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21 Jun 2010

DLA Piper's Franchise practice group named leader by Chambers

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For the fourth consecutive year, DLA Piper’s Franchise Practice Group garnered a top-tier ranking in the prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business publication.

“We are pleased that Chambers has once again recognized DLA Piper as the leading firm in the franchising area,” said Dennis Wieczorek, chair of DLA Piper’s Franchise and Distribution practice group. “I congratulate everyone on these much-deserved honors that continue to demonstrate our commitment to providing the highest-quality service to our clients.”

DLA Piper’s leading Franchising lawyers include:

• Michael G. Brennan, Chicago
• John F. Dienelt, Washington, DC
• Stuart Hershman, Chicago
• Bret Lowell, Northern Virginia
• Joseph W. Sheyka, Chicago
• Dennis E. Wieczorek, Chicago
• Erik B. Wulff, Washington, DC
• Philip F. Zeidman, Washington, DC

Nationwide, 123 DLA Piper attorneys were ranked as leaders in their fields in the new edition of Chambers USA, and the firm itself was ranked highly in several practice areas.

The Chambers rankings are based on extensive research conducted by Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers, a highly respected English publisher of renowned directories assessing and ranking the world’s leading lawyers. Unlike other publishers that allow firms to purchase a mention or ranking, Chambers’ listings are based solely on outside evaluations of merit. Its researchers investigate law firms and lawyers through an exhaustive process of interviewing clients and competitors in major areas of business law.

In 2010, DLA Piper ranked in the first tier in 14 regional and national areas of practice, including:

• Corporate/M&A in Arizona, Maryland and nationally (Highly Regarded)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation in Maryland
• Energy & Natural Resources in Illinois
• Franchising, nationally
• Litigation: General Commercial in Maryland
• Real Estate in California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington, DC (5)
• Retail, nationally
• Technology: Corporate & Commercial in Texas 

DLA Piper ranked in the second tier in:

• Construction in Illinois
• Corporate/Commercial in Washington
• Government: Government Relations, nationally
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory in Illinois
• IT & Outsourcing in California
• Leisure & Hospitality, nationally
• Outsourcing, nationally
• Privacy & Data Security, nationally
• Real Estate in Texas

DLA Piper ranked in the third tier in:

• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in Washington, DC
• Corporate/M&A in New York (Highly Regarded), Northern California, Northern Virginia and Southern California (4)
• Government: Government Contracts, nationally
• Intellectual Property in California and Illinois (2)
• Investment Funds: Venture Capital, nationally
• Labor & Employment in Maryland
• Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance in New York
• Real Estate: Mainly Dirt in New York
• Technology & Outsourcing in Illinois and New York (2) 

DLA Piper ranked in the fourth tier in:

• Capital Markets: REITs, nationally
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity in Illinois
• Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), nationally
• Environment in Washington, DC
• Intellectual Property in Texas
• Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation, nationally
• Labor & Employment in California and Illinois (2)
• Life Sciences, nationally
• Litigation: General Commercial in Georgia
• Products Liability & Mass Torts, nationally
• Real Estate in Florida 

And DLA Piper ranked in the fifth tier in:

• International Arbitration, nationally
• International Trade, nationally