Pillsbury Achieves High Rankings in 2014 Chambers USA

Six Pillsbury attorneys moved up one or more tiers resulting in 28 rankings 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 & Technology); 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); Julie Divola (Tax); Jim Gatto, (Intellectual Property); Ellen Harrison (Wealth Management); John Heisse (Construction); Mike Jaffe (Construction); 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); Tony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); Robert Thum (Construction); Jeff Vesely (Tax); Chris Wall (International Trade); and Bob Zahler-Star Performer (Outsourcing & Technology).

Our 2014 Chambers USA results include the following practice and individual rankings:

Nationally Ranked Practices

Aviation Finance; Aviation Regulatory; Construction; 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; Real Estate; Retail; Tax Controversy; Wealth Management

Nationally Ranked Attorneys

Bill Bowers, Payson Coleman, Mark Lessard, Mike Schumaecker (Aviation Finance); Ken Quinn, Jennifer Trock (Aviation Regulatory); Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Jeffrey Stern (Capital Markets: Structured Products); 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, Carrie Bonnington (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); David Stanton (Litigation: E-Discovery); Jim Alberg, Josh Konvisser, Michael Murphy, Vipul Nishawala, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Outsourcing); John Mauel, Jane Stein (Projects); John Mauel (Projects: LNG); Bill Bonano (Tax Controversy); Ellen Harrison, Jennifer Jordan McCall (Wealth Management)

California

Roxane Polidora (Antitrust); Kevin Fong (Appellate); Dave Minnick (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Jorge del Calvo (Capital Markets: Debt & Equity); Mike Barr, Norman Carlin, David Farabee, 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)

DC

David Dekker, Jeffrey Gans, Michael Evan Jaffe, Michael McNamara (Construction); Bob Robbins (Corporate/M&A & Private Equity); Sheila Harvey, (Environment); John Engel (Real Estate); Jim Alberg, Brian Bodor, Mario Dottori, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joseph Kendall, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Technology & IT Outsourcing); John Hane, Bruce Jacobs, Richard Zaragoza (Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory)

New York

Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); James Kelly (Corporate M&A); Peter Hunt, Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Josh Konvisser, Vipul Nishawala (Technology & IT Outsourcing)

Texas

Jerry Ross (Environment); Vince Morgan (Insurance)

Virginia

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)

About Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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.