Legal 500 Lists ArentFox Schiff in Top Tier Rankings for 2025

The ranked practices for 2025 are:

• Chicago Elite – Corporate and M&A – Leading Law Firms

• Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

• Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Healthcare – Service Providers

• Intellectual Property – Copyright

• Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

• Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

• Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)

• Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation

• Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non–Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)

• International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions

• International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy

• Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Exec. Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design

• Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation

• Labor & Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions)

• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Middle-Market (sub-$550M)

• Real Estate

• Sport

• Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations, and Charities)

• Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation

Two attorneys received Hall of Fame rankings for the second consecutive year, denoting consistent praise and recognition over the years.

• David Dubrow – Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Kay Georgi – International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions

The following attorneys received Tiered rankings:

• Steve Isaacs – Tier 3 – Chicago Elite – Corporate and M&A – Leading Law Firms

• David McHugh – Tier 2 – Chicago Elite – Corporate and M&A – Leading Law Firms

The following attorneys received rankings as Leading Partner:

• Randall Brater – Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Richard Brand – Sport

• Craig Gelfound – Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

• Sean Glynn – Tax – Not–For–Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations, And Charities)

• Jay Halpern – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Middle–Market (Sub-$500M)

• Steve Isaacs – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Middle–Market (Sub-$500M)

• Aaron Jacoby – Transport – Rail And Road: Litigation And Regulation

• Les Jacobowitz – Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Quana Jew – Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• Richard LaCava – Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

• Matthew Nolan – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy

The following attorneys received Next Generation Partner rankings:

• Mark Angelov – Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Mike Guippone – Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

• Shira Helstrom – Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations, And Charities)

• Michael Scarpati – Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

• Brian Stevens – Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

The following attorneys received Leading Associate rankings:

• Lauren Schaefer - Intellectual Property - Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)

• Zachary Welsh - Sport

In addition, more than 63 AFS attorneys were rated as Key Lawyers and recognized as leaders in their field, reflecting the firm’s breadth and depth of talent across core industries and practice areas. Individuals noted with an asterisk have been recognized as key lawyers in multiple practices or industries.

• Debra Albin–Riley

• Imron Aly

• Allan Anderson

• Alison Andersen

• Kelly Ballentine

• Richard Berman*

• James Bindseil

• Michael Blass

• Lowell Brown

• Beth Brownstein

• Janine Carlan

• Robert Carrol

• Thomas Castiello

• Cristina Carvalho

• Wilburn Chesser

• Elizabeth Cohen*

• Sylvia Costelloe

• Marylee Jenkins

• Eric Fishman

• Ricardo Fischer*

• Michael Fainberg

• Matthew Finkelstein

• Brian Friederich*

• Matthew Galo

• Douglas Grimm

• David Hamill

• Stephen Hanson

• Paul Harris

• Katie Heilman

• Helen Ji

• Quana Jew

• Sara Judge

• Linda Jackson*

• Kenneth Jacob

• Anthony Lupo*

• Annie Lee

• Johnny Ma

• Michelle Mancino Marsh*

• David McHugh

• Michael McMahan

• Russell McRory

• Nicholas Nesgos*

• Chris Norton*

• Aram Ordubegian

• Gregory Paonessa

• Sailesh Patel

• Ross Panko

• Nancy Puleo

• Alexandra Romero

• Angela Santos

• Lauren Schaefer

• Mamta Shah*

• Andrew Silfen

• Christopher Skinner

• Jacques Smith

• Alexander Spiegler*

• Brian Stevens

• Caroline Turner English

• Stephanie Trunk

• Jena Watson

• Kimberly Wachen

• John Zaimes

• Alexander Young

The Legal 500 United States 2025 guide delivers nationwide analysis of law firms that provide cutting–edge and innovative advice across industries.