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 elite firms, opting to focus on those at regional powerhouses that may be neglected by other rankings.
US Elite emphasizes lawyers who are handling work at the top of the legal market in their respective cities. Our research team has identified lawyers carrying out high-quality, market-leading work and has produced rankings that allow clients to discover the best of the best at a regional level.
How are lawyers selected for US Elite?
Our research includes interviews with top practitioners, referee and peer feedback, and evidence of key matters worked on by the ranked attorneys during the past year. Our selection process begins with researchers creating a list of prospective candidates, which is extensively reviewed by our editors.
All shortlisted lawyers are invited to make a submission and participate in an interview with our researchers. During the interview, we also solicit extensive peer feedback regarding other lawyers operating in their respective legal sectors.
Dates
Releasing October 2025
Houston Elite
Dallas Elite
Austin Elite
Minneapolis Elite
Missouri Elite
Indianapolis Elite
Additional Chicago Elite lists
Upcoming Research – Deadline for interviews and submissions October 31st.
Researcher details below
New York Elite – Corporate & M&A Noor Sharif [email protected]
New York Elite – Commercial disputes Noor Sharif [email protected]
New York Elite – Banking and finance (including restructuring) Noor Sharif [email protected]
New York Elite – Intellectual property Jake Dinsdale [email protected]
New York Elite – Cybersecurity and data protection Jake Dinsdale [email protected]
New York Elite – Real estate Jake Dinsdale [email protected]
New York Elite – White-collar crime Asra Ali – [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – Corporate & M&A Asra Ali [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – Commercial disputes Asra Ali [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – Banking and finance (including restructuring) Irfan Ali [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – Intellectual property Irfan Ali [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – Real estate Irfan Ali [email protected]
Philadelphia Elite – White-collar crime Samuel Clark [email protected]
Washington DC Elite – Intellectual property Samuel Clark [email protected]
Washington DC Elite – Commercial disputes Samuel Clark [email protected]
Washington DC Elite – Antitrust Isha Khan [email protected]
Washington DC Elite – Cybersecurity and data protection Isha Khan [email protected]
Washington DC Elite – White-collar crime Isha Khan [email protected]
RESEARCHERS BELOW AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND
Boston Elite – Corporate & M&A Erika Grimbley [email protected]
Boston Elite – Commercial disputes Erika Grimbley [email protected]
Boston Elite – Intellectual property Erika Grimbley [email protected]
Boston Elite – Banking and finance (including restructuring) Shirley Coong [email protected]
Boston Elite – Life sciences: regulatory Shirley Coong [email protected]
Boston Elite – White-collar crime Shirley Coong [email protected]
Connecticut Elite – Corporate & M&A Maximillian Boothby [email protected]
Connecticut Elite – Commercial disputes Maximillian Boothby [email protected]
Connecticut Elite – White-collar crime Maximillian Boothby [email protected]
New England Elite – M&A Xanji Katompe-Westwood [email protected]
New England Elite – Commercial disputes Xanji Katompe-Westwood [email protected]
New England Elite – Real estate Xanji Katompe-Westwood [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])
To learn more about the team behind our research, please visit Meet The Team.