Chambers USA ranked Nelson Mullins in the following practice areas and states for its 2024 USA Guide: 

District of Columbia

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 4
• Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite – Band 3

Florida

• Banking & Finance – Band 3
• Bankruptcy Litigation – Band 2
• Construction – Band 1
• Healthcare – Band 2
• Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2 | Highly Regarded
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Band 2

Florida: North & Central

• Real Estate – Band 2

Florida: South

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 3
• Real Estate – Band 2

Georgia

• Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory – Band 2
• Corporate/M&A – Band 3
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Band 3
• Healthcare – Band 3
• Immigration – Band 3
• Labor & Employment – Band 5
• Litigation: General Commercial – Band 3

Maryland

• Corporate/M&A – Band 2
• Labor & Employment – Band 3
• Litigation: General Commercial – Band 3
• Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense – Band 2

Massachusetts

• Intellectual Property – Band 4

North Carolina

• Energy & Natural Resources – Band 1
• Healthcare – Band 1
• Insurance – Band 2
• Labor & Employment – Band 3
• Tax – Band 1

South Carolina

• Banking & Finance – Band 1
• Corporate/M&A – Band 1
• Environment – Band 1
• Healthcare – Band 1
• Litigation: General Commercial – Band 1
• Real Estate – Band 3

USA: Nationwide

• E-Discovery & Information Governance – Band 3
• Government Relations: State & Local – Band 2
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded – Band 1
• Outsourcing – Band 4
• Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite – Band 2
• Product Liability: Automobile – Band 1
• Startups & Emerging Companies – Band 4
• Transportation: Road (Automotive) – Band 2

Virginia

• Product Liability & Toxic Torts – Band 2

West Virginia

• Litigation: General Commercial – Band 1

The firm's attorneys were ranked in the following practice areas and jurisdictions:

Banking & Finance

South Carolina

• John T Moore – Senior Statespeople
• Neil E Grayson – Band 1

Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory

Georgia

• J Brennan Ryan – Band 1
• Rob Klingler – Band 2

Bankruptcy Litigation

Florida

• Frank P. Terzo – Band 4
• Gary M. Freedman – Band 3

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

District of Columbia

• Dylan Trache – Band 4

Florida: South

• Frank P. Terzo – Band 2
• Gary M. Freedman – Band 5

Tennessee

• Shane G. Ramsey – Band 2

Construction

Florida

• Jeremy Springhart – Band 4
• Michael Wilson – Band 1
• Robert Alfert, Jr – Band 1

Corporate/M&A

Georgia

• Brian Galison – Band 4
• Michael E Hollingsworth II – Band 4
• William J. Ching – Band 4

Maryland

• Colleen Pleasant Kline – Band 3
• Daniel Fitzgerald – Up and Coming
• Timothy A. Hodge, Jr. – Band 3

South Carolina

• Augustus M. Dixon – Band 1
• Daniel J. Fritze – Band 1
• Eric K Graben – Band 2
• John M. Jennings – Band 1
• Neil E Grayson – Band 2
• P. Mason Hogue Jr – Band 2
• Sally Caver – Band 3
• Thomas Brumgardt – Band 2

E-Discovery & Information Governance

USA: Nationwide

• Heyward D. Bonyata – Up and Coming
• John D. Martin – Band 2
• Lucile H. Cohen – Band 4
• Travis Bustamante – Up and Coming

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Georgia

• Ann E. Murray – Band 3
• Susan E. Stoffer – Band 3

Energy & Natural Resources

North Carolina

• Lawrence Ostema – Band 2
• Weston Adams – Band 2

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)

USA: Nationwide

• Daniel Simon – Band 4

Environment

South Carolina

• Bernard F. Hawkins Jr – Band 1
• Newman Jackson Smith – Band 2

Government Relations: Federal

USA: Nationwide

• David Wilkins – Band 3

Government Relations: State & Local

USA: Nationwide

• George Ray – Up and Coming
• Stanley S Jones Jr – Band 1

Healthcare

Florida

• Gabriel L. Imperato – Band 1
• Michael J. Bittman – Band 3
• Mike Segal – Senior Statespeople

Georgia

• Gina G Greenwood – Band 3
• Jennifer D Malinovsky – Band 3

North Carolina

• Denise Gunter – Band 2
• Noah Huffstetler III – Band 1
• Patricia Markus – Band 1
• Robert L Wilson Jr – Band 1

South Carolina

• Daniel J Westbrook – Band 2
• E. Bart Daniel – Band 2
• Edward K White – Band 3
• Eli Poliakoff – Band 2
• Jenny Shealy – Up and Coming
• Phillip Mullinnix – Up and Coming
• Thomas F Moran – Band 1
• Travis Dayhuff – Band 2

West Virginia

• Robert L Coffield – Band 2

Immigration

Georgia

• Jeong-Hwa Lee – Band 4

Intellectual Property

Massachusetts

• Jane E. Remillard – Band 2

Labor & Employment

Maryland

• Deborah St. Lawrence Thompson – Band 3
• Kraig Long – Band 3

New York

• Mitchell Boyarsky – Band 5

North Carolina

• Phillip J Strach – Band 2

Litigation: Appellate

Virginia

• Robert L Wise – Band 1

Litigation: General Commercial

Colorado

• Mark Clouatre – Band 4

Florida

• Mark F. Raymond – Band 2

Maryland

• Matthew Sturtz – Band 4
• Michael Blumenfeld – Band 4
• Michael Brown – Band 1

Ohio

• John Q. Lewis – Band 3

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

• Tiffany M. Alexander – Band 4

South Carolina

• Carmen Harper Thomas – Band 4
• David E. Dukes – Band 1
• E. Bart Daniel – Band 3
• G. Mark Phillips – Band 1
• Samuel W. Outten – Band 2

West Virginia

• Marc E. Williams – Band 1
• Melissa Foster Bird – Band 3
• Randall Saunders – Band 4
• Robert L. Massie – Band 4

Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense

Maryland

• Michael Brown – Band 3

Litigation: Product Liability

Florida

• Edward Thompson – Band 3
• Matthew Schroll – Up and Coming

Litigation: Securities

Florida

• Daniel Newman – Band 1

Georgia

• Scott Sherman – Band 3

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

District of Columbia

• Solomon Wisenberg – Band 5

Florida

• Christopher Cavallo – Band 4
• Jayne Weintraub – Band 4
• Jon A. Sale – Band 1
• Jonathan Etra – Band 2

Outsourcing

New York

• Edward J. Hansen – Band 1

USA: Nationwide

• Edward J. Hansen – Band 2
• Geoffrey P Vickers – Band 4

Product Liability & Mass Torts

USA: Nationwide

• Amanda S. Kitts – Band 6
• David E. Dukes – Band 2
• Michael Brown – Band 4
• Richard B. North Jr. – Band 4
• Terri Reiskin – Band 6
• Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. – Band 6

Product Liability & Toxic Torts

Virginia

• Robert L. Wise – Band 2
• Sandra Ezell – Band 1

Product Liability: Automobile

USA: Nationwide

• Kurt C. Kern – Band 1
• Sandra Ezell – Band 1

Product Liability: Toxic Torts

USA: Nationwide

• Michael Brown – Band 1

Public Finance

Florida

• Joseph B. Stanton – Band 2

Georgia

• Earle Taylor III – Band 1

Real Estate

Florida: North & Central

• Angela D. Shaw – Band 4
• C. David Brown II – Senior Statespeople
• James E. Slater – Band 4

Florida: South

• Jeffrey A. Deutch – Band 1

South Carolina

• Jay Claypoole – Band 3

Tennessee

• Laurence M. Papel – Band 2

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Florida: South

• Clifford I. Hertz – Band 2

Startups & Emerging Companies

USA: Nationwide

• George Akers – Up and Coming
• Leandro Molina – Band 5
• Rebecca Lester – Associates to watch

Tax

North Carolina

• C. Wells Hall III – Band 1

Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite

District of Columbia

• John Heitmann – Band 2
• Joshua Guyan – Band 4
• Steven A. Augustino – Band 3

Transportation: Road (Automotive)

USA: Nationwide

• Andy Bertron – Band 2
• Richard Otera – Band 3
• Steven McKelvey, Jr. – Band 1

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