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Benchmark Litigation 2022 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices

Blank Rome Benchmark Litigation 2022

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our practice groups and attorneys received the following high-level rankings and recognitions in Benchmark Litigation 2022

Practice Group Rankings

For the fourth year in a row, our Insurance Recovery practice group was ranked Tier 1 nationally. For the second year in a row, our group was also among three select firms notably ranked Tier 1 for Insurance in California. Earlier this year, our Insurance Recovery group celebrated the inclusion of partner and practice group vice chair Linda Kornfeld in Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation, and partners Kyle P. Brinkman and Omid Safa in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List 2021, for the third year in a row. Our Insurance Recovery group also was notably awarded Benchmark Litigation’s Insurance Firm of the Year in 2020.

Blank Rome was also once again recommended for Dispute Resolution in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, and our Labor & Employment practice group was recommended in Pennsylvania.

For Benchmark Litigation’s analysis and commentary on Blank Rome’s 2022 rankings, please click here.

Individual Attorney Rankings

Insurance Recovery

California

Mary Craig Calkins 

  • California Litigation Star
  • Local Litigation Star

Linda Kornfeld

  • California Litigation Star
  • California, Top 250 Women – West
  • Local Litigation Star
  • National Practice Area Star
  • Top 250 Women in Litigation

New York

Jared Zola 

  • Future Star

Washington, D.C.

Kyle P. Brinkman

  • 40 & Under Hot List

John Gibbons – Insurance Recovery, Product Liability and Recall

  • Local Litigation Star

John E. Heintz

  • Local Litigation Star
  • National Practice Area Star

James R. Murray – Insurance Recovery, Product Liability and Recall

  • Local Litigation Star
  • National Practice Area Star

Omid Safa

  • 40 & Under Hot List

Labor & Employment

California

Howard M. Knee 

  • Labor & Employment Star

Pennsylvania

Anthony B. Haller 

  • Labor & Employment Star

Grant S. Palmer – Labor & Employment, Product Liability, and Commercial

  • Local Litigation Star

Washington, D.C.

Brooke T. Iley 

  • Labor & Employment Star

Mass Torts & Class Action

Washington, D.C.

Deborah Greenspan

  • Litigation Star
  • Top 250 Women in Litigation

White Collar Defense & Investigations

Washington, D.C.

Barry Wm. Levine 

  • Local Litigation Star

About Benchmark Litigation

Since its inception in 2008, Benchmark Litigation identifies firms and attorneys who have displayed the ability to consistently handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions, and who are consistently recommended within their business and legal communities for the quality of their litigation professionals and trial work. For more information, please visit benchmarklitigation.com.