2017 Chambers Global guide recognizes US lawyers, practice groups
Recognition | April 4, 2017
The 2017 Chambers Global guide has listed 20 US lawyers as leading individuals in a number of key practice areas and has ranked several practice groups as among the best in the world.
Chambers Global researches the legal markets of more than 190 countries, identifying leading lawyers and law firms worldwide. Researchers conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and clients. Rankings are based on legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence and commitment to the client.
Listed below are global-wide and US-focused categories in which we were ranked or had US lawyers ranked.
Practice area |
Region |
| Arbitration (International) | Global-wide |
| Arbitration (International) | Latin America-wide |
| Aviation: Finance | Global-wide |
| Banking and Finance | Global-wide |
| Banking and Finance: Islamic Finance | Global-wide |
| Bankruptcy/Restructuring | USA |
| Corporate/M&A | Global-wide |
| Corporate/M&A | Israel |
| Corporate Investigations | Global-wide |
| Dispute Resolution | Global-wide |
| Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) | USA |
| Energy: Electricity (Transactional) | USA |
| Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) | USA |
| Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) | USA |
| Energy & Natural Resources | USA |
| General Business Law | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Insurance | Global-wide |
| Insurance: Contentious | Global-wide |
| Intellectual Property | Global wide |
| Intellectual Property: Patent | USA |
| International Arbitration | USA |
| Litigation: E-discovery | USA |
| Privacy & Data Security | USA |
| Projects | Latin America-wide |
| Projects | USA |
| Projects: LNG | USA |
| Projects: Oil & Gas | USA |
| Projects: PPP | USA |
| Shipping | USA |
| Shipping | Liberia |
| Tax | Global-wide |
Below are the US lawyers who were ranked:
Individual |
Practice area |
Region |
| Poupak Bahamin | General Business Law | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Expert based abroad) |
| Mark Baker | Arbitration (International) International Arbitration | Global-wide Latin America-wide USA |
| Brad Berman | Shipping | Liberia (Foreign Expert) USA |
| Brian Devine | Shipping | Liberia (Foreign Expert) USA |
| Deborah Gitomer | Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) | USA |
| Neil Gold | Corporate/M&A | Israel (Foreign Expert) |
| Jeffrey Goodman | Projects | Latin America-wide USA (Foreign Expert) |
| Patrick Groomes | Energy & Natural Resources | USA |
| Peggy Heeg | Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) | USA |
| David Kessler | Litigation: E-Discovery | USA |
| John Mauel | Projects Projects: LNG |
USA |
| Julie Mayo | Projects: LNG | USA |
| Amala Nath | Projects | Latin America-wide |
| Kevin O'Gorman | International Arbitration | USA |
| Mike Pikiel | Projects: PPP | USA |
| Boris Segalis | Privacy & Data Security | USA |
| Lou Strubeck | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | USA |
| James Tussing | Aviation: Finance | Global-wide |
| Michael Yuffee | Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) | USA |