Norton Rose Fulbright recognized in 2020 Chambers USA guide
United States | Press release - Firm | April 23, 2020
The newly-published 2020 Chambers USA guide ranks Norton Rose Fulbright as a leading law firm in 30 national and statewide practice areas. Additionally, Chambers recognizes 86 of our individual US lawyers in a host of practice areas, both nationwide and in their respective states.
Our highly-regarded projects and energy teams maintained prominent listing across six Nationwide categories, including LNG; Oil & Gas; Power; Power & Renewables: Transactional; PPP; and Renewables & Alternative Energy.
For the first time, we have been ranked for our work in Nationwide: E-Discovery & Information Governance as well as Austin & Surrounds: Litigation – General and Commercial.
Partners who are newly ranked in this year's guide include Mark Oakes, Marc B. Collier and Paul Trahan (Austin) in Texas: Austin & Surrounds – Litigation; General Commercial; Julie Mayo (Houston) in USA – Nationwide, Projects: LNG; Daryl L. Lansdale (Houston, San Antonio) in Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds: Corporate/M&A; Neel Lane (San Antonio) in Texas: Insurance; and Mark Faccenda (Washington, DC) in District of Columbia: Healthcare.
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 2020 Chambers USA guide:
Firm rankings
Individual rankings
| Lawyer | Jurisdiction | Practice Area |
|---|---|---|
| Rodney Acker | Texas | Litigation: Securities |
| Todd Alexander | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | |
| USA - Nationwide | Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional | |
| John Allender | Texas | Tax |
| Noam Ayali | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| USA - Nationwide | Projects: LNG | |
| Mark Baker | USA - Nationwide | International Arbitration |
| USA - Nationwide | International Arbitration: Arbitrators | |
| Jerry A. Bell | Texas | Healthcare |
| Bill Bowers | Texas | Tax |
| Felicia J. Boyd | Minnesota | Intellectual Property |
| Reagan M. Brown | Texas | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Texas | Litigation: Trial Lawyers | |
| Douglas B. Buchanan, KC | USA - Nationwide | Projects: PPP |
| David Burton | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy |
| William H. Caudill | Texas | Tax |
| William G. Cavanagh | New York | Tax |
| Gary Clark | Texas | Banking & Finance |
| Shauna Clark | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Marc B. Collier** | Austin | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Sean Corrigan | USA - Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Finance |
| M. Carter Crow | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Andrea L. D'Ambra | USA - Nationwide | Litigation: E-Discovery |
| Barbara Jean D'Aquila | Minnesota | Labor & Employment |
| Brian P. Devine | USA - Nationwide | Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance |
| Becky H. Diffen | Texas | Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) |
| Jan Dodd | USA - Nationwide | Product Liability & Mass Torts |
| Thomas Dowdell | District of Columbia | Healthcare |
| Robert Eberhardt | USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy |
| Mark Faccenda** | District of Columbia | Healthcare |
| Peter F. Fitzgerald | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| Douglas Fried | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| USA - Nationwide | Projects: PPP | |
| Toby L. Gerber | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Deborah Gitomer | USA - Nationwide | Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) |
| Denise Webb Glass | Texas | Healthcare |
| Brett C. Govett | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| William R. Greendyke | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Charles W. Hall | Texas | Tax: Litigation |
| USA - Nationwide | Tax: Controversy | |
| Eric Hall | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| Kenneth Hansen | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| Glen J. Hettinger | Texas | Corporate/M&A |
| John S Hollyfield | Texas | Real Estate |
| Charles E Hord III | USA - Nationwide | Energy: Electricity (Transactional) |
| Debbi M. Johnstone | Texas | Healthcare |
| Timothy M. Kenny | Minnesota | Intellectual Property |
| David Kessler | USA - Nationwide | E-Discovery & Information Governance |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| USA - Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | |
| Andrius Kontrimas | Texas | Tax |
| Layne E. Kruse | Texas | Antitrust |
| Stephen A. Kuntz | Texas | Tax |
| Neel Lane** | Texas | Insurance |
| Joy Langford | District of Columbia | Insurance: Insurer |
| Daryl L. Lansdale** | San Antonio | Corporate/M&A |
| Eddie Lewis | Texas | Environment |
| Jeffrey Margulies | California | Environment |
| Keith Martin | USA – Nationwide | Projects |
| USA – Nationwide | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | |
| Mina Matin | New York | Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer |
| John Mauel | USA – Nationwide | Projects |
| USA – Nationwide | Projects: LNG | |
| Julie Mayo** | USA - Nationwide | Projects: LNG |
| Daniel M. McClure | Texas | Litigation: Energy & Natural Resources |
| Robert C. Morris | Texas | Tax: Controversy |
| Mark Oakes** | Austin | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Kevin O'Gorman | USA – Nationwide | International Arbitration |
| Chris Pearson | New York | Corporate/M&A |
| Gerard Pecht | Texas | Litigation: Securities |
| Philip J. Pfeiffer | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Charles D. Powell | Texas | Technology: Corporate & Commercial |
| Yvonne K. Puig | Texas | Healthcare |
| James W. Repass | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| Anne M. Rodgers | Texas | Antitrust |
| Andrew B. Roth | New York | Healthcare |
| Stephanie Schroepfer | Texas: Houston & Surrounds | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
| Howard Seife | New York | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Ellen Sessions | Texas | Litigation: Securities |
| Robert Shapiro | USA – Nationwide | Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) |
| Gina Shishima | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| Jonathan B. Skidmore | USA – Nationwide | Product Liability & Mass Torts |
| Bill Slusser | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| Peter Stokes | Texas | Litigation: Securities |
| Louis Strubeck | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| USA – Nationwide | Bankruptcy/Restructuring | |
| Jasper G. Taylor | Texas | Tax: Litigation |
| Texas | Tax: Controversy | |
| Paul Trahan** | Austin | Litigation: General Commercial |
| James Tussing | USA – Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Finance |
| Alyssa Marie Vazquez | USA – Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Finance |
| Chaim Wachsberger | USA – Nationwide | Projects |
| Amanda Wait | District of Columbia | Antitrust |
| Charles B. Walker | Texas | Intellectual Property |
| Elizabeth Weaver | California | Environment |
| Paul L. Weber | USA - Nationwide | Projects |
| Richard S. Zembek | Texas | Intellectual Property |
(Note: ** denotes an individual is ranked for the first time)