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Vedder Price is proud to share that several of our attorneys and practice groups have been ranked by Chambers USA in 2025, including a nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Transportation: Aviation: Finance, the guide’s highest honor, for the twentieth 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)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)
Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Band 3
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
Labor & Employment: The Elite (Illinois)
Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded (California)
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 4
Banking & Finance (Illinois)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 5
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois) 

 

Lawyer Rankings

 

Michael M. Eidelman
Bankruptcy/Restructuring — Illinois

Christopher T. Collins
Thomas G. Hancuch
Kelly A. Starr
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation — Illinois

Susan Niver
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation — New York

Stephanie C. Sparks
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) — Texas

Kelly E. Buroker
Kevin P. Connelly
Government Contracts — USA — Nationwide

Kevin P. Connelly
Government Contracts: Bid Protests — USA — Nationwide

Jeff VonDruska
Hedge Funds — USA — Nationwide

Candice T. Zee
Labor & Employment — California

Kimberley E. Lunetta
Labor & Employment — Florida

Javier Lopez
Litigation: General Commercial — Florida

Adam L. Schwartz
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations — Florida

Junaid A. Zubairi
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations — Illinois

Jeffrey J. Ansley
Arianna Goodman
Katherine Devlin, Associates to Watch
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations —Texas

Blaine C. Kimrey
Media & Entertainment Litigation — Illinois

Michael A. Nemeroff
Private Equity: Buyouts — Illinois

Joseph M. Mannon
Private Equity: Fund Formation — USA — Nationwide

Adam R. Beringer
Cameron A. Gee
Geoffrey R. Kass
Jeffrey T. Veber
Transportation: Aviation: Finance — USA — Nationwide

John F. Imhof Jr.
Hoyoon Nam
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance — USA — Nationwide

With a reputation for in-depth, unbiased research, Chambers & Partners is a notable source for legal professionals across the globe.

Chambers ranks both firms and individual attorneys through an extensive research process. Thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients are conducted worldwide to identify and evaluate the world’s best lawyers based on criteria most valued by clients, including technical knowledge, business insight, prompt delivery and overall value.

For the firm’s full Chambers & Partners profile, click here.

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