Vedder Price is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys and practice groups have been recognized by Legal 500 United States in 2018, including three Top-Tier Firm rankings- two in Transportation (Aviation and Air Travel - Finance; Rail and Road - Finance) for the eighth year in a row and M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle Market (Sub-$500M) for the fifth year in a row, as well as two Second-Tier rankings for Investment Fund Formation and Management - Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds, Transport: Shipping – Finance and Real Estate - Land Use Zoning. 

Practice Group Rankings

Top-Tier Firm

• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
  
  

Recommended

• Dispute Resolution - Securities Litigation – Defense
• Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans –Transactional
• Labor and Employment – Immigration
• Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
• Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
• Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
  
  

Attorney Accolades

Leading Lawyers

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

Recommended

• Scott Adamson: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional; M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Nicholas Anaclerio: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Adam R. Beringer: Transport – Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Amy L. Bess: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• William J. Bettman: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• John E. Bradley: Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Gabrielle M. Buckley: Labor and Employment – Immigration
• John T. Bycraft: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance; Transport – Rail and Road – Finance
• Danielle Meltzer Cassel: Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
• Thomas P. Cimino: Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation – Defense
• Christopher T. Collins: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Sara B. DeBlaze: Labor and Employment – Immigration
• Thomas P. Desmond: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design; Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – TransactionaL
• Mark J. Ditto: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Brendan G. Dolan: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Michael E. Draz: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance; Transport – Rail and Road – Finance
• Deborah Bielicke Eades: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Cameron A. Gee: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance; Transport – Rail and Road – Finance
• Dean N. Gerber: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Elizabeth N. Hall: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Thomas G. Hancuch: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
• Robert J. Hankes: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Renee M. Hardt: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Edward C. Jepson, Jr.: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Geoffrey R. Kass: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Marc L. Klyman: Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Joseph H. Kye: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Daniel B. Lange: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
• Randall M. Lending: Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation – Defense
• Adam S. Lewis: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Joseph M. Mannon: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• John S. Marten: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• John T. McEnroe: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Michael A. Nemeroff: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Francis X. Nolan, III: Transport: Shipping – Finance
• John R. Obiala: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Cathy Gonzales O’Kelly: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Shelby E. Parnes: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Thomas H. Petrides: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Stewart Reifler: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
• Bruce A. Rosenblum: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Guy E. Snyder: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
• Patrick W. Spangler: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design; Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional; Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
• Kenneth F. Sparks: Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
• Kelly A. Starr: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design; Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
• Mark L. Stolzenburg: Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
• David A. Sturms: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Raviv Surpin: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Jeffrey T. Veber: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance; Transport – Rail and Road – Finance
• Thomas M. Wilde: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
• Junaid A. Zubairi: Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation – Defense

Next Generation Lawyers

• Robert J. Hankes: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Shelby E. Parnes: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)

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.