Cahill Continues to Earn Premier Rankings Across Practices and Lawyers in Chambers USA 2026
June 4, 2026
Cahill continues to be recognized as a premier law firm in the Chambers USA 2026 guide, earning multiple firmwide and individual lawyer rankings across a broad range of market-leading practices, including Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Capital Markets, Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Antitrust, Insurance Recovery, Private Credit, Intellectual Property, Environmental, Tax, Telecommunications, and First Amendment Litigation.
The firm received 24 practice rankings and 32 individual rankings overall, including Band 1 rankings in several categories: Banking & Finance (New York and Nationwide), Bankruptcy/Restructuring Highly Regarded (New York), Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt (Nationwide), and Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded (Nationwide). The firm was also recognized for the first time in several litigation and transactional categories and made significant gains in both firmwide and individual categories. These exceptional results reflect another year of strong client and peer feedback.
The guide also recognized several Cahill lawyers with Band 1 individual rankings.
Leading practice areas and lawyers recognized in the Chambers USA 2026 guide include:
- Antitrust (New York): “In its approach to litigation defense, Cahill is consistently thorough, innovative and provides top level written work.”
- Ranked lawyers: Edward Moss
- Banking & Finance (New York and Nationwide): “Cahill has a deep bench with commercially-minded and intelligent lawyers”; “Cahill is able to reference a deep pool of transactions and experts within the firm to assist in structuring and documenting deals. They can move mountains if needed”; “Cahill knows the syndicated loan market like the back of their hand. I trust they will understand all the provisions and know what is market”; “They are very creative and go above and beyond to help.”
- Ranked lawyers: Adam Dworkin, Ariel Goldman, James Clark, Joe Slotnick, Timothy Howell and William Hartnett
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (New York): “They are client-focused, extremely knowledgeable and experienced”; “There is no one who knows the technical better than them”; “They have their finger on the pulse on all the latest market trends and are well connected with other stakeholders.”
- Ranked lawyers: Joel Levitin and Joel Moss
- Capital Markets (Nationwide): Ranked for Equity: Manager Counsel, High-Yield Debt and Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel “Cahill is excellent at engaging with banks throughout the transaction process to ensure it runs smoothly”; “The Cahill team has market knowledge, focus and timeliness”; “The team has subject matter expertise and the creativity to find solutions to unique challenges.””
- Ranked lawyers: James Clark, Joe Slotnick, and William Hartnett
- Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded (Nationwide) and FCPA (Nationwide): “They really understand how best to advocate for us as a client”; “Their attention to client service is unmatched.”
- Ranked lawyers: Brian Markley
- Environment: Mainly Transactional (New York and Nationwide): “Cahill offers high quality and sophisticated counsel”; “The attorneys are commercial, responsive, sensible and incredibly collegiate. They have a great eye for detail and are great to work with.”
- Ranked lawyers: Gregory Battista and Lynn Schmidt
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) (Nationwide): “Cahill’s advice is practical, actionable and takes into account the business side of things.”
- Ranked lawyer: David Wishengrad in Band 1
- First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide): “The team is great and its draft quality is high”; “The Cahill team’s oral advocacy is top notch.”
- Ranked lawyers: Floyd Abrams, Joel Kurtzberg and Landis Best
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (New York and Nationwide): “Cahill’s quality of work is top-notch, and the firm is extremely responsive.”
- Ranked lawyer: Thorn Rosenthal in Band 1
- Intellectual Property: Patent (New York):
- Ranked lawyers: Gerald Flattmann, Peter Armenio and Colleen Tracy James
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (USA Nationwide) and Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (New York): “Cahill is super responsive, client service-oriented and creative in its approach. It is willing to push back on opposing counsel, willing to have tricky conversations and it doesn’t shy away from issues.”
- Ranked lawyers: Tammy Roy, Landis Best and Edward Moss
- Litigation: Securities (Nationwide): “Cahill’s litigation team has a broad and deep understanding of financial markets. It consistently provides prompt, thoughtful, pragmatic and actionable advice. The firm is consistently adept at handling complex and sophisticated litigations and pre-litigation advice.”
- Ranked lawyers: Herb Washer as Eminent Practitioner, David Januszewski, Jason Hall, and Sheila Ramesh
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York): “They really understand how best to advocate for us as a client”; “Their attention to client service is unmatched.”
- Ranked lawyers: Samson Enzer and Kiersten Fletcher
- Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York): “The Cahill team’s oral advocacy is top notch.”
- Ranked lawyers: Floyd Abrams (Senior Statespeople), Joel Kurtzberg in Band 1, and Landis Best
- Private Credit (Nationwide): “Cahill has a high level of understanding of our industry and types of transactions. They give very clear counsel and have a very good understanding of what is important from a business perspective.”
- Ranked lawyers: John Papachristos and Peter Williams
- Tax (New York and Nationwide): “The team stands out due to its subject matter expertise, high quality of work and practical deal sense.”
- Ranked lawyers: Craig Horowitz and Jason Schwartz
- Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia): “Cahill has incredibly deep subject matter expertise in the telecommunications space. The team is extremely responsive and effective at providing practical, actionable advice across a wide range of topics.”
- Ranked lawyers: Angela Collins
To view the firm’s full rankings, click here.