Legal 500 Recognizes 16 Husch Blackwell Practices, Shortlists Two Others in 2024 Guide

The Legal 500 recommended 16 Husch Blackwell practice areas in the United States 2024 guide released today. For the fourth straight year, the firm’s Higher Education team earned the “Top Tier Firm” designation.

The firm earned rankings for the first time in the areas of Consumer finance; Energy regulation: electric power; Insurance: Advice to insurers; and Real estate: Land use/zoning. Husch Blackwell is also noted as a firm to watch for “Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense” and “Cyber law.”

Since 2021, Husch Blackwell has tripled the number practices recognized by The Legal 500.

In addition, partners Marshall Custer (Cannabis), Beau Jackson (Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission), Anna Kimbrell (Energy: Renewable/alternative power), Steve Levine (Cannabis), and Lisa Parker (Education) were recognized as “Leading partners.” Megan Beebe and Alyssa Samuel were recognized as “Leading associates” for Cannabis.

The firm and its attorneys are recognized in:

Cannabis

• Leading partners

  • Marshall Custer

  • Steve Levine

• Leading associates

  • Alyssa Samuel

  • Megan Beebe

• Recommended

  • Lindy Martinez

• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense – Firm to Watch

• E-discovery

  • Recommended

    • Taylor Concannon Hausmann

    • Tessa Jacob

    • Steve Neeley

• Education – Top Tier Firm

  • Leading partners

    • Lisa Parker

  • Recommended

    • Hayley Hanson

    • Julie Miceli

    • Sean Tassi

• Energy: Energy regulation: electric power

  • Recommended

    • Richard Bonnifield

    • Chris Reeder

    • Linda Walsh

• Energy: Renewable/alternative power

  • Leading partners

    • Anna Kimbrell

  • Recommended

    • Sara Bergan

    • Andrew Eastman

    • David Gardels

    • Jai Khanna

    • Brian Pullin

• Financial services regulation: Consumer finance

  • Recommended

    • Christopher Friedman

    • Marci Kawski

    • Susan Seaman

• Government contracts

  • Recommended

    • Cormac Connor

    • Steve Neeley

    • Hal Perloff

    • Michael Schrier

    • Brian Waagner

• Healthcare: Service providers

  • Recommended

    • Bob Blaisdell

    • Crystal Bloom

    • Curt Chase

    • Hal Katz

    • Jonathan Porter

    • Rebecca Rodman

    • Tom Shorter

• Insurance: Advice to insurersIntellectual property - Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)

  • Leading partners

    • Beau Jackson

  • Recommended

    • Jennifer Hoekel

• Labor and employment: Immigration

  • Recommended

    • Christine Fabin

    • Kelli Meilink

• Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) – Firm to Watch

• M&A: middle-market (sub-$500 million)

  • Recommended

    • Phil Koutnik

    • Kirstin Salzman

    • Ed Wilson

• Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort

  • Recommended

    • J.Y Miller

    • Brandan Mueller

• Real estate

  • Recommended

    • Brad Dallet

    • Jon Giokas

    • Courtney Hill

    • Bill Hof

    • David Linenbroker

    • Charles Renner

    • David Richardson

• Real estate: Land use/zoning

  • Rod Carter

    1. Kate David

    2. Sandy Hellums-Gomez

    3. Nikelle Meade

    4. David Richardson

• Real estate finance

  • Recommended

    • Dan Bray

    • Paul Dombrowski

    • Cynthia Fletcher

The Legal 500 analyzes and ranks the capabilities of law firms around the world in over 150 jurisdictions with a comprehensive research program. The rankings highlight practice area teams that provide “the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.” Research is based on feedback from 300,000 law firm clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.