Chambers and Partners, the world’s leading independent legal research company, released its 2025 USA Guide today, that included several ranked Nelson Mullins practice areas and lawyers.  

The firm had practice areas ranked in nine nationwide categories and 39 different state or regional rankings. Chambers also recognized 118 attorneys from 14 different states and the District of Columbia, continuing the firm’s long history of providing specialized legal service to its clients since its founding in 1897.

Each year, the Chambers rankings’ guide showcases the legal market’s best law firms and lawyers in the United States.

A full list of Nelson Mullins 2025 Chambers USA-ranked practice areas and attorneys can be found below.

Nationwide-ranked Nelson Mullins practice areas:

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

State/regionally-ranked Nelson Mullins practice areas:

• District of Columbia
  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite – Band 3
• Florida
  • Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded – Band 1
  • Construction – Band 1
  • Healthcare – Band 2
  • Litigation: Product Liability – Band 2
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Band 2
  • Banking & Finance – Band 3
  • Bankruptcy Litigation – Band 3
• Florida: North & Central
  • Real Estate – Band 2
• Florida: South
  • Real Estate – Band 2
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 3
• Georgia
  • Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory – Band 2
  • Litigation: Product Liability – Band 2
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 3
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Band 3
  • Healthcare – Band 3
  • Immigration – Band 3
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment – Band 5
• Illinois
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 5
• Maryland
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 2
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2
  • Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense – Band 2
  • Labor & Employment – Band 3
• Massachusetts
  • Intellectual Property – Band 4
• North Carolina
  • Tax – Band 1
  • Healthcare – Band 1
  • Energy & Natural Resources – Band 2
  • Insurance – Band 2
  • Intellectual Property – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment – Band 3
• 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
• Virginia
  • Product Liability & Toxic Torts – Band 2
• West Virginia
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 1

Individual Nelson Mullins attorneys recognized, by location:

• USA – Nationwide
  • Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
    • Jim Dudukovich – Band 4
  • E-Discovery & Information Governance
    • John D. Martin – Band 2
    • Lucile H. Cohen – Band 4
    • Travis Bustamante – Band 4
    • Heyward D. Bonyata – Up and Coming
  • Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
    • Daniel Simon – Band 4
  • Government Relations: Federal
    • David Wilkins – Band 3
  • Government Relations: State & Local
    • Stanley S. Jones Jr. – Band 1
    • George Ray – Band 2
  • Outsourcing
    • Geoffrey P. Vickers – Band 4
  • Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
    • Amanda Witt – Band 4
  • Private Equity: Fund Formation
    • Adam Sussman – Up and Coming
  • Product Liability & Mass Torts
    • David E. Dukes – Band 2
    • Michael Brown – Band 3
    • Richard B. North Jr. – Band 4
    • Terri Reiskin – Band 6
    • Amanda S. Kitts – Band 6
  • Product Liability: Automobile
    • Kurt C. Kern – Band 1
    • Sandra Ezell – Band 1
    • Terri Reiskin – Band 1
  • Product Liability: Toxic Torts
    • Michael Brown – Band 1
  • Startups & Emerging Companies
    • Leandro Molina – Band 4
    • Joseph Daniels – Band 5
    • George Akers – Band 5
    • Rebecca Lester – Associates to watch
  • Transportation: Road (Automotive)
    • Steven McKelvey, Jr. – Band 1
    • Andy Bertron – Band 3
    • Richard Otera – Band 3
• Colorado
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Mark Clouatre – Band 4
• District of Columbia
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Dylan Trache – Band 3
  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
    • John Heitmann – Band 2
    • Steven A. Augustino – Band 3
    • Joshua Guyan – Band 4
• Florida
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
    • Frank P. Terzo – Band 4
  • Construction
    • Michael Wilson – Band 1
    • Robert Alfert, Jr. – Band 1
    • Jeremy Springhart – Band 3
    • Megan Schroder – Associates to watch
  • Healthcare
    • Gabriel L. Imperato – Band 1
    • Lester J. Perling – Band 1
    • Michael J. Bittman – Band 3
    • Heather Miller – Band 4
    • Mike Segal – Senior Statespeople
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Mark F. Raymond – Band 2
    • Justin B. Kaplan – Band 5
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Matthew Schroll – Up and Coming
  • Litigation: Securities
    • Daniel Newman – Band 1
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    • Jon A. Sale – Band 1
    • Jonathan Etra – Band 2
    • Jayne Weintraub – Band 3
    • Christopher Cavallo – Band 4
  • Public Finance
    • Joseph B. Stanton – Band 2
• Florida: North & Central
  • Real Estate
    • James E. Slater – Band 4
    • C. David Brown II – Senior Statespeople
• Florida: South
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Frank P. Terzo – Band 2
  • Real Estate
    • Jeffrey A. Deutch – Band 1
  • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
    • Clifford I. Hertz – Band 2
• Georgia
  • Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
    • J. Brennan Ryan – Band 1
    • Rob Klinger – Band 2
  • Construction
    • Mark De St. Aubin – Band 4
  • Construction: Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Mark De St. Aubin – Band 1
  • Corporate/M&A
    • Michael E. Hollingsworth II – Band 4
    • William J. Ching – Band 4
    • Brian Galison – Band 4
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    • Ann E. Murray – Band 3
    • Susan E. Stoffer – Band 3
  • Healthcare
    • Gina G. Greenwood – Band 3
    • Jennifer D. Malinovsky – Band 3
  • Immigration
    • Jeong-Hwa Lee – Band 4
  • Labor & Employment
    • Michelle Johnson – Band 4
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Wade Malone – Band 5
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Richard B. North Jr. – Band 1
    • Elizabeth Helm – Band 2
  • Litigation: Securities
    • Scott Sherman – Band 3
  • Public Finance
    • Earle Taylor III – Band 1
• Maryland
  • Corporate/M&A
    • Colleen Pleasant Kline – Band 3
    • Timothy A. Hodge, Jr. – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment
    • Deborah St. Lawrence Thompson – Band 3
    • Kraig Long – Band 3
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Michael Brown – Band 1
    • Michael Blumenfeld – Band 4
    • Matthew Sturtz – Band 4
  • Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense
    • Leianne McEvoy – Band 3
• Massachusetts
  • Antitrust
    • Brandon Bigelow – Band 2
  • Intellectual Property
    • Jane E. Remilliard – Band 1
• New York
  • Labor & Employment
    • Mitchell Boyarsky – Band 5
• North Carolina
  • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Daniel Simon – Band 2
    • Lawrence Ostema – Band 2
    • Weston Adams – Band 2
  • Healthcare
    • Noah Huffstetler III – Band 1
    • Patricia Markus – Band 1
    • Robert L. Wilson Jr. – Band 1
    • Denise Gunter – Band 2
  • Intellectual Property
    • Patrick L. Kartes – Band 4
  • Labor & Employment
    • Phillip J. Strach – Band 2
  • Tax
    • C. Wells Hall III – Band 1
• Ohio
  • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Devan Flahive – Up and Coming
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • John Q. Lewis – Band 3
• Pennsylvania
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Tiffany M. Alexander – Band 2
• South Carolina
  • Banking & Finance
    • John M. Jennings – Band 1
    • Neil E. Grayson – Band 1
  • Corporate/M&A
    • Gus M. Dixon – Band 1
    • Daniel J. Fritze – Band 1
    • John M. Jennings – Band 1
    • Neil E. Grayson – Band 2
    • Mason Hogue Jr. – Band 2
    • Thomas Brumgardt – Band 2
  • Environment
    • Bernard F. Hawkins Jr. – Band 1
    • Newman Jackson Smith – Band 2
  • Healthcare
    • Thomas F. Moran – Band 1
    • E. Bart Daniel – Band 2
    • Travis Dayhuff – Band 2
    • Eli Poliakoff – Band 2
    • Edward K. White – Band 3
    • Phillip Mullinnix – Up and Coming
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • David E. Dukes – Band 1
    • G. Mark Phillips – Band 1
    • Samuel W. Outten – Band 2
    • E. Bart Daniel – Band 3
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    • E. Bart Daniel – Senior Statespeople
  • Real Estate
    • Jay Claypoole – Band 2
• Tennessee
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Shane G. Ramsey – Band 1
  • Real Estate
    • Laurence M. Papel – Band 3
• Texas
  • Tax: Litigation
    • Juan Vasquez Jr. – Band 2
• Virginia
  • Litigation: Appellate
    • Robert L. Wise – Band 1
  • Product Liability & Toxic Torts
    • Sandra Ezell – Band 1
    • Robert L. Wise – Band 2
• West Virginia
  • Healthcare
    • Robert L. Coffield – Band 2
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Marc E. Williams – Band 1
    • Melissa Foster Bird – Band 3
    • Randall Saunders – Band 4
    • Robert L. Massie – Band 4

The Chambers USA team continues to work with U.S. law firms of all sizes, from boutique to global, during its research to ensure they cover all aspects of the U.S. legal market for clients of all sizes and requirements to assist in their legal needs.

For more information on Chambers and Partners’ methodology and insights into its submissions process, please visit its methodology page.