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8 McGlinchey Practices, 25 Attorneys Honored in Chambers USA 2024
Read Time: 3 minsMcGlinchey is pleased to announce that 25 attorneys and eight practice areas have been recognized in the 2024 Chambers USA Guide. This year’s rankings include two nationally ranked practices and three newly ranked attorneys.
Click here to view McGlinchey’s ranked practice areas and attorneys in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA.
Ranked Practices
With accompanying client commentary from Chamber’s researchers:
Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) – Band 3
- “The McGlinchey team is always on top of industry changes and the legal implications.”
- “McGlinchey Stafford is excellent at handling complex and sophisticated matters. The firm provides critical information and thorough guidance.”
- “The firm is knowledgeable, competent and extremely helpful.”
Nationwide – Cannabis Law – Band 3
- “McGlinchey Stafford has a dynamic team.”
- Co-chairs of the practice, Perry Salzhauer and Heidi Urness, are listed as Notable Practitioners.
Louisiana – Construction – Band 3
- “McGlinchey Stafford has strong expertise.”
Louisiana – Corporate/M&A – Band 2
- “The service levels from all legal professionals at the firm with whom we work with are extremely timely.”
- “McGlinchey has excellent attorneys that thrive and perform.”
Louisiana – Insurance – Band 2
- “McGlinchey is a top notch firm with attorneys that are experts in their field.”
- “The attorneys understand our business needs a goal at the outset.”
- “The firm is super responsive. They work collaboratively to ensure the deadline works for us and them and they meet deadlines.”
- “McGlinchey Stafford has an exceptional team that partners with clients to address the most sophisticated and challenging problems at an incredible value.”
Louisiana – Labor & Employment – Band 3
- “McGlinchey Stafford has a super helpful team that is super responsive.”
- “McGlinchey Stafford has a customer-centric approach that gives clients confidence in their advice and abilities.”
- “Whatever your needs are, they will find a lawyer with the appropriate expertise.”
Louisiana – Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2 (up from Band 3)
- “The team handles a wide variety of matters and is able to distill complex issues.”
- “The level of authority with which the firm approaches subjects gives a pretty good sense about the outcome that would occur in litigation.”
Mississippi – Litigation: General Commercial – Band 4
- According to Chambers: McGlinchey Stafford regularly handles financial services litigation for major banking clients in Mississippi and further afield, often acting on significant matters relating to the Debt Management Services Act. The firm assists national and international clients with consumer protection and antitrust litigation as part of its broader commercial disputes practice. It also advises on insurance disputes and is noted for its recent activity in False Claims Act litigation.
Ranked Attorneys
Nationwide
- Jeffrey Barringer, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide) – Up and Coming
- Mark Edelman, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide) – Band 3
- Kelly Lipinski, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide) – Band 4
- Robert Savoie, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide) – Band 3
Statewide
Louisiana
- Rodolfo J. “Rudy” Aguilar Jr., Corporate/M&A (Louisiana) – Band 2
- J. Patrick Beauchamp, Public Finance (Louisiana) – Band 2
- Stephen P. Beiser, Labor & Employment (Louisiana) – Band 2 (Up from Band 3)
- Magdalen Bickford, Labor & Employment (Louisiana) – Band 1
- Rudy J. Cerone, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Louisiana) – Band 2
- Katherine Conklin, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Louisiana) – Band 2
- Susan Desmond, Labor & Employment (Louisiana) – Band 3
- Zelma Murray Frederick, Construction (Louisiana) – Up and Coming
- R. Marshall Grodner*, Real Estate (Louisiana) – Band 3
- Ronnie Johnson, Insurance (Louisiana) – Band 2
- Christine Lipsey, Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana) – Eminent Practitioners
- Deirdre C. McGlinchey, Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana) – Band 2 (Up from Band 3)
- Jay O’Brien*, Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana) – Band 3
- Jean-Paul Perrault, Corporate/M&A (Louisiana) – Band 2
- Daniel T. Plunkett*, Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana) – Band 3
- Kristi W. Richard, Corporate/M&A (Louisiana) – Band 3
- Michael H. Rubin, Litigation: Appellate (Louisiana) – Band 1
Mississippi
- G. Dewey Hembree III, Litigation: General Commercial (Mississippi) – Band 4
- H. Hunter Twiford III, Litigation: General Commercial (Mississippi) – Band 4
Texas
- Lauren Ybarra, Insurance: Regulatory (Texas) – Up and Coming
Washington, DC
- Douglas Charnas, Tax (District of Columbia) – Band 3 (Up from Band 4)
* Newly ranked in 2024
Considered the industry leader in research-based directories for the legal profession, Chambers USA conducts in-depth, objective interviews of thousands of lawyers and their clients around the world to compile its directories. The publication’s esteemed rankings are based on interviews with those active in the legal services marketplace, namely law firm clients and individual lawyers, as well as assessments of a law firm’s recent work on behalf of its clients. Rankings are determined by evaluating qualities clients most value in lawyers and law firms, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, and commitment, among others. Learn more.