WilmerHale Lawyers and Practices Recognized in 2026 Edition of Chambers USA

WilmerHale Lawyers and Practices Recognized in 2026 Edition of Chambers USA

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Chambers and Partners has recognized WilmerHale lawyers and practices in its 2026 Chambers USA guide, highlighting the firm’s strength across key practice areas nationwide. This year’s rankings include WilmerHale in 72 practice areas and honor 110 lawyers for their leading work and client service.

The Chambers USA guide is based on extensive research, incorporating client and peer feedback to evaluate lawyers on qualities such as legal expertise, responsiveness, commercial awareness and commitment to client success. Practice area rankings reflect not only individual excellence but also the collective strength, depth and consistency of the firm’s teams.

A summary of WilmerHale’s Chambers USA rankings are available on the Chambers and Partners website. Below is a list of WilmerHale lawyers and practice areas recognized in the 2026 edition. 

Lawyer: Practice Area (Region)

Alan Wilson: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (USA - Nationwide) 
Alyssa DaCunha: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)
Amanda Strachan: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)
Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)
Amy Wigmore: Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia)
Andre Owens: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Andrew Dulberg: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)
Andrew Shipley: Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide); Government Contracts: Bid Protests (USA - Nationwide)
Andrew Rhys Davies: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Anjan Sahni: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Ari Holtzblatt: Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Arianna Evers: Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA - Nationwide)
Ariel Soiffer: Technology (Massachusetts)
Benjamin Fernandez: Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Benjamin Powell: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Nationwide); National Security (USA - Nationwide); Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity (USA - Nationwide)
Bill Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts)
Boyd Johnson: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Brandt Tierney: Banking & Finance (Massachusetts)
Brendan McGuire: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Brett Jackson: Real Estate (Massachusetts) 
Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Christopher Babbitt: False Claims Act (USA - Nationwide) 
Christopher Barnstable-Brown: Corporate/M&A (New York)
Christopher Cestaro: FCPA (USA - Nationwide)
Christopher Davies: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)
Christopher Noyes: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
Cynthia Mazareas: Capital Markets (Massachusetts); Life Sciences (Massachusetts)
Cynthia Vreeland: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Daniel Schubert: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)
Daniel Zimmermann: Startups & Emerging Companies (USA - Nationwide); Venture Capital (California)
Danielle Morris: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Nationwide)
David Cavanaugh: Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia); Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
David Gringer: Antitrust (New York) 
David Ross: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA - Nationwide)
Doug Burton: Real Estate (Massachusetts)
Elizabeth Mitchell: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement) (USA - Nationwide)
Emily Whelan: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Eric Hanson: Venture Capital (California)
Erin Sloane: FCPA (USA - Nationwide); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) 
Felicia Ellsworth: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)
Franca Harris Gutierrez: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations) (USA - Nationwide)
Fraser Hunter: Litigation: Securities (New York)
George Varghese: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)
Hal Leibowitz: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Hallie Levin: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Hartmut Schneider: Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Jamie Gorelick: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)
Jason Chipman: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (USA - Nationwide)
Jay Holtmeier: FCPA (USA - Nationwide); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Jeffrey Johnson: Technology (Massachusetts)
Jessica Lewis: Litigation: Securities (California)
Joel Green: Government Relations: Congressional Investigations (USA - Nationwide)
John Butts: Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)
John Trenor: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Nationwide) 
Jonathan Paikin: Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia) 
Jonathan Yarowsky: Government Relations: Federal (USA - Nationwide)
Joseph Mueller: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA - Nationwide)
Judith Hasko: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California); Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (USA - Nationwide)
Kevin Prussia: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Kimberly Parker: FCPA (USA - Nationwide)
Kimberly Wethly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)
Kirk Nahra: Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA - Nationwide); Privacy & Data Security: Privacy (USA - Nationwide)
Lillian Brown: Corporate Governance (USA - Nationwide); Securities: Regulation: Advisory (USA - Nationwide)
Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Life Sciences (Massachusetts) 
Lori Martin: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)
Lori Echavarria: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) 
Mark Ford: Antitrust (Massachusetts)
Mark Selwyn: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)
Matthew Beville: Derivatives: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)
Matthew Kulkin: Derivatives (USA - Nationwide); Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory (USA - Nationwide)
Meghan Walsh: Tax (Massachusetts)
Meredith Cross: Corporate Governance (USA - Nationwide); Securities: Regulation: Advisory (USA - Nationwide)
Michael Bongiorno: Litigation: Securities (New York)
Michael Leotta: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Michael Mugmon: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) 
Michael Summersgill: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Mindy Sooter: Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Molly Fox: Capital Markets (Massachusetts)
Nathan Moore: Banking & Finance (Colorado)
Noah Levine: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) (USA - Nationwide)
Omar Khan: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
Paul Connell: State Attorneys General (USA - Nationwide)
Peggy Otum: Environment (California)
Philip Anker: Bankruptcy Litigation (New York)
Preet Bharara: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Rachael Kent: International Arbitration: Counsel (USA - Nationwide)
Robert Boone: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Robert Finkel: Outsourcing (New York); Outsourcing (USA - Nationwide)
Robert Gunther: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
Robert Smith: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts) 
Ronald Machen: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (USA - Nationwide)
Seth Locke: Government Contracts (USA - Nationwide)
Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (USA - Nationwide); Native American Law: Appellate (USA - Nationwide)
Sonal Mehta: Intellectual Property (USA - Nationwide); Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)
Stephanie Evans: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
Stephanie Nicolas: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Steven Barrett: Life Sciences (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (USA - Nationwide)
Stuart Falber: Capital Markets (Massachusetts); Life Sciences (Massachusetts)
Susan Schroeder: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement) (USA - Nationwide)
Tamar Kaplan-Marans: Litigation: Securities (New York)
Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (USA - Nationwide)
Timothy Perla: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)
William Lee: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Intellectual Property (USA - Nationwide); Intellectual Property: Appellate (USA - Nationwide); Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (USA - Nationwide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA - Nationwide)
William McLucas: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide)
Yoon-Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)

Practice Areas Including Region: 

California 
Environment 
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation 
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
Litigation: Securities 
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 
Venture Capital 

Colorado 
Banking & Finance 
Intellectual Property 

District of Columbia 
Antitrust 
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity 
Intellectual Property: Litigation 
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite 
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 
Media & Entertainment 

Massachusetts 
Antitrust 
Banking & Finance 
Capital Markets 
Corporate/M&A 
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation 
Intellectual Property 
Life Sciences 
Litigation: General Commercial 
Litigation: Securities 
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment 
Real Estate 
Tax 
Technology 

New York 
Bankruptcy Litigation 
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite 
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded 
Intellectual Property: Patent 
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite 
Litigation: Securities 
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite 

USA - Nationwide 
Antitrust 
Antitrust: Cartel 
Appellate Law 
Artificial Intelligence 
Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite 
Corporate Governance 
Derivatives 
False Claims Act 
FCPA 
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) 
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations) 
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) 
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) 
Government Contracts: The Elite 
Government Relations: Congressional Investigations 
Government Relations: Federal 
Higher Education 
Intellectual Property 
Intellectual Property: Appellate 
Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets 
International Arbitration: The Elite 
International Trade: CFIUS Experts 
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite 
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) 
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy 
Life Sciences 
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite 
National Security 
Native American Law 
Native American Law: Appellate 
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare 
Privacy & Data Security: The Elite 
Securities: Litigation 
Securities: Regulation: Advisory 
Securities: Regulation: Enforcement 
Startups & Emerging Companies 
State Attorneys General

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