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K&L Gates Receives More Than 240 Firm, Individual Rankings in 2025 Chambers USA Guide

5 June 2025

Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and its lawyers across the United States as leaders in their respective practice areas in the 2025 edition of its Chambers USA guide. This includes nearly 65 practice rankings for the firm, including 13 nationwide, and nearly 180 lawyer recognitions.

Published annually, the guide recognizes the top lawyers and law firms across the United States, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to assess the reputations and experience of lawyers around the country.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognized in the following categories:

Nationwide Rankings

  • Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
  • Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
  • Environment
  • Government Relations: Federal
  • Healthcare: Highly Regarded
  • Hedge Funds
  • Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  • Investment Funds: Investor Representation
  • Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
  • Oil & Gas Litigation
  • Registered Funds
  • Transportation: Aviation: Finance
  • Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory

State Rankings

  • Antitrust - Illinois
  • Banking & Finance: Corporate Regulatory - Massachusetts
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring - North Carolina; Washington
  • Construction - Pennsylvania; Tennessee
  • Corporate/M&A - North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds; Oregon; South Carolina; Tennessee; Washington
  • Corporate/M&A & Alternative Entities - Delaware
  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity - Illinois; Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - Washington
  • Energy & Natural Resources - Pennsylvania; Washington
  • Environment - New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Washington
  • Healthcare - North Carolina; Tennessee
  • Hedge & Mutual Funds - Massachusetts
  • Immigration - Texas
  • Insurance - New Jersey; Pennsylvania
  • Intellectual Property - Illinois; Massachusetts; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Washington
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets - Illinois; Texas
  • Labor & Employment - Massachusetts; New Jersey; North Carolina; Washington
  • Litigation: General Commercial - Massachusetts; North Carolina; Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds; Tennessee; Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds; Washington
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations - Pennsylvania
  • Real Estate - Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds; South Carolina; Washington
  • Tax - Illinois, Washington
  • Tax: Litigation - Texas
  • Tax: State & Local - Texas

K&L Gates individuals recognized were:

Asset Management and Investment Funds

Consumer Products

Corporate

Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources

Finance

Intellectual Property

Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

  • Thomas Birsic - Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
  • Lindsay Bishop - Litigation: General Commercial, Massachusetts
  • Jason Callen - Litigation: General Commercial, Tennessee
  • Jackie Celender - Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
  • Jonathan Cohen - Insurance: Policyholder, District of Columbia
  • David Fine - Litigation: Appellate, Pennsylvania; Litigation: Product Liability, Pennsylvania
  • David Fusco - Litigation: Product Liability, Pennsylvania; Product Liability & Mass Torts, Nationwide
  • Philip Guess - Litigation: General Commercial, Washington
  • Julie Anne Halter - E-Discovery & Information Governance, Nationwide
  • Nathan Huff - Litigation: General Commercial, North Carolina
  • Anthony La Rocco - Insurance, New Jersey
  • David McGonigle - Insurance, Pennsylvania 
  • Beth Petronio - Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
  • Erin Palmer Polly - Litigation: General Commercial, Tennessee
  • Marla Tun Reschly - Litigation: General Commercial, North Carolina
  • Melissa Tea - Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
  • Christopher Valente - Litigation: General Commercial, Massachusetts 
  • Artoush Varshosaz - Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
  • Pallavi Wahi - Litigation: General Commercial, Washington
  • Matthew Weldon - International Arbitration: Counsel, Nationwide; International Arbitration Enforcement, Nationwide

Policy and Regulatory

Real Estate

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.

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