(CHICAGO) Katten announced today that the firm was recognized as a leader in 42 practice areas and 108 attorneys were individually ranked in the 2026 edition of the Chambers USA guide.
Katten's highest rankings were in the categories of Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Healthcare, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Public Finance, Real Estate and Real Estate: Finance.
The firm also secured 16 national distinctions in the categories of Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS, Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS, Derivatives, Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement), Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation), Healthcare, Hedge Funds, Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright, Private Credit, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities: Litigation, Sports Law and Startups & Emerging Companies.
Katten was ranked in the following practice areas:
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Derivatives
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Healthcare
- Hedge Funds
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: Securities
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- Media & Entertainment: Transactional
- Private Credit
- Public Finance
- Real Estate
- Real Estate: Finance
- Securities: Litigation
- Sports Law
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Tax
There are 17 attorneys who received the highest individual rankings possible in their respective fields: Daniel J. Collins, Daniel Davis, W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., Chris DiAngelo, Chad Doobay, William Dudine, Lewis Greenbaum, Anna-Liza Harris, Michael Hobel, Alvin Katz, Carl Kennedy, Christian Kemnitz, Adam Klein, Floyd Mandell, Laura Keidan Martin, Craig Scully and Kenya Woodruff.
Katten had 17 attorneys receive new individual rankings in this year's guide: Karen Anzalone, Peter Bogdanow, Christina Costley, Daniel Davis, Stephen Esko, Levi Giovanetto, John Keiserman, Thomas Lamprecht, Ryan Meyer, Paul Musser, Lance Soderstrom, Carrie Stickel, Christopher Vazquez, J. David Washburn, Eric Werlinger, Joshua Yablonski and Natalie Youkel. Additionally, 27 attorneys advanced in their rankings.
The Katten attorneys individually recognized are:
- Advertising: Litigation & Advertising: NAD Proceedings
- Christopher Cole
- Banking & Finance
- Geoff AuYeung
- Jan Harris Cate
- Daniel Entsminger
- Michael Jacobson
- Derek Ladgenski
- Scott Lyons
- Neil Shelton
- Stuart Shulruff
- Jennifer Wolfe
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Michaela Crocker
- William Freeman
- Peter Knight
- John Mitchell
- Paul Musser
- Steven Reisman
- Peter Siddiqui
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Chris DiAngelo
- John Keiserman
- Howard Schickler
- Joseph Topolski
- Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS
- Joshua Yablonski
- Karen Anzalone
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS
- Chris DiAngelo
- Stephen Esko
- David Matthews
- Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax
- Anna-Liza Harris
- Construction
- Nicole Lynn Kobrine
- Corporate/M&A
- Peter Bogdanow
- Mark Solomon
- J. David Washburn
- Derivatives
- Daniel Davis
- Carl Kennedy
- Matthew Kluchenek
- Derivatives: Enforcement
- Christian Kemnitz
- Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory
- Daniel Davis
- Carl Kennedy
- Environment: Litigation
- Nancy Rich
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement)
- Wayne Aaron
- Susan Light
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Camille Brooks
- Stuart Richter
- Eric Werlinger
- Christopher Vazquez (Associates to Watch)
- Healthcare
- Michelle Apodaca
- W. Kenneth Davis, Jr.
- Anthony Del Rio
- Laura Keidan Martin
- Ryan Meyer
- Lisa Prather
- Kenya Woodruff
- Hedge Funds
- Henry Bregstein
- Wendy Cohen
- Lance Zinman
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- Deepro Mukerjee
- Lance Soderstrom
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Kristin Achterhof
- Karen Artz Ash
- Floyd Mandell
- Julia Mazur (Associates to Watch)
- Carolyn Passen
- Litigation: General Commercial
- David Crichlow
- Carrie Stickel
- Sarah Weber
- Litigation: Securities
- Kevin Broughel
- Gidon Caine
- Christina Costley
- Michael Diver
- Sarah Eichenberger
- Michael Lohnes
- Jonathan Rotenberg
- Bruce Vanyo
- Richard Zelichov
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Alan Brudner
- Daniel Collins
- Levi Giovanetto
- Brandon McCarthy
- Ryan Meyer
- Scott Resnik
- Rachel Riley
- Gil Soffer
- Christopher Stetler
- Sheldon Zenner
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- David Halberstadter
- Joel Weiner
- Media & Entertainment: Transactional
- Michael Hobel
- Private Equity: Buyouts
- Christopher Atkinson
- Mark Grossmann
- Thomas Lamprecht
- Kimberly Smith
- Public Finance
- Chad Doobay
- William Dudine
- Lewis Greenbaum
- Patricia Mollica
- James Normile
- Craig Scully
- Natalie Youkel
- Real Estate
- Vinny Baumann
- David Dlugie
- Jason Gorczynski
- Alvin Katz
- Kenneth Lore
- Mark Simon
- Real Estate: Finance
- Frank Arado
- J. Hayden Harrell
- Sports Law
- Adam Klein
- Daniel Render
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Matthew Brown
- Fabiola Fox (Star Associates)
- Jeffrey Patt
- Tax
- Valentina Famparska
- Saul Rudo
For a complete list of Katten’s results, please visit Chambers USA.
