Chambers USA announced its annual rankings for 2025, including eight NGE practice groups and 22 attorneys. Chambers & Partners, one of the world’s leading legal directories, conducts independent research that relies on feedback from industry leaders and clients to identify the top attorneys and law firms worldwide.
NGE is ranked in Illinois in the following practice areas:
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
Twenty-two Neal Gerber Eisenberg attorneys were named as leaders in their field:
- Jeffrey Bakker – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- H. Nicholas Berberian – Litigation: Securities
- Jill Berkeley – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Patricia Cain – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Angela Elbert – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Douglas Ellis – Real Estate
- Lee Eulgen – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Avram Feldman – Real Estate
- Michael Gray – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Linda Hoseman – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Michael Kelber – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Jason Kim – Labor & Employment
- Douglas Lubelchek – Real Estate
- Antony McShane – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Tonya Newman – Litigation: Product Liability*
- Steven Pflaum – Litigation: General Commercial
- Jonathan Quinn – Litigation: General Commercial
- Elizabeth Radichel – Real Estate
- Sonya Rosenberg – Labor & Employment
- Leah Schleicher – Real Estate
- William Tarnow – Labor & Employment
- Paul Walker-Bright – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
*newly ranked
Chambers solicits feedback from firm clients about our team, as a part of its research process, and it includes:
- “Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg offers strong expertise across various practice areas and has significant resources, ensuring that help is always readily available.”
- “The team stands out for its exceptional professionalism, proactive approach and commitment to delivering high quality work.”
- “The firm has a mastery of the changing legal landscape around retirement plans and brings that knowledge to bear on all engagements.”
- “Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg is very client focused, has a deep experience and is very knowledgeable, with a good network and relationship with government regulators.”
- “I appreciate the thought leadership and that the team I work with reach out proactively.”
- “The team provides good service that is very personalized and it’s very easy to get them on the phone. It also knows when to loop in bigger resources.”
- “We feel exceptionally lucky to have connected with Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. Its key strength is a deep, nuanced understanding of the law in Illinois. The firm is very savvy and intensely practical.”
- “Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg is very knowledgeable and practical. Its lawyers are both responsive and reliable, and provide reasonable and practical advice in complex situations.”
- “The firm is an excellent business partner for us. Our success in the matter was the result of really excellent and aggressive legal strategy and knowledge of coverage and dispute strategies.”
- “The firm’s bench strength is exceptional. Its attorneys have great experience, are very smart and have wonderful litigation instincts. They are diligent and display strong attention to detail.”
- “Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg has a great knowledge of the landscape for both insured and carrier. The firm’s attorneys give very good practical advice and have strong experience.”
- “Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg provide tremendous value creation through creative approaches. “
Chambers also publishes boutique guides separate from its traditional, geographically based lawyer rankings. Stay tuned for updates in the months ahead regarding the Chambers High Net Worth guide (which recommends firms providing legal services for high-net-worth individuals) and recognition of our Private Wealth Services practice group.
