Polsinelli is pleased to announce that the firm has again earned significant recognition in the 2025 nationwide and regional practice and attorney rankings from Chambers & Partners, adding several new nationwide and regional rankings and rising in existing ones.

In total, 128 Polsinelli attorneys and 24 practice areas were recognized by the leading rankings organization across nearly all the firm’s geographic locations nationwide. The firm added four new nationwide rankings to its recognitions – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Labor & Employment, Life Sciences and Product Liability & Mass Torts - Highly Regarded. The firm also earned recognition in two new regions (Pennsylvania and Utah), four entirely new practice areas and saw a 15% rise in individual attorney rankings.

The 2025 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 and Georgia
• Construction – Colorado
• Corporate/M&A – Arizona, Colorado, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds, Tennessee
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Environment – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Healthcare – California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory – District of Columbia
• Immigration – Utah
• Insurance – Missouri
• Intellectual Property – Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Washington
• Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution – District of Columbia
• Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded – California
• Labor & Employment – Georgia, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
• Litigation: General Commercial – Colorado, Missouri – Kansas City & Surrounds, Tennessee
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Georgia, Washington
• Public Finance – Illinois
• Real Estate – California: Southern, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds, New York, Tennessee, Texas
• Tax – Missouri

Additionally, the following Polsinelli attorneys were recognized individually in the Chambers USA 2025 rankings:

• Banking & Finance
  • Paul V. Franke – Colorado
  • David A. Surbeck – Pennsylvania
  • Bob Hannon – Tennessee
  • Keaton H. Osborne – Tennessee
  • Stacie L. Cargill – Texas
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
  • Randye B. Soref – California
  • Shanti M. Katona – Delaware
  • Christopher A. Ward – Delaware
  • David E. Gordon – Georgia
  • Jerry L. Switzer Jr. – Illinois
  • Jane E. Pearson – Washington
• Construction
  • 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
  • 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
  • Paul J. Jaskot – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
  • Craig Circosta – Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Robert D. Grossman – Missouri
  • John D. Martini – Pennsylvania
  • Rachel C. Shim – Pennsylvania
  • Patti J. Hedgpeth – Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
  • Henry Talavera – Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Environment
  • Stacy J. Stotts – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
• Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
  • Stuart M. Pape – USA – Nationwide
• Franchising
  • Leonard MacPhee – USA Nationwide
  • Joyce G. Mazero – USA Nationwide
• Healthcare
  • Paul A. Gomez – California
  • Ron S. Grace – California
  • Nathaniel ‘Tani’ Weiner – California
  • Iliana L. Peters – District of Columbia
  • Marisa Rodriguez Wilson – Florida
  • J. Everett Wilson – Florida
  • Mike P. Gennett – Florida
  • R. Ross Burris III – Georgia
  • Daniel J. Mohan – Georgia
  • Kara M. Friedman – Illinois
  • Lisa S. Katz – Illinois
  • Matthew J. Murer – Illinois
  • Neal D. Shah – Illinois
  • Jane E. Arnold – Missouri
  • Jay M. Howard – Missouri
  • Mark H. Goran – Missouri
  • Joan B. Killgore – Missouri
  • William P. Hoffman – Missouri
  • Sean A. Timmons – North Carolina
  • Barry D. Alexander – North Carolina
  • Ross E. Sallade – North Carolina
  • Paul D. Squire – New York
  • Stephen D. Bittinger – South Carolina
  • Mark S. Armstrong – Texas
  • Alexis L. Angell – Texas
  • Sherri T. Alexander – Texas
  • Stephen M. Angelette – Texas
  • Lori A. Oliver – Washington
  • Jessica M. Andrade – Washington
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
  • Michael M. Gaba – District of Columbia
• Immigration
  • Jeffrey S. Bell – Utah
• Insurance
  • Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin – Missouri
• Intellectual Property
  • Taryn A. Elliott – Colorado
  • Gregory P. Durbin – Colorado
  • John R. Posthumus – Colorado
  • Kathryn J. Doty – Missouri
  • Patrick C. Woolley – Missouri
  • Emily C. Peyser – Washington
• Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
  • Arriènne M. Lezak – District of Columbia
• International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
  • Louis S. Mastriani – USA – Nationwide
  • Deanna Okun – USA – Nationwide
  • Daniel F. Smith – USA – Nationwide
• Labor & Employment
  • Tina Tellado – California
  • Donald L. Samuels – Colorado
  • Jack Blum – District of Columbia
  • Tyree P. Jones Jr – District of Columbia
  • William C. Vail – Georgia
  • Angelo Spinola – Georgia
  • Scott M. Gilbert – Illinois
  • Robert J. Hingula – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Eric E. Packel – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Denise K. Drake – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Karen K. Cain – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Lilian D. Davis – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
  • Sara A. Begley – Pennsylvania
  • Harry D. Jones – Texas
• Litigation: General Commercial
  • Sean R. Gallagher – Colorado
  • Russell S. Jones Jr – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Mark A. Olthoff – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • C. Joseph Hubbard – Tennessee
  • David A. King – Tennessee
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • Edward F. Novak – Arizona
  • Kurt R. Erskine – Georgia
  • Ellen H. Persons – Georgia
  • Jessica M. Andrade – Washington
• Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
  • John Thomas A. Malatesta III – USA – Nationwide
• Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  • Iliana L. Peters USA – Nationwide
  • Kathleen D. Kenney – 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
  • Emma R. Keyser – Arizona
  • Jesse M. Nichols – California: Southern
  • Amy K. Hansen – Colorado
  • John R. Heronimus – Colorado
  • Diane Shapiro Richer – District of Columbia
  • John Chamberlin – Illinois
  • Kelly M. Greco – Illinois
  • Eric Greenfield – Illinois
  • Patrick Maloney – Illinois
  • Barbara A. Trachtenberg – Massachusetts
  • Marcus G. Abbott – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Dan Flanigan – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Korb W. Maxwell – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Lisa M. Haines – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • M. Kevin Lee – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • F. Chase Simmons – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Curtis J. Petersen – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Roxsen E. Koch – Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
  • Joseph A. Bealmear – Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
  • J. David Wicker – Tennessee
  • John T. Duncan III – Texas
• Startups & Emerging Companies
  • Rick Jordan – USA – Nationwide
  • Matthew Eckert – USA – Nationwide 
• Tax
  • William J. Sanders – Missouri
  • S. Patrick O’Bryan – Missouri