Thompson Coburn Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA 2024

Thompson Coburn announced today that Chambers USA has named 11 practices and 31 lawyers among its 2024 list of leading lawyers for business in the United States.

New recognitions for 2024 include the firm's national higher education practice, which has established itself as a go-to resource for legal guidance and representation in the higher education sector. The group recently underwent a significant expansion, adding four partners with strong litigation and transactional experience. Also ranked nationally again is the firm's energy practice, which is recognized as a practice and in several individual rankings.

Each year since 1990, firms have been ranked across a number of categories and evaluated by Chambers researchers and peer review.

Thompson Coburn's complete rankings include:

National

• Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
• Higher Education

Illinois

• Environmental
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Missouri

• Corporate/M&A
• Environmental (Band 1)
• Health care
• Intellectual Property
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Real Estate

Beyond the practice rankings, 31 of the firm's lawyers received individual designations:

• Hope Abramov (Missouri Labor & Employment)
• Jonathan Benner (National Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory)
• Tina Bird (Illinois Construction)
• Bonnie Blair (National Energy: Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation)
• Eric Boyd (Illinois Environmental: Litigation)
• Edward Cohen (Missouri Environmental)
• Adrienne Clair (National Energy: Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation, Band 1)
• Matt Darrough (Missouri Insurance)
• Jim Dillon (Missouri Real Estate)
• Clifford Godiner (Missouri Labor & Employment)
• Evan Goldfarb (Missouri Health care, Band 1)
• Jesse Halpern (National Energy: Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation)
• Joy Harris Hennessy (Missouri Health care)
• David Jinkins (Missouri Intellectual Property)
• Nicole Jobe (Missouri Health care)
• Laura Jordan (Missouri Labor & Employment)
• Ryan Russell Kemper (Missouri Environmental)
• Crystal Kennedy (Missouri Environmental, Band 1)
• John Kingston (Missouri Litigation: General Commercial)
• Aaron Lacey (National Higher Education)
• Thomas Litz (Missouri Corporate/M&A, Band 1)
• Krissa Lubben (Missouri Labor & Employment)
• Paul Macon (Missouri Real Estate)
• Katriina McGuire (Illinois Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use)
• Margaret McNaul (National Energy: Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation)
• Gayle Mercier (Missouri Real Estate)
• Alan Norman (Missouri Intellectual Property)
• Thomas Polcyn (Missouri Intellectual Property, Band 1)
• Rebecca Shelton (National Energy: Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation)
• Peter Strassner (Missouri Environmental, Band 1)
• Roman Wuller (Missouri Litigation: General Commercial)

Clients shared with Chambers that "Thompson Coburn is an exceptional and full-service law firm that can handle complex and sophisticated matters." Another added, "I have never worked with a more service-oriented and responsive firm than Thompson Coburn."