Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
05.24.13
For 2013, Chambers USA ranked 89 individual Pillsbury lawyers, with 16 attorneys recognized in two or more categories for a total of 116 individual lawyer rankings. Twenty-two of the 45 Pillsbury practices honored were recognized as national in terms of reach and quality of offerings.
Five Pillsbury attorneys moved up one or more tiers, and 27 rank in the prestigious Tier 1 category, including two Star Performers, and one Senior Statesman, the top honors bestowed by Chambers USA. Individuals ranked recognized as Tier 1 are:
Jim Alberg (Outsourcing); Mike Barr (Environment); Jack Barufka (Intellectual Property); David Baxter (Energy: Electricity-Finance); Craig Chason (Corporate/M&A); David Dekker (Construction), Jeff Delaney (Energy: Electricity Finance); Jorge del Calvo (Investment Funds: Venture Capital and Corporate/M&A-Venture Capital); Julie Divola (Tax); James Gatto, (Intellectual Property); Ellen Harrison (Wealth Management); John Heisse (Construction); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare); Mike Jaffe (Construction); John Mauel (Projects: LNG); David Miller (Real Estate); Vince Morgan (Insurance); Aaron Oser (Outsourcing); Ken Quinn (Aviation: Regulatory); Jim Seff (Food & Beverages: Alcohol); Susan Serota-Star Performer (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); Jay Silberg (Energy: Nuclear Regulatory); George Sirilla-Senior Statesman (Intellectual Property); J. Anthony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); Robert Thum (Construction); Jeff Vesely (Tax); Chris Wall (International Trade); and Bob Zahler-Star Performer (Outsourcing).
Our 2013 Chambers USA results include the following practice and individual rankings:
Banking & Finance: Equipment Finance & Leasing; Aviation Finance; Aviation Regulatory; Construction; Corporate/M&A( Highly Regarded); Energy Electricity (Transactional); Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation); Environment; Food & Beverages (Alcohol); Government Contracts; Government: Political Law; International Trade; Investment Funds: Venture Capital; Life Sciences; Native American Law; Outsourcing; Privacy & Data Security; Projects Oil & Gas; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy; Real Estate; Tax Controversy; Wealth Management
Bill Bowers, Payson Coleman, Mark Lessard, Mike Schumaecker (Aviation Finance); Ken Quinn, Jennifer Trock (Aviation Regulatory); Bill Bowers, Payson Coleman, Mike Schumaecker (Banking & Finance: Equipment Finance & Leasing); Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); David Baxter, Jeff Delaney, J. Anthony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); David Lewis, John O'Neill, Charles Peterson, Jay Silberg (Energy: Nuclear-Regulatory); Susan Serota (Executive Compensation & Benefits); Jim Seff (Food & Beverages: Alcohol); John Jensen, Alex Tomaszczuk (Government Contracts); Elizabeth Moeller (Government: Government Relations); Fred Lowell (Government: Political Law); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare Transactional); Steve Becker (International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy); Chris Wall (International Trade: CFIUS Experts); Chris Wall, Nancy Fischer (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions); Jorge del Calvo (Investment Funds: Venture Capital); Christian Salaman (Leisure & Hospitality); Jim Alberg, Josh Konvisser, Michael Murphy, Vipul Nishawala, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Outsourcing); Debbie Thoren-Peden (Privacy & Data Security); Julie Hutchings Mayo, Rob James, John Mauel, Michael Reese, Jane Stein (Projects); John Mauel (Projects: LNG); Mark Hellerer (Securities: Regulation: Enforcement); (Bill Bonano (Tax Controversy); Ellen Harrison, Jennifer Jordan McCall (Wealth Management)
Roxane Polidora (Antitrust); Kevin Fong (Appellate); Dave Minnick (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Jorge del Calvo, Dave Snyder (Capital Markets: Debt & Equity); Mike Barr, Norman Carlin, David Farabee, Chris McNevin, Margaret Rosegay (Environment); John Heisse, Bob Thum (Construction); Jorge del Calvo (Corporate: M&A-Northern); Jorge del Calvo (Corporate: Venture Capital); Michael Hindus (Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare); Rene Siemens (Insurance); Lisa Earl, Michael Murphy (IT & IT Outsourcing); Dave Snyder (Life Sciences: Corporate); Bob Herr, Jim Rishwain (Real Estate); Julie Divola, Jeff Vesely (Tax)
David Dekker, Jeffrey Gans, Michael Evan Jaffe, Michael McNamara (Construction); Bob Robbins (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity); Don Carr; Sheila Harvey, (Environment); John Engel, Wendy White (Real Estate); Jim Alberg, Brian Bodor, Mario Dottori, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joseph Kendall, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Technology & IT Outsourcing); John Hane, Bruce Jacobs, Dick Zaragoza (Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory)
Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); James Kelly (Corporate M&A); Peter Hunt, Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Josh Konvisser, Vipul Nishawala (Technology & IT Outsourcing)
Jerry Ross (Environment); Vince Morgan (Insurance)
Scott Barat (Construction); Steven Meltzer, Craig Chason, Matthew Swartz (Corporate/M&A-Northern); Bill Atkins, Jack Barufka, Jim Gatto, George Sirilla (Intellectual Property-Northern); David Miller (Real Estate-Northern)
Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with an industry focus on energy & natural resources, financial services including financial institutions, real estate & construction, and technology. Based in the world's major financial, technology and energy centers, Pillsbury counsels clients on global business, regulatory and litigation matters. We work in multidisciplinary teams that allow us to understand our clients’ objectives, anticipate trends and bring a 360-degree perspective to complex business and legal issues—helping clients to take greater advantage of new opportunities, meet and exceed their objectives and better mitigate risk. This collaborative work style helps produce the results our clients seek.