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Benchmark Litigation 2023 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our practice groups and attorneys received the following high-level rankings and recognitions in Benchmark Litigation 2023.

Practice Group Rankings

For the fifth consecutive year, our Insurance Recovery practice group was ranked Tier 1 nationally. For the third year in a row, our Insurance Recovery group was also among the 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 for the second year in a row. Partner Kyle Brinkman was included in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List for the fourth year in a row, and partners Omid Safa and Jared Zola earned the rank Future Star for the first time this year.

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

Individual Attorney Rankings

Insurance

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 Brinkman

  • 40 & Under List

John Gibbons – Insurance, Product Liability and Recall

  • Local Litigation Star

John E. Heintz

  • National Practice Star
  • Local Litigation Star

Justin F. Lavella

  • Litigation Star

James R. Murray – Insurance, Product Liability and Recall

  • National Practice Area Star
  • Local Litigation Star

Omid Safa

  • Future Star

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

White Collar Crime

Washington, D.C.

William E. Lawler III

  • Local Litigation Star

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.