The Legal 500 Recognizes 55 Kelley Drye Attorneys and 13 Practice Groups for 2024 List

The 2024 edition of US Legal 500, which ranks law firms and attorneys considered leaders in their fields, recognized 55 Kelley Drye attorneys across 13 practice areas.

The following Kelley Drye practice areas are nationally ranked: Intellectual Property: Trademarks Litigation; Intellectual Property: Trademarks Non-Contentious; International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions; International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy; Marketing and Advertising Litigation; Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory; Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy; Environment: Litigation; Outsourcing; Labor & Employment – Defense; Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products; Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory; and M&A: Middle-Market.

Three Kelley Drye attorneys are recognized in the ​“Hall of Fame” for their respective practices:

• Tim Lavender – M&A: Middle-Market
• Paul Rosenthal – International Trade
• John Villafranco – Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory
  
   

Five Kelley Drye lawyers are recognized as ​“Leading Lawyer”:

• Kathleen Cannon – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• John Gilmour – Environmental Litigation
• Alysa Hutnik – Cyber Law
• Bill Jackson – Environmental Litigation

One Kelley Drye attorney is recognized as ​“Next Generation”:

• Jennifer Norkus – M&A: Middle-Market
  
   

The list also recognizes 47 attorneys as ​“Recommended” in their respective practice areas:

• Michael Adelstein – M&A: Middle-Market
• Jennifer Barks – Environment: Litigation
• Aaron Burstein – Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy
• Melissa Byroade – Environment: Litigation
• Andrea Calvaruso – IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage
• Geoffrey Castello – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products and Advertising & Marketing Litigation
• Matthew Chakmakian – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Thomas Cohen – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory
• Kenneth Corley – Environment: Litigation
• Michael Dover – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory
• Sarah Fabian – M&A: Middle-Market
• John Herrmann – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• Barbara Hoey – Labor & Employment – Defense
• Andrew Homer – Environment: Litigation
• Henry Kelly – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory
• Mark Konkel – Labor & Employment – Defense
• Lauren Kouser – M&A: Middle-Market
• Blythe Lovinger – Labor & Employment – Defense
• Alan Luberda – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• Michael Lynch – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Lauri Mazzuchetti – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products, Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy, and Marketing and Advertising Litigation
• Jennifer McCadney – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
• Eric McClafferty - International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
• Donnelly McDowell – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory
• Jaclyn Metzinger – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products and Marketing and Advertising Litigation
• Gonzalo Mon – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory
• Deepak Nambiar – Outsourcing and M&A: Middle Market
• Kelli Ortega – IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage
• Andrew Pillsbury – M&A: Middle-Market
• David Reap – Environment: Litigation
• Brooke Ringel – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• Lana Rowenko – Environment: Litigation
• Jamie Sarmiento – M&A: Middle-Market
• James Saylor – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Lauren Shah – Environment: Litigation
• Carol Sherman – M&A: Middle-Market
• Whitney Smith – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Damon Suden – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Christie Grymes Thompson – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory
• Laura Riposo VanDruff – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory and Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy
• Becca Wahlquist – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products
• Patricia Werner – IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage
• Nancy Yanochik – Environment: Litigation
• Chip Yorkgitis – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory
• Michael Zinna– IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage