The Legal 500 United States 2023 Recognizes WilmerHale Lawyers and Practice Areas

The Legal 500 United States 2023 Recognizes WilmerHale Lawyers and Practice Areas

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The Legal 500 recognized WilmerHale lawyers across 40 practice areas in the 2023 United States edition. In this year’s rankings, six lawyers were named to the guide’s “Hall of Fame” for their practice areas, 20 were highlighted on the elite “Leading Lawyers” list, eight were included on its “Next Generation Lawyers” list and one was named to its "Rising Stars” list.

The guide’s rankings are based on a series of criteria, including information provided by feedback from peers, clients and law firms to assess overall visibility and reputation.

The recognized practice categories are as follows:
Antitrust: Cartel
Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Action: Defense
Antitrust: Merger Control
Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeal
Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation
Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
Finance: Capital Markets: Debt – Advice to Issuers
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers
Finance: Commercial Lending
Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Finance: Fintech
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Government: Government Contracts
Government: Government Relations
Government: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations 
Government: State Attorneys General 
Industry Focus: Education
Industry Focus: Environment: Litigation
Industry Focus: Environment: Regulatory 
Industry Focus: Healthcare: Life Sciences
Industry Focus: Native American Law
Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
International Trade: International Trade
International Trade: CFIUS
International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions 
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transaction
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Governance
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500M–999M)
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including data privacy and data protection)
Real Estate: Real Estate
Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

Six WilmerHale lawyers are named to the Hall of Fame in their areas of practice:
Robert Finkel (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing)
Bill Lee (Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage))
Ronald Meltzer (International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions)
Thomas Mueller (Antitrust: Cartel)
Robert Novick (Dispute Resolution: International Trade)
Seth Waxman (Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeal and Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal))

Twenty WilmerHale lawyers are named elite “Leading Lawyers” in their areas of practice:
Brittany Amadi (Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage))
Chris Barnstable-Brown (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500M 999M))
Bruce Berman (Industry Focus: Education) 
Michael Bongiorno (Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense)
Steven Cherry (Antitrust: Cartel)
Jason Chipman (International Trade: CFIUS)
Joseph Conahan (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500M 999M))
Rachael Kent (Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration)
Bill Lee (Dispute Resolution: Leading Trial Lawyers)
Hallie Levin (Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes) 
Hal Leibowitz (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500M 999M))
Ronald Machen (Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals)
Sonal Mehta (Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage))
Susan Muck (Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense)
Benjamin Powell (International Trade: CFIUS and Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law)
Gary Schall (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies)
Howard Shapiro (Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals)
Andrew Shipley (Government: Government Contracts) 
Seth Waxman (Industry Focus: Native American Law and Industry Focus: Education)

Eight WilmerHale lawyers are recognized as “Next Generation Lawyers” in their areas of practice:
Andrew Bonnes (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500M 999M))
Mark Ford (Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense)
Timothy Perla (Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense)
Alan Schoenfeld (Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeal and Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal))
Tiffany Smith (Finance: Fintech)
Ariel Soiffer (Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions)
Daniel Volchok (Industry Focus: Native American Law)
Nana Wilberforce (Antitrust: Cartel)

One WilmerHale lawyer is recognized as a “Rising Star” in their area of practice:
Lauren Mandell (International Trade)

To read more, visit The Legal 500 United States website.


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