The new edition of the guide underscores Reed Smith’s depth across core areas such as dispute resolution, finance and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, media and entertainment, energy, healthcare, insurance, technology and data privacy, and environmental regulation.
In addition, several Reed Smith lawyers earned the publication’s Hall of Fame designation, reflecting exceptional careers delivering consistent advice in the arenas of dispute resolution, insurance coverage, advertising and marketing, and complex finance.
PRACTICE RANKINGS
Legal 500 USA ranked Reed Smith in the following categories:
Antitrust
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Dispute Resolution
- Appellate: Supreme Courts (state and federal)
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
- E-discovery
- General commercial disputes
- International arbitration
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions – defense: automotive/transport
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions – defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions – toxic tort: defense
Energy
- Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Renewable/alternative power
Environment
- Environment: regulatory
- Environment: transactional
Finance
- Fintech
- Restructuring: corporate (including bankruptcy)
- Restructuring: municipal (including bankruptcy)
- Structured finance: securitization
Healthcare
- Health insurers
- Life sciences
- Service providers
Insurance
- Advice to policyholders (Tier 1)
Intellectual Property
- Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Patents: litigation (full coverage)
International Trade
- CFIUS
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Labor and Employment
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Workplace and employment counseling
M&A/Corporate and Commercial
- M&A: middle-market ($500 m–$999 m)
- Private equity buyouts: middle-market (up to $500 m)
- Venture capital and emerging companies
Media, Technology and Telecoms
- Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media and entertainment: transactional
Real Estate
Tax
- International tax
- US taxes: non-contentious
Transport
- Aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation
- Shipping: finance
The following Reed Smith lawyers were recognized by the Legal 500 USA for outstanding work in their fields, with Hall of Fame designees noted parenthetically:
- José Astigarraga – Dispute resolution; international arbitration
- Wendell Bartnick – Media, technology and telecoms; cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Oliver Beiersdorf – Transport; aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation and Dispute resolution; product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- James Boudreau – Labor & Employment: workplace and employment counselling (Hall of Fame)
- Patrick Bradley – Transport; aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation (Hall of Fame for Dispute resolution; product liability, mass tort and class actions – defense: automotive/transport)
- Keri Bruce – Media, technology and telecoms; advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory (Hall of Fame)
- Sarah Bruno – Media, technology and telecoms; cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Christopher Buchanan – Transport; rail and road: finance (Hall of Fame)
- Jennifer Cheng – M&A/corporate and commercial; M&A: middle-market ($500m-$999m)
- Alice Colarossi – Transport; shipping finance
- James Cooper – Insurance; advice to policyholders
- Han Deng – Transport; shipping finance
- John Ellison – Insurance; advice to policyholders
- Catherine Kiernan – Transport; aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation
- Robert Lustrin – Shipping: Finance
- Ben Patton – Environment; environment: regulatory
- Mark Pedretti – Private equity buyouts middle-market (up to $500 m)
- Anatoliy Rozental – Private equity buyouts: middle-market (up to $500 m)
- John Shugrue – Insurance; advice to policyholders (Hall of Fame)
- Gregory Speier – Transport; aviation and air travel – litigation and regulation
- John Vishneski – Insurance; advice to policyholders (Hall of Fame)
Hall of Fame entrants are “widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession, and to have been consistently ranked as leading individuals by the Legal 500 for a number of years.”
For more information, visit the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 USA. Full access is available to subscribers.
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