Alston & Bird has earned wide recognition in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Twenty-six Alston & Bird practices received Nationwide rankings, and 17 earned Band 1. Additionally, 54 lawyers were recognized with individual rankings, including Nationwide, Band 1, Senior Statespeople, Up & Coming, Spotlight Table, and Associates to Watch.
In all, Chambers USA awarded Alston & Bird 61 practice rankings and 103 leading lawyer listings.
Alston & Bird practices receiving Nationwide rankings are:
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
- Capital Markets: Securitization: Trustee Counsel
- Construction
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Environment
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration: Enforcement
- International Arbitration: Highly Regarded
- International Trade: Customs
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Privacy & Data Security
- REITs
- Retail
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
In addition, 17 practices earned Band 1 rankings:
- Antitrust (Georgia)
- Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Georgia)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: Trustee Counsel (USA-Nationwide)
- Corporate/M&A (Georgia)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Georgia)
- Healthcare (Georgia)
- Intellectual Property (North Carolina)
- Labor & Employment (Georgia)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Georgia)
- Litigation: Securities (Georgia)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Georgia)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded (New York)
- Real Estate (Georgia)
- Tax (Georgia and North Carolina)
- Tax: State & Local (New York)
Alston & Bird attorneys who are ranked Nationwide:
- Michael J. Agoglia (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance – Litigation)
- Jeffrey A. Belkin (Government Contracts)
- Tara Castillo (Capital Markets: Securitization)
- Emily Costin (ERISA Litigation)
- James E. Croker Jr. (REITs: Tax)
- Jason Goode (REITs)
- Conrad Hester (Oil & Gas Litigation)
- H. Douglas Hinson (ERISA Litigation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation)
- William Macurda (Capital Markets: Securitization: Trustee Counsel)
- Kimberly Kiefer Peretti (Privacy & Data Security; Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response)
- John Redding (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations))
- Matthew D. Richardson (International Arbitration)
- Timothy P. Selby (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Jessica Sharron (Government Contracts)
- Richard D. Simonds Jr. (Capital Markets: Securitization & RMBS)
- Angela Spivey (Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation)
- Scott Stevens (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337))
- Adam Swain (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337))
- Rosemarie A. Thurston (REITs)
- Robert Vartabedian (Oil & Gas Litigation)
- 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)
- Lian Yang (International Trade: Customs)
- Alexander Yanos (International Arbitration: Counsel; International Arbitration: Enforcement)
Alston & Bird lawyers ranked in Band 1:
- Mark T. Calloway (North Carolina – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Dennis J. Connolly (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- R. Steve Ensor (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Joanna C. Hendon (New York – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- John R. Hickman (Georgia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Nationwide – Energy: Electricity: Regulatory & Litigation)
- M. Hill Jeffries (Georgia – Corporate/M&A)
- John A. Jordak (Georgia – Litigation: Securities)
- William H. Jordan (Georgia – Healthcare)
- Mark C. Kanaly (Georgia – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory)
- Sam K. Kaywood, Jr. (Georgia – Tax)
- John L. Latham (Georgia – Litigation: Securities)
- Paul N. Monnin (Georgia – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- John Redding (USA-Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Mark C. Rusche (Georgia – Real Estate)
- Allison M. Ryan (Georgia – Real Estate)
- Eileen M.G. Scofield (Georgia – Immigration)
- John I. Spangler III (Georgia – Construction)
Alston & Bird attorneys receiving special designations:
Senior Statespeople
- Jasper L. Cummings Jr. (North Carolina – Tax)
- H. Douglas Hinson (Georgia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, ERISA Litigation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (USA-Nationwide – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation))
- M. Hill Jeffries (Georgia – Corporate/M&A)
- Michael T. Petrik (Georgia – Tax)
- Benjamin T. White (Georgia – Tax)
Up & Coming
- Matthew Wickersham (California – Environment)
- Meredith Jones Kingsley (Georgia – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Brian Harvel (Georgia – Tax)
- Emily McGowan (North Carolina – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Jessica Sharron (USA-Nationwide – Government Contracts)
- Lian Yang (USA-Nationwide – International Trade: Customs)
- Conrad Hester (USA-Nationwide – Oil & Gas Litigation)
- Robert Vartabedian (USA-Nationwide – Oil & Gas Litigation)
Spotlight Table
- Kimberly Kiefer Peretti (USA-Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response)
- Alexander Yanos (USA-Nationwide – International Arbitration: Enforcement)
Associates to Watch
- Kara Williamson (Georgia – Healthcare
Since 1999, Chambers & Partners has been researching the U.S. legal profession and identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers USA 2021’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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