Norton Rose Fulbright recognized in 2020 Legal 500 US guide
United States | Press release - Recognition | June 15, 2020
The newly-published 2020 Legal 500 US guide ranks Norton Rose Fulbright as a leading law firm in 34 national practice areas. Additionally, the Legal 500 recognizes 12 of our individual US lawyers as national leaders, two of whom — James Tussing and William Bowers — were named to their respective practice group's Halls of Fame.
Additionally, the directory named 10 of our lawyers as "next generation lawyers" or "rising stars" and recommended another 85 lawyers for their work across a broad range of key industries and practice areas.
Each US edition of The Legal 500 guide highlights law firms with a large national presence. Emphasis is placed on practice groups and teams as opposed to individual lawyers to spotlight the legal market based on the guide's "assessment of the overall strength and depth of a practice group."
Below are the nationwide practice areas in which we are ranked:
| Practice |
|---|
| Advertising and marketing: litigation |
| Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense |
| Antitrust: Merger control |
| E-discovery |
| Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Energy regulation: conventional power |
| Energy transactions: conventional power |
| Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Energy: renewable/alternative power |
| Fintech |
| General commercial disputes |
| Healthcare: advice to service providers |
| Healthcare: life sciences |
| International arbitration |
| International litigation |
| International tax |
| M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort |
| Project finance (advice to lender) |
| Project finance (advice to sponsor) |
| Real estate |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Securities litigation: defense |
| Structured finance: securitization |
| Trademarks: litigation |
| Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Transport: aviation and air travel - finance |
| Transport: shipping - finance |
| US taxes: contentious |
| US taxes: non-contentious |
Below are the US lawyers who are honored as leading lawyers:
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
|---|---|
| Todd Alexander | Energy: renewable/alternative and Project finance |
| Noam Ayali | Project finance |
| Bill Bowers | US taxes: Non-contentious (Hall of Fame) |
| Stephen Dillard | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort |
| Glen Hettinger | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Steve Jansma | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport |
| Ben Koenigsberg | Energy: renewable/alternative power |
| Keith Martin | Energy: renewable/alternative power |
| Howard Seife | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| James Tussing | Industry focus - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – finance (Hall of Fame) |
| Alyssa Vazquez | Industry focus - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - finance |
| Brett Young | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort |
Below are the US lawyers who are named next generation partners:
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
|---|---|
| Eric Daucher |
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Will Daugherty | Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| Rob Eberhardt |
Project Finance |
| Kessar Nashat | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
Below are the US lawyers who are named rising stars:
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
|---|---|
| Anna Bieglesen | Energy regulation: conventional power |
| James Copeland | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Ellie Norris | Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Jessica Rodriguez | Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Nicholas Santangelo | Transport: shipping - finance |
| Kassandra Savicki | Transport: shipping - finance |
Below are the US lawyers who listed as recommended:
| Lawyer | Practice Area |
|---|---|
| Rodney Acker | Securities litigation: Defense |
| Robin Adelstein | Civil Litigation / Class Actions: Defense |
| Merger Control | |
| Todd Alexander | Project finance |
| Energy: renewable/alternative power | |
| Jack Allender | US taxes: non-contentious |
| Noam Ayali | Project finance |
| Energy transactions: oil and gas | |
| Mark Baker | International Arbitration |
| Howard Beltzer | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Anna Biegelsen | Energy regulation: conventional power |
| Mayling Blanco | US taxes: contentious |
| Bill Bowers | US taxes: non contentious |
| Felicia Boyd | Advertising and marketing: litigation |
| Patents: litigation (full-coverage) | |
| Trademarks: litigation | |
| Reagan Brown | Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| David Burton | International tax |
| US taxes: contentious | |
| US taxes: non-contentious | |
| William Cavanagh | International tax |
| US taxes: non-contentious | |
| US taxes: contentious | |
| John Chrisman | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| James Copeland | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Sean Corrigan | Transport: aviation and air travel - finance |
| Andrea D'Ambra | E-discovery |
| Eric Daucher | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal | |
| D'Lesli Davis | Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort – defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Healthcare: life sciences | |
| Brian Devine | Transport: shipping - finance |
| Becky Diffen | Energy regulation: conventional power |
| Stephen Dillard | Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense |
| General commercial disputes | |
| Patrick Dolan | Structured finance: securitization |
| Vic Domen | Merger control |
| Robert Eberhardt | Project finance |
| Toby Gerber | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Alicia Groos | Intellectual Property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Kevin Harnisch | Securities litigation - defense |
| Glen Hettinger | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Charles Hord | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Scott Incerto | General commercial disputes |
| Steven Jansma | Product liability, mass tort and class actions: automotive/transport - defense |
| Product liability, mass tort and class actions: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense | |
| Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense | |
| John Jennings | Real estate |
| Debbi Johnstone | Healthcare: life sciences |
| Healthcare: advice to service providers | |
| Timothy Kenny | Trademarks: litigation |
| Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) | |
| David Kessler | E-discovery |
| Matthew Kirtland | International arbitration |
| International litigation | |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | Project finance |
| Energy regulation: conventional power | |
| Energy: renewable/alternative power | |
| Energy: transactions: conventional power | |
| Andrius Kontrimas | International tax |
| Robert Kovacev | US taxes: contentious |
| Richard Krumholz | International Litigation |
| Layne Kruse | Civil Litigation / Class Actions: Defense |
| General commercial disputes | |
| Stephen Kuntz | US taxes: contentious |
| Bill Leone | International litigation |
| Gene Lewis | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Andrew Lom | Fintech |
| Jeff Margulies | Advertising and marketing: litigation |
| Keith Martin | Energy: renewable/alternative power |
| Project finance | |
| Energy transactions: conventional power | |
| Energy: transactions: oil and gas | |
| Energy regulation: conventional power | |
| Stacey Martinez | Healthcare: life sciences |
| John Mauel | Energy: transactions: oil and gas |
| Energy regulation: conventional power | |
| Daniel McClure | Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Tom McCormack | General commercial disputes |
| Scarlet McNellie | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Robert Morris | US taxes: contentious |
| International tax | |
| US taxes: non-contentious | |
| Kessar Nashat | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Ellie Norris | Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices |
| Kevin O'Gorman | International Arbitration |
| Carlos Ortiz | US taxes: contentious |
| Chris Pearson | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Gerard Pecht | International Litigation |
| Securities litigation - defense | |
| Saul Perloff | Advertising and marketing: litigation |
| Carol Poindexter | Healthcare: life sciences |
| Sam Ramer | International litigation |
| James Repass | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Jessica Rodriguez | Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Andrew Rosenblatt | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Andrew Roth | Healthcare: advice to service providers |
| Melanie Rother | Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Nicholas Santangelo | Transport: shipping - finance |
| Bryn Sappington | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kassandra Savicki | Transport: shipping - finance |
| Howard Seife | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Robert Shapiro | Energy regulation: conventional power |
| Gina Shishima | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Ron Smith | Fintech |
| Louis Strubeck | Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Eliot Turner | Civil litigation/class actions: defense |
| James Tussing | Transport: aviation and air travel - finance |
| Transport: rail and road - finance | |
| Transport: shipping - finance | |
| Alyssa Vazquez | Transport: aviation and air travel - finance |
| Amanda Wait | Merger control |
| Charles Walker | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Daniel Wellington | Merger control |
| Joseph Williams | Energy regulation: conventional power |
| Brett Young | Product liability, mass tort and class actions – defense: toxic tort |
| Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: automotive/transport |
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