvor

Tax

California: Southern:

• Robert Blashek
• Luc Moritz

Texas:

• Will S. Becker

Technology

California:

• Adit Khorana 

Transportation: Aviation: Finance

Nationwide:

• Jason Kaplan

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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