Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and more than 120 of its lawyers across the United States as leaders in their respective practice areas in the 2022 edition of its Chambers USA guide. This includes rankings for the firm in 36 practice categories, including 12 nationwide, and for K&L Gates lawyers in nearly 70 nationwide and state categories.

Published annually, the guide recognizes the top lawyers and law firms across the United States, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to assess the reputations and experience of lawyers around the country.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognized in the following categories:

Nationwide Rankings

• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
• Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
• Environment
• Government Contracts: The Elite
• Government Relations
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• International Arbitration: Enforcement
• Oil & Gas Litigation
• Registered Funds
• Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory

State Rankings

• Antitrust – Illinois
• Antitrust – Massachusetts 
• Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory – Massachusetts 
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Massachusetts
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – North Carolina
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Washington
• Construction – Tennessee  
• Corporate/M&A – North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Corporate/M&A – Oregon
• Corporate/M&A – Washington
• Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities – Delaware
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds 
• Energy & Natural Resources – Pennsylvania
• Energy & Natural Resources – Washington
• Environment – New Jersey
• Environment – North Carolina
• Environment – Pennsylvania
• Environment – Texas
• Environment – Washington
• Healthcare – North Carolina
• Healthcare – Tennessee
• Hedge & Mutual Funds – Massachusetts
• Immigration – Texas
• Insurance – Pennsylvania
• Intellectual Property – Pennsylvania
• Intellectual Property – Washington
• Labor & Employment – New Jersey
• Labor & Employment – Washington
• Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Litigation: General Commercial – Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Litigation: General Commercial – Washington
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Pennsylvania
• Real Estate – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Real Estate – South Carolina
• Real Estate – Washington
• Tax – Washington

K&L Gates individuals recognized were:

Asset Management and Investment Funds

• Mark Amorosi – Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Ndenisarya Bregasi – Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Michael Caccese – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Mark Goshko – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Nicholas Hodge – Hedge Funds, Nationwide
• Michael McGrath – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts
• Margaret Niles – Investment Funds: Investor Representation, Nationwide
• Clair Pagnano – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts
• George Zornada – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts
• Robert Zutz – Registered Funds, Nationwide

Corporate

• Annette Becker – Corporate/M&A, Washington 
• James Bruce – Corporate/M&A, South Carolina 
• Kent Carlson – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Won-Han Cheng – Tax, Washington
• Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis – Corporate/M&A, Oregon
• Stephan Coonrod – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• David Edgar – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds 
• Eric Feldman – Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities, Delaware
• Rick Giovannelli – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Sean Jones – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Gary Kocher – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Brendan McDonnell – Corporate/M&A, Oregon
• Sam Megally – Tax: Litigation, Texas; Tax: State & Local, Texas
• Cynthia Ohlenforst – Tax: Litigation, Texas; Tax: State & Local, Texas
• Clayton Parker – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Florida: South 
• Jessica Pearlman – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Charles Purcell – Tax, Washington 
• Rob Starin – Tax, Washington
• Kevin Stichter – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds 
• Adam Tejeda – Tax, New York 
• Christopher Voss – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Scott Waxman – Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities, Delaware 
• Megan Wotherspoon – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Robert Zinn – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds

Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources

• Jack Dodson – Construction, Tennessee
• William Holmes – Energy & Natural Resources, Oregon
• Donald Kaplan – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), Nationwide
• Jeffrey King – Oil & Gas Litigation, Nationwide 
• George Kontakis – Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York), Nationwide 
• Thomas Ryan – Energy & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania 
• Elizabeth Thomas – Energy & Natural Resources, Washington
• Elizabeth Tiblets – Oil & Gas Litigation, Nationwide
• Kari Vander Stoep – Energy & Natural Resources, Washington

Finance

• Michael Cuda – Banking & Finance, Texas
• John Gardner – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina
• Michael Gearin – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Washington
• Lee Hogewood III – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina
• David Neu – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Washington 
• Stanley Ragalevsky – Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory, Massachusetts
• Adam Smith – Banking & Finance: Regulatory, Tennessee 
• Robert Tammero – Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory, Massachusetts 
• Margaret Westbrook – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina

Intellectual Property

• Thomas Anderton – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution, California 
• Theo Angelis – Intellectual Property, Washington
• David Bateman – Intellectual Property, Washington
• Pam Jacobson – Intellectual Property, Washington
• Patrick McElhinny – Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania 
• Frank Politano – Intellectual Property, New Jersey 

Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety 

• Rosemary Alito – Labor & Employment, New Jersey
• Vincent Avallone – Labor & Employment, New Jersey 
• Walker Coleman IV – Labor & Employment, South Carolina
• Mark Filipini – Labor & Employment, Washington 
• Brian Graham – Immigration, Texas
• David Lindsay – Labor & Employment, North Carolina
• Patrick Madden – Labor & Employment, Washington
• Adriana Reyes – Immigration, Texas

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

• Thomas Birsic – Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Martha Dawson – E-Discovery & Information Governance, Nationwide
• Philip Guess – Litigation: General Commercial, Washington 
• David McGonigle – Insurance, Pennsylvania 
• Melissa Tea – Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Pallavi Mehta Wahi – Litigation: General Commercial, Washington
• Robert Walker – Litigation: General Commercial, Tennessee
• Matthew Weldon – International Arbitration: Enforcement, Nationwide 

Policy and Regulatory

• Stanford Baird – Environment, North Carolina 
• Erica Bakies – Government Contracts, Nationwide 
• Gina Bertolini – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Limo Cherian – Healthcare, Illinois 
• Gail Conenello – Environment, New Jersey
• Daniel Crowley – Government Relations, Nationwide
• Darlene Davis – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Carla DewBerry – Healthcare, Washington 
• Lauren Donahue – Antitrust, Illinois
• Janessa Glenn – Environment, Texas
• Bruce Heiman – Government Relations, Nationwide
• Amy Hoang – Government Contracts, USA – Nationwide
• William Hyatt, Jr – Environment, New Jersey
• Mary Beth Johnston – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Amanda Konarski – Environment, New Jersey 
• Steven Kowal – Antitrust, Illinois
• Kim Looney – Healthcare: Regulatory, Tennessee
• Kenneth Marlow – Healthcare, Tennessee 
• Michael Martinez – Antitrust, Illinois 
• Brian Montag – Environment, New Jersey
• William Myhre – Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• David Naidu – Environment, New York
• Christopher Nasson – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Massachusetts 
• Stuart Nibley – Government Contracts, Nationwide; Government Contracts: Bid Protests, Nationwide
• Karishma Shah Page – Government Relations, Nationwide 
• Gary Qualls – Healthcare, North Carolina
• David Raphael – Environment, Pennsylvania
• David Rieser – Environment: Mainly Transactional, Illinois 
• Jorge Romero – Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Emanuel Rouvelas – Government Relations, Nationwide; Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Mark Ruge – Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Mark Rush – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Pennsylvania
• Thomas Ryan – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Pennsylvania
• Brian Saulnier – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Pennsylvania 
• Michael Scanlon – Transport: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Joshua Skora – Healthcare, Texas 
• Ankur Tohan – Environment, Washington
• Craig Trueblood – Environment, Washington
• Timothy Weston – Environment, Pennsylvania
• Craig Wilson – Environment, Pennsylvania 

Real Estate

• Marisa Bocci – Real Estate, Washington 
• Matthew Harris – Real Estate, Tennessee
• Rhys Hefta – Real Estate, Washington
• Michael King – Real Estate, North Carolina
• Matthew Norton – Real Estate, South Carolina
• Pierce Richardson – Real Estate, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Charles Royce – Real Estate, Washington
• Shannon Skinner – Real Estate, Washington