Loeb & Loeb Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 United States Guide for 2026

Loeb & Loeb is proud to share that the firm has been recognized as a leading law firm in the 2026 edition of the Legal 500 United States, with 74 lawyers and 18 practice areas earning distinction in the latest guide.

Loeb & Loeb received premiere rankings in the areas of:
Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
Copyright
M&A: Middle-Market ($0-$250 Million)
Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)

In addition, the following 14 practice areas were recognized nationally as leading practices in the U.S.:

Advertising and Marketing: Litigation 
Media and Entertainment: Litigation 
Media and Entertainment: Transactional 
Outsourcing  
Real Estate: Mid-Market ($0-$500 Million) 
Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing) 
Land Use/Zoning 
Sports
Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) 
Technology Transactions
Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates 
Life Sciences

In addition, six of the firm’s partners were recognized in the “Hall of Fame;” 11 partners were named as “Leading Partners;” three partners were named as "Next Generation Partners;” and one associate was named a "Leading Associate" in their respective fields.  

Hall of Fame
Kenneth Florin (Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory)
Brian Heidelberger (Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory)
Mitchell Nussbaum (M&A: Middle-Market) ($0-$250 Million) and ($250 Million-$500 Million)
Marc Owens (Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
Akiba Stern (Outsourcing) 
James Taylor (Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory) 

Leading Partners
Kenneth Adler (Outsourcing) 
Kimberly Eney (Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
Diara Holmes (Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
Melanie Howard (Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing))
Natan Leyva (International Tax)
Jason Lilien (Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
David Mallen (Advertising and Marketing: Litigation) 
Doug Masters (Sports) 
Ronelle Porter (M&A: Middle-Market) ($0-$250 Million)
Seth Rose (Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory)
Alison Pollock Schwartz (Outsourcing) 
 
Next Generation Partners
Meghan Biss (Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities) 
Benjamin Kabak (Outsourcing)
Bess Morgan (Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing); Media and Entertainment: Transactional)

Leading Associate
Lisa Wiznitzer (Sports) 

The full list of Loeb lawyers receiving national recognition in the Legal 500 United States for 2026 includes the following:

Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
Melanie Howard
Kenneth Florin
Brian Heidelberger
Libby O’Neill
Seth Rose
James Taylor

Copyright
Christian Carbone
David Grossman
Melanie Howard
Tal Dickstein
John Gatti

M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500 Million)
Arash Khalili
Lloyd Rothenberg
Giovanni Caruso
Ann Chen
Mike Grossman
Mitchell Nussbaum
Ronelle Porter
Tahra Wright 

Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
Diara Holmes
Jason Lilien
Meghan Biss
Kimberly Eney
Talia Metson
Leah Bishop

Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Tom Jirgal
David Mallen
Kenneth Florin
Libby O’Neill

Media & Entertainment: Litigation
Christian Carbone 
David Grossman
Sunny Brenner

Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Scott Edel
Anne Kennedy McGuire 
Ivy Kagan Bierman
Marc Chamlin
Derek Crownover
John Frankenheimer
Carol Kaplan 
Bess Morgan
Stefan Schick
Paul Swanson
Debbie White

Outsourcing
Kenneth Adler
Liz Allen
Amir Azaran
Benjamin Kabak
Alison Pollock Schwartz
Akiba Stern

Real Estate
Chris Barbaruolo
Raymond Sanseverino
Victoria Stephanova 
Nichole Cortese
Steven Kornblau
Peter Strauss
Talia Englander
Brian Helweil
Phil Lerch
Gillian Kessler

Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
Melanie Howard
Bess Morgan
Jorge Arciniega
Derek Crownover

Sports
Arash Khalili
Brian Socolow
Brian Heidelberger
Douglas Masters
Seth Rose
Lisa Wiznitzer

Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Andy DeVooght
Jeremy Margolis
Jay Musoff

Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
Jessica Lee
Nate Hole
Caroline Hudson
Melanie Howard
Nerissa Coyle McGinn
Robyn Mohr
Christopher Ott

Technology Transactions
Kenneth Adler
Liz Allen
Amir Azaran
Benjamin Kabak
Alison Pollock Schwartz

Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
Peter Seiden
Anthony Pirraglia
Peter Beardsley
Rich Facundo
Davea Livingstone

The Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The annual research is based on feedback from clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers. For more information about the Legal 500 United States, please click here.