Shook Practices and Lawyers Recognized in 2026 Chambers USA Rankings

Shook, Hardy & Bacon was widely recognized in the newly released 2026 Chambers USA directory, including seven new or improved rankings for the firm’s national and regional practices and ten additional individual attorney rankings.

The firm achieved Band 1 practice rankings in the following areas:

National:

• E-Discovery & Information Governance
• Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
• Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
• Product Liability: Automobile
• Product Liability: Tobacco

Regional:

• Florida: Litigation: Product Liability
• Missouri: Construction
• Missouri: Insurance
• Missouri: Intellectual Property
• Missouri: Litigation: Product Liability
• Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds: Environment
• Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
• Pennsylvania: Litigation: Product Liability

Shook Practice Area Rankings Full List: 

USA – Nationwide: 

• E-Discovery & Information Governance (Band 1)**
• Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (Band 3)
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 4)*
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 2)*
• Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Privacy & Data Security: Litigation (Band 2)
• Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite (Band 1)
• Product Liability: Automobile (Band 1)
• Product Liability: Tobacco (Band 1)
• Transportation: Road (Automotive) (Band 2)

USA – Regional: 

California

• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 3)

Connecticut

• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4)*

Florida

• Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 3)
• Litigation: Product Liability (Band 1)

Illinois

• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 2)**
• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3)

Missouri

• Construction (Band 1)
• Insurance (Band 1)**
• Intellectual Property (Band 1)
• Litigation: Product Liability (Band 1)

Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

• Environment (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment (Band 3)
• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)

Missouri: St. Louis & Surrounds

• Environment (Band 2)*

Pennsylvania

• Litigation: Product Liability (Band 1)

Texas: Houston & Surrounds

• Litigation: General Commercial (Band 5)

Washington

• Intellectual Property (Band 4)

Shook Individual Lawyer USA – National Rankings

• Robert Adams (Litigation: Trial Lawyers, Product Liability & Mass Torts)
• Josh Becker (Privacy & Data Security: Litigation)*
• Jan Dodd (Product Liability & Mass Torts)
• Michael Gallub (Product Liability: Automobile) 
• Michael Mallow (Product Liability: Automobile)
• Colman McCarthy (Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity)**
• Madeleine McDonough (Product Liability & Mass Torts) 
• Jason Moore (E-Discovery & Information Governance)*
• Colm Moran (Transportation: Road (Automotive))
• Amir Nassihi (Product Liability: Automobile, Transportation: Road (Automotive))*
• Patrick Oot (E-Discovery & Information Governance)
• Homer Ramsey (Product Liability: Automobile)
• Kenneth Reilly (Product Liability: Tobacco)
• John Rosenthal (E-Discovery & Information Governance)
• Alfred Saikali (Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Security: Litigation)
• Michael Shortnacy (E-Discovery & Information Governance) 
• Adam Shoshtari (E-Discovery & Information Governance)**
• Rachel Straus (Product Liability: Automobile)
• Camila Tobón (Privacy & Data Security: Privacy)
• Steven Weisburd (Product Liability & Mass Tort)

Shook Individual Lawyer Regional Rankings: 

Antitrust

• Lynn Murray (Illinois)
• Ryan Sandrock (California)*

Construction

• Brandon Gutshall (Missouri)
• Laura Lawson (Missouri)

Environment

• John Barkett (Florida)
• Brent Dwelkotte (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)**
• Thomas Grever (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)**

Healthcare: Pharma/Medical Product Regulatory

• John Johnson III (Washington, D.C.)*

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

• Lynn Murray (Illinois)**
• Matthew Sitzer (Illinois)**

Intellectual Property

• Cory Fisher (Missouri)*
• Chris Strobel (Colorado)*
• B. Trent Webb (Missouri)

Labor & Employment

• Bill Martucci (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)
• Carrie McAtee (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)

Litigation: Appellate

• Daniel Rogers (Florida)

Litigation: General Commercial

• Rob Adams (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)
• Amy Cho (Illinois)
• Anitra Clement (Florida)*
• Eric Hobbs (Colorado)*
• Michael Mallow (California)**
• Stephanie McGraw (TX: Houston & Surrounds)
• Lynn Murray (Illinois)
• Todd Ruskamp (MO: Kansas City & Surrounds)
• James Shepherd (TX: Houston & Surrounds)*

Litigation: Product Liability

• Robert Adams (Missouri)
• Jennifer Artman (Missouri)
• Joseph Blum (Pennsylvania)
• Katie Gates Calderon (Missouri)
• Eben Flaster (Pennsylvania)
• Brandon Gutshall (Missouri)*
• Scott Kaiser (Missouri)
• Colin Kelly (Georgia)*
• Erin Leffler (Pennsylvania)
• Jennifer McLoone (Florida)
• Torrey Peterson (Missouri)*
• Harley Ratliff (Missouri)
• Kenneth Reilly (Florida)
• Jennifer Voss (Florida)**
• Laura Whitmore (Florida)*

*Denotes new ranking
**Denotes band increase