Vedder Price is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys and practice groups have been recognized by The Legal 500 United States in 2021, including two Top-Tier Firm rankings in Transportation (Aviation and Air Travel – Finance and Rail and Road – Finance) for the eleventh year in a row. Michael A. Nemeroff, Geoffrey R. Kass and Danielle Meltzer Cassel have also been named to The Legal 500 United States Hall of Fame, which highlights individuals who have received Leading Individual rankings for six consecutive years. This is the second year in a row they have been named to the Hall of Fame.

Click here for the firm’s profile and client testimonials in The Legal 500 United States.

Practice Group Rankings

Top-Tier Firm

• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Transport: Rail and Road – Finance

Recommended

• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
• Investment Funds – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Immigration
• Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation – Defense
• Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
  
  

Attorney Accolades

Hall of Fame

• Danielle Meltzer Cassel: Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
• Geoffrey R. Kass: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Michael A. Nemeroff: M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)

Leading Lawyers

• John T. Bycraft: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
• Michael E. Draz: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
• Jeffrey T. Veber: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance

Next Generation Partners

• Shelby E. Parnes: M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Raviv Surpin: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Clay C. Thomas: Transport: Rail & Road – Finance

Rising Star Lawyers

• Justine L. Chilvers: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Jillian S. Greenwald: Transport: Rail & Road – Finance
• Joel R. Thielen: Transport: Rail & Road – Finance
• Benjamin O. Williams: M&A: Middle Market (Sub-$500M)

Editorially Recommended

Litigation

• Thomas P. Cimino: Securities Litigation – Defense
• Ryan S. Hedges: Securities Litigation – Defense
• Randall M. Lending: Securities Litigation – Defense

Global Transportation Finance

• Adam R. Beringer: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• John E. Bradley: Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Mark J. Ditto: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Michael E. Draz: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Michael J. Edelman: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Cameron A. Gee: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• John F. Imhof Jr.: Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Geoffrey R. Kass: Transport: Rail & Road – Finance; Transport: Shipping – Finance
• James Kilner: Transport: Aviation & Air Travel – Finance
• Jeffrey T. Veber: Transport: Rail & Road – Finance

Investment Services

• Marguerite C. Bateman: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Robert M. Crea: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Deborah Bielicke Eades: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Renee M. Hardt: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Joseph M. Mannon: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
• John S. Marten: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Maureen A. Miller: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Cathy Gonzales O’Kelly: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Bruce A. Rosenblum: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Jacob C. Tiedt: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Kimberly Karcewski Vargo: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds

Labor & Employment

• Nicholas Anaclerio: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Amy L. Bess: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor Management Relations
• Eugene A. Boyle: Labor Management Relations
• Christopher T. Collins: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Jason P. Faust: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Elizabeth N. Hall: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Thomas G. Hancuch: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Thomas H. Petrides: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Patrick W. Spangler: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)– Defense; Labor Management Relations
• Kenneth F. Sparks: Labor Management Relations
• Kelly A. Starr: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Mark L. Stolzenburg: Labor Management Relations
• Alex C. Weinstein: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Thomas M. Wilde: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Candice T. Zee: Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor Management Relations

Finance & Transactions

• Joseph H. Kye: M&A: Middle Market (Sub-$500M)
• Adam S. Lewis: M&A: Middle Market (Sub-$500M)

Business Immigration

• Sara B. DeBlaze: Immigration
• Ryan M. Helgeson: Immigration

The Legal 500 United States is an independent guide. Firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. More than 250,000 corporate counsel have been surveyed and interviewed globally in the past 12 months. Only a small number of firms in the United States have a truly national presence coupled with the capability to handle sophisticated and complex work; these are the firms that are chosen for The Legal 500 honors.