Vedder Price PC issued the following announcement on Aug. 9.
Vedder Price is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys and practice groups have been recognized by Legal 500 United States in 2019, including three Top-Tier Firm rankings- two in Transportation (Aviation and Air Travel - Finance; Rail and Road - Finance) for the ninth year in a row and M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle Market (Sub-$500M) for the sixth year in a row, as well as two Second-Tier rankings for 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
John T. Bycraft: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
Danielle Meltzer Cassel: Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
Michael E. Draz: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
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)
Francis X. Nolan III: Transport: Shipping – Finance
Jeffrey T. Veber: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
Recommended
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; Labor and Employment – Labor Management Relations
William J. Bettman: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
Eugene A. Boyle: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor and Employment – Labor Management Relations
John E. Bradley: Transport: Shipping – Finance
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; Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
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
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
John F. Imhof: Transport: Shipping – Finance
Geoffrey R. Kass: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance; Transport: Rail and Road – Finance; 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; Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
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
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
Jason W. Reese: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle Market (Sub-$500M)
Bruce A. Rosenblum: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
Heather M. Sager: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
Christopher A. Setteducati: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
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 – 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
Raviv Surpin: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
Venu V. Talanki: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle Market (Sub-$500M)
Joel R. Thielen: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
Jeffrey T. Veber: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
Thomas M. Wilde: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense
Benjamin O. Williams: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A – Middle Market (Sub-$500M)
Candice T. Zee: Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) – Defense; Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations
Anna Zielinski: Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Junaid A. Zubairi: Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation – Defense
Next Generation Lawyers
Robert J. Hankes: Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
Clay Thomas: Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
Shelby E. Parnes: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M)
"Rising Star" Lawyers
Benjamin Williams: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle Market (Sub-$500M
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