Alston & Bird has earned wide recognition in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Sixteen Alston & Bird practices received Nationwide rankings and 13 earned Band 1. Additionally, 36 individual lawyers were ranked as Nationwide, Band 1, Senior Statespeople, Up & Coming, Spotlight Table, and Associates to Watch.
In all, Chambers USA awarded Alston & Bird 43 practice rankings and 88 individual lawyer listings.
Alston & Bird practices receiving Nationwide rankings are:
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Construction
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts
- Health Care
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade: Customs
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Privacy & Data Security
- REITs
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
In addition, 13 practices earned Band 1 rankings:
- Antitrust (Georgia)
- Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Georgia)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
- Corporate/M&A (Georgia)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Georgia)
- Healthcare (Georgia)
- Intellectual Property (North Carolina)
- Labor & Employment (Georgia)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Georgia)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Georgia)
- Real Estate (Georgia)
- Tax (Georgia and North Carolina)
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)
- James E. Croker, Jr. (REITs: Tax)
- Jason Goode (REITs)
- Douglas Hinson (ERISA Litigation)
- Kenneth G. Jaffe (Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation)
- Allison Muth (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Kimberly Kiefer Peretti (Privacy & Data Security)
- Matthew D. Richardson (International Arbitration)
- Timothy P. Selby (Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Richard D. Simonds, Jr. (Capital Markets: Securitization & RMBS)
- Angela Spivey (Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation)
- Adam Swain (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Rosemarie A. Thurston (REITs)
- 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:
- Mark T. Calloway (North Carolina – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Dennis J. Connolly (Georgia – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- R. Steve Ensor (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Patrick J. Flinn (Georgia – Intellectual Property)
- John R. Hickman (Georgia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- 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 (Georgia – Construction)
Alston & Bird attorneys receiving special designations:
Senior Statespeople
- Jasper L. Cummings, Jr. (North Carolina – Tax)
- Richard Grice (Georgia – Banking & Finance)
- J. Thomas Kilpatrick (Georgia – Labor & Employment)
- Michael T. Petrik (Georgia – Tax)
Up & Coming
- Tara Castillo (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Securitization)
- Russell Hilton (Georgia – Healthcare)
- Mike Shanlever (Georgia – Construction)
Spotlight Table
- Richard D. Simonds, Jr. (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS)
Associates to Watch
- Emily McGowan (North Carolina – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- 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 2020’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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