Chambers USA recognized Husch Blackwell with 147 attorney rankings in the 2026 guide released today, an increase of 22 individual rankings from 2025. In addition, 25 lawyers, who did not appear in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA, earned rankings.
Chambers also ranked Husch Blackwell in 59 departments—a year-over-year increase of 12 departments—spanning 28 of the firm’s practice areas with the firm’s Aviation; Collegiate Athletics; Commercial Litigation; and Truck, Transit, & Ground practices earning new national recognition.
The firm is recognized in:
Nationwide
- Banking & Finance
- Cannabis Law
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
- Healthcare: Highly Regarded
- Higher Education
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Product Liability: Toxic Torts
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Psychedelics Law
- Sports Law
- Transportation: Aviation: Transactional
- Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
Colorado
- Banking & Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Healthcare
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: Product Liability
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Public Finance
- Tax
Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
- Corporate/M&A
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds
- Corporate/M&A
- Environment
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Nebraska
- Corporate/Commercial
- Litigation: General Commercial
Tennessee
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
Texas
- Banking & Finance
- Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Texas: Austin & Surrounds
- Litigation: General Commercial
Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
- Litigation: General Commercial
Wisconsin
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Real Estate
Individual attorneys recognized by Chambers are:
Banking & Finance
- Steve Agee (Colorado) – Band 2
- Lute Barber (Texas) – Band 5
- Daniel Bray (Colorado) – Band 2
- Steven Camp (Texas) – Band 4
- Reuben Rosof (Texas) – Band 4
- Lynda Templen (Wisconsin) – Band 3
- Nathan Volz (Wisconsin) – Band 3
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Michael Brandess (Illinois) – Band 4
Cannabis Law: Western United States
- Marshall Custer (Nationwide) – Band 2
- Steve Levine (Nationwide) – Band 1
Construction
- Joshua Levy (Wisconsin) – Band 1
- Eric Meier (Wisconsin) – Band 2
- Kenneth Slavens (Missouri) – Band 1
Corporate/Commercial
- David Gardels (Nebraska) – Band 1
Corporate/M&A
- Scott Brunner (Wisconsin) – Band 4
- Ashley Edwards (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Christopher Hamlin (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Phil Koutnik (Wisconsin) – Band 2
- John Moore (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Kirstin Salzman (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 2
- Matthew Schneider (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 2
- Edward Wilson (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 2
E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Tessa Jacob (Nationwide) – Band 3
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- David Eckhardt (Wisconsin) – Band 2
- Molly Hobbs (Colorado) – Band 2
- Craig Kovarik (Missouri) – Band 1
- Mark Welker (Missouri) – Band 1
Energy & Natural Resources
- Sara Bergan (Minnesota) – Band 2
- Megan Caldwell (Colorado) – Band 2
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Linda Walsh (Nationwide) – Band 4
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
- Carrie Collier-Brown (Texas) – Band 2
- Chris Reeder (Texas) – Band 3
- Alaina Zermeno (Texas) – Up and Coming
Environment
- Christopher Erker (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 1
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Marci Kawski (Nationwide) – Band 3
- Susan Seaman (Nationwide) – Up and Coming
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- John Redding (Nationwide) – Band 1
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Sabrina Neff (Nationwide) – Band 4
Government Contracts
- Cormac Connor (Nationwide) – Band 5
- Hal Perloff (Nationwide) – Band 5
- Brian Waagner (Nationwide) – Band 3
Healthcare
- Andrew Brenton (Wisconsin) – Up and Coming
- Diane Carter (Texas) – Band 2
- Curt Chase (Missouri) – Band 1
- Ellee Cochran (Texas) – Band 4
- Elliott Coward (Georgia) – Band 4
- Michael Crowe (Texas) – Band 4
- Joseph Geraci (Texas) – Band 1
- Sarah Hellmann (Missouri) – Band 2
- Alison Hollender (Texas) – Band 4
- Lorinda Holloway (Texas) – Band 5
- Hal Katz (Texas) – Band 1
- Bryan Nowicki (Wisconsin) – Band 1
- Gregory Pimstone (California) – Band 1
- Sean Ryan (Massachusetts) – Band 3
- Thomas Shorter (Wisconsin) – Band 1
- Christopher Smith (Missouri) – Band 2
- Harvey Tettlebaum (Missouri) – Band 2
- Robert Threlkeld (Georgia) – Band 2
- Cori Turner (Missouri) – Band 2
Higher Education
- Hayley Hanson (Nationwide) – Band 1
- Julie Miceli (Nationwide) – Band 2
- Jason Montgomery (Nationwide) – Band 4
- Sean Tassi (Nationwide) – Band 2
Immigration
- Christine Fabin (Missouri) – Band 1
- Kelli Meilink (Missouri) – Band 1
Insurance
- Ashley DeVerna (Colorado) – Band 2
- AJ Fabianczyk (Wisconsin) – Associates to watch
- Jason Fathallah (Wisconsin) – Band 1
- Dieter Juedes (Wisconsin) – Band 2
- Amy Smith (Wisconsin) – Associates to watch
Insurance: Regulatory
- Lauren Ybarra (Texas) – Band 2
Intellectual Property
- Jeffer Ali (Minnesota) – Band 4
- Michael Annis (Missouri) – Band 3
- Nicole Bashor (Illinois) – Band 5
- Timothy Capria (Tennessee) – Band 2
- Daniel Cohn (Missouri) – Band 3
- Jennifer Hoekel (Missouri) – Band 2
- Beau Jackson (Missouri) – Band 3
- Daisy Manning (Missouri) – Band 4
- Nathan Oleen (Missouri) – Band 4
- Rudolph Telscher (Missouri) – Band 1
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Grant Leach (Nationwide) – Band 5
- Cortney Morgan (Nationwide) – Band 4
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Beau Jackson (Nationwide) – Band 5
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Nithya Nagarajan (Nationwide) – Band 5
Labor & Employment
- Barbara Grandjean (Colorado) – Band 2
- Joe Glynias (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 2
- Ashley Jordaan (Colorado) – Band 2
- Kayt Kopen (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Up and Coming
- Kevin Koronka (Texas) – Band 4
- Trecia Moore (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 4
- Sonni Nolan (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Tom O’Day (Wisconsin) – Band 3
- Paul Pautler (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Kyle Russell (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Julianne Story (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 2
- Randy Thompson (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Robert Tomaso (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Eminent Practitioners
- Tracy Wolf (Texas) – Band 5
Litigation: General Commercial
- Scott Browning (Colorado) – Band 4
- Ryan DiClemente (New Jersey) – Band 4
- Joseph Diedrich (Wisconsin) – Up and Coming
- Taylor Concannon Hausmann (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Up and Coming
- Richard Illmer (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds) – Band 5
- Marnie Jensen (Nebraska) – Band 2
- Michael Klebanov (District of Columbia) – Up and Coming
- Jacob Kring (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds) – Up and Coming
- Ann Maher (Wisconsin) – Band 3
- James Monafo (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- JoAnn Sandifer (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Jeffrey Simon (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 4
Litigation: Product Liability
- Jennifer Dlugosz (Illinois) – Band 3
- Joseph Kilpatrick (Illinois) – Band 2
- J.Y. Miller (Missouri) – Band 3
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Cormac Connor (District of Columbia) – Band 6
- Jonathan Porter (Georgia) – Band 2
- Kip Randall (Missouri) – Up and Coming
- Jody Rudman (Texas) – Band 3
Natural Resources & Environment
- Brian Potts (Wisconsin) – Band 2
- David Zoppo (Wisconsin) – Band 3
Political Law
- Kyle Gilster (Nationwide) – Band 4
Product Liability: Toxic Torts
- Jennifer Dlugosz (Nationwide) – Band 1
- Jennifer Lee (Nationwide) – Band 1
- J.Y. Miller (Nationwide) – Band 1
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- Anna Kimbrell (Nationwide) – Band 4
Psychedelics Law
- Kimberly Chew (Nationwide) – Band 1
- Karen Luong (Nationwide) – Band 1
Public Finance
- Lynda Templen (Wisconsin) – Band 1
Real Estate
- Rodney Carter (Wisconsin) – Band 4
- Andrew Crossett (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Bradley Dallet (Wisconsin) – Band 4
- Ron Feldman (Tennessee) – Band 3
- Courtney Hill (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- Andrew Hodgson (Tennessee) – Band 4
- William Hof (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
- David Linenbroker (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 1
- Jeffrey Miller (Colorado) – Band 4
- Rebecca Mitich (Wisconsin) – Band 1
- Wendy Proctor (Tennessee) – Band 4
- Charles Renner (Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds) – Band 3
- David Richardson (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 1
- Gregory Smith (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Senior Statespeople
- Melissa Smith-Groff (Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds) – Band 3
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- Nikelle Susanne Meade (Texas) – Band 2
Tax
- Jason Reschly (Missouri) – Band 1
Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
- Julie Maurer (Nationwide) – Band 2
Chambers and Partners, which publishes Chambers USA, develops its ranking by utilizing a team of more than 200 research analysts who assess attorneys and law firms across the USA, conducting thousands of one-on-one interviews per year with in-house counsel and third-party specialists. The team identifies and ranks the world’s best lawyers and legal departments on criteria that includes technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities that the client considers relevant.
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