Pillsbury Ranks High in The Legal 500 U.S.

With 89 attorneys ranked in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. in total, Pillsbury racked up 102 individual rankings and 27 practice rankings, including newly ranked Energy, Commercial Litigation, International Trade and Securities. Other practices noted include Antitrust; Asset Finance; Construction (includes litigation); Cyber Crime; Data Protection & Privacy; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Environmental Litigation; Land Use/Zoning; M&A: Middle Market; Outsourcing; Insolvency & Restructuring; Intellectual Property: Patent Licensing; Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property: Trademarks Litigation; REITs; Real Estate; Domestic Tax: Tax Controversy; Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory and Venture Capital and White Collar Defense.

Thirty-five Pillsbury attorneys made the list for the first time. In addition, six Pillsbury attorneys were recognized as “Leading Lawyers,” the top ranking given to individuals: Aaron Oser, Jim Alberg and Robert Zahler (Outsourcing); John Heisse (Real Estate & Construction Litigation); Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); and Chris Wall (International Trade).

The complete list of Pillsbury lawyers ranked in the 2015 Legal 500 US are:

Andrew Lanphere, Lindsay Lutz, Mark Hellerer, Roxane Polidora, Timothy Russo (Antitrust – Cartel); Andrew Lanphere, Fusae Nara, Jacob Sorensen, Roxane Polidora, Terrence Callan (Antitrust – Litigation/Class Actions); Charlotta Otterbeck, Mark Lessard, Michael Schumaecker, Thomas Zimmer (Asset Finance & Leasing); David Minnick, Deryck Palmer (Insolvency & Restructuring); David Lewis, Jay Silberg, John O’Neill, Michael Hindus (Energy – Regulatory); Christopher McNevin, Jerry Ross, John Hansen, Matthew Morrison, Sheila Harvey (Environment); David Jakopin, Evan Finkel, Jack Barufka, Jean-Paul Hoffman, Jim Gatto, John Wetherell (Patent licensing and Transactional); Benjamin Esplin, Bryan Collins, Emily Bell, Jack Barufka, James Gatto, John Wetherell (Patent Prosecution); Bobby Ghajar (Trademarks – Litigation); Mark Jones, Peter Hunt, Susan Serota (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Deborah Baum (Commercial Litigation); Christopher Wall, Nancy Fischer, Sanjay Mullick, Stephan Becker (International Trade); Bruce Ericson, David Furbush, Sarah Good (Securities); Marc Axelbaum, Mark Hellerer, Thomas Hill, William Sullivan (White-Collar Criminal Defense); Allison Leopold Tilley, Craig Chason, Jorge del Calvo, Robert Robbins, Steven Meltzer (M&A - middle-market (sub-$500m)); Alan Kalin, Allison Leopold Tilley, Armando Castro, Christian Salaman, Jorge Del Calvo, Stanley Pierson, Tom Thomas (Venture capital and Emerging Companies); Brian Finch, Catherine Meyer, Deborah Thoren-Peden, Mercedes Tunstall (Cyber Crime); Brian Finch, Catherine Meyer, Deborah Thoren-Peden (Data Protection and Privacy); Aaron Oser, Benjamin Dean, James Alberg, Robert Zahler (Global Sourcing); John Hane, Scott Flick, Glenn Richards, (Telecoms & Broadcast); David Dekker, John Heisse, Melissa Lesmes (Construction); Robert Herr (Land Use/Zoning); Laura Hannusch, Robert Herr, Rachel Horsch, Eric Kremer, David Miller (Real Estate); Jeffrey Grill, Robert Robbins (REITs); Julie Divola, Hugh Dougan, Dana Newman, Harsha Reddy, Jeffrey Vesely, Brian Wainwright (Domestic Tax); James Chudy, Annie Huang, William Bonano, Jeffrey Vesely (Tax Controversy)