The Legal 500 United States 2026 Recognizes Arnold & Porter Lawyers, Practices

The 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United States recognized 50 Arnold & Porter practice areas and 159 lawyers, including 30 lawyers who were distinguished as “Leading Partners,” eight lawyers as “Next Generation Partners,” and one lawyer as a “Leading Associate.” Six Arnold & Porter lawyers were also included in The Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame,” a recognition achieved by lawyers who are “widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession” and who have been consistently ranked as leading individuals by The Legal 500 for a number of years.

The Legal 500 commended Arnold & Porter for its “depth and global reach,” noting the firm “leverages its national footprint to advise clients on a wide range of multi-jurisdictional matters.” The publication also highlighted that Arnold & Porter “stands out for its work on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters” and is “well-equipped to support clients in complex disputes, transactions and day-to-day counselling […] across a diverse range of industries.”

The guide features coverage of the U.S. legal market, highlighting emerging trends and developments across the jurisdiction’s leading firms through extensive research and feedback from in-house counsel and lawyers worldwide.

The following practices were recommended by The Legal 500 United States 2026:

• Antitrust: Cartel
• Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Antitrust: Merger Control
• Appellate: Courts of Appeals
• Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
• Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates
• Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Individuals
• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500m)
• Energy Regulation: Electric Power
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Environment: Litigation
• Environment: Regulatory
• Financial Services Regulation: Banking
• Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance
• Financial Services: Litigation
• Fintech
• General Commercial Disputes
• Government Contracts
• Government Relations
• Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Healthcare: Service Providers
• Insurance: Advice to Insurers
• Intellectual Property: Copyright
• Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
• Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation
• International Arbitration
• International Litigation
• International Trade and National Security: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Protection)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate: Mid-Market ($0-500m)
• Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Securities Litigation: Defense
• Sport
• State Attorneys General
• Structured Finance: Securitization
• Tax: Non-Contentious
• Tax: Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations, and Charities)
• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel: Regulation and Litigation

The following lawyers were ranked in the “Hall of Fame”:

• Anand Agneshwar — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
• Paolo Di Rosa — International Arbitration
• Debbie Feinstein — Antitrust: Merger Control
• Jeffrey L. Handwerker — Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Daniel A. Kracov — Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Kevin J. Lavin — M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

The following lawyers were ranked as “Leading Partners”:

• Michael B. Bernstein — Antitrust: Merger Control
• Arthur E. Brown — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
• Maria Chedid — International Arbitration
• Lauren Daniel — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
• Kara L. Daniels — Government Contracts
• Michael D. Daneker — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
• Mahnu V. Davar — Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Edward A. Deibert — M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• John P. Elwood — Appellate: Courts of Appeals/Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
• David F. Freeman, Jr. — Financial Services Regulation
• Andre Geverola — Antitrust: Cartel
• Jonathan Gleklen — Antitrust: Merger Control
• Stephen Gliatta — Real Estate Finance
• Kristin M. Hicks — Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Mélida Hodgson — International Arbitration
• Craig Holman — Government Contracts
• Maureen R. Jeffreys — Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions
• James P. Joseph — Tax: Not-for-Profit
• Allon Kedem — Appellate: Courts of Appeals/Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
• Jonathan S. Martel — Environment: Regulatory
• Daphne O’Connor — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)
• Christopher M. Odell — International Litigation
• Kevin O’Neill — Government Relations
• J. David Park — International Trade and National Security: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
• Elissa J. Preheim — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
• Sandra E. Rizzo — Energy Regulation: Electric Power
• Allison B. Rumsey — Environment: Litigation
• Paige Hester Sharpe — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
• Ethan G. Shenkman — Environment: Regulatory
• Allison W. Shuren — Healthcare: Service Providers

The following lawyers were ranked as “Next Generation Partners”:

• Michelle F. Gillice — Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)
• Sarah Grey — Environment: Regulatory
• Abeba Habtemariam — Healthcare: Life Sciences
• Stacey Halliday — Environment: Regulatory
• Michael Kim Krouse — Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
• Elissa J. Preheim — Environment: Litigation
• Christian D. Sheehan — Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
• Elisabeth S. Theodore — Appellate: Courts of Appeals/Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)

The following lawyer was ranked as a “Leading Associate”:

• Alice Ho — Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)