Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and its lawyers across the United States as leaders in their respective practice areas in the 2026 edition of its Chambers USA guide. This includes nearly 75 practice rankings for the firm, including 19 nationwide, and 160 lawyer recognitions.

Published annually, the guide recognizes the top lawyers and law firms across the United States, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to assess the reputations and experience of lawyers around the country.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognized in the following categories:

Nationwide Rankings

• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
• Environment
• Government Relations: Federal
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded
• Hedge Funds
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Investment Funds: Investor Representation
• Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
• Oil & Gas Litigation
• Registered Funds
• Transportation: Aviation: Finance
• Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory

State Rankings

• Antitrust – Illinois
• Banking & Finance: Corporate Regulatory – Massachusetts
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – North Carolina; Washington
• Construction – Pennsylvania; Tennessee
• Corporate/M&A – North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds; Oregon; South Carolina; Tennessee; Washington
• Corporate/M&A & Alternative Entities – Delaware
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Pennsylvania; Washington
• Energy & Natural Resources – Pennsylvania; Washington
• Environment – New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Washington
• Healthcare – North Carolina; Tennessee
• Hedge & Mutual Funds – Massachusetts
• Immigration – Texas
• Insurance – New Jersey; Pennsylvania
• Intellectual Property – Illinois; Massachusetts; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Washington
• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – Illinois; Texas
• Labor & Employment – Massachusetts; New Jersey; North Carolina; Washington
• Life Sciences – Massachusetts
• Litigation: General Commercial – Massachusetts; North Carolina; Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds; Tennessee; Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds; Washington
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations – Pennsylvania
• Real Estate – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds; South Carolina; Washington
• Tax – Illinois, North Carolina; Washington
• Tax: Litigation – Texas
• Tax: State & Local – Texas

K&L Gates individuals recognized were:

• Mark Amorosi – Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Curt Anderson – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Stanford Baird – Environment, North Carolina 
• Jake Bernstein – Privacy & Data Security, Nationwide
• Leonard Bickwit – Government Relations: Federal, Nationwide
• Thomas Birsic – Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Lindsay Bishop – Litigation: General Commercial, Massachusetts
• Nathaniel Bolin – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, Nationwide
• April Boyer – Labor & Employment, Florida
• Sasha Burstein – Private Equity: Fund Formation, Nationwide
• Michael Caccese – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Nationwide; Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Amanda Cashman – Energy & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania
• Jackie Celender – Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Christopher Centurelli – Intellectual Property, Massachusetts
• Won-Han Cheng – Tax, Washington
• Limo Cherian – Healthcare, Illinois 
• Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis – Corporate/M&A, Oregon
• Randy Clark – Tax, North Carolina
• Jonathan Cohen – Insurance: Policyholder, District of Columbia
• Gail Conenello – Environment, New Jersey
• Stephan Coonrod – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• John Cotter – Intellectual Property, Massachusetts
• John Crossley – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy, Nationwide
• Daniel Crowley – Government Relations: Federal, Nationwide
• Amanda Darling – Transportation: Aviation: Finance, Nationwide
• Darlene Davis – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Karrie Johnson Diaz – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Washington
• Lauren Donahue – Antitrust, Illinois
• Brittany Doolittle – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Jon-Luc Dupuy – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts
• Daniel Eliades – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, New Jersey
• Maria Faconti – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity), Texas
• Eric Feldman – Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities, Delaware
• David Fine – Litigation: Appellate, Pennsylvania
• Kimberly Frank – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), Nationwide
• David Fusco – Litigation: Product Liability, Pennsylvania; Product Liability: Toxic Torts, Nationwide
• Vincent Galluzzo – Intellectual Property, North Carolina
• John Gardner – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina
• Jeff Gargano – Intellectual Property, Illinois
• Rick Giovannelli – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Mark Goshko – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Christopher Graff – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, Texas
• Brian Graham – Immigration, Texas
• Geoffrey Greeves – Insurance: Policyholder, District of Columbia
• Philip Guess – Litigation: General Commercial, Washington
• Julie Anne Halter – E-Discovery & Information Governance, Nationwide
• Michael Hart – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Pennsylvania
• Cliff Histed – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Illinois
• Timothy Hobbs – Environment, Tennessee
• Brent Hockaday – Labor & Employment, Texas
• Nicholas Hodge – Hedge Funds, Nationwide
• Lee Hogewood III – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina
• William Holmes – Energy & Natural Resources, Oregon
• Nate Howe – Energy & Natural Resources, New Jersey
• Nathan Huff – Litigation: General Commercial, North Carolina
• Pam Jacobson – Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade, Washington
• Mary Beth Johnston – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Sean Jones – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds
• Donald Kaplan – Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), Nationwide
• Jeffrey King – Oil & Gas Litigation, Nationwide
• Michael King – Real Estate, North Carolina
• Gary Kocher – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• George Kontakis – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York), Nationwide
• Steven Kowal – Antitrust, Illinois
• Hannah Koyfman – Intellectual Property, Massachusetts
• Jeffrey Kucera – Bankruptcy/Litigation, Florida
• Anthony La Rocco – Insurance, New Jersey
• Dawn Lamparello – Environment, New Jersey
• John Lawrence – Healthcare, North Carolina
• Robert Leonard – Hedge Funds, Nationwide
• David Lindsay – Labor & Employment, North Carolina
• David Lu – Intellectual Property, Massachusetts 
• Michael Lubic – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, California
• Tad Macfarlan – Environment, Pennsylvania
• Pablo Man – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Hedge Funds, Nationwide
• Michael Martinez – Antitrust, Illinois 
• Michelle McCreery – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Brendan McDonnell – Corporate/M&A, Oregon
• Patrick McElhinny – Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania
• David McGonigle – Insurance, Pennsylvania 
• Ndenisarya Meekins – Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Alyssa Moir – Environment, Washington
• Brian Montag – Environment, New Jersey
• David Naidu – Environment, New York
• Ali Nardali – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
• Christopher Nasson – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Massachusetts 
• McNair Nichols – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, North Carolina
• Margaret Niles – Investment Funds: Investor Representation, Nationwide
• Karishma Shah Page – Government Relations: Federal, Nationwide
• Clair Pagnano – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts
• Clayton Parker – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Florida: South
• Michael Pavlick – Labor & Employment, Pennsylvania
• Jessica Pearlman – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Brian Peterson – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Washington
• Beth Petronio – Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• Mark Pomfret – Labor & Employment, Massachusetts
• Charles Purcell – Tax, Washington 
• Stanley Ragalevsky – Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory, Massachusetts
• Natalie Rainer – Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation, Nationwide
• David Raphael – Environment, Pennsylvania
• Andrew Reibman – Intellectual Property, North Carolina
• Marla Tun Reschly – Litigation: General Commercial, North Carolina
• Adriana Reyes – Immigration, Texas
• Ellery Richardson – Environment, Tennessee
• Pierce Richardson – Real Estate, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Jason Richey – Construction, Pennsylvania
• David Rieser – Environment: Mainly Transactional, Illinois 
• Erin Rigney – Labor & Employment, Illinois
• Emanuel Rouvelas – Government Relations: Federal, Nationwide; Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Charles Royce – Real Estate, Washington
• Mark Ruge – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Mark Rush – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Pennsylvania
• Andrew Ruskin – Healthcare, District of Columbia
• Thomas Ryan – Energy & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania; Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Pennsylvania; Oil & Gas Litigation, Nationwide
• David Rybicki – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, District of Columbia
• Brandy Sargent – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Oregon
• Michael Scanlon – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory, Nationwide
• Slade Sevier – Construction, Tennessee
• Adam Smith – Banking & Finance: Regulatory, Tennessee 
• Robert Smith – Environment, Washington
• Steven Sparling – Offshore Energy, Nationwide; Projects: LNG, Nationwide
• Rob Starin – Tax, Washington
• Kevin Stichter – Corporate/M&A, North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds 
• Robert Tammero – Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory, Massachusetts
• Lucas Tanglen – Insurance, Pennsylvania
• Melissa Tea – Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Adam Tejeda – Tax, New York
• Elizabeth Thomas – Energy & Natural Resources, Washington
• Hayley Trahan-Liptak – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Massachusetts
• Christopher Valente – Litigation: General Commercial, Massachusetts 
• Kari Vander Stoep – Energy & Natural Resources, Washington
• Artoush Varshosaz – Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
• C.J. Voss – Corporate/M&A, Washington
• Leann Walsh – Labor & Employment, North Carolina
• Scott Waxman – Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities, Delaware 
• Cynthia Weed – Public Finance, Washington
• Mitchell Weiss – Tax, Illinois
• David Weitman – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Texas 
• Matthew Weldon – International Arbitration: Counsel; International Arbitration: Enforcement, Nationwide
• Margaret Westbrook – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, North Carolina
• Timothy Weston – Environment, Pennsylvania
• Brent Williams – Corporate/M&A, Illinois
• Craig Wilson – Environment, Pennsylvania
• John Wilson – Sports Law, Nationwide
• David Wochner – Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation), Nationwide
• Andrew Wright – Government Relations: Congressional Investigations, Nationwide
• George Zornada – Hedge & Mutual Funds, Massachusetts; Registered Funds, Nationwide
• Robert Zutz – Registered Funds, Nationwide

To view the firm’s full rankings, visit the Chambers USA guide.