Partner
Recognition
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
June 6, 2024
Chilton Davis Varner
Senior Counsel
Tristan Pelham Webb
Partner
David K. Willingham
Partner
Sally Q. Yates
Partner
Stuart R. Zisman
Partner
Chambers USA has recognized King & Spalding as one of the top law firms in the United States in its annual guide. The firm earned 198 individual lawyer rankings and 90 practice rankings, including 39 nationwide rankings and multiple state-level rankings in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Northern Virginia.
The firm’s 2024 nationwide practice-level rankings include:
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
- Climate Change
- Construction
- Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Energy Transition
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Environment
- False Claims Act
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
- Government Relations: Federal
- Government Relations: Congressional Investigations
- Healthcare: The Elite
- International Arbitration: The Elite
- International Trade: Customs
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Private Credit
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
- Product Liability: Toxic Torts
- Projects: LNG
- Projects: Oil & Gas
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Real Estate
- REITS
- Securities: Litigation
- Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Transportation: Road (Automotive)
The firm’s 2024 state practice-level rankings include:
- Antitrust (District of Columbia)
- Antitrust (Georgia)
- Antitrust (Texas)
- Banking & Finance (Georgia)
- Banking & Finance (Illinois)
- Banking & Finance (New York)
- Banking & Finance (North Carolina)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (New York)
- Construction (Texas)
- Corporate/M&A (Georgia)
- Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia)
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (Texas)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Georgia)
- Environment (California)
- Environment (District of Columbia)
- Environment (Georgia)
- Environment (Illinois)
- Environment (Texas)
- Environment: Mainly Transactional (District of Columbia)
- Healthcare (California)
- Healthcare (District of Columbia)
- Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (District of Columbia)
- Healthcare (Georgia)
- Healthcare (New York)
- Healthcare (Texas)
- Intellectual Property (Georgia)
- Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
- Labor & Employment (Georgia)
- Life Sciences (California)
- Litigation: Appellate (California)
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (California)
- Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (District of Columbia)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Georgia)
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (New York)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
- Litigation: Product Liability (Florida)
- Litigation: Securities (Georgia)
- Litigation: Securities (Florida)
- Litigation: Securities (New York)
- Litigation: Securities (Texas)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Georgia)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite (New York)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
- Real Estate (Georgia)
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance (New York)
- Tax (Georgia)
To view the full list of the individual King & Spalding lawyers and practice areas ranked in Chambers USA 2025 and to read the accompanying editorial, click here.
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