--- title: The Legal 500 Recognizes 55 Kelley Drye Attorneys and 13 Practice Groups for 2024 List date: 2024-06-17T14:19:00-04:00 author: "acolucci@kelleydrye.com" canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/the-legal-500-recognizes-56-kelley-drye-attorneys-and-13-practice-groups-for-2024-list" section: News --- # The Legal 500 Recognizes 55 Kelley Drye Attorneys and 13 Practice Groups for 2024 List June 17, 2024 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](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/timothy-r-lavender) – M&A: Middle-Market - [Paul Rosenthal](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/paul-c-rosenthal) – International Trade - [John Villafranco](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-e-villafranco) – Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory Five Kelley Drye lawyers are recognized as ​“Leading Lawyer”: - [Kathleen Cannon](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/kathleen-w-cannon) – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy - [John Gilmour](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-d-s-gilmour) – Environmental Litigation - [Alysa Hutnik](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/alysa-z-hutnik) – Cyber Law - [Bill Jackson](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-j-jackson) – Environmental Litigation One Kelley Drye attorney is recognized as ​“Next Generation”: - [Jennifer Norkus](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jennifer-l-norkus) – M&A: Middle-Market The list also recognizes 47 attorneys as ​“Recommended” in their respective practice areas: - [Michael Adelstein](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/michael-a-adelstein) – M&A: Middle-Market - [Jennifer Barks](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jennifer-barks) – Environment: Litigation - [Aaron Burstein ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/aaron-j-burstein)– Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy - [Melissa Byroade](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/melissa-e-byroade) – Environment: Litigation - [Andrea Calvaruso ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/andrea-l-calvaruso)– IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage - [Geoffrey Castello](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/geoffrey-w-castello) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products and Advertising & Marketing Litigation - [Matthew Chakmakian](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/matthew-chakmakian) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Thomas Cohen](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/thomas-w-cohen) – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory - [Kenneth Corley](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/kenneth-o-corley) – Environment: Litigation - [Michael Dover](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/michael-r-dover) – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory - [Sarah Fabian](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/sarah-fabian-maramarosy) – M&A: Middle-Market - [John Herrmann](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-m-herrmann-ii) – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy - [Barbara Hoey](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/barbara-e-hoey) – Labor & Employment – Defense - [Andrew Homer](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/andrew-w-homer) – Environment: Litigation - [Henry Kelly](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/henry-t-kelly) – Telecoms and Broadcast – Regulatory - [Mark Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel) – Labor & Employment – Defense - [Lauren Kouser](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lauren-kouser) – M&A: Middle-Market - [Blythe Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger) – Labor & Employment – Defense - [Alan Luberda](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/r-alan-luberda) – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy - [Michael Lynch](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/michael-c-lynch) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Lauri Mazzuchetti](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lauri-a-mazzuchetti) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products, Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy, and Marketing and Advertising Litigation - [Jennifer McCadney](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jennifer-e-mccadney) – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions - [Eric McClafferty](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/eric-mcclafferty) - International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions - [Donnelly McDowell](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/donnelly-l-mcdowell) – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory - [Jaclyn Metzinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jaclyn-m-metzinger) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products and Marketing and Advertising Litigation - [Gonzalo Mon](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/gonzalo-e-mon) – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory - [Deepak Nambiar](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/deepak-nambiar) – Outsourcing and M&A: Middle Market - [Kelli Ortega](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/kelli-ortega) – IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage - [Andrew Pillsbury](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/andrew-p-pillsbury) – M&A: Middle-Market - [David Reap](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-m-reap) – Environment: Litigation - [Brooke Ringel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/brooke-m-ringel) – International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy - [Lana Rowenko](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lana-rowenko) – Environment: Litigation - [Jamie Sarmiento](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jamie-k-sarmiento) – M&A: Middle-Market - [James Saylor](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/james-b-saylor) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Lauren Shah](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lauren-h-shah) – Environment: Litigation - [Carol Sherman](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/carol-w-sherman) – M&A: Middle-Market - [Whitney Smith](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/whitney-m-smith) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Damon Suden](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/damon-w-suden) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Christie Grymes Thompson](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/christie-grymes-thompson) – Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory - [Laura Riposo VanDruff ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/laura-riposo-vandruff)– Marketing and Advertising Law – Transactional and Regulatory and Cyber Law – Data Protection and Privacy - [Becca Wahlquist](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/becca-j-wahlquist) – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - [Patricia Werner](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/patricia-l-werner) – IP – Trademarks Litigation and IP – Trademarks Non-Contentious: Full Coverage - [Nancy Yanochik](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/nancy-archer-yanochik) – Environment: Litigation - 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