Alston & Bird has earned wide recognition in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Sixteen Alston & Bird practices received Nationwide rankings, and 10 earned Band 1. Additionally, 47 individual lawyers were ranked as Nationwide, Band 1, Senior Statespeople, Up & Coming, Recognized Practitioners, and Associates to Watch.
In all, Chambers USA awarded Alston & Bird 42 practice rankings and 96 individual lawyer listings.
Alston & Bird practices receiving Nationwide rankings are:
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: Derivatives
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation)
- Government Contracts
- Government Relations
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade: Customs
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- 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)
- Willa Bruckner (Capital Markets: Derivatives)
- Thomas E. Crocker (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- James E. Croker Jr. (REITs: Tax)
- Jason Goode (REITs)
- H. Douglas Hinson (ERISA Litigation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation)
- Robert C. Jones (Government: Government Relations)
- Allison Muth (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Kimberly Kiefer Peretti (Privacy & Data Security)
- Matthew D. Richardson (International Arbitration)
- Timothy P. Selby (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Jessica Sharron (Government Contracts)
- Angela Spivey (Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation)
- Adam Swain (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- 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 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)
- Mark C. Kanaly (Georgia – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory)
- Sam K. Kaywood, Jr. (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)
Alston & Bird attorneys receiving special designations:
Senior Statespeople
- Thomas E. Crocker (Nationwide – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- J. Thomas Kilpatrick (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Michael D. McCoy (North Carolina – Intellectual Property)
- Michael T. Petrik (Georgia – Tax)
Up & Coming
- Meaghan Goodwin Boyd (Georgia – Environment)
- Jonathan Edwards (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Michael Parisi (Georgia – Banking & Finance)
- Mike Shanlever (Georgia – Construction)
- Jessica Sharron (Nationwide – Government: Government Contracts)
- Adam Swain (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Recognized Practitioners
- Jeffrey A. Belkin (Nationwide – Government: Government Contracts)
- Marc J. Scheineson (District of Columbia – Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory)
Associates to Watch
- Brendan Carroll (District of Columbia – Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory)
- Allison Muth (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
Since 1999, Chambers & Partners has been researching the U.S. legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers USA 2019’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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