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O’Melveny Practices, Lawyers Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 US 2024

June 18, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES—June 18, 2024—O’Melveny’s leading practices and lawyers have been recognized for their excellence by the 2024 edition of The Legal 500: United States, a guide to the US legal market.

This year’s guide ranked the firm across 45 practice areas, with five practices receiving Tier 1 rankings and 11 practices receiving Tier 2 rankings. O’Melveny was also recognized as a “Firm to Watch” for Energy Litigation: Electric Power, Trademarks: Litigation, and Transport: Aviation & Airtravel–Finance.

The Legal 500 recognized eight O’Melveny partners in its “Hall of Fame,” which highlights lawyers who are “at the pinnacle of the profession” and who have “received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.” This year’s “Hall of Fame” designees are partners David Almeling, Brian Boyle, Apalla U. Chopra, Richard B. Goetz, David Kelley, Luc Moritz, Daniel Petrocelli, and Tancred Schiavoni.

This year’s guide recognized 19 O’Melveny partners as “Leading Lawyers,” defined by The Legal 500 as “stand out partners.” In addition, six O’Melveny lawyers were identified as “Next Generation” lawyers and four were lauded as “Rising Stars.” 

The Legal 500 series provides independent commentary on leading law firms and lawyers in more than 90 countries. Rankings are based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivaled experience in the legal market.

The following are O’Melveny’s Hall of Fame, Leading Lawyers, Next Generation, and Rising Stars US lawyers and ranked practice areas for 2024.

Hall of Fame

David Almeling

Brian Boyle 

Apalla U. Chopra

Richard B. Goetz

David Kelley

Luc Moritz

Daniel Petrocelli

Tancred Schiavoni

Leading Lawyers

Eric Amdursky

John Anaipakos

Steve Brody

Allen Burton

Junaid Chida

Lindsay Conner

Elizabeth M. Dubeck

Jeffrey Fisher

Jonathan Hacker

Greta Nightingale

Daniel Petrocelli

Mark Robertson

Jonathan Rosenberg

Eric Rothenberg

John Rousakis

Ian Simmons

Darin Snyder

Gary Svirsky

Sean D. Trainor

Next Generation

Susannah Howard

Aparna Joshi

Hassen Sayeed

Amy Siegel

Silvia Vannini

Meaghan VerGow

Rising Stars

Zoheb Noorani

Brian Quinn

David Ribner

Alexander Roberts

Tier 1 Practices 

ERISA Litigation

Insurance: Advice to Insurers

Media & Entertainment: Litigation

State Attorneys General

Trade Secrets (Litigation & Non-Contentious Matters)

Tier 2 Practices 

Appellate: Courts of Appeals

Appellate: Supreme Courts (States & Federal)

Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense

Environment: Transactional

Healthcare: Health Insurers

Labor & Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense

Media & Entertainment: Transactional

Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)

Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices

Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

Securities Litigation: Defense

Tier 3 Practices 

Cartel

Corporate Investigations & White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Corporates

Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

General Commercial Disputes

Intellectual Property: Copyright

Labor-Management Relations

Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)

Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action - Defense: Automotive/Transport

Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort

Project Finance: Infrastructure & PPP

Sport

Transport: Aviation & Airtravel - Litigation & Regulation

Tier 4 Practices 

Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers

Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Managers

Corporate Investigations & White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals

Energy Regulation: Electric Power

Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas

Financial Services Litigation

Healthcare: Life Sciences

International Trade: CFIUS

Merger Control

Project Finance: Energy & Power

Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

US Taxes: Non-Contentious

Tier 5 Practices 

Real Estate Finance

Firms to Watch

Energy Litigation: Electric Power

Trademarks: Litigation

Transport: Aviation & Airtravel – Finance

About O’Melveny

It’s more than what you do: it’s how you do it. Across sectors and borders, in board rooms and courtrooms, we measure our success by yours. And in our interactions, we commit to making your O’Melveny experience as satisfying as the outcomes we help you achieve. Our greatest accomplishment is ensuring that you never have to choose between premier lawyering and exceptional service. So, tell us. What do you want to achieve? Visit us at www.omm.com; read our Insights 2024 report; learn more in our firm at-a-glance; and find us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Contact:

Brandon Jacobsen
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
+1 213 430 8024
bjacobsen@omm.com

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