Chambers and Partners, the world’s leading independent legal research company, released its 2026 USA Guide, which showcases the legal market’s best law firms and lawyers in the United States. Several Nelson Mullins practice areas and lawyers are ranked in this year’s guide.  

The firm had 10 practice areas in the nationwide-ranked categories and 43 practice areas ranked in the state/regional categories. Chambers also recognized 123 attorneys across the nation. 

A full list of Nelson Mullins 2026 Chambers USA-ranked practice areas and attorneys can be found below.

Nationwide-ranked Nelson Mullins practice areas:

• E-Discovery & Information Governance – Band 3
• Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A – Band 4
• Government Relations: State & Local – Band 2
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded – Band 1
• Litigation: General Commercial – Highly regarded Band 4
• 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 1

State/Regionally ranked Nelson Mullins practice areas:

• District of Columbia

  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite – Band 3
• Florida
  • Banking & Finance – Band 3
  • Construction – Band 1
  • Healthcare – Band 2
  • Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded – Band 1
  • Litigation: Product Liability – Band 2
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Band 2
  • Public Finance – Band 2
• Florida: North & Central
  • Real Estate – Band 2
• Florida: South
  • 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
  • Litigation: Product Liability – Band 2
• Illinois
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 5
• Maryland
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment – Band 3
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2
  • Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense – Band 2
• Massachusetts
  • Intellectual Property – Band 3
• Minnesota
  • Litigation: Product Liability – Band 1
• North Carolina
  • Energy & Natural Resources – Band 2
  • Healthcare – Band 1
  • Intellectual Property – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment – Band 4
  • Tax – Band 1
• Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity – Band 3
• South Carolina
  • Banking & Finance – Band 1
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 1
  • Environment – Band 1
  • Healthcare – Band 1
  • Insurance – Band 1
  • Intellectual Property – Band 2
  • Litigation: General Commercial – Band 1
  • Real Estate – Band 3
• Texas
  • Healthcare – Band 5
• Virginia
  • Product Liability & Toxic Torts – Band 2
• West Virginia
  • Healthcare – Band 2
  • 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
    • Travis Bustamante – Band 3
    • John D. Martin – Band 3
    • Heyward D. Bonyata – Band 4
    • Lucile H. Cohen – Band 4
  • Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
    • Daniel Simon – Band 4
  • Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (compliance)
    • Brad Rustin – Band 4
  • Government Relations: Federal
    • David Wilkins – Band 3
  • Outsourcing
    • Geoffrey P. Vickers – Band 4
  • Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
    • Amanda Witt – Band 3
  • 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
    • Amanda S. Kitts – Band 5
    • Terri Reiskin – Band 6
  • Product Liability: Automobile
    • Sandra Ezell – Band 1
    • Kurt C. Kern – Band 1
    • Terri Reiskin – Band 1
  • Product Liability: Toxic Torts
    • Michael Brown – Band 1
  • Startups & Emerging Companies
    • Leandro Molina – Band 4
    • George Akers – Band 5
    • Joseph Daniels – Band 5
    • Rebecca Lester – Associates to watch
    • Ben Hron – Up and Coming
  • Transportation: Road (Automotive)
    • Steven McKelvey, Jr. – Band 1
    • Richard Otera – Band 3
    • J. Keith Russell – Band 3
• Colorado
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Mark Clouatre – Band 3
• District of Columbia
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Dylan Trache – Band 3
  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
    • John Heitmann – Band 2
    • Joshua Guyan – Band 4
  • Tax
    • Michael Sanders – Band 5
• Florida
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
    • Frank P. Terzo – Band 4
  • Construction
    • Robert Alfert, Jr. – Band 1
    • Michael Wilson – 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 3
    • Justin B. Kaplan – Band 4
    • Ginger Boyd – Band 5
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Matthew Schroll – Band 3
  • Litigation: Securities
    • Daniel Newman – Band 1
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    • Jonathan Etra – Band 1
    • Jon A. Sale – Band 1
    • Jayne Weintraub – Band 3
    • Christopher Cavallo – Band 4
  • Public Finance
    • Joseph B. Stanton – Band 2
• Florida: North & Central
  • Real Estate
    • C. David Brown II – Senior Statespeople
• Florida: South
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Frank P. Terzo – Senior Statespeople
  • Real Estate
    • Jeffrey A. Deutch – Band 1
    • Christopher Staller – Band 4
  • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
    • Clifford I. Hertz – Band 2
• Georgia
  • Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
    • J. Brennan Ryan – Band 1
    • Rob Klingler – 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 3
    • William J. Ching – Band 4
    • Brian Galison – Band 4
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    • Ann E. Murray – Band 2
    • Susan E. Stoffer – Band 3
  • Healthcare
    • Gina G. Greenwood – Band 3
    • Jennifer D. Malinovsky – Band 3
  • 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
• Illinois
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • David Ogles – Band 4
• Maryland
  • Corporate/M&A
    • Timothy A. Hodge, Jr. – Band 3
    • Colleen Pleasant Kline – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment
    • Kraig Long – Band 3
    • Deborah St. Lawrence Thompson – Band 3
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Michael Brown – Band 1
    • Michael Blumenfeld – Band 4
  • Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense
    • Leianne McEvoy – Band 2
• Massachusetts
  • Antitrust
    • Brandon Bigelow – Band 2
  • Intellectual Property
    • Jane E. Remilliard – Band 1
• Minnesota
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Alana K. Bassin – Band 1
• New Jersey
  • Labor & Employment
    • Salvador Simao – Band 4
• New York
  • Labor & Employment
    • Mitchell Boyarsky – Band 5
• North Carolina
  • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Weston Adams – Band 1
    • Daniel Simon – Band 2
  • Healthcare
    • Patricia Markus – Band 1
    • Robert L. Wilson Jr. – Band 1
    • Denise Gunter – Band 2
    • Noah Huffstetler III – Senior Statespeople
  • Intellectual Property
    • Patrick L. Kartes – Band 3
  • Labor & Employment
    • Phillip J. Strach – Band 1
• Ohio
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • John Q. Lewis – Band 2
• Pennsylvania
  • Banking & Finance
    • Stephen Mandel – Band 3
  • Litigation: Product Liability
    • Tiffany Alexander – Band 2
• South Carolina
  • Banking & Finance
    • Neil E. Grayson – Band 1
    • John M. Jennings – Band 1
  • Corporate/M&A
    • Gus M. Dixon – Band 1
    • Daniel J. Fritze – Band 1
    • John M. Jennings – Band 1
    • Thomas Brumgardt – Band 2
    • Neil E. Grayson – Band 2
    • Mason Hogue Jr. – Band 2
    • Sally Caver – Band 3
  • 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
  • Insurance
    • C Mitchell Brown – Band 1
    • G Mark Phillips – Band 2
  • Intellectual Property
    • Neil Jones – Band 2
    • John McElwaine – Band 2
    • Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. – Band 2
  • Litigation: General Commercial
    • David E. Dukes – Band 1
    • G. Mark Phillips – Band 1
    • E. Bart Daniel – Band 2
    • Samuel W. Outten – Band 2
  • 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 3
    • Robert L. Massie – Band 4