Blank Rome Maritime Group Named 2025 Transport – Shipping Firm of the Year in Annual Lexology Index Awards
Blank Rome has been named the Transport – Shipping Firm of the Year in the 2025 Lexology Index Awards. Lexology presents the Index Awards to individuals and firms that demonstrate exceptional performance based on the publication’s independent research. Only one firm is honored in each featured practice area. Read More >>>
Blank Rome Highly Ranked in Best Lawyers® 2026 Edition of “Best Law Firms”
Blank Rome was ranked nationally in 28 practice areas and regionally in 100 practice areas in the 2026 edition of “Best Law Firms” by Best Lawyers®. The firm was ranked Tier 1 nationally in Admiralty and Maritime Law, as well as Tier One regionally in Houston, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Read More »
Keith B. Letourneau Named Maritime Attorney of the Year by Texas Lawyer
Partner Keith B. Letourneau has been named Maritime Attorney of the Year by Texas Lawyer and Law.com as part of the 2025 Texas Legal Awards. The Texas Legal Awards honor individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the legal profession and to the state of Texas. The Maritime Attorney of the Year award recognizes a legal professional who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and achieved significant success in maritime law over the past year. Read More »
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers in America®
Blank Rome was recognized in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America survey, which ranked 235 firm attorneys in the annual categories of “Lawyers of the Year,” “Ones to Watch,” and “Best Lawyers” in 60 practice groups across 14 regions. Partners Keith B. Letourneau and Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., were recognized in the “Lawyers of the Year” category for Admiralty and Maritime Law in Houston and New York City, respectively. Additionally, 14 Maritime attorneys were recognized as “Best Lawyers.” Read More »
Chambers USA 2025 Honors Blank Rome Maritime Attorneys and Practices
Chambers USA 2025 nationally ranked Blank Rome’s Maritime practice and attorneys in the following areas:
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York) – #1 ranking
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York) – #1 ranking
- Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory – #1 ranking
- Offshore Energy
The firm’s ranked Maritime attorneys include: 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, and Jonathan K. Waldron. Read More »
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2025
Blank Rome’s Maritime group and attorneys have been highly ranked and recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2025. 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. Read More »
Trump Administration Resource Hub
We invite you to visit our Trump Administration Resource Hub to explore our thought leadership provided by a team of attorneys dedicated to providing comprehensive analysis and actionable insights to help navigate the complexities and opportunities presented by the administration’s executive orders, policies, and regulatory changes.
Appellate Insights: Winning on Appeal
We are excited to introduce a new issue of Blank Rome Appellate Insights: Winning on Appeal, a monthly digital newsletter dedicated to appellate law. This publication highlights significant appellate court decisions, as well as trends and developments shaping litigation strategy across the country. In each issue, readers will find timely analysis, case spotlights, and commentary from our experienced Appellate Litigation team. To read the latest edition of Appellate Insights: Winning on Appeal, please click here.
The BR International Trade Report
The January 2026 issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter, highlights international trade, sanctions, cross-border investment, geopolitical risk issues, trends, and laws impacting businesses domestically and abroad. Click here to read it.
The BR Privacy & Security Download
We invite you to read our January 2026 edition of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the monthly digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice, which covers current trends and updates in the areas of state, local, and federal laws and regulations, U.S. litigation and enforcement, and international laws and regulations, as well as the group’s recent events and webinars, media activity, and news. To view the latest edition of The BR Privacy & Security Download, please click here.