Seyfarth Earns Top Tier Rankings Again in The Legal 500

Seyfarth once again was recognized with Top-Tier rankings nationally in The Legal 500 for 2024.

Five Seyfarth practices, including four in Labor & Employment (Labor-management relations, Workplace and employment counseling, Immigration, and Labor & Employment disputes) and Construction Real Estate (including construction litigation) earned Top-Tier rankings nationally.

16 Seyfarth Lawyers earned “Leading Lawyers” rankings in their respective fields, including:

Alison Ashford: Real Estate – Construction (including construction litigation)
Scott Carlson: eDiscovery
Lisa Damon: Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling
Diane Dygert: Labor & Employment - Employee Benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Gary Friedman: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) and Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling
Lawrence Lorber: Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling
Andrew Lucano: M&A middle-market (sub-$500m)
Douglas Mancino: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
Ian Morrison: Labor & Employment – ERISA litigation
Dawn Mertineit: Trade Secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Robert Milligan: Trade Secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Kate Perrelli: Trade Secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Vincent Sama: Securities litigation defense
Kathleen Cahill Slaught: Labor & Employment – ERISA litigation
Glenn Smith: Labor & Employment - Labor-management relations
Michael Wexler: Trade Secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)

Six Seyfarth lawyers were named to the Legal 500 USA Hall of Fame:

David Baffa: Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling
Gary Friedman: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense
Bennett Greenberg: Real Estate – Construction (including construction litigation)
Camille Olson: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) – defense
Bill Perkins: Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling
Suzanne Saxman: M&A middle-market (sub-$500m)

Eight Seyfarth attorneys were spotlighted as Next Generation Lawyers:

Edward Arnold: Government – Government contracts
Aaron Gillett: M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market (sub-$500m)
Eric Greenberg: Real Estate
Amy Hoang: Government – Government contracts
Cynthia Mitchell: Real Estate
Bryan O’Keefe: Labor & Employment – Labor-management relations
Karla Sanchez: Labor & Employment – Labor-management relations
Joshua Seidman: Labor & Employment – Workplace and employment counseling

114 individual Seyfarth lawyers earned rankings, including 11 lawyers who were cited in two separate practices and three others who gained recognition in three different practices. Overall, 20 different Seyfarth practices were ranked by The Legal 500.

The Legal 500 rankings, which assess the strengths of law firms across the world, are based on a series of criteria that highlight practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Its research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers.