Vedder Price is proud to share that several of our attorneys and practice groups have been ranked by Chambers USA in 2025, including a nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Transportation: Aviation: Finance, the guide’s highest honor, for the twentieth year in a row, alongside an additional nationwide Band 1 firm ranking for Government Contracts: Highly Regarded.

Practice Group Rankings

Band 1
Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
Government Contracts: Highly Regarded (Nationwide)

Band 2
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)
Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Band 3
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
Labor & Employment: The Elite (Illinois)
Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded (California)
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 4
Banking & Finance (Illinois)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 5
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois) 

Lawyer Rankings

Michael M. Eidelman
Bankruptcy/Restructuring — Illinois

Christopher T. Collins
Thomas G. Hanchuch
Kelly A. Starr
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation — Illinois

Susan Niver
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation — New York

Stephanie C. Sparks
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) — Texas

Kelly E. Buroker
Kevin P. Connelly
Government Contracts — USA — Nationwide

Kevin P. Connelly
Government Contracts: Bid Protests — USA — Nationwide

Jeff VonDruska
Hedge Funds — USA — Nationwide

Candice T. Zee
Labor & Employment — California

Kimberley E. Lunetta
Labor & Employment — Florida

Elizabeth N. Hall
Kenneth F. Sparks
Thomas M. Wilde
Labor & Employment — Illinois

Javier Lopez
Litigation: General Commercial — Florida

Adam L. Schwartz
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations — Florida

Junaid A. Zubairi
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations — Illinois

Jeffrey J. Ansley
Arianna Goodman
Katherine Devlin, Associates to Watch
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations —Texas

Blaine C. Kimrey
Media & Entertainment Litigation — Illinois

Michael A. Nemeroff
Private Equity: Buyouts — Illinois

Joseph M. Mannon
Private Equity: Fund Formation — USA — Nationwide

Marguerite C. Bateman
Deborah B. Eades
Renee M. Hardt
John S. Marten
Cathy Gonzales O'Kelly
Amy Ward Pershkow
Registered Funds — USA — Nationwide

Adam R. Beringer
Cameron A. Gee
Geoffrey R. Kass
Jeffrey T. Veber
Transportation: Aviation: Finance — USA — Nationwide

John F. Imhof Jr.
Hoyoon Nam
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance — USA — Nationwide

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