In the newly released Chambers USA 2025 guide, Fenwick has once again secured its place among the nation’s top law firms, with standout recognition in 31 practice areas and 59 lawyers individually ranked for excellence. These honors reflect the firm’s continued leadership in advising the most innovative clients in the technology and life sciences sectors.
At the national level, Fenwick was recognized in 14 practice areas, including earning a Band One ranking for Startups & Emerging Companies, a distinction the firm has held for 10 consecutive years, and ranking among the top firms for Artificial Intelligence, Capital Markets: Convertible Debt, Corporate/M&A (highly regarded), International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, and Privacy & Data Security (highly regarded). “Fenwick is on speed-dial for the most complex and sophisticated matters requiring strong analytical skills, creativity and business acumen,” one client told Chambers. “They bring legal excellence to every deal. It’s a client-first approach at all times,” another client commented.
Regionally, Fenwick ranked in 17 practice areas across California, New York, Washington, and Vermont, with Band One honors for Patent Prosecution, Tax, Technology, and Venture Capital in California, and for Intellectual Property in Vermont.
Among the firm’s many individual accolades, Fenwick partners Doug Cogen, David Forst, David Hayes, Mark Jansen, Stuart Meyer, and Karen Webb earned Band One rankings, illustrating their preeminence in M&A, tax, IP, and trademark law.
The full list of Fenwick practices and lawyers recognized in the 2025 Chambers USA guide is as follows:
Practice Categories
- Artificial Intelligence
- Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
- Corporate/M&A
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Life Sciences
- Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Patent
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Privacy & Data Security
- Securities Litigation
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Tax
- Tax: Controversy
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
- Technology
- Trademark & Copyright
- Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Venture Capital
- White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Lawyers
- Samuel Angus – Venture Capital
- Daniel Becker – Patent Prosecution
- Dawn Belt – Venture Capital
- Ran Ben-Tzur – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- William Bromfield – Corporate/M&A
- Michael Brown – Startups & Emerging Companies
- Emily Bullis – Intellectual Property
- Douglas Cogen – Corporate/M&A
- Gordon Davidson – Capital Markets; M&A; Startups & Emerging Companies; Venture Capital
- Michael Dicke – White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Melissa Duffy – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Thomas Ensign – Antitrust
- Heidi Erlacher – Life Sciences; Intellectual Property
- Michael Esquivel – Startups & Emerging Companies; Venture Capital
- Julia Forbess – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- David Forst – Tax
- Robert Freedman – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Elizabeth Gartland – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- David Hadden – Patent Litigation
- Adam Halpern – Tax
- David Hayes – Technology; Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Cynthia Hess – Startups & Emerging Companies; Venture Capital
- Robert Hulse – Patent Prosecution
- Mark Jansen – Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional
- Jessica Kaempf – Intellectual Property
- Catherine Kevane – Securities Litigation
- Dean Kristy – Securities Litigation
- Bomi Lee – Corporate/M&A
- Steven Levine – Venture Capital
- Kevin McGann – Patent
- Stuart Meyer – Intellectual Property
- David Michaels – Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Marshall Mort – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Ken Myers – Corporate/M&A
- Larissa Neumann – Tax
- Tyler Newby – Privacy & Data Security
- Jeffrey Oelke – Patent
- Ralph Pais – Technology
- Rajiv Patel – Patent Prosecution
- Matthew Pavao – Intellectual Property
- Rufus Pichler – Technology
- Stefano Quintini – Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Amanda Rose – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Joseph Schenck – Technology
- Antonia Sequeira – Patent Prosecution
- Saina Shamilov – Patent Litigation
- Ethan Skerry – Corporate/M&A
- William Skinner – Tax
- Robert Slack – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Alan Smith – Corporate/M&A
- Jennifer Stanley – Technology
- Christopher Steskal – White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Mark Stevens – Startups & Emerging Companies; Venture Capital
- David Tellekson – Intellectual Property
- Effie Toshav – Corporate/M&A
- James Trainor – Patent
- Jedediah Wakefield – Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Karen Webb – Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional
- Kris Withrow – Corporate/M&A
Each year, Chambers USA conducts independent research and interviews with clients and peers to assess law firm performance based on legal capability, client service, commercial acumen, and overall impact. View Fenwick’s full Chambers USA 2025 Rankings.