Legal 500 US 2024 has recognized Kramer Levin and its attorneys for excellence in a number of practice areas. Attorneys were recognized across 13 practice areas.

The firm was ranked top tier in five categories:

  • Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
  • Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
  • Labor and Employment – Immigration
  • Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
  • Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning

The firm was also recognized in the following areas:

  • Dispute Resolution – Appellate: Courts of Appeal/Appellate: Supreme Courts (State and Federal)
  • Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations And White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Corporates
  • Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations And White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals
  • Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
  • Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
  • Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
  • M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (Up to $500m)
  • Real Estate – Real Estate 
  • Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious

The following attorneys were included on the Leading Lawyers list:

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations And White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals

  • Dani James
  • Paul Schoeman

Dispute Resolution – Leading Trial Lawyers

  • Barry Berke
  • Michael Dell

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

  • Amy Caton
  • Kenneth Eckstein
  • Rachael Ringer

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

  • Amy Caton
  • Kenneth Eckstein
  • Thomas Mayer

Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization

  • Jamie Kocis
  • Gilbert Liu

Labor and Employment: Immigration

  • Matthew Dunn
  • Mark Koestler

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)

  • Kevin Leblang

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)

  • Howard Spilko

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation

  • Eileen Patt

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

  • Valerie Campbell

The following attorneys were included on the Next Generation Partners list:

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal

  • Rachael Ringer

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)

  • Eliza Kaiser

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

  • James Power

The following attorneys were included on the Hall of Fame list:

Dispute Resolution – Appellate: Supreme Courts (State and Federal)

  • Roy Englert

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations And White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Corporates

  • Barry Berke
  • Gary Naftalis

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation

  • Norman Simon

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

  • Paul D. Selver

The following attorneys were included on the Rising Stars list:

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

  • Sumaya Ullah Restagno

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Litigation

  • Boaz I. Cohen