Norton Rose Fulbright commended in 2022 Chambers USA guide
United States | Press release - Firm | June 1, 2022
Norton Rose Fulbright is named a leading law firm in 35 national and statewide practice areas in the latest rankings by Chambers USA. The respected legal guide also has recognized 91 of our US lawyers individually in a host of practice areas, both statewide and nationally.
The firm received top-tier rankings in 10 categories, including two touted as "Highly Regarded." Those are: Texas – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Texas – Healthcare, Texas – Litigation: Securities, Texas: Austin & Surrounds – Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds –Corporate/M&A, Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds – Litigation: Securities, USA: Nationwide –Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Highly Regarded), USA: Nationwide – Product Liability and Mass Torts (Highly Regarded), USA: Nationwide – Projects: LNG, USA: Nationwide: Projects – Renewables and Alternative Energy.
New practice areas recognized include Missouri – Healthcare and Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds – Corporate/M&A.
Lawyers who are newly ranked in this year's guide include Stacey Murphy (St. Louis) in Missouri – Healthcare; James Wiehl (St. Louis and New York) in Missouri – Healthcare; Purvi B. Maniar (St. Louis) in Missouri – Healthcare; Charles A. Deacon (San Antonio) in Texas: Austin & Surrounds – Litigation: General Commercial; Matthew Dekovich (Houston) in Nationwide – Oil & Gas Litigation; Eliot Turner (Houston) in Texas – Antitrust; Jamila S. Mensah (Houston) in Texas – Labor and Employment; Lauren Adams Shoor (Los Angeles) in California – Environment; Aimeé Vidaurri (San Antonio) in Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds - Litigation: General Commercial.
Chambers and Partners has published directories ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990. Rankings are based on law firm submissions and feedback received from thousands of lawyer and client interviews conducted by Chambers researchers.
Listed below are our practice areas and lawyers ranked in the 2022 Chambers USA guide:
Firm rankings
Individual rankings
| Lawyer | Jurisdiction | Practice area | Band |
| Brian A. Sun | California | Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations | 1 |
| Daniel M. McClure | USA - Nationwide | Oil and gas Litigation | 1 |
| Daryl L. Lansdale | Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds | Corporate/M&A | 1 |
| David Kessler | USA - Nationwide | E-Discovery & Information Governance | 1 |
| Debbi M. Johnstone | Texas | Healthcare | 1 |
| Eddie Lewis | Texas | Environment | 1 |
| Jerry A. Bell | Texas | Healthcare | 1 |
| John Mauel | USA - Nationwide | Projects: LNG | 1 |
| Keith Martin | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 1 |
| Layne E. Kruse | Texas | Antitrust | 1 |
| Marc B. Collier | Texas: Austin & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 1 |
| Mark Oakes | Texas: Austin & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 1 |
| Michael W. O'Donnell | Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 1 |
| Noam Ayali | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 1 |
| Noam Ayali | USA - Nationwide | Projects: LNG | 1 |
| Paul Trahan | Texas: Austin & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 1 |
| Reagan M. Brown | USA - Nationwide | Oil and gas Litigation | 1 |
| Stacey Murphy | Missouri | Healthcare | 1 |
| Stephanie Schroepfer | Texas: Houston & Surrounds | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | 1 |
| Toby Gerber | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | 1 |
| Todd Alexander | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 1 |
| Todd Alexander | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional | 1 |
| Todd Alexander | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | 1 |
| Yvonne K. Puig | Texas | Healthcare | 1 |
| Adam T. Schramek | Texas: Austin & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 2 |
| Alyssa Marie Vazquez | USA - Nationwide | Transport: Aviation: Finance | 2 |
| Anne M. Rodgers | Texas | Antitrust | 2 |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | 2 |
| Brian P. Devine | USA - Nationwide | Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance | 2 |
| M. Carter Crow | Texas | Labor and Employment | 2 |
| Charles A. Deacon | Texas: Austin & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 2 |
| Charles B. Walker | Texas | Intellectual Property | 2 |
| Denise Webb Glass | Texas | Healthcare | 2 |
| Douglas Buchanan | USA - Nationwide | Projects: PPP | 2 |
| Douglas Fried | USA - Nationwide | Projects: PPP | 2 |
| Felicia J. Boyd | Minnesota | Intellectual Property | 2 |
| James George Wiehl | Missouri | Healthcare | 2 |
| Mark Baker | USA - Nationwide | International Arbitration: Counsel | 2 |
| Peter A. Stokes | Texas | Litigation: Securities | 2 |
| Purvi Maniar | Missouri | Healthcare | 2 |
| Robert C. Morris | Texas | Tax: Litigation | 2 |
| Rodney Acker | Texas | Litigation: Securities | 2 |
| Sean Corrigan | USA - Nationwide | Transport: Aviation: Finance | 2 |
| Shauna Clark | Texas | Labor and Employment | 2 |
| Timothy M. Kenny | Minnesota | Intellectual Property | 2 |
| Andrea L. D'Ambra | USA - Nationwide | E-Discovery & Information Governance | 3 |
| Andrew B. Roth | New York | Healthcare | 3 |
| Becky H. Diffen | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional | 3 |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 3 |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | USA - Nationwide | Projects: LNG | 3 |
| Brett C Govett | Texas | Intellectual Property | 3 |
| Dani Davis | Missouri: St Louis | Real Estate | 3 |
| David Burton | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | 3 |
| Elizabeth M. Weaver | California | Environment | 3 |
| Ellen Sessions | Texas | Litigation: Securities | 3 |
| Hilary Lefko | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | 3 |
| James W. Repass | Texas | Intellectual Property | 3 |
| Jay Dewald | Texas | Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations | 3 |
| John Mauel | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 3 |
| Mark Baker | USA - Nationwide | International Arbitration: Arbitrators | 3 |
| Mark Faccenda | District of Columbia | Healthcare | 3 |
| Matthew Dekovich | USA – Nationwide | Oil and gas Litigation | 3 |
| Michael A. Swartzendruber | Texas | Antitrust | 3 |
| Mina Matin | New York | Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | 3 |
| Neel Lane | Texas | Insurance | 3 |
| Richard S. Zembek | Texas | Intellectual Property | 3 |
| Thomas J. Delaney | USA - Nationwide |
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations) |
3 |
| Craig S. Vogelsang |
USA - Nationwide |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) |
4 |
| Deborah Gitomer | USA - Nationwide | Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) | 4 |
| Douglas M. Fried | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 4 |
| Gina Shishima | Texas | Intellectual Property | 4 |
| Howard Seife | New York | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | 4 |
| Jacob Falk | USA - Nationwide | Projects: PPP | 4 |
| Jasper Taylor | USA - Nationwide | Tax: Controversy | 4 |
| Jeffrey Brian Margulies | California | Environment | 4 |
| Kenneth Hansen | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 4 |
| Kevin O'Gorman | USA - Nationwide | Intational Arbitration: Counsel | 4 |
| Paul Weber | USA - Nationwide | Projects | 4 |
| Reagan Brown | Texas: Houston & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | 4 |
| Stephen Kuntz | Texas | Tax | 4 |
| William Caudill | Texas | Tax | 4 |
| William Cavanagh | New York | Tax | 4 |
| Amanda Wait | District of Columbia | Antitrust | 5 |
| Eric Hall | Texas | Intellectual Property | 5 |
| Glen Hettinger | Texas | Corporate/M&A | 5 |
| Jason Boland* | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | 5 |
| Jonathan Skidmore | USA - Nationwide | Product Liability & Mass Torts | 5 |
| Aimeé Vidaurri | Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds | Litigation: General Commercial | Associates to Watch |
| Blake Redwine | Texas | Corporate/M&A | Associates to Watch |
| Lauren Shoor | California | Environment | Associates to Watch |
| Susana Medeiros | USA - Nationwide | E-Discovery & Information Governance | Associates to Watch |
| Gerard Pecht | Texas | Litigation: Securities | Eminent Practitioner |
| Charles Hall | USA - Nationwide | Tax: Controversy | Senior Statespeople |
| Charles Hall | Texas | Tax: Litigation | Senior Statespeople |
| Jasper Taylor | Texas | Tax: Litigation | Senior Statespeople |
| John Hollyfield | Texas | Real Estate | Senior Statespeople |
| Peter Fitzgerald | USA - Nationwide | Projects | Senior Statespeople |
| Philip Pfeiffer | Texas | Labor and Employment | Senior Statespeople |
| William Bowers | Texas | Tax | Senior Statespeople |
| William Greendyke | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | Senior Statespeople |
| Reagan Brown | Texas | Litigation: Trial Lawyers | Spotlight table |
| Keith Martin | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | Star individual |
| Eliot Turner | Texas | Antitrust | Up and coming |
| Jamila Mensah | Texas | Labor and Employment | Up and coming |