Ranking tables
Litigation: General Commercial | USA
Maryland
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
- Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP 14 Years Ranked
- Miles & Stockbridge PC 22 Years Ranked
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
- Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
Band 3
- Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC 1 Years Ranked
- Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP 19 Years Ranked
- Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered
Senior Statespeople
- Arnold M Weiner Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC9 Years Ranked
- Charles O Monk II Saul Ewing LLP22 Years Ranked
- Paul Mark Sandler Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler17 Years Ranked
- Gerard P MartinRosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
Star Individuals
Band 1
- Andrew Freeman Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP7 Years Ranked
- Andrew Levy Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP7 Years Ranked
- Cyril Smith Zuckerman Spaeder LLP9 Years Ranked
- James P. Ulwick Kramon & Graham, PA23 Years Ranked
- Martin S. Himeles, Jr. Zuckerman Spaeder LLP19 Years Ranked
- Michael Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP8 Years Ranked
- Steven F Barley Hogan Lovells US LLP19 Years Ranked
- Ward B Coe III Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP15 Years Ranked
Band 2
- Brett Ingerman DLA Piper LLP (US)19 Years Ranked
- Craig Thompson Venable LLP10 Years Ranked
- David J. Shuster Kramon & Graham, PA5 Years Ranked
- Jean E. Lewis Kramon & Graham, PA6 Years Ranked
- John A. Bourgeois Kramon & Graham, PA19 Years Ranked
- Lauren S Colton Hogan Lovells US LLP16 Years Ranked
- Robert Brennen Miles & Stockbridge PC9 Years Ranked
- Jerrold A ThropeGordon Feinblatt LLC
Band 3
- Amy E. Askew Kramon & Graham, PA7 Years Ranked
- Ava Lias-Booker McGuireWoods LLP9 Years Ranked
- Brian Moffet Miles & Stockbridge PC12 Years Ranked
- David W Kinkopf Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP11 Years Ranked
- Geoffrey H. Genth Kramon & Graham, PA11 Years Ranked
- Scott R Haiber Hogan Lovells US LLP6 Years Ranked
- Stacie E Tobin Venable LLP5 Years Ranked
- Linda S. WoolfGoodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
- Stanley J ReedLerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered
Band 4
- Barry Gogel Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC1 Years Ranked
- Celeste Bruce Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC2 Years Ranked
- Conor O'Croinin Zuckerman Spaeder LLP6 Years Ranked
- David B Hamilton DLA Piper LLP (US)5 Years Ranked
- John McCann Miles & Stockbridge PC9 Years Ranked
- Kenneth Thompson Venable LLP3 Years Ranked
- Matthew Sturtz Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP10 Years Ranked
- Michael Blumenfeld Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP4 Years Ranked
- Michael MacWilliams Venable LLP3 Years Ranked
- Paul S Caiola Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP8 Years Ranked
- William F Ryan Jr Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP14 Years Ranked
- Gerard J GaengRosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
- Lauri E ClearyLerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered
- Richard BarnesGoodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 DLA Piper LLP (US)Litigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedDLA Piper LLP is an impressive international firm with a very highly regarded local presence and extensive global reach. It advises both domestic and international clients on class actions, business defamation and insurance disputes.
1 Hogan Lovells US LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedHogan Lovells is highly regarded for its expert handling of high profile disputes for major healthcare, life sciences and software entities. The firm is also notable for its strong practice in the securities sector. The group is recognized as a go-to practice for bet-the-company litigation, including product liability class actions, shareholder derivative suits and major contractual claims.
1 Kramon & Graham, PALitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedKramon & Graham, PA is a boutique litigation firm with a preeminent presence in Maryland. The team is extremely highly regarded for its expert commercial disputes practice, which includes significant experience at trial and appellate stages. The group is also noted for its deep experience in federal and state criminal investigations and trials. They are retained by a sophisticated client roster which includes corporates, financial institutions and government bodies, as well as law firms and legal professionals.1 Venable LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedVenable has a highly regarded team with broad experience across a range of commercial litigation matters and criminal and civil investigations, representing local, national and global clients in matters at both state and federal level. The firm frequently acts on class actions and institutional disputes involving areas such as employment law, commercial claims and insurance.
1 Zuckerman Spaeder LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedZuckerman Spaeder LLP is a boutique litigation firm with a distinguished team experienced in handling a range of complex contentious matters, including white-collar criminal defense and commercial claims. It has a strong bench of trial lawyers with extensive state and federal experience, including significant capabilities in securities, antitrust and ERISA litigation. The group holds notable strength in acting for healthcare clients.
Band 2
2 Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedBrown, Goldstein & Levy LLP is a boutique litigation firm advising both plaintiffs and defendants on a wide range of disputes. The firm handles business and employment-related litigation as well as issues of professional malpractice, wrongful death suits and white-collar criminal defense.2 Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 14 Years RankedGallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP attracts an impressive roster of institutional clients, including real estate and healthcare companies, as well as religious and educational bodies. It has a strong group of trial lawyers whose expertise extends to complex constitutional disputes, internal investigations and law firm defense. The team also fields experience in monitorships.2 Miles & Stockbridge PCLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedMiles & Stockbridge PC regularly advises clients on commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. The team represents businesses from a diverse range of sectors, including finance, real estate and manufacturing. The firm fields a strong group of trial and appellate lawyers whose experience also extends to ADR proceedings. The team regularly acts on litigation involving intellectual property rights, white-collar crime and antitrust matters.
2 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's team in Baltimore holds considerable expertise in commercial disputes, including breach of contract cases, product liability claims and real estate litigation. The team has notable expertise in toxic torts, including the defense of complex personal injury claims relating to asbestos.
Band 3
3 Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLCLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedRifkin Weiner Livingston LLC is an experienced litigation firm representing clients in complex civil and commercial matters, white-collar criminal defense and bet-the-company litigation. The firm's experienced litigators have appeared before state, federal and appellate courts. The team has experience advising clients from a range of sectors, including real estate, healthcare and financial services.
3 Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 19 Years RankedWhiteford has a longstanding litigation practice housing significant trial capabilities. The team's experience includes representing individuals and large corporations in contentious M&A and professional liability matters. The firm is active in healthcare industry disputes and antitrust cases, drawing on notable strength in cases of first instance and at appellate stage.