Blank Rome Maritime Practice Group and Co-Chair Receive Lexology’s 2024 North America Awards
Blank Rome’s Maritime practice group, as well as Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., co-chair of the Maritime practice group, were recipients of Lexology’s 2024 North America Awards. <Read More>
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Blank Rome was recognized in the 2025 Best Lawyers in America survey, which ranked 225 firm attorneys in the annual categories of “Lawyers of the Year,” “Ones to Watch,” and “Best Lawyers” in 50 practice groups across 13 regions. <Read More>
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2024
Blank Rome’s Maritime group and attorneys have been highly ranked and recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2024. Researchers at The Legal 500 conduct annual, in-depth market research and gather information from individual law firms as well as feedback from peers and clients to form an objective analysis and prepare comprehensive rankings and editorial of the U.S. legal market.
2024 Firm Rankings
TOP-TIER FIRM
- Transport: Shipping – Finance | Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
HALL OF FAME ATTORNEYS
- Anthony Salgado (Transport: Shipping – Finance)
- Jeanne Grasso (Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation)
- John Kimball (Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation)
Chambers USA 2024 Honors Blank Rome Maritime Attorneys and Practices
Blank Rome was nationally ranked by Chambers USA 2024 in the following areas:
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York) – Nationwide – #1 ranking
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York) – Nationwide – #1 ranking
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory – #1 ranking
Blank Rome Maritime attorneys Thomas H. Belknap, Michael Bell, William R. Bennett, Jeanne Grasso, John D. Kimball, Keith B. Letourneau, Richard Singleton, Anthony Salgado, Douglas Shoemaker, Matthew J. Thomas, Jonathan K. Waldron, and Lauren Wilgus were ranked as “leaders in their field.”
The rankings were assessed according to technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by clients.