Alston & Bird has earned wide recognition in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Eleven Alston & Bird practices received Nationwide rankings, and 10 earned Band 1. Additionally, 49 individual lawyers were ranked Nationwide, Band 1, Senior Statesmen, Up & Coming, Recognized Practitioner, and Associates to Watch.
In all, Chambers USA awarded Alston & Bird 41 practice rankings and 98 individual lawyer listings.
Alston & Bird practices receiving Nationwide rankings are:
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation)
- Government: Government Relations
- Health Care
- International Trade: Customs
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Privacy & Data Security
- REITs
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
In addition, 10 practices earned Band 1 rankings:
- Antitrust (Georgia)
- Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Georgia)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
- Corporate/M&A (Georgia)
- Health Care (Georgia)
- Intellectual Property (North Carolina)
- Labor & Employment (Georgia)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Georgia)
- Real Estate (Georgia)
- Tax (Georgia)
Alston & Bird attorneys who are ranked Nationwide:
- Michael J. Agoglia (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance – Litigation)
- Sean A. Atkins (Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation)
- Thomas E. Crocker (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- James E. Croker Jr (REITs: Tax)
- Jonathan M. Fee (International Trade: Customs)
- Jason Goode (REITs)
- James A. Harvey (Outsourcing)
- H. Douglas Hinson (ERISA Litigation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation)
- Robert C. Jones (Government: Government Relations)
- Kimberly Kiefer Peretti (Privacy & Data Security)
- Laura S. Pruitt (Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer – Compliance)
- Timothy P. Selby (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Rosemarie A. Thurston (REITs)
- Jason Waite (International Trade: Customs)
- Kenneth G. Weigel (International Trade: Customs; International Trade – Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- Nanci Weissgold (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance – Compliance)
- Alexander Yanos (International Arbitration)
Alston & Bird lawyers who are ranked in Band 1:
- Randall L. Allen (Georgia – Antitrust)
- Rick D. Blumen (Georgia – Banking & Finance)
- Mark T. Calloway (North Carolina – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- John L. Coalson, Jr. (Georgia – Tax)
- Dennis J. Connolly (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- R. Steve Ensor (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Patrick J. Flinn (Georgia – Intellectual Property)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Nationwide – Energy: Electricity: Regulatory & Litigation)
- M. Hill Jeffries (Georgia – Corporate/M&A)M
- Mark C. Kanaly (Georgia – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory)
- Sam K. Kaywood, Jr. (Georgia – Tax)
- Michael T. Petrik (Georgia – Tax)
- Mark C. Rusche (Georgia – Real Estate)
- Eileen M.G. Scofield (Georgia – Immigration)
- John I. Spangler III (Construction – Georgia)
- Grant T. Stein (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Benjamin T. White (Georgia – Tax)
Alston & Bird attorneys who received special designations:
Senior Statesmen
- Thomas E. Crocker (Nationwide – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- J. Thomas Kilpatrick (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Michael D. McCoy (North Carolina – Intellectual Property)
Up & Coming
- Meaghan Goodwin Boyd (Georgia – Environment)
- Deborah Cazan (Georgia – Construction)
- Jonathan Edwards (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Michael Parisi (Georgia – Banking & Finance)
- Mike Shanlever (Georgia – Construction)
Recognized Practitioner
- Jeffrey A. Belkin (Nationwide – Government: Government Contracts)
- Willa Cohen Bruckner (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Derivatives)
- Edward J. Casey (California – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use)
- Andrew Howard (California – Construction)
- Marc J. Scheineson (District of Columbia – Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory)
Associates to Watch
- Brendan Carroll (District of Columbia – Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory)
- Jessica Sharron (Nationwide – Government: Government Contracts)
Since 1999, Chambers & Partners has been researching the U.S. legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers USA 2018’s rankings are determined through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients nationally. The results are audited independently and are based on a range of professional qualities most valued by clients.
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