Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our practice groups and attorneys have been highly ranked and recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2026. Researchers at The Legal 500 conduct annual, in-depth market research and gather information from individual law firms as well as feedback from peers and clients to form an objective analysis and prepare comprehensive rankings and editorial commentary of the U.S. legal market.

2026 Firm Rankings:

Top-Tier Firm

  • Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
  • Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation

Recommended Firm

  • Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
  • Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
  • Energy: Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
  • Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
  • Government: Government Contracts
  • Private Client: California: Family Law
  • Private Client: New York: Family Law
  • Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • Transport: Shipping Finance

Firm to Watch

  • Industry Focus: Cannabis
  • International Trade and National Security: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy

2026 Top-Tier Rankings:

Hall of Fame

  • James Murray (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Joanne Osendarp (International Trade and National Security: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy)
  • Anthony Salgado (Transport: Shipping Finance)
  • Jeanne Grasso (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • John Kimball (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • Robert Zinn (M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)

Leading Partners

  • Mark Haskell (Energy: Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas)
  • Scott Arnold (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Justin Chiarodo (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Mary Craig Calkins (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Rikke Dierssen-Morice (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • John Gibbons (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Linda Kornfeld (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Natasha Romagnoli (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Jared Zola (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Craig Fields (Tax: US Taxes: Contentious)
  • William Bennett III (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • Jonathan Waldron (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)

Next Generation Partners

  • Dominique Casimir (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Luke Meier (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Kyle Brinkman (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Omid Safa (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Nicole Johnson (Tax: US Taxes: Contentious)
  • Kierstan Carlson (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • Dana Merkel (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • Luke Reid (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)

Leading Associates

  • Zachary Cain (Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation)
  • Natalie Radabaugh (Transport: Shipping Finance)

2026 Recommended Attorneys, by Practice:

Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense

  • Jennifer Achilles
  • Jerry Bernstein
  • Bradley Henry
  • Linda Imes
  • William Lawler
  • Jennifer Short
  • David Spears
  • Shawn Wright

Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas

  • Mark Haskell
  • Lamiya Rahman
  • Brett Snyder
  • Emily Childress

Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders

  • Lawrence Flick II
  • Kevin Baum
  • Harris Diamond
  • Heather Sonnenberg

Government Contracts

  • Scott Arnold
  • Dominique Casimir
  • Justin Chiarodo
  • Elizabeth Jochum
  • Luke Meier

Industry Focus: Cannabis

  • Scott Moskol
  • Frank Segall

Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

  • Kyle Brinkman
  • Mary Craig Calkins
  • Lisa Campisi
  • Rikke Dierssen-Morice
  • John Gibbons
  • Linda Kornfeld
  • Helen Michael
  • James Murray
  • Natasha Romagnoli
  • Omid Safa
  • Jared Zola

International Trade and National Security: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy

  • Joanne Osendarp
  • Eric Parnes
  • Anthony Rapa

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

  • Robert Zinn

Tax: US Taxes: Contentious

  • Craig Fields
  • Eugene Gibilaro
  • Nicole Johnson
  • Mitchell Newmark
  • Irwin Slomka

Transport: Shipping: Finance

  • Natalie Radabaugh
  • Anthony Salgado

Transport: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation

  • Thomas Belknap
  • William Bennett III
  • Zachary Cain
  • Kierstan Carlson
  • Jeanne Grasso
  • John Kimball
  • Keith Letourneau
  • Dana Merkel
  • Luke Reid
  • Douglas Shoemaker
  • Matthew Thomas
  • Jonathan Waldron