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Chambers USA Guide 2026 Recognizes 179 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 81 Practice Areas

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<strong>WASHINGTON — June 5, 2026</strong>

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BakerHostetler proudly announces that Chambers and Partners has ranked and recognized 179 firm attorneys and 81 practice areas in this year’s edition of the “Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.” The firm received 26 attorney rankings in Band 1; 23 practice areas received that commendation. In this year’s edition, 57 attorneys are newly ranked or received higher rankings.

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Star Individual: Elizabeth Green (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – FL: North &amp; Central)

Star Individual: Carole Rendon (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – OH)

Star Associate: Marc Wagner (Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory – DC)

Star Associate: Jack Ferry (Advertising: NAD Proceedings – Nationwide)

Mark Barron (Energy &amp; Natural Resources – CO)

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Greg Dillard (Occupational Safety and Health – Nationwide)

W. Ashley Hess (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: South &amp; Central)

Todd Kegler (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: South &amp; Central)

L. Poe Leggette (Oil &amp; Gas Litigation – Nationwide)

Joseph Lucci (Intellectual Property – Pennsylvania)

Edward McAndrew (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Investigations – DE)

Brian McEvoy (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Investigations – GA)

Amy Ralph Mudge (Advertising: NAD Proceedings – Nationwide; Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory – Nationwide)

Adam Nazette (Banking &amp; Finance – OH)

James Phillips (Product Liability: Toxic Torts – Nationwide)

David Proaño (Energy &amp; Natural Resources – OH)

Lynn Sessions (Healthcare – TX; Privacy &amp; Data Security: Healthcare – Nationwide)

Kevin Shaughnessy (Labor &amp; Employment – FL)

Stefan Smith (Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation – TX: Dallas, Fort Worth &amp; Surrounds)

Gregory Ulmer (Product Liability: Toxic Torts – Nationwide)

Daniel Warren (Litigation: General Commercial – OH)

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Chambers also recognized Up-and-Coming attorneys and Associates to watch:

Jack Ferry (Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory – Nationwide)

Sara Goldstein (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Healthcare – Nationwide)

Jeremiah Hart (Labor &amp; Employment – Ohio: South &amp; Central)

Danielle Merola (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – FL: North &amp; Central)

Michael Neminski (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Investigations – DE)

Alexander Obrecht (Oil &amp; Gas Litigation – Nationwide)

Charlotte Pasiadis (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: North)

Scott Prince (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – OH)

Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky (International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide)

Gretchen Rogge (Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation – OH)

Erin Sales (Labor &amp; Employment – FL)

Nikki Sanford (Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – WA)

<strong>Practice areas ranked in Band 1</strong>

Advertising: NAD Proceedings (USA – Nationwide)

Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory (USA – Nationwide)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring (FL: North &amp; Central)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

Corporate/M&amp;A (Ohio: South &amp; Central)

Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation (OH)

Healthcare: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

International Arbitration: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

Labor &amp; Employment: Highly Regarded (CA)

Labor &amp; Employment (OH: South &amp; Central)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (OH)

Privacy &amp; Data Security: Healthcare (USA – Nationwide)

Privacy &amp; Data Security: Litigation (USA Nationwide)

Product Liability: Toxic Torts (USA – Nationwide)

Transportation: Road (Automotive) (USA – Nationwide)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (NY)

Corporate/M&amp;A &amp; Private Equity (FL: North &amp; Central)

Corporate/M&amp;A (OH: South &amp; Central)

Corporate/M&amp;A: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

E-Discovery &amp; Information Governance (USA – Nationwide)

Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation (TX: Dallas, Fort Worth &amp; Surrounds)

Government Contracts: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (DC)

Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (DC)

Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright &amp; Trade Secrets (NY)

International Trade: Customs (USA – Nationwide)

International Trade: Export Controls &amp; Economic Sanctions: The Elite (USA – Nationwide)

International Trade: Trade Remedies &amp; Trade Policy (USA – Nationwide)

Labor &amp; Employment: Highly Regarded (NY)

Labor &amp; Employment (USA – Nationwide)

Leisure &amp; Hospitality (USA – Nationwide)

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (CA)

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (NY)

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (USA – Nationwide)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (DE)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (DC)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (GA)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (IL)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations: The Elite (NY)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations (TX)

Occupational Safety and Health (USA – Nationwide)

Oil &amp; Gas Litigation (USA – Nationwide)

Privacy &amp; Data Security: Litigation (USA – Nationwide)

Privacy &amp; Data Security: The Elite (USA – Nationwide)

Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (Labor &amp; Employment – FL)

Robb Adkins (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – CA)

John Allotta (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: North)

Christopher Arena (Intellectual Property – GA)

M.J. Asensio III (Labor &amp; Employment – OH: South &amp; Central)

Eric Barnum (Labor &amp; Employment – GA)

Jonathan Barr (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – DC)

Mark Barron (Oil &amp; Gas Litigation – Nationwide; Energy &amp; Natural Resources – CO)

Christopher Bator (Insurance: Insurer – OH)

Alexis Beachdell (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – OH)

William Bergmann (Intellectual Property: Litigation – DC)

E. Mark Braden (Political Law – Nationwide)

Terry Brennan (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – OH)

Matthew Caligur (International Trade: Customs – Nationwide)

Phillip Callesen (Banking &amp; Finance – OH)

Todd Canni (Government Contracts – Nationwide)

Ann Caresani (Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation – OH)

John Carney (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – NY)

Timothy Casey (Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – WA)

C. Shawn Cleveland (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – TX)

Casie Collignon (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Litigation – Nationwide)

Lisa Collins (Intellectual Property – GA)

Jason D’Cruz (Labor &amp; Employment – GA)

Jeffrey Decker (Corporate/M&amp;A &amp; Private Equity – FL: North &amp; Central)

Steven Dettelbach (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – OH)

Jeffrey Diener (Leisure &amp; Hospitality – Nationwide)

Greg Dillard (Environment – TX; Occupational Safety and Health – Nationwide)

Sashe Dimitroff (International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide)

Billy Donley (Transportation: Road (Automotive) – Nationwide)

David Evans (Real Estate – FL: North &amp; Central)

Shareef Farag (Labor &amp; Employment – CA)

David Farsiou (Intellectual Property – PA)

Jack Ferry (Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory – Nationwide; Advertising: NAD Proceedings – Nationwide)

Peter Fischer (Labor &amp; Employment – DC)

Adam Fletcher (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – OH)

Daniel Goettle (Intellectual Property – PA)

Stephen Goldberg (Corporate/M&amp;A – NY)

May Tal Gongolevsky (E-Discovery &amp; Information Governance – Nationwide)

Analia Gonzalez (International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide)

Kimberly Gordy (Healthcare – TX; Native American Law – Nationwide)

Matthew Graban (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: North)

Elizabeth Green (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – FL: North &amp; Central)

Douglas Greene (Litigation: Securities – NY)

Daniel Guttman (Labor &amp; Employment – OH: South &amp; Central)

Seth Hanft (Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation – OH)

Suzanne Hanselman (Corporate/M&amp;A – OH: North)

Jeremiah Hart (Labor &amp; Employment – OH: South &amp; Central)

Ryan Hedges (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – IL)

Craig Hoffman (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Cybersecurity – Nationwide)

Jason Hoffman (Intellectual Property: Litigation – DC)

Rachael Israel (Litigation: White-Collar Crime &amp; Government Investigations – OH)

Edward Jacobs (E-Discovery &amp; Information Governance – Nationwide)

Joann Gallagher Jones (Real Estate – GA)

Robert Julian (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – CA)

Andreas Kaltsounis (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Cybersecurity – Nationwide)

Matthew Kane (Labor &amp; Employment – CA)

Paul Karlsgodt (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Litigation – Nationwide)

Daniel Kaufman (Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory – Nationwide)

Susan Kayser (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright &amp; Trade Secrets – DC)

Kevin Kirsch (Intellectual Property – OH)

Theodore Kobus III (Privacy &amp; Data Security: Cybersecurity – Nationwide; Privacy &amp; Data Security: Privacy – Nationwide)

Jay Krupin (Labor &amp; Employment – DC)

Sarah La Voi (Advertising: Transactional &amp; Regulatory – Nationwide)

Andrew Layden (Bankruptcy/Restructuring – FL: North &amp; Central)

Todd Lebowitz: (Labor &amp; Employment – OH: North)

Gregory Lee (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – FL: North &amp; Central)

John Letchinger (Intellectual Property – IL)

Paul Levine (International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide)

Barbara Linney (International Trade: Export Controls &amp; Economic Sanctions – Nationwide)

Stephanie Lodise (Intellectual Property – PA)

Susan Lubow (Employee Benefits &amp; Executive Compensation – OH)

Thomas Lucchesi (Litigation: General Commercial – OH)

Joseph Lucci (Intellectual Property – PA)

Melissa Mannino (International Trade: CFIUS Experts – Nationwide; International Trade: Export Controls &amp; Economic Sanctions – Nationwide)

BakerHostetler helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. Our highly ranked attorneys deliver sophisticated counsel and outstanding client service. We have six core practice groups — Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax — and more than 1,000 lawyers coast to coast. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/">bakerlaw.com</a>.

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