Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Alexander H. Berman, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Recovery group, and Rachel L. Schaller, a partner in the firm's Business Litigation group, have been named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under list, which recognizes attorneys age 40 or younger who peers and clients identify as among the most promising rising talent in their litigation communities.
Now in its 19th year of publication, Benchmark Litigation identifies firms and attorneys who have displayed the ability to handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions, and who are consistently recommended within their business and legal communities for the quality of their firms' litigation professionals and trial work.
To view Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under 2026 list, please click here.
About Alexander H. Berman
Alexander H. Berman focuses his practice on representing corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage disputes, handling matters from preemptive coverage analysis and pre-litigation advocacy to negotiation and litigation of civil actions encompassing a broad range of coverage issues. A partner in Blank Rome's policyholder-only insurance recovery practice, he advises clients on the resolution of complex disputes under various lines of insurance, including commercial general liability, directors' and officers' liability, professional liability, food recall, and cyber insurance policies. He has been named "Ones to Watch" in Insurance Law and Commercial Litigation by Best Lawyers in America© and recognized as one of the "Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation" by Lawdragon.
About Rachel L. Schaller
Rachel Schaller helps clients navigate complex class, collective, and mass actions involving privacy, technology, and employment. She also handles trade secret and restrictive covenant matters and advises on privacy, information security, and employment issues for clients across industries including retail, manufacturing, technology, entertainment, real estate, healthcare, and hospitality. Her strategic approach has led to significant wins, including injunctive relief in trade secret and restrictive covenant matters, defeat of class and collective certification, and early dismissal of biometric privacy, data breach, Internet defamation, and website accessibility lawsuits. She has been named an Illinois "Rising Star" in Employment & Labor by Super Lawyers, listed among "Ones to Watch" by Best Lawyers®, recognized as an "Emerging Lawyer" by Leading Lawyers, and selected for the "40 Under Forty" list of Illinois Attorneys to Watch by Law Bulletin Media.