(CHICAGO) Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP today announced that 22 of the firm's practices along with 50 attorneys have been recognized as industry leaders in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Katten's highest rankings were given in the categories of Real Estate (Illinois) and Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina), and the firm received an elevated ranking in the Litigation: General Commercial (Illinois) category for the second year in a row. Partners Michael R. Callahan (Healthcare), J. Hayden Harrell (Real Estate), Daniel S. Huffenus (Real Estate), Alvin Katz (Real Estate), Floyd A. Mandell (Intellectual Property), Laura Keidan Martin (Healthcare) and Joshua S. Rubenstein (Wealth Management) received the highest individual rankings possible in their respective practice areas.
Additionally, Herbert S. Wander, a partner in Katten's Corporate practice, and Peter F. Nadel, who is of counsel to the firm, were named "Senior Statesmen;" Peter A. Siddiqui, a partner in the firm's Insolvency and Restructuring practice, was named an "Up and Coming" attorney; and Harris R. Eisenberg, an associate in Katten's Corporate practice, was named among the "Associates to Watch" in the Nationwide: Sports Law category.
Chambers USA lauded Katten's top-ranked Real Estate (Illinois) practice as a "prominent department that represents owners, developers and investors at every stage of significant nationwide transactions." Clients also described the practice by saying, "They have a deep bend and deep experience in real estate …" Additionally, in the Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina) category, Chambers USA notes the practice is "widely acknowledged in the field for its prowess in real estate lending transactions" and for having a clientele that "spans some of the most sophisticated real estate lenders and affiliated parties ..."
Katten was recognized in the following categories in the Chambers USA 2016 guide:
Nationwide
- Capital Markets: Derivatives
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Climate Change
- Real Estate
- Sports Law
- Transportation: Aviation: Finance
- Wealth Management
California
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation
District of Columbia
- Environment
Illinois
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate
- Tax
New York
- Healthcare
North Carolina
- Real Estate: Finance
Texas
- Environment
Katten attorneys recognized in the Chambers USA 2016 guide include:
Antitrust
Illinois
- Andrew G. Klevorn
Banking and Finance
Illinois
- Michael A. Jacobson
- Stuart P. Shulruff
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
California
- Craig A. Barbarosh
- William B. Freeman
Illinois
- Kenneth J. Ottaviano
- Peter A. Siddiqui (Up and Coming)
- John P. Sieger
Capital Markets
Nationwide
- Guy Dempsey
- Chris DiAngelo
Construction
District of Columbia
- S. Scott Morrison
Corporate/M&A
Illinois
- Howard S. Lanznar
- Kenneth W. Miller
- Jeffrey R. Patt
- Herbert S. Wander (Senior Statesmen)
- Walter S. Weinberg
Environment
District of Columbia
- Steven P. Solow
Illinois
- Nancy J. Rich
Texas
- Mark L. Farley
- Danny G. Worrell
Healthcare
Nationwide
- Michael R. Callahan
Illinois
- Michael R. Callahan
- W. Kenneth Davis Jr.
- D. Louis Glaser
- Laura Keidan Martin
New York
- Peter F. Nadel (Senior Statesmen)
- Joseph V. Willey
Intellectual Property
Illinois
- Floyd A. Mandell
Investment Funds
Nationwide
- Henry Bregstein
Litigation
California
- Bruce G. Vanyo
Illinois
- Gil M. Soffer
- Sheldon T. Zenner
Media & Entertainment
California
- David Halberstadter
- Michael S. Hobel
- Joel R. Weiner
Real Estate
District of Columbia
- Wendy Fields
Illinois
- David R. Dlugie
- Alvin Katz
- Seth R. Madorsky
- Mark C. Simon
North Carolina
- Frank E. Arado
- J. Hayden Harrell
- Daniel S. Huffenus
Sports Law
Nationwide
- Harris R. Eisenberg (Associates to Watch)
- Adam R. Klein
Tax
California
- Carol A. Johnston
Illinois
- Sheldon I. Banoff P.C.
- Saul E. Rudo
Transportation
Nationwide
- Thomas E. Healey
- Timothy J. Lynes
Wealth Management
Nationwide
- Carol A. Johnston
- Joshua S. Rubenstein
Chambers USA 2016 acknowledged the following Katten attorneys as recognized practitioners:
Intellectual Property
Illinois
- Robert Breisblatt
Startups & Emerging Companies
Nationwide
- Matthew Brown
- Jeffrey Patt
Labor & Employment
Texas
- Greg Dillard
Securities
Nationwide
- Christian Kemnitz
Chambers and Partners' staff of full-time researchers prepares legal directories that assess and rank the world's leading lawyers according to their reputations among peers and clients. The US guide was first introduced in 2003 and ranks the leading lawyers and firms in an extensive range of practice areas throughout the country. Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the United States and worldwide, and is widely used by firms for referral purposes.
