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Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2019

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our practice groups and attorneys have been highly ranked and recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2019. Peers and more than 300,000 corporate counsel have been surveyed and interviewed globally in the past 12 months, to assess law firms’ overall visibility and reputation, culminating in detailed rankings and editorial. The Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. The Legal 500’s analysis of law firm capabilities extends to 107 jurisdictions worldwide.

To view Blank Rome’s 2019 Legal 500 rankings, please click here.


Blank Rome received the following rankings in The Legal 500 United States 2019:

Top-Tier Firm

  • Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
  • Transport: Shipping – Finance
  • Transport: Shipping – Litigation
  • Transport: Shipping – Regulation

Recommended Firm

  • Government: Government Contracts
  • Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

Blank Rome attorneys received the following rankings in The Legal 500 United States 2019:

“Leading Lawyers”: The Legal 500’s Guide to Outstanding Lawyers Nationwide

  • Scott Arnold (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Brett M. Esber (Transport: Shipping – Finance)
  • Jeanne Grasso (Transport: Shipping – Regulation)
  • Mark R. Haskell (Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas)
  • John E. Heintz (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • John D. Kimball (Transport: Shipping – Litigation)
  • Linda Kornfeld (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • R. Anthony Salgado (Transport: Shipping – Finance)
  • Jonathan Waldron (Transport: Shipping – Regulation)

“Next Generation Lawyers”: The Legal 500’s Guide to Up-and-Coming Lawyers Nationwide

  • Justin A. Chiarodo (Government: Government Contracts)
  • Omid Safa (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Jared Zola (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Jeremy A. Herschaft (Transport: Shipping – Litigation)

“Rising Stars”

  • Kyle Brinkman (Insurance: Advice to Policyholders)
  • Lauren Wilgus (Transport: Shipping – Litigation)

Blank Rome attorneys recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2019 editorial, by practice:

Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas

  • Mark R. Haskell

Government: Government Contracts

  • Scott Arnold
  • Richard J. Conway
  • Justin A. Chiarodo
  • Luke W. Meier
  • David M. Nadler

Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

  • Kyle P. Brinkman
  • John E. Heintz
  • Linda Kornfeld
  • James R. Murray
  • Omid Safa
  • David A. Thomas 
  • Jared Zola

M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

  • Linsey B. Bozzelli
  • Kathleen A. Cunningham
  • Steven Dubow
  • Gary R. Goldenberg
  • Alan H. Lieblich
  • Robert J. Mittman
  • Michael S. Mullman
  • Louis M. Rappaport
  • Peter Schnur
  • Brad L. Shiffman

Transport: Shipping – Finance

  • Brett M. Esber
  • R. Anthony Salgado

Transport: Shipping – Litigation

  • Thomas M. Belknap, Jr.
  • Michael K. Bell
  • William R. Bennett
  • Jeremy A. Herschaft
  • Jay T. Huffman
  • John D. Kimball
  • Keith B. Letourneau
  • Jeffrey S. Moller
  • Douglas J. Shoemaker
  • Richard V. Singleton
  • Lauren B. Wilgus

Transport: Shipping – Regulation

  • Kate B. Belmont
  • Jeanne M. Grasso
  • Gregory F. Linsin
  • Matthew J. Thomas
  • Jonathan K. Waldron

For more information on The Legal 500 United States 2019, please visit legal500.com.