Chambers USA 2026 Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices

Chambers and Partners, in its Chambers USA 2026 Guide, has recognized more than 100 Akin lawyers as leaders in their respective areas of practice, as well as more than 50 practices across the publication’s nationwide and state-level categories. 

Nationwide, the ranked lawyers are as follows, with ranked practices in bold: 

Accountant and Auditor Liability 

• Claudius B. Modesti 

Appellate Law 

• Pratik A. Shah 

Artificial Intelligence 

• Natasha G. Kohne 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring 

• Ira S. Dizengoff 

• Michael S. Stamer 

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States 

• John Goodgame 

Climate Change 

• Kenneth J. Markowitz 

• Stacey H. Mitchell 

Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite 

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded 

Energy Transition 

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) 

• Stephen J. Hug 

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) 

• Emily P. Mallen 

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) 

• Charlie Ofner 

• Cole Bredthauer 

• John Goodgame 

• Wesley P. Williams 

False Claims Act 

• Robert S. Salcido 

FCPA 

• Gerry M. Moody, Jr. 

Government Contracts: The Elite 

Government Contracts 

• Angela B. Styles 

• Scott M. Heimberg 

Government Relations: Congressional Investigations 

• Miranda A. Dore 

Government Relations: Federal 

• Brian Arthur Pomper 

• Ed Pagano 

• G. Hunter Bates 

• Jeffrey D. McMillen 

Healthcare: Highly Regarded 

Hedge Funds 

• Barbara Niederkofler 

• Ira Phillip Kustin 

• Max Karpel 

International Arbitration: Arbitrators 

• Dr. Kabir Duggal C.Arb 

International Trade: CFIUS Experts 

• Christian C. Davis 

• Katherine P. Padgett 

International Trade: Customs 

• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm 

• Suzanne Kane 

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite 

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions 

• Anne E. Borkovic 

• Jaelyn Edwards Judelson 

• Jonathan C. Poling 

• Kevin J. Wolf 

• Ryan P. Fayhee 

• Shiva Aminian 

• Susan M.C. Kovarovics 

• Thomas J. McCarthy 

International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy 

• Bernd G. Janzen 

• Matthew R. Nicely 

• Stephen S. Kho 

• Yujin Kim McNamara 

Investment Funds: Investor Representation 

• Prakash H. Mehta 

Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance 

• Jason M. Daniel 

Labor & Employment 

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded 

Native American Law 

• Donald R. Pongrace 

• Jason Travis Hauter 

• Katie Brossy 

Political Law 

• Kenneth A. Gross 

• Melissa L. Laurenza 

Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded 

Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity 

• Evan D. Wolff 

• Natasha G. Kohne 

Private Credit 

• Jaisohn Im 

Private Equity: Fund Formation 

• Blayne A. Grady 

• Dennis P. Pereira 

• Fadi G. Samman 

• James A. Deeken 

• Prakash H. Mehta 

• Wendy Dodson Gallegos 

Private Equity: Secondaries 

• Fadi G. Samman 

Projects 

• Ron I. Erlichman 

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy 

• April T. Kim 

• Ike Emehelu 

• Shariff N. Barakat 

Space 

• Thomas J. McCarthy 

State Attorneys General 

• Mark R. Herring 

Tax: Corporate & Finance 

Tax: Fraud 

• Robert S. Fink 

In California, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded 

Labor & Employment 

• Margaret G. Maraschino 

Litigation: General Commercial 

• Neal Ross Marder 

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 

• Peter I. Altman 

Media & Entertainment: Transactional 

• Alissa Miller 

• Christopher Staton Spicer 

• Vanessa Roman 

Native American Law 

• Jenny Patten Magallanes 

In Illinois, the ranked lawyers are: 

Corporate/M&A 

• Jason P. Wagenmaker 

In Massachusetts, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Banking & Finance 

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation 

• Wells W. Miller 

In New York, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Bankruptcy Litigation 

• Abid Qureshi 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring 

• Abid Qureshi 

• Arik Preis 

• Ira S. Dizengoff 

• Meredith A. Lahaie 

• Michael S. Stamer 

• Philip C. Dublin 

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded 

Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism 

• Douglas A. Rappaport 

Intellectual Property: Patent 

• Michael P. Kahn 

Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded 

Labor & Employment 

• Jessica Taub Rosenberg 

• Richard J. Rabin 

Labor & Employment: Transactional 

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded 

Litigation: Securities 

• Douglas A. Rappaport 

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite 

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 

• Anne M. Evans 

• James Joseph Benjamin Jr. 

• Katherine R. Goldstein 

• Michael A. Asaro 

• Parvin Daphne Moyne 

Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation 

• Uri A. Itkin 

Tax 

• Stuart E. Leblang 

In Pennsylvania, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Intellectual Property 

• Matthew A. Pearson 

• Rubén H. Muñoz 

• Steven D. Maslowski 

In Texas, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Banking & Finance 

• Chad Nichols 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring 

• Marty L. Brimmage, Jr. 

• Sarah Link Schultz 

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity 

• John Goodgame 

Corporate/M&A: The Elite 

Corporate/M&A 

• John Goodgame 

• Thomas H. Yang 

• Wesley P. Williams 

Intellectual Property 

• Daniel L. Moffett 

Litigation: General Commercial 

• Elizabeth M. Scott 

• Lacy M. Lawrence 

Litigation: Securities 

• M. Scott Barnard 

Private Equity: Buyouts 

• Wesley P. Williams 

Real Estate 

Tax 

• Alison L. Chen 

• Julia Pashin 

In Washington, D.C., the ranked practice areas and lawyers are: 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring 

• James Savin 

• Kate Doorley 

• Scott L. Alberino 

Environment 

• Stacey H. Mitchell 

Environment: Mainly Transactional 

• David H. Quigley 

Healthcare 

• John R. Jacob 

• Kelly M. Cleary 

• Robert S. Salcido 

Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory 

• Nathan A. Brown 

Intellectual Property: Litigation 

• Cono A. Carrano 

• Rachel J. Elsby 

Labor & Employment 

• Robert G. Lian, Jr. 

Litigation: General Commercial 

• Anthony T. Pierce 

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 

• Charles F. Connolly 

• Claudius B. Modesti 

Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite 

• Jennifer L. Richter 

For further details on the firm’s rankings and commentary, please click here.