Polsinelli is pleased to announce that the firm has again been recognized in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide published by Chambers & Partners. In total, 28 practices were ranked, along with 138 individual attorney rankings across nearly all of the firm’s geographic locations.

The 2026 Chambers USA Guide ranks the top lawyers and law firms across the country. Chambers rankings are compiled through assessments of a firm’s work and opinions from external market sources, with an emphasis on client feedback. Firms and lawyers need to demonstrate sustained excellence in order to be ranked in the guide.

The following Polsinelli practices were recognized in this year’s guide:

USA Nationwide Rankings

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Franchising
• Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
• Healthcare: The Elite
• International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
• Labor & Employment
• Life Sciences
• Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
• Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded
• Real Estate

Regional Rankings:

• Banking & Finance – Tennessee
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Delaware, Georgia and Illinois
• Construction – Colorado
• Corporate/M&A – Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds and Tennessee
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Environment – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Healthcare – California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory – District of Columbia
• Immigration – Utah
• Insurance – Missouri
• Intellectual Property – Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri, Texas and Washington
• Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded – California
• Labor & Employment –Colorado, Georgia, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds and Pennsylvania
• Litigation: General Commercial – Colorado, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds and Tennessee
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Georgia and Washington
• Public Finance – Illinois
• Real Estate – Arizona, California: Northern, California: Southern, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds, New York, Tennessee and Texas
• Tax – Missouri

Additionally, the following Polsinelli attorneys were recognized individually in the Chambers USA 2026 rankings:

Banking & Finance

• Paul V. Franke – Colorado
• David A. Surbeck – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
• Bob Hannon – Tennessee
• Keaton H. Osborne – Tennessee
• Stacie L. Cargill – Texas

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Randye B. Soref – California
• David E. Gordon – Georgia
• Jeremy R. Johnson – Illinois
• Jerry L. Switzer Jr. – Illinois
• Jane E. Pearson – Washington

Construction

• Adam Lewis – Colorado
• Paul V. Franke – Colorado
• Steve Gurr – Colorado
• William R. Meyer – Colorado
• Jason S. Samuels – New York

Corporate/M&A

• Phillip P. Guttilla – Arizona
• Darren R. Hensley – Colorado
• Scott A. Berdan – Colorado
• Amanda Norcross – Georgia
• Frank Koranda – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Frank J. Ross Jr. – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• William W. Mahood III – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Ruben K. Chuquimia – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
• Kolin B. Holladay – Tennessee

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

• Craig Circosta – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
• Paul J. Jaskot – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

• Robert D. Grossman – Missouri
• John D. Martini – Pennsylvania
• Rachel C. Shim – Pennsylvania
• Henry Talavera – Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Patti J. Hedgpeth – Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds

Environment

• Stacy J. Stotts – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation

• Stuart M. Pape – USA – Nationwide

Franchising

• Jess A. Dance – USA – Nationwide
• Joyce G. Mazero – USA – Nationwide
• Leonard MacPhee – USA – Nationwide

Government Contracts

• Gregory S. Jacobs – USA – Nationwide

Healthcare

• Kenneth J. Yood – California
• Nathaniel ‘Tani’ Weiner – California
• Paul A. Gomez – California
• Iliana L. Peters – District of Columbia
• J. Everett Wilson – Florida
• Marisa Rodriguez Wilson – Florida
• Michael P. Gennett – Florida
• R. Ross Burris III – Georgia
• Lisa S. Katz – Illinois
• Matthew J. Murer – Illinois
• Neal D. Shah – Illinois
• Jane E. Arnold – Missouri
• Joan B. Killgore – Missouri
• Mark H. Goran – Missouri
• William P. Hoffman – Missouri
• Paul D. Squire – New York
• Barry D. Alexander – North Carolina
• Ross E. Sallade – North Carolina
• Sean A. Timmons – North Carolina
• Stephen D. Bittinger – South Carolina
• Alexis L. Angell – Texas
• Mark S. Armstrong – Texas
• Sherri T. Alexander – Texas
• Stephen M. Angelette – Texas
• Jessica M. Andrade – Washington

Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory

• Michael M. Gaba – District of Columbia

Immigration

• Jeffrey S. Bell – Utah, Missouri

Insurance

• Lauren Tucker McCubbin – Missouri

Intellectual Property

• Gregory P. Durbin – Colorado
• John R. Posthumus – Colorado
• Taryn A. Elliott – Colorado
• Kathryn J. Doty – Missouri
• Patrick C. Woolley – Missouri
• Arriènne M. Lezak – District of Columbia
• Brian K. McKnight – District of Columbia
• Emily C. Peyser – Washington

International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)

• Daniel F. Smith – USA – Nationwide
• Deanna Tanner Okun – USA – Nationwide
• Lauren E. Peterson – USA – Nationwide

Labor & Employment

• Tina Tellado – California
• Donald L. Samuels – Colorado
• Jack Blum – District of Columbia
• Tyree P. Jones Jr. – District of Columbia
• Angelo Spinola – Georgia
• William C. Vail – Georgia
• Scott M. Gilbert – Illinois
• Denise K. Drake – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Emma R. Schuering – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Eric E. Packel – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Karen K. Cain – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Robert J. Hingula – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Lilian Doan Davis – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
• Sara A. Begley – Pennsylvania
• Valerie E. Brown – Pennsylvania
• Harry D. Jones – Texas

Litigation: General Commercial

• Richard M. Murray – Colorado
• Sean R. Gallagher – Colorado
• Mark A. Olthoff – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Russell S. Jones Jr. – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• David A. King – Tennessee
• Joseph Hubbard – Tennessee

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

• Ellen H. Persons – Georgia
• Kurt R. Erskine – Georgia
• Laura B. Angelini – Massachusetts
• Jessica M. Andrade – Washington

Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity

• John Thomas Malatesta III – USA – Nationwide

Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare

• Iliana L. Peters – USA – Nationwide

Privacy & Data Security: Privacy

• Starr Turner Drum – USA – Nationwide

Product Liability & Mass Torts

• Thomas Yoo – USA – Nationwide

Public Finance

• Janet E. Zeigler – Illinois
• Brandon C. Pond – Utah

Real Estate

• Amy K. Hansen – Colorado
• Barbara Trachtenberg – Massachusetts
• Charlie Smith – Colorado
• Curtis J. Petersen – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Dan Flanigan – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Daniel M. Kronberg – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
• J. David Wicker Jr. – Tennessee
• Diane Shapiro Richer – District of Columbia
• Emma R. Keyser – Arizona
• Eric G. Greenfield – Illinois
• F. Chase Simmons – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Jed W. Bonner – California: Northern
• Jesse M. Nichols – California: Southern
• John Chamberlin – Illinois
• John T. Duncan III – Texas
• John R. Heronimus – Colorado
• Joseph A. Bealmear – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
• Kelly M. Greco – Illinois
• M. Kevin Lee – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Korb W. Maxwell – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Lisa M. Haines – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Marcus G. Abbott – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Nickolas J. McGrath – Colorado
• Patrick Maloney – Illinois
• Roxsen E. Koch – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

Startups & Emerging Companies

• Rick Jordan – USA – Nationwide

Tax

• S. Patrick O'Bryan – Missouri
• William J. Sanders – Missouri

Technology & Outsourcing

• Leslie F. Spasser – Georgia