Pillsbury Continues to Earn Top Recognition with 2016 Chambers USA Rankings

Twenty-one Pillsbury attorneys garnered the prestigious Band 1 category, including two Star Performers, and a Senior Statesman, the top honors bestowed by Chambers USA. Individuals recognized as Band 1 are:

Jim Alberg (Outsourcing & Technology); Mike Barr - Senior Statesman (Environment); Jack Barufka (Intellectual Property); David Baxter (Energy: Electricity-Finance); Craig Chason (Corporate/M&A); David Dekker (Construction), Jeff Delaney (Energy: Electricity Finance); Julie Divola (Tax); Todd Eckland (Energy: Electricity Finance); John Heisse (Construction); Michael Evan Jaffe (Construction); David Miller (Real Estate); Vince Morgan (Insurance); Aaron Oser (Outsourcing); Ken Quinn (Aviation: Regulatory); Jim Seff (Food & Beverages: Alcohol); Susan Serota-Star Performer (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); Jay Silberg (Energy: Nuclear Regulatory); J. Anthony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); Robert Thum (Construction); Jeff Vesely (Tax); Chris Wall (International Trade); and Bob Zahler-Star Performer (Outsourcing & Technology).

Our 2016 Chambers USA results include the following individual rankings:

Nationally Ranked Attorneys: Mark Lessard (Aviation Finance); Charles Donley, Ken Quinn, Jennifer Trock (Aviation Regulatory); David Baxter, Jeff Delaney, Todd Eckland, J. Anthony Terrell (Energy: Electricity Finance); David Lewis, John O'Neill, Charles Peterson, Jay Silberg (Energy: Nuclear-Regulatory); Susan Serota (Executive Compensation & Benefits); Mercedes Kelly Tunstall (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Compliance); Jim Seff, Carrie Bonnington (Food & Beverages: Alcohol); James Gallagher, John Jensen, Alex Tomaszczuk (Government Contracts); Elizabeth Moeller, Craig Saperstein (Government: Government Relations); Fred Lowell (Government: Political Law); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare Transactional); Steve Becker (International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy; Export Controls & Economic Sanctions); Chris Wall (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions); Mark Plumer (Insurance: Policyholder); Christian Salaman (Leisure & Hospitality); David Stanton (Litigation: E-Discovery); Jim Alberg, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Outsourcing); Jorge del Calvo (Startups & Emerging Companies); Jennifer Jordan McCall (Wealth Management)

California: Roxane Polidora (Antitrust); Kevin Fong (Appellate); Dave Minnick (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Jorge del Calvo (Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Corporate M&A Venture Capital); Mike Barr, Norman Carlin, Margaret Rosegay (Environment); John Heisse, Bob Thum (Construction); Michael Hindus (Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation); Gerry Hinkley (Healthcare); Dave Snyder (Life Sciences: Corporate); Bob Herr (Real Estate); Julie Divola, Jeff Vesely (Tax)

Washington, DC: David Dekker, Jeffrey Gans, Michael Evan Jaffe, Michael McNamara (Construction); Bob Robbins (Corporate/M&A and Private Equity); Sheila Harvey, (Environment); Peter Gillon, David Klein, Mark Plumer (Insurance: Policyholder) Jim Alberg, Brian Bodor, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joseph Kendall, Aaron Oser, Bob Zahler (Technology & IT Outsourcing); John Hane (Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory)

New York: Deryck Palmer (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Susan Serota (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Mark Hellerer (Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations); Vipul Nishawala (Technology & IT Outsourcing)

Texas: Vince Morgan (Insurance); Edward Cavazos (Technology: Corporate & Commercial); Elizabeth Zimmer (Technology: Outsourcing)

Virginia: Scott Barat (Construction); Steven Meltzer, Craig Chason, Matthew Swartz, Steven Kaplan (Corporate/M&A-Northern); Bill Atkins, Jack Barufka, (Intellectual Property-Northern); David Miller (Real Estate-Northern)