What is Legal 500 US Elite?
Legal 500 US Elite aims to highlight key lawyers operating at regional players across business centres in the United States.
Notably, US Elite seeks to recognize key US lawyers outside global firms, opting to focus on those at regional powerhouses that may not receive comparable recognition in other rankings. US Elite emphasizes lawyers who are handling work at the top of the legal market in their respective cities, states, or regions. The ranking is distinct from the main Legal 500 US guide, with lawyers ranked by tier as individuals rather than as teams.
How are lawyers selected for US Elite?
Our research includes interviews with top practitioners, peer feedback, and evidence of key matters worked on by the ranked attorneys during the past year. An initial shortlist of attorneys is produced by the research team using internal and external data sets, with submissions from firms also welcomed independently of the shortlist process.
All interested lawyers are invited to participate in an interview with our researchers, and also have the option of making a written submission. During the interview, we also solicit extensive peer feedback regarding other lawyers operating in their respective legal sectors.
Law firms are welcome to proactively submit attorneys for consideration.
Dates
Released October 28th 2025
Houston Elite
Dallas Elite
Austin Elite
Minneapolis Elite
Missouri Elite
Indianapolis Elite
Chicago Elite – Intellectual property and banking & finance.
Current Research
Interview deadline February 20th
Submission deadline/research close March 6th
Researcher details below
Ohio Elite – Corporate and M&A – Jake Dinsdale, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – Commercial disputes – Noor Sharif, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – Finance and restructuring – Adam Weston, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – Real Estate – Adam Weston, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – White-collar crime – Max Boothby, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – Intellectual property – Max Boothby, [email protected]
Ohio Elite – Tax – Jemma Hughes, [email protected]
Minneapolis Elite – Corporate and M&A – Irfan Ali, [email protected]
Minneapolis Elite – Commercial disputes – Irfan Ali, [email protected]
Minneapolis Elite – White-collar crime – Shahbaz Hashmi-Qureshi, [email protected]
Minneapolis Elite – Intellectual property – Shahbaz Hashmi-Qureshi, [email protected]
Minneapolis Elite – Banking & Finance – Juwariah Tariq, [email protected]
Indianapolis Elite – Corporate and M&A – Juwariah Tariq, [email protected]
Indianapolis Elite – Commercial disputes – Asra Ali, [email protected]
Indianapolis Elite – Intellectual property – Sandra John, [email protected]
Indianapolis Elite – Labor & employment – Victor Nwankwo, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Labor & employment – Toby Helm, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Corporate and M&A – Robert Luhe, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Antitrust – Asra Ali, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Commercial disputes – Nora Lannert, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Insurance litigation – Nora Lannert, [email protected] / Luca Varga, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Product liability/torts – Luca Varga, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – White-collar crime – Shirley Coong, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Intellectual property – non-contentious – Erika Grimbley, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Intellectual property – contentious – Erika Grimbley, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Banking & Finance – Sandra John, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Life sciences and healthcare – Cecily Turner, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Technology, data, cybersecurity – Cecily Turner, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Real estate – Sam Clark, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Construction – Isha Khan, [email protected]
Chicago Elite – Tax – Joshua Midgley, [email protected]
Missouri Elite – Commercial disputes – Giuseppina Domfeh, [email protected]
Missouri Elite – Corporate and M&A – Giuseppina Domfeh, [email protected]
Missouri Elite – Intellectual property – Xanji Westwood, [email protected]
Missouri Elite – Real estate – Xanji Westwood, [email protected]
Iowa Elite – Commercial disputes – Alice Young, [email protected]
Iowa Elite – Real estate – Iqra Bostan, [email protected]
Iowa Elite – Corporate and M&A – Alice Young, [email protected]
Wisconsin Elite – Commercial disputes – Sita Chhantyal, [email protected]
Wisconsin Elite – Intellectual property – Toby Helm, [email protected]
Wisconsin Elite – Corporate and M&A – Sita Chhantyal, [email protected]
Nashville/Tennessee Elite – Commercial disputes – Joshua Render, [email protected]
Nashville/Tennessee Elite – Corporate and M&A – Joshua Render, [email protected]
Baltimore Elite – Commercial disputes – Benedicte Bolingo, [email protected]
Baltimore Elite – White-collar crime – Isha Khan, [email protected]
Baltimore Elite – Corporate and M&A – Benedicte Bolingo, [email protected]
Kentucky Elite – Commercial disputes – Iqra Bostan, [email protected]
Kentucky Elite – Corporate and M&A – Victor Nwankwo, [email protected]
Submission
Submission template NB: This template is in .docx format. Do not resave it in any other format as it may not be compatible with our system.
To send your submissions to us, please visit submissions.legal500.com and follow the onscreen prompts to send us new documents.
If you do not have login details or have problems accessing submissions.legal500.com, please get in touch to request details via [email protected], filing a request under the “Login details – portal” category.
Contact
Editorial
Editor – Legal 500 United States Barnaby Merrill ([email protected])
Research Managers – US City Elite Hannah Chisholm ([email protected]); Oliver Punchard ([email protected])