34 Gibbons Attorneys and 16 Practice Areas Recognized in 2025 Chambers USA Guide

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The 2025 edition of the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business features the highest number of Gibbons P.C. attorneys ever ranked in the publication in one year. The 2025 guide recognized 16 Gibbons practice areas, with 34 firm attorneys earning individual rankings. Three attorneys – John D. Draikiwicz, Scott A. Galano, and Howard D. Geneslaw – and two practice areas – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and Public Finance – were selected for the first time this year. Additionally, the firm received its second New York practice area ranking, for Environment.

One of the legal industry’s leading client- and peer-review resources, Chambers annually rates the nation’s leading business lawyers and law firms through both comprehensive interviews with top companies, attorneys, and business executives, and extensive supplementary research. According to Chambers, only 0.5 percent of firms and 2 percent of lawyers in the United States are Chambers-ranked.

”We are so appreciative of our Chambers rankings and are thrilled that more of our attorneys and practice areas have received recognition for their work,” remarked Peter J. Torcicollo, Gibbons’s Managing Director. “We thank our clients and colleagues for their feedback and look forward to continuing to provide the high level of legal services for which we have been acknowledged.”

The Chambers excerpts included below highlight the Gibbons practice groups that ranked in the guide’s top four tiers for New Jersey:

Banking & Finance: Boasts a strong practice in the banking and finance market. Its practitioners demonstrate their ability to assist clients with a wide range of matters, including loan restructurings and asset-based financings. The team is also adept at representing clients in acquisition and leveraged buyout financings. The group is held in high regard for its ability to act on behalf of both borrowers and lenders.

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: A well-regarded group with experience in acting for both creditors and debtors. Expertise includes workouts and insolvency counseling, bankruptcy litigation and foreclosure actions. The team works across a number of industries, with expertise in environment, healthcare and financial services. Works closely with specialists from other departments to provide a comprehensive bankruptcy service.

Construction: A well-known practice which frequently represents general contractors and owners in contract drafting and negotiation, P3 matters, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Experienced in claims involving design and construction defects, delay, public bidding and breach of contract.

Corporate/M&A: Represents clients in a range of industries, including household names, operating in both the middle and upper market. The firm has additional expertise in banking and finance matters.

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: A well-regarded team that provides robust advice on a wide array of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Advises corporates and senior executives in connection with their employment and severance agreements, as well as assists with the design and implementation of equity-based compensation plans. Also frequently advises clients on benefits and compensation issues relating to corporate transactions.

Environment: Offers first-class representation in private sector environmental litigation as well as enforcement actions brought by regulatory agencies. Navigates the matrix of regulations affecting real estate transactions, enabling clients to meet business aims. Dispenses exceptional compliance advice in connection with environmental matters, from air and water pollution to asbestos and development permits.

Chambers also ranked Environment in New York and writes: Has the ability to advise on a wide range of issues including the environmental aspects of transactions, brownfield redevelopments and Superfund cleanups. The team handles complex litigation, multi-party remediation, and regulatory complains with a focus on minimizing environmental risks for its clients.

Healthcare: Handles a broad spectrum of healthcare matters, including fraud and abuse issues, state and federal compliance, labor and employment, and HIPAA work. The firm advises on a range of corporate transactions and privacy matters. The attorneys act for a wide range of healthcare providers and professionals, including physicians, hospital systems, medical laboratories and long-term care providers. The team also takes on notable work with health insurers and nonprofit healthcare organizations.

Intellectual Property: Offers a broad range of patent and trademark experience, including litigation, transactions and IP portfolio development. The firm acts for a wide array of clients, from industries including pharmaceuticals, technology and consumer products. It demonstrates particular expertise in Hatch-Waxman litigation and is also noted for its counsel on e-discovery issues.

Labor & Employment: Renowned for the depth of its experience in employment litigation and compliance counseling, with significant expertise in labor relations and restrictive covenant matters. The firm regularly assists clients with issues relating to workplace discrimination and harassment, including in-house training and internal investigations. It is active across a number of industries, often acting for financial services, pharmaceutical and insurance companies, as well as government entities and higher education institutions. The firm possesses additional strength in whistle-blower and wage and hour claims. It is capable of advising on matters throughout the USA as well as those with a cross-border element.

Life Sciences: Has a highly respected litigation team well-known for its representations of life sciences clients. The Newark-based group is particularly noted for its strength in handling a range of cases concerning products liability, patent infringement and Hatch-Waxman disputes. Also advises clients on patent prosecution and intellectual property due diligence.

Litigation: Its impressive New Jersey presence is augmented by offices in New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

• General Commercial: A regional litigation powerhouse that acts on high-stakes disputes involving an impressive range of issues including ERISA class actions, breach of contract claims and shareholder derivative actions.
• Products Liability: The team is also recognized for its broad coverage of product liability litigation, which includes expertise in cutting-edge consumer fraud disputes. Gibbons demonstrates additional strength in handling mass torts and class actions on a nationwide scale.
• White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Maintains a strong bench of white-collar criminal defense experts, including notable former prosecutors, who act on large-scale investigations and enforcement proceedings across a range of industries.

Public Finance: Has expertise acting for public entities as bond counsel in a range of issuance to fund local projects. In addition to its issuer side representation, the firm has strength as underwriters’ and borrowers counsel. The team is experienced across a range of municipal financings and offers particular skill in the education sector.

Real Estate: A highly regarded mainstay of the New Jersey market with breadth and depth across a wide range of real estate matters such as acquisitions, dispositions and redevelopment projects. Acts for major clients including owners, developers, retailers and corporate entities. Local government land use work remains a strong area for the team. Notable expertise in projects concerning industrial, retail and mixed-use sites.

Tax: A well-regarded tax practice with a wealth of experience advising clients on a range of transactional tax matters. Offers notable expertise in tax structuring as well as regulatory and compliance matters. Experienced in state, local and federal tax matters. Clients range from startups to global corporations.

In addition, 34 Gibbons attorneys earned individual rankings and recognition:

Frederick W. Alworth, Litigation: General Commercial

Christine A. Amalfe, Labor & Employment

Dale E. Barney, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Kelly Ann Bird, Labor & Employment

Andrew J. Camelotto, Real Estate

Frank T. Cannone, Corporate/M&A

Kim M. Catullo, Litigation: Products Liability

Charles H. Chevalier, Intellectual Property; Life Sciences

Anne M. Collart, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Mark B. Conlan, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

David N. Crapo, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

David E. De Lorenzi, Intellectual Property

John D. Draikiwicz, Public Finance

David J. Freeman, Environment

Scott A. Galano, Public Finance

Howard D. Geneslaw, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

William S. Hatfield, Environment

Douglas J. Janacek, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Lisa Lombardo, Construction

Michael J. Lubben, Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A

Lawrence S. Lustberg, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

John S. Mairo, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Robert K. Malone, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Michael R. McDonald, Litigation: General Commercial

Susan L. Nardone, Labor & Employment

Camille V. Otero, Environment

Susanne Peticolas, Environment (retired)

Jennifer Phillips Smith, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Raymond N. Pomeroy, Environment

Ricardo Solano Jr., Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Kristin D. Sostowski, Labor & Employment

Brett S. Theisen, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Peter J. Torcicollo, Construction; Litigation: General Commercial

Peter J. Ulrich, Tax