Rankings & Recognitions
Nearly 400 K&L Gates Lawyers Named Among 2024 Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers, a peer review guide to the legal profession, has recognized more than 300 K&L Gates lawyers in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for outstanding professional excellence, and 90 of the firm’s lawyers in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, a list which recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers. For almost 40 years, the Best Lawyers guide highlights top legal talent as selected by their peers through millions of votes each year.
Also among these recognitions are 17 “Lawyer of the Year” awards for K&L Gates, an accolade received by only one standout lawyer in each practice area and region across the country. Congratulations to the lawyers listed below who received a Lawyer of the Year award as well as to all of the lawyers recognized in the 2024 edition resulting in nearly 650 total recognitions for the firm. To view the full list of individuals recognized in The Best Lawyers in America*, please click here.
LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
Austin
- Brian Graham - Immigration Law
Charleston
- Ernie Cochran - Corporate Law
Charlotte
- Rick Giovannelli - Corporate Law
- Sean Jones - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
Harrisburg
- Grainger Bowman - Construction Law
- Craig Wilson - Litigation - Environmental
Nashville
- Slade Sevier - Construction Law
Pittsburgh
- Jeffrey Acre - Corporate Compliance Law
- Stephen Barge - Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Patrick McElhinny - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Portland
- William Holmes - Energy Law
- Philip Van Der Weele - Litigation - Antitrust
Raleigh
- Stanford Baird - Environmental Law
- Gary Qualls - Health Care Law
Seattle
- Hugh Bangasser - Antitrust Law
Wilmington
- Scott Waxman - Securitization and Structured Finance Law
* does not include Ones to Watch
K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.
