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Chambers USA 2026 guide once again recognized Jenner & Block as a leader in the California legal market, highlighting the firm’s excellence across its general commercial, white collar, media and entertainment, and intellectual property practices, with 13 lawyers earning individual recognition.

Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Chicago office as a hub of legal excellence, with 35 individual lawyers ranked across 24 practice areas.

Century City and Los Angeles Office Managing Partner Brandon Fox and San Francisco Office Managing Partner Reid Schar were named among the “Top 100 Lawyers” in California for 2025 by the Daily Journal. The award features the most exceptional attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and impact through their work.  

Twenty-nine Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2026 “500 Leading Litigators in America” list. The award honors lawyers who have excelled in commercial litigation, product liability, mass torts, securities and other fiduciary litigation, white collar and investigations, administrative proceedings, class actions, antitrust, energy and technology disputes, intellectual property, trademark and patent wars.

The Chambers USA 2025 guide has recognized Jenner & Block’s excellence in its California practice rankings. Chambers now has repeatedly ranked Jenner for its general commercial, white collar, media and entertainment, and intellectual property practices. Chambers also recognized seven California partners in its band of rankings and four California partners as “up and coming” in its rankings.

Chambers USA 2025 affirms Jenner & Block’s preeminence in Illinois, awarding nine practice area rankings, with Band 1 recognition in General Commercial Litigation, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Litigation, and Insurance: Policyholder Disputes.

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (NDIL) and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will honor a Jenner & Block team with the 2025 Pro Bono and Public Interest Award for Excellence on May 1 during a ceremony. The award recognizes lawyers who have made significant contributions to NDIL and the community through pro bono representation and advocacy.

The latest edition of the Lexology Index: Commercial Litigation, formerly known as Who’s Who Legal, recognized Co-Chair of the Litigation Department Reid Schar, Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department and Education Practice Terri Mascherin, and Partner David Greenwald. The guide offers unique insight into the leading commercial litigators, expert witnesses, and e-discovery experts around the world. 

15 Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2025 “500 Leading Litigators in America” list. The accolade honors the country’s top litigators and trial attorneys.  Jenner & Block’s honorees include: Jessica Ring Amunson Michael A. Doornweerd Ian Heath Gershengorn Lindsay Harrison Matthew S. Hellman Annie Kastanek Terri Mascherin Dean N. Panos Reid Schar Kate T. Spelman Howard S. Suskin Adam Unikowsky Lee Wolosky Anton R. Valukas Joanna Wright 

The Department of Justice recently announced settlements with two casinos to resolve an investigation into alleged money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The settlements required the casinos to pay a combined monetary fine of $7.45 million and enhance their anti-money-laundering compliance programs. The resolutions are a signal that DOJ may be returning its BSA enforcement efforts to casinos almost a decade after many casinos were fined millions for BSA violations in what

Jenner & Block Partners Brandon Fox and Reid Schar were named 2023 Top White Collar Lawyers by the Daily Journal. The annual list honors “top performing attorneys specializing in white-collar defense.”

CENTURY CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DECEMBER 13, 2023 – Jenner & Block has expanded its presence in California, opening its third office in the state in Century City and more than doubling its footprint in San Francisco. With these additions – at 2029 Century Park East in Century City and 525 Market Street in San Francisco – the firm is poised to support its booming California practices and exciting lateral growth.

On December 6, Partners Wade Thomson, Reid Schar, and Emily Loeb will join Association of Corporate Counsel – Nevada for a presentation about navigating complex, high-profile investigations. The panelists will discuss the unique challenges these investigations present and best practices for businesses.

Jenner & Block lawyers from across the firm represented a cohort of Afghanistan students from the Asian University for Women that caught one of the last flights out of Kabul as the city fell to the Taliban in 2021. These women were forced to flee their homes in Afghanistan fearing for their lives because of their gender, ethnicity, or political opinion opposing the Taliban regime, among other things. Most of them experienced acts of violence and persecution during several harrowing attempts at e

In an article for the Daily Journal, Partner Reid Schar, Associate Hayley MacMillen, and Summer Associate Kai Galindo discuss the legal issues that automakers face as a result of cameras in and on cars, which may pose a significant risk to privacy. 

Co-Chair of the Litigation Department Reid Schar and Partners Andrew Merrick and Rachael Trummel have been named to BTI Consulting Group’s list of 2023 Client Service All-Stars. Now in its 22ndyear, BTI Client Service All-Stars is the only lawyer ranking that relies solely on organic client feedback, a gold standard used by both corporate counsel and law firms to identify those who give the highest level of client service possible.

On May 11, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued decisions in two significant cases that will further define the future of mail and wire prosecutions, particularly in the context of public corruption: United States v. Ciminelli [1]and Percoco v. United States.[2]

The Daily Journal named Partner Reid Schar to its 2022 Top White Collar Lawyers annual list, which recognizes the state’s best lawyers in white collar defense and investigations.

CHICAGO, IL – November 9, 2022 – Andrianna (Annie) Kastanek, former Assistant US Attorney and Chief of Appeals of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, joined Jenner & Block this week as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court and Investigations, Compliance, and Defense practices.