Global law firm Baker McKenzie has received 35 practice and sector area and 28 lawyer rankings in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United States.
The Firm received a new Tier 1 ranking for Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Mid-market (USD 0-250 million) and maintained its Tier 1 rankings for International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection); and Tax: US Taxes: Contentious.
Additionally, the Firm received new rankings for Finance: Fintech; Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – Mid-market (USD 0-500 million); and Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Managers.
The Firm also attained practice area promotions for International Trade and National Security: National Security; Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Consumer Products; and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market.
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization and ancillary services, and client feedback.
The following lawyers were recognized:
- Todd Beauchamp – Finance: Fintech
- Alexander Burch (newly ranked) – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Mid-market (USD 0-250 million)
- Sumon Dantiki – International Trade and National Security: National Security
- Susan Eandi – Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Maria Eberle – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
- Ashley Eickhof – Antitrust: Cartel
- Scott Frewing (newly ranked) – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
- Peter George – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
- Mark Goodman (newly ranked) – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Mid-market (USD 0-250m) and Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
- Jessica Greenwald – Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Benjamin Ho – Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Brian Hengesbaugh – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Rod Hunter – International Trade and National Security: CFIUS
- Sinead Kelly – Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Janet Kim – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Barbara Klementz – Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- Stewart Lipeles – Tax: International Tax
- Kimberly Franko Lower (newly ranked) – Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Erika López (newly ranked) – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (Up to USD 500 million)
- Betsy Morgan – Labor and Employment: Immigration
- Mark Oates – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
- Andrew Riccio – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Jennifer Ancona Semko (newly ranked) – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Mid-market (USD 0-250 million) and Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
- Eunkyung Kim Shin – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Julia Skubis Weber – Tax: International Tax
- Perrie Weiner – Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
A full list of the Firm's rankings can be found here: L500 | United States | Law firm and lawyer rankings from Legal 500 guide