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Vedder Price is proud to share that several of our attorneys and practice groups have been ranked by Chambers USA in 2024, including a nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Transportation: Aviation: Finance, the guide’s highest honor, for the nineteenth year in a row, alongside an additional nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Government Contracts: Highly Regarded.

Practice Group Rankings

Band 1

  • Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Government Contracts: Highly Regarded (Nationwide)

Band 2

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
  • Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)
  • Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Band 3

  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
  • Labor & Employment: The Elite (Illinois)
  • Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded (California)
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
  • Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 4

  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
  • Banking & Finance (Illinois)

Band 5

  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois)

Lawyer Rankings

Banking & Finance - California

  • Bradley C. Crawford

Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Illinois

  • Michael M. Eidelman

Corporate/M&A - Illinois

  • Michael A. Nemeroff

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - Illinois

  • Christopher T. Collins
  • Kelly A. Starr
  • Thomas G. Hancuch
  • Thomas P. Desmond

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) - Texas

  • Stephanie C. Sparks

Government Contracts - USA - Nationwide

  • Kelly Buroker
  • Kevin P. Connelly

Labor & Employment - California

  • Candice T. Zee

Labor & Employment – Illinois

  • Elizabeth Hall
  • Kenneth F. Sparks
  • Thomas M. Wilde

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Florida

  • Adam Schwartz

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Illinois

  • Junaid A. Zubairi
  • Ryan Hedges

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Texas

  • Arianna Goodman
  • Jeff Ansley
  • Katherine Devlin, Associate to Watch

Media & Entertainment: Litigation - Illinois

  • Blaine C. Kimrey

Private Equity: Fund Formation - USA - Nationwide

  • Joseph M. Mannon

Registered Funds - USA - Nationwide

  • Amy Ward Pershkow
  • Cathy Gonzales O'Kelly
  • Deborah Eades
  • Jeremy I. Senderowicz
  • John S. Marten
  • Marguerite Bateman
  • Renee Hardt

Transportation: Aviation: Finance - USA - Nationwide

  • Adam Beringer
  • Cameron Gee
  • Geoffrey R. Kass
  • Jeffrey T. Veber

Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory - USA - Nationwide

  • Brent Connor

Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance - USA - Nationwide

  • Hoyoon Nam

With a reputation for in-depth, unbiased research, Chambers & Partners is a notable source for legal professionals across the globe.

Chambers ranks both firms and individual attorneys through an extensive research process. Thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients are conducted worldwide to identify and evaluate the world’s best lawyers based on criteria most valued by clients, including technical knowledge, business insight, prompt delivery and overall value.

For the firm’s full Chambers & Partners profile, click here.

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