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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