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

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