Pillsbury Earns Top Recognition with 2015 Chambers USA Rankings

Eight Pillsbury attorneys moved up one or more bands resulting in 25 rankings in the prestigious Band 1 category, including two Star Performers, and two Senior Statesman, the top honors bestowed by Chambers USA. Individuals ranked recognized as Band 1 are:

Jim Alberg (Outsourcing & Technology); Mike Barr - Senior Statesman (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); Todd Eckland (Energy: Electricity Finance); Jim Gatto, (Intellectual Property); Ellen Harrison (Wealth Management); John Heisse (Construction); Mike Evan 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); Tony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); Robert Thum (Construction); Jeff Vesely (Tax); Chris Wall (International Trade); and Bob Zahler-Star Performer (Outsourcing & Technology).

Our 2015 Chambers USA results include the following individual rankings:

Nationally Ranked Attorneys: Mark Lessard, Mike Schumaecker (Aviation Finance); Ken Quinn, Jennifer Trock (Aviation Regulatory); David Baxter, Jeff Delaney, Todd Eckland, J. Anthony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); David Lewis, John O'Neill, Charles Peterson, Jay Silberg (Energy: Nuclear-Regulatory); Susan Serota (Executive Compensation & Benefits); Mercedes Kelly Tunstall (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Compliance); Jim Seff, Carrie Bonnington (Food & Beverages: Alcohol); James Gallagher, John Jensen, Alex Tomaszczuk (Government Contracts); Elizabeth Moeller, Craig Saperstein (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); Christian Salaman (Leisure & Hospitality); David Stanton (Litigation: E-Discovery); Jim Alberg, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Outsourcing); John Mauel, Fernando Rodriguez Marin, Jane Stein (Projects); John Mauel, Julie Mayo (Projects: LNG); 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; Corporate M&A Venture Capital); Mike Barr, Norman Carlin, David Farabee, Margaret Rosegay (Environment); John Heisse, Bob Thum (Construction); Michael Hindus (Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare); Lisa Earl (IT & IT Outsourcing); Dave Snyder (Life Sciences: Corporate); Bob Herr, Jim Rishwain (Real Estate); Julie Divola, Jeff Vesely (Tax)

Washington, 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, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joseph Kendall, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Technology & IT Outsourcing); John Hane, Richard Zaragoza (Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory)

New York: Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Mark Hellerer (Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations); Vipul Nishawala (Technology & IT Outsourcing)

Texas: Jerry Ross (Environment); Vince Morgan (Insurance); Edward Cavazos (Technology: Corporate & Commercial; Elizabeth Zimmer (Technology: Outsourcing)

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)