Legal 500 US 2020 has recognized Kramer Levin and its attorneys for excellence in a number of practice areas. Nineteen attorneys were recognized across 13 practice areas.

The firm was ranked in the top tier in four categories:

  • Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals
  • Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
  • Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
  • Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

The firm was also recognized in the following areas:

  • Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Corporates
  • Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
  • Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
  • Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
  • Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Investment Funds – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
  • Labor and Employment – Immigration
  • Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts
  • Real Estate – Real Estate
  • Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious

The following attorney is included on the Leading Individuals list:

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals
Paul Schoeman

The following attorneys were included on the Leading Lawyers list:

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Kenneth Eckstein
Thomas Moers Mayer

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Amy Caton

Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization
Gilbert Liu

Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
Sean Coffey

Labor and Employment – Immigration
Matthew Dunn

Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
Kevin Leblang

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

The following attorneys were included on the Next Generation Lawyers list:

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
Eliza Kaiser

Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
Sean Coffey

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Eileen Patt

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
James Power

The following attorneys were included on the Hall of Fame list:

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals
Barry Berke
Gary Naftalis

Dispute Resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers
Barry Berke
Michael Dell
Gary Naftalis

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

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Norman Simon
Harold Weinberger

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
Norman Simon
Harold Weinberger

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
Paul Selver