Numerous Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati practices and attorneys were recognized in the recently published 2019 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm was ranked in 24 geography-specific practice categories, while 47 attorneys were honored among the best in their fields.
The listings were compiled by the guide's independent, London-based publisher, Chambers & Partners, based on an intensive research process that included confidential interviews with thousands of law-firm clients and attorneys. This research was used to assess entire firms, practice groups, and individual attorneys on the basis of their technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, commitment, and other valued qualities.
The firm's rankings are summarized below. For additional details, please see the online version of the guide.
Practice Area Rankings
WSGR is ranked as a "Leading Firm" in the following categories and geographies:
Nationwide
- Antitrust
- Antitrust: Cartel
- Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Representation
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Life Sciences
- Privacy & Data Security
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Securities: Litigation
- Start-Ups & Emerging Companies
California
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Intellectual Property
- IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
- Life Sciences
- Litigation: Securities
- Venture Capital
Northern California
- Corporate/M&A
- Tax
District of Columbia
- Antitrust
New York
- Antitrust
San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Texas
- Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Washington
- Corporate/Commercial
- Intellectual Property
Individual Attorney Rankings
In addition, the following attorneys are ranked as "Leading Individuals" in the 2019 Chambers USA guide:
- John Aguirre, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Surrounds)
- Josephine Aiello LeBeau, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Steve Bochner, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.), Corporate/M&A (Northern California), and Start-Ups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
- Andrew Bryant, Corporate/Commercial: Tax (Washington)
- Ken Clark, Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California and Nationwide)
- Susan Creighton, Antitrust (District of Columbia and Nationwide)
- Boris Feldman, Litigation: Securities (California)
- Mark Fitzgerald, Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
- John Fore, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.)
- Todd Glass, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Nationwide)
- Stephen Heifetz, International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
- Aaron Hendelman, Intellectual Property (Washington)
- Jonathan Jacobson, Antitrust (New York and Nationwide)
- Tony Jeffries, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.)
- Michael Joyce, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Nationwide)
- Barry Kaplan, Litigation: General Commercial (Washington)
- Marty Korman, Corporate/M&A (Northern California)
- David Kramer, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California)
- Nicki Locker, Litigation: Securities (California)
- Melissa Mannino, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Katie Martin, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.)
- Casey McGlynn, Venture Capital (California) and Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California and Nationwide)
- Sean Moran, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Nationwide)
- Peter Mostow, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Nationwide)
- Michael Murphy, IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California)
- Michael Nordtvedt, Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
- Vern Norviel, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (California and Nationwide) and Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California)
- Chris Olsen, Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
- Chul Pak, Antitrust (New York)
- Lydia Parnes, Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
- Rezwan Pavri, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.)
- Edward Poplawski, Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
- Mark Rosman, Antitrust (District of Columbia) and Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide)
- Jeff Saper, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.) and Venture Capital (California)
- Ignacio Salceda, Litigation: Securities (California)
- Steve Schatz, Litigation: Securities (California)
- Patrick Schultheis, Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
- Anne Seymour, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Scott Sher, Antitrust (District of Columbia and Nationwide)
- Craig Sherman, Corporate/Commercial (Washington) and Start-Ups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
- Larry Sonsini, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California and Western U.S.), Corporate/M&A (Northern California), and Start-Ups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
- Joshua Soven, Antitrust (District of Columbia)
- Robert Suffoletta, Technology: Corporate & Commercial (Texas)
- Yoichiro (Yokum) Taku, Start-Ups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
- Marty Waters, Corporate/M&A (Southern California)
- Jonathan Zhu, Tax (Northern California)