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10 Practice Areas, 21 Attorneys Achieve Recognition in 2019

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Vedder Price is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys and practice groups have been ranked by Chambers USA in 2019, including a nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Transportation: Aviation Finance, the guide’s highest honor for the ninth year in a row.

Practice Group Rankings

Band 1

  • Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 2

  • Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
  • Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 3

  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 4

  • Banking & Finance (Illinois)
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
  • Labor & Employment (Illinois)
  • Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Band 5

  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois)

Recognised Practitioner

  • Media & Entertainment: Litigation

Attorney Rankings

Band 1

  • Ronald Scheinberg - Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 2

  • Thomas P. Desmond – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
  • Douglas J. Lipke – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
  • Geoffrey R. Kass – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Blaine C. Kimrey – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)
  • Francis X. Nolan III – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Cathy Gonzales O’Kelly – Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)
  • Jeffrey T. Veber – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Junaid A. Zubairi – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 3

  • Adam R. Beringer – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Bradley C. Crawford – Banking & Finance (California)
  • Michael M. Eidelman – Bankruptcy/ Restructuring (Illinois)
  • Cameron A. Gee – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
  • Michael A. Nemeroff – Corporate/M&A (Illinois)
  • Kenneth F. Sparks – Labor & Employment (Illinois)
  • Kelly A. Starr – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)

Band 4

  • Kevin P. Connelly – Government: Government Contracts (Nationwide)

Senior Statespeople

  • Robert J. Stucker – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)

Recognised Practitioner

  • Thomas G. Hancuch – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
  • Renee M. Hardt – Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Associates to Watch

  • Bryan Clark – Media & Entertainment: Litigation

Chambers & Partners is a notable resource for the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research. Chambers conducts thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide to identify and rank the world’s best lawyers according to the criteria most valued by clients, such as technical knowledge, business acumen, prompt delivery and value. On the basis of this research, Chambers ranks both firms and individual attorneys around the world.

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Professionals



Adam R. Beringer

Shareholder



Bryan K. Clark

Shareholder



Kevin P. Connelly

Shareholder



Bradley C. Crawford

Shareholder



Thomas P. Desmond

Shareholder



Michael M. Eidelman

Shareholder, Chair of Shareholder Affiliations



Cameron A. Gee

Shareholder



Thomas G. Hancuch

Shareholder



Renee M. Hardt

Shareholder



Geoffrey R. Kass

Shareholder



Blaine C. Kimrey

Shareholder



Michael A. Nemeroff

President and CEO



Cathy Gonzales O'Kelly

Shareholder



Kenneth F. Sparks

Shareholder



Kelly A. Starr

Shareholder



Jeffrey T. Veber

Shareholder



Junaid A. Zubairi

Shareholder