In the newly released Chambers USA 2026 guide, Fenwick has once again secured its place among the nation’s top law firms, with standout recognition in 33 practice areas and 60 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 for the 11th consecutive year and a new Band One ranking for International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded. Fenwick also ranked among the top firms for Artificial Intelligence, Capital Markets: Convertible Debt, Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded, and Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded.
“They really are more than outside counsel to us,” one client told Chambers, with another highlighting that what “distinguishes Fenwick the most is its willingness to take calibrated risks and try new things."
Regionally, Fenwick ranked in 19 practice areas across California, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and Washington 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, Rob Freedman, David Hayes, Mark Jansen, Stuart Meyer, Amanda Rose, and Karen Webb earned Band One rankings in their respective practice areas.
The full list of Fenwick practices and lawyers recognized in the 2026 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
Individuals
- Samuel Angus – Venture Capital
- Daniel Becker – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Dawn Belt – Venture Capital
- Ran Ben-Tzur – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Jennifer Bretan – Litigation: Securities
- William Bromfield – Corporate/M&A
- Michael Brown – Startups & Emerging Companies
- Emily Bullis – Intellectual Property
- Nancy Chen – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Douglas Cogen – Corporate/M&A
- Robert Counihan – Intellectual Property: Patent
- 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
- David Forst – Tax
- Robert Freedman – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Elizabeth Gartland – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- David Hadden – Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
- Adam Halpern – Tax
- David Hayes – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Technology; Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
- Cynthia Hess – Startups & Emerging Companies; Venture Capital
- Robert Hulse – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Anthony Jacobson – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Mark Jansen – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional; Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Jessica Kaempf – Intellectual Property
- Catherine Kevane – Litigation: Securities; White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Benjamin Kingsley – White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Dean Kristy – Litigation: Securities
- Heidi Lawson – Insurance: Regulatory & Transactional
- Bomi Lee – Corporate/M&A
- Kevin McGann – Intellectual Property: 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 – Intellectual Property: Patent
- Rajiv Patel – Intellectual Property: 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 – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Saina Shamilov – Intellectual Property: 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
- Jedediah Wakefield – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Karen Webb – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property: 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 2026 Rankings.