Ranking tables

Litigation: Trial Lawyers | USA

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The Chambers USA litigation chapters focus on commercial proceedings before state and federal court, circuit courts and US Supreme Court. The work covers the full course of a dispute such as pre-trial negotiations, documentation and preparation for trial, summary judgement motions, trial, appeals and enforcement proceedings. Chambers USA focuses on two main types of litigation: commercial disputes before civil courts and white-collar crime, including government investigations. Alternative dispute resolution, involving non-court mediation is also featured. Many commercial contracts contain arbitration clauses, which are handled by commercial litigators. Chambers USA has also identified those firms which field arbitration specialists. Please refer to the National: International Arbitration table for further information. In the USA, the Bar is sufficiently specialised for Chambers USA to identify litigators by the sector in which they practice. Areas such as Insurance, Construction, Environment, IP and Media all contain litigators who are experts in their field.

Rankings overview for Lawyers

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Band 1

  1. Alan S. Loewinsohn McKool Smith6 Years Ranked
  2. Amy L Snell
    Amy L Snell Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP6 Years Ranked
  3. Barrett Reasoner
    Barrett Reasoner Gibbs & Bruns LLP20 Years Ranked
  4. Charles Babcock
    Charles Babcock Jackson Walker LLP20 Years Ranked
  5. Chris Schwegmann
    Chris Schwegmann Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP5 Years Ranked
  6. Collin Cox
    Collin Cox Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP11 Years Ranked
  7. Cristina Rodriguez
    Cristina Rodriguez Hogan Lovells US LLP7 Years Ranked
  8. David Gerger
    David Gerger Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP9 Years Ranked
  9. George Shipley
    George Shipley Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP14 Years Ranked
  10. Jean C Frizzell
    Jean C Frizzell Reynolds Frizzell LLP21 Years Ranked
  11. Jeff Tillotson
    Jeff Tillotson Tillotson Johnson & Patton16 Years Ranked
  12. Jeremy A Fielding
    Jeremy A Fielding Kirkland & Ellis LLP7 Years Ranked
  13. John Zavitsanos
    John Zavitsanos Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing 14 Years Ranked
  14. Karen Burgess
    Karen Burgess Burgess Law PC5 Years Ranked
  15. Mary-Olga Lovett
    Mary-Olga Lovett Mo Lovett Law4 Years Ranked
  16. Neal Manne
    Neal Manne Susman Godfrey LLP22 Years Ranked
  17. R Paul Yetter
    R Paul Yetter Yetter Coleman LLP19 Years Ranked
  18. Reagan Brown
    Reagan Brown Norton Rose Fulbright23 Years Ranked
  19. Robert Manley
    Robert Manley McKool Smith4 Years Ranked
  20. Robin C Gibbs
    Robin C Gibbs Gibbs & Bruns LLP23 Years Ranked
  21. Rusty Hardin
    Rusty Hardin Rusty Hardin & Associates14 Years Ranked
  22. Tom Melsheimer
    Tom Melsheimer Winston & Strawn LLP18 Years Ranked
  23. Tracie Renfroe
    Tracie Renfroe King & Spalding LLP22 Years Ranked
  24. Trey Cox
    Trey Cox Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP17 Years Ranked
  25. Veronica Moyé
    Veronica Moyé King & Spalding LLP16 Years Ranked
  26. Victor Vital
    Victor Vital Haynes and Boone, LLP7 Years Ranked
  27. W Mark Lanier
    W Mark Lanier The Lanier Law Firm19 Years Ranked
  28. Wayne Mason
    Wayne Mason Faegre Drinker7 Years Ranked
  29. Jennifer Haltom DoanHaltom & Doan
  30. Lamont A JeffersonJefferson Cano
  31. Leon CarterCarter Arnett PLLC
  32. Murray FoglerFogler, Brar, O'Neil & Gray LLP
  33. Ricardo G CedilloDavis, Cedillo & Mendoza, INC.

All Lawyers profiles

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Senior Statespeople

  1. David J Beck
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    David J Beck
    Beck Redden LLP
    Beck Redden LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 23 Years Ranked
    David Beck is especially renowned for his trial prowess. His vast commercial litigation experience includes a particular focus on energy disputes.
  2. Samuel Baxter
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    Samuel Baxter
    McKool Smith
    McKool Smith | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 17 Years Ranked
    Samuel Baxter skillfully represents blue-chip corporate clients in commercial, antitrust and intellectual property litigation.
  3. Stephen McConnico
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    Stephen McConnico
    Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP
    Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 9 Years Ranked
    Stephen McConnico has a substantial track record of jury trial representations, and is experienced in representing individuals and international and local businesses.
  4. Richard A Sayles
    Sayles Law Firm | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Senior Statespeople
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Band 1

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    Alan S. Loewinsohn
    McKool Smith
    McKool Smith | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Alan Loewinsohn has an impressive breadth of commercial litigation expertise, which includes construction, real estate and securities disputes.
  2. Amy L Snell
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    Amy L Snell
    Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
    Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Amy Snell is a respected litigator based in Houston who is praised for her trial skills. She is particularly noted for her representation of energy companies in commercial disputes.
  3. Barrett Reasoner
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    Barrett Reasoner
    Gibbs & Bruns LLP
    Gibbs & Bruns LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Barrett Reasoner is vastly experienced in handling business-critical disputes, including a particular emphasis on representing energy companies. He is widely praised for his considerable trial skill.
  4. Charles Babcock
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    Charles Babcock
    Jackson Walker LLP
    Jackson Walker LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Charles Babcock is a respected litigator with a wealth of trial experience. He offers particular strength in First Amendment litigation.
  5. Chris Schwegmann
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    Chris Schwegmann
    Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP
    Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Chris Schwegmann is regularly sought out to handle complex business disputes and intellectual property matters.
  6. Collin Cox
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    Collin Cox
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
    Collin Cox represents a range of corporate clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitrations.
  7. Cristina Rodriguez
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    Cristina Rodriguez
    Hogan Lovells US LLP
    Hogan Lovells US LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    Cristina Rodriguez guides clients through a wide range of commercial disputes, from employment to securities law. She is commended for her skill in trial.
  8. David Gerger
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    David Gerger
    Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP
    Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    David Gerger of Gerger Hennessy & Martin LLP has a superb track record of representing individual and corporate clients in highly sensitive criminal trials and government investigations.
  9. George Shipley
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    George Shipley
    Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
    Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    George Shipley represents a strong choice for clients in the oil and gas sector and has experience acting in complex trials and appeals.
  10. Jean C Frizzell
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    Jean C Frizzell
    Reynolds Frizzell LLP
    Reynolds Frizzell LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 21 Years Ranked
    Jean Frizzell is respected for his expert handling of complex commercial disputes, including in the energy and natural resources sector.
  11. Jeff Tillotson
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    Jeff Tillotson
    Tillotson Johnson & Patton
    Tillotson Johnson & Patton | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Jeff Tillotson of Tillotson, Johnson & Patton is an accomplished litigator with a specialty in business disputes.
  12. Jeremy A Fielding
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    Jeremy A Fielding
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    As head of Kirkland & Ellis' litigation practice in the Dallas office, Jeremy Fielding has considerable experience assisting clients with the full gamut of commercial disputes. He garners wide praise for his trial skill.
  13. John Zavitsanos
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    John Zavitsanos
    Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing
    Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    John Zavitsanos wins particular praise for his trial capability. He handles high-stakes litigation on behalf of an enviable client base, which includes preeminent energy companies.
  14. Karen Burgess
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    Karen Burgess
    Burgess Law PC | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Karen Burgess of Burgess Law PC is an experienced trial lawyer offering expert handling of securities, contract, insurance and other commercial disputes.
  15. Mary-Olga Lovett
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    Mary-Olga Lovett
    Mo Lovett Law | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years Ranked

    Mary-Olga Lovett of Mo Lovett Law is well reputed for her frequent appearances defending clients in bet-the-company cases.

  16. Neal Manne
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    Neal Manne
    Susman Godfrey LLP
    Susman Godfrey LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
    Neal Manne acts for an enviable client base in business-critical disputes, including antitrust and commercial litigation.
  17. R Paul Yetter
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    R Paul Yetter
    Yetter Coleman LLP
    Yetter Coleman LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked
    Paul Yetter is a highly respected trial lawyer, with a broad commercial litigation practice that includes particular prowess in energy disputes.
  18. Reagan Brown
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    Reagan Brown
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 23 Years Ranked
    Reagan Brown is a seasoned trial lawyer with particular prowess in commercial litigation.
  19. Robert Manley
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    Robert Manley
    McKool Smith
    McKool Smith | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years Ranked
    Robert Manley, a partner in the Dallas office, regularly represents clients at trial. His recent experience includes trade secret misappropriation, fraud and tortious interference disputes.
  20. Robin C Gibbs
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    Robin C Gibbs
    Gibbs & Bruns LLP
    Gibbs & Bruns LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 23 Years Ranked
    Robin Gibbs is a leading trial lawyer who deftly handles a wide array of commercial disputes, with noted specialty in representing energy and natural resources companies.
  21. Rusty Hardin
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    Rusty Hardin
    Rusty Hardin & Associates
    Rusty Hardin & Associates | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    Rusty Hardin of Rusty Hardin & Associates is an accomplished litigator with strengths spanning a broad array of civil and criminal matters.
  22. Tom Melsheimer
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    Tom Melsheimer
    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Winston & Strawn LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 18 Years Ranked
    Tom Melsheimer excels across a broad array of civil and criminal matters. He draws particular acclaim for his considerable trial expertise.
  23. Tracie Renfroe
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    Tracie Renfroe
    King & Spalding LLP
    King & Spalding LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
    Tracie Renfroe wins particular praise for her trial skills, with considerable expertise across environment, product liability and general commercial litigation.
  24. Trey Cox
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    Trey Cox
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    Trey Cox has a robust commercial litigation practice, representing clients from a range of industries in high-stakes disputes. He is noted for his trial capability.
  25. Veronica Moyé
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    Veronica Moyé
    King & Spalding LLP
    King & Spalding LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Veronica Moyé has developed an impressive reputation as a go-to litigator in a range of commercial disputes.
  26. Victor Vital
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    Victor Vital
    Haynes and Boone, LLP
    Haynes and Boone, LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked

    Victor Vital is the global chair of Haynes Boone's trials practice group. He is a strong performer in a range of commercial disputes and also has considerable experience handling high-stakes personal injury litigation.

  27. W Mark Lanier
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    W Mark Lanier
    The Lanier Law Firm
    The Lanier Law Firm | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked

    Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm has cultivated an impressive reputation for his representation of plaintiffs in high-profile product liability and personal injury cases, receiving particular praise for his courtroom skill.

  28. Wayne Mason
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    Wayne Mason
    Faegre Drinker
    Faegre Drinker | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    Wayne Mason represents clients in significant class actions and other business-critical disputes. His expertise includes product liability and insurance-related matters.
  29. Jennifer Haltom Doan
    Haltom & Doan | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1
  30. Lamont A Jefferson
    Jefferson Cano | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1
  31. Leon Carter
    Carter Arnett PLLC | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1
  32. Murray Fogler
    Fogler, Brar, O'Neil & Gray LLP | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1
  33. Ricardo G Cedillo
    Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, INC. | Litigation: Trial Lawyers
    2025 | Band 1