WilmerHale Lawyers and Practices Recognized in 2024 Edition of Chambers USA 

WilmerHale Lawyers and Practices Recognized in 2024 Edition of Chambers USA 

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Chambers and Partners has recognized WilmerHale lawyers and practice areas among the nation’s best in Chambers USA Guide 2024. The annual guide ranked WilmerHale among the top firms in 63 practice areas and named 105 lawyers leaders in their respective fields.

Chambers USA evaluates lawyers based on technical legal skills, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by clients. Practice area rankings are based on individual lawyers within the field, and the strength and depth of a department.

Complete Chambers USA rankings can be found on the Chambers and Partners website. Please see below for the list of WilmerHale lawyers and practice areas recognized in the 2024 edition.

Lawyer: Practice Area (Region)

Alyssa DaCunha: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)

Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)

Amy Wigmore: Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia)

Andre Owens: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Andrew Dulberg: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)

Andrew Shipley: Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide); Government Contracts: Bid Protests (USA - Nationwide)

Andrew Rhys Davies: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)

Anjan Sahni: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

Ari Holtzblatt: Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Ariel Soiffer: Technology (Massachusetts)

Benjamin Powell: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Nationwide); Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity (USA - Nationwide)

Benjamin Fernandez: Intellectual Property (Colorado)

Benjamin Unger: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Boyd Johnson: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

Brandt Tierney: Banking & Finance (Massachusetts)

Brian Mahanna: State Attorneys General (USA - Nationwide)

Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Catherine Carroll: Appellate Law (USA - Nationwide)

Chalyse Robinson: Banking & Finance (Colorado)

Christopher Davies: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)

Christopher Cestaro: FCPA (USA - Nationwide)

Ciara Baker: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (District of Columbia)

Cynthia Vreeland: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Cynthia Mazareas: Capital Markets (Massachusetts)

Daniel Zimmermann: Venture Capital (California)

Daniel Schubert: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)

Danielle Morris: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Nationwide)

David Bassett: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

David Cavanaugh: Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia); Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)

David Ross: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA - Nationwide)

David Ogden: Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia) 

Davina Pujari: Environment (California) 

Edwin Thom (Todd) Rumberger: Startups & Emerging Companies (USA - Nationwide); Venture Capital (California)

Elizabeth Mitchell: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement) (USA - Nationwide)

Emily Whelan: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Eric Hanson: Venture Capital (California)

Erin Sloane: FCPA (USA - Nationwide); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

Franca Harris Gutierrez: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Fraser Hunter: Litigation: Securities (New York)

Gary Schall: Startups & Emerging Companies (USA - Nationwide)

George Varghese: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)

Hal Leibowitz: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)

Hallie Levin: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)

Hartmut Schneider: Antitrust (District of Columbia)

Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

Jamie Gorelick: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)

Jason Chipman: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Nationwide)

Jason Kropp: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts), Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts); Startups & Emerging Companies (USA - Nationwide)

Jay Holtmeier: FCPA (USA - Nationwide)

Jeffrey Johnson: Technology (Massachusetts)

Jeffrey Kessler: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA - Nationwide)

Joel Green: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)

John Butts: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)

Jonathan Yarowsky: Government Relations: Federal (USA - Nationwide) 

Joseph Mueller: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Julie Hogan Rodgers: Tax (Massachusetts)

Keith Trammell: Corporate/M&A (Colorado)

Kevin Muck: Litigation: Securities (California)

Kimberly Wethly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)

Kimberly Parker: FCPA (USA - Nationwide)

Kirk Nahra: Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA - Nationwide); Privacy & Data Security: Privacy (USA - Nationwide)

Leon (Lee) Greenfield: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)

Lillian Brown: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (USA - Nationwide)

Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Lori Martin: Litigation: Securities (New York); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)

Mark Selwyn: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)

Mark Ford: Antitrust (Massachusetts)

Mindy Sooter: Intellectual Property (Colorado)

Matthew Kulkin: Derivatives (USA - Nationwide)

Meghan Walsh: Tax (Massachusetts)

Meredith Cross: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (USA - Nationwide)

Michael Bongiorno: Litigation: Securities (New York)

Mick Bain: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts); Startups & Emerging Companies (USA - Nationwide)

Michael Summersgill: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Michael Leotta: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

Nathan Moore: Banking & Finance (Colorado)

Noah Levine: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) (USA - Nationwide)

Omar Khan: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

Paul Connell: State Attorneys General (USA - Nationwide)

Paul Jakubowski: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Peggy Otum: Environment (California)

Peter Dichiara: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Philip Anker: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)

Philip Beshara: Government Relations: Federal (USA - Nationwide)

Rachael Kent: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Nationwide)

Robert Finkel: Outsourcing (New York); Outsourcing (USA - Nationwide)

Robert Gunther: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

Robert Novick: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA - Nationwide)

Ronald Machen: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (USA - Nationwide)

Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (USA - Nationwide); Native American Law: Appellate (USA - Nationwide)

Sonal N. Mehta: Intellectual Property (USA - Nationwide); Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)

Stephanie Avakian: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)

Stephanie Evans: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)

Stephanie Nicolas: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Steven Barrett: Life Sciences (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (USA - Nationwide)

Steven Cherry: Antitrust: Cartel (USA - Nationwide); Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)

Susan Muck: Litigation: Securities (California)

Susan Schroeder: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement) (USA - Nationwide)

Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (USA - Nationwide) 

Timothy Perla: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)

William Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts)

William Lee: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Intellectual Property (USA - Nationwide); Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Intellectual Property: Appellate (USA - Nationwide); Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (USA - Nationwide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA - Nationwide)

William Paine: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)

William McLucas: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)

Yoon-Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Practice Areas Including Region:

California

Litigation: Securities

Environment

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

Venture Capital

Colorado

Banking & Finance

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Intellectual Property

District of Columbia

Antitrust

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

Intellectual Property: Litigation

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Media & Entertainment

Massachusetts

Antitrust

Capital Markets

Corporate/M&A

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Intellectual Property

Litigation: General Commercial

Litigation: Securities

Real Estate

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Tax

Technology

Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment

Life Sciences

New York

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

Litigation: Securities

Intellectual Property: Patent

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

Nationwide

Antitrust

Antitrust: Cartel

Appellate Law

Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite

Derivatives

FCPA

Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)

Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)

Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)

Life Sciences

International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy

International Trade: CFIUS Experts

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite

Government Contracts: The Elite

State Attorneys General

Government Relations: Congressional Investigations

Government Relations: Federal

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property: Appellate

International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)

Native American Law

Native American Law: Appellate

Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare

Privacy & Data Security: The Elite

Securities: Litigation

Securities: Regulation: Advisory

Securities: Regulation: Enforcement

Startups & Emerging Companies

International Arbitration: The Elite 

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