Chambers USA announced its annual rankings for 2026, 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 J. Bakker – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- H. Nicholas Berberian – Litigation: Securities
- Jill B. Berkeley – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Patricia S. Cain – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Angela R. Elbert – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Douglas M. Ellis – Real Estate
- Lee J. Eulgen – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Avram I. Feldman – Real Estate
- Michael B. Gray – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Michael G. Kelber – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Jason C. Kim – Labor & Employment
- Douglas J. Lubelchek – Real Estate
- Andrew G. May – Insurance: Dispute Resolution*
- Antony J. McShane – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Tonya G. Newman – Litigation: Product Liability
- Steven F. Pflaum – Litigation: General Commercial
- Jonathan S. Quinn – Litigation: General Commercial
- Elizabeth Radichel – Real Estate
- Sonya Rosenberg – Labor & Employment
- Leah A. Schleicher – Real Estate
- William J. Tarnow II – 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:
- “The firm has great overall subject matter knowledge, and the nuance of operationalizing that knowledge within the organization they’re working with.”
- “Neal Gerber & Eisenberg takes a personalized approach to their representation, relationship building has always been their strong suit.”
- “NGE’s insurance recovery lawyers are extremely knowledgeable in the area of insurance recovery and they are responsive and practical. They are a top-tier insurance recovery firm.”
- “The team has extremely great attention to detail and is very in the weeds, coming up with arguments we’d not thought of previously.”
- “The team has deep knowledge and understanding of our industry [Intellectual Property] and a passionate insightfulness for the protection of new and novel concepts.”
- “The firm’s strategic knowledge is appreciated, it is reliable and quick to respond.”
- “They bring a creative and aggressive approach to complex issues.”
- “The lawyers are strategic thinkers and partners who internalize and take ownership of our company’s unique characteristics, using that acquired knowledge to inform decision-making, anticipate avoidable problems and sensibly address challenges.”
- “They are immediately responsive, with detailed answers, including background information, potential options and challenges all very clearly laid out with recommendations as to the best options.”
- “The depth of their team is great. All the staff are efficient and effective.”
- “The firm provides relevant and actionable realistic advice on what is and what is not market when it comes to both legal and commercial matters.”
- “They provide commercially practical, business-oriented advice, not just legal analysis.”
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.
