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Chambers USA 2013 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices

Blank Rome is pleased to announce that its practice groups and attorneys have again been ranked by Chambers USA.  The 2013 edition of Chambers USA recognized Blank Rome practice groups in 11 categories this year, and also ranked more than 45 Blank Rome attorneys as “leaders in their fields.”  The qualities on which rankings were assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by clients.

The Firm received four National practice rankings in

  • Investment Funds: Venture Capital
  • Transportation: Shipping: Finance (New York)
  • Transportation: Shipping: Litigation (New York)—#1 ranking
  • Transportation: Shipping: Regulatory (outside New York)—#1 ranking

In Pennsylvania the Firm was ranked in:

  • Banking & Finance—#1 ranking
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring— #1 ranking
  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Real Estate

In Delaware the Firm was ranked in Bankruptcy/Restructuring.

Individual Blank Rome attorneys who ranked among this year’s best are:

Banking & Finance
Grant E. Buerstetta
Lawrence F. Flick II
Harvey I. Forman
Michael C. Graziano
Bruce R. Lesser
Mark I. Rabinowitz

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Leon Barson
Thomas E. Biron
Michael D. DeBaecke
Bonnie Glantz Fatell
Regina Stango Kelbon
Josef W. Mintz
Michael B. Schaedle
Joel Charles Shapiro
Raymond L. Shapiro

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Steven Dubow
Barry H. Genkin
Alan L. Zeiger

Corporate/M&A: Securities
Barry H. Genkin

Environment
Kevin J. Bruno

Investment Funds: Venture Capital
Louis M. Rappaport

Labor & Employment
Scott F. Cooper
Anthony B. Haller

Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Barry L. Klein

Litigation: General Commercial
David C. Kistler
Ann Blair Laupheimer
Stephen M. Orlofsky
James T. Smith

Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations
Henry F. Schuelke III

Projects
Ernest W. Chung

Real Estate
Joseph S. Finkelstein
Philip R. Rosenfeldt

Real Estate: Corporate
Martin Luskin

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Peter Foster Kelsen

Transportation: Shipping: Litigation
Thomas H. Belknap, Jr.
John D. Kimball
Lauren B. Wilgus

Transportation: Shipping: Regulatory
Jeanne M. Grasso
Jonathan K. Waldron

Chambers & Partners, the UK-based publishers of Chambers USA, conducted research by speaking to a vast range of lawyers and their clients (i.e., commercial users of legal services).  In-depth interviews with clients and with attorneys were done, each one lasting about half an hour.  Thousands of interviews are conducted by a team of 50+ full-time researchers.

Greater weighting was given to the views of the clients, and any biased viewpoints tended to cancel each other out.  All interviews were conducted purely for research purposes and were entirely confidential and unattributed.  The methodology for the research into the strengths and reputations of U.S. attorneys has been approved by the British Market Research Bureau.

 The rankings and editorial comment about attorneys are independent and objective.  Inclusion in the guide is based solely on the research team's findings.  Chambers is widely viewed among the most highly respected publications in the world that rate lawyers, in part because inclusion cannot be purchased.