Van Ness Feldman received high praise in the newly released Chambers USA 2020 rankings.  All of the firm’s core practice areas-- including Electricity, Oil & Gas, Environmental, Government Relations, Native American, Transportation, Real Estate, and Land Use and Zoning practices received national rankings.  

Seventeen Van Ness Feldman attorneys received individual rankings.  

Van Ness Feldman’s Practice Area rankings:  

• Climate Change – National
• Energy: Electricity – National
• Energy: Oil & Gas – National
• Environment – National
• Government: Government Relations – National
• Native American Law – National
• Transportation:  Rail (for Shippers) – National
• Environment – Washington, DC
• Environment – Washington State
• Real Estate – Washington State
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Washington State 

Van Ness Feldman individual attorney rankings:

• Lawrence Acker – Energy: Electricity, Oil and Gas
• Gary Bachman – Energy: Electricity
• Brent Carson – Real Estate: Land Use and Zoning
• Kyle Danish – Climate Change, Environment
• Jay Derr – Real Estate: Land Use and Zoning
• Stephen Fotis – Climate Change
• Jessica Friedman – Energy: Electricity
• Ed Gehres – Native American Law
• Tadas Kisielius – Real Estate: Land Use and Zoning
• Paul Korman – Energy: Oil & Gas
• Matthew Love – Environment
• Michael McBride – Transportation
• Susan Olenchuk – Energy: Oil and Gas
• Brian O’Neill – Energy: Oil and Gas
• Dick Penna – Environment
• Susan Shyne – Real Estate
• Doug Smith – Energy: Electricity

Chambers & Partners is recognized as the legal industry’s preeminent guide to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research.  Chambers conducts thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide to identify and rank the world’s best lawyers according to the criteria most valued by clients – such as technical expertise, business acumen, prompt delivery, and value.  On the basis of this research, Chambers ranks both firms and individual attorneys around the world.