Chambers and Partners Recognizes Firm, Attorneys in 2025 USA Rankings

Chambers and Partners, the world’s leading independent provider of legal research and analysis, today released its annual rankings of U.S. law firms and attorneys. Once again, Fishman Haygood and its team were recognized as being Louisiana leaders. Click here for more.

The firm is ranked Band 1 in five practice areas: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, Litigation: Securities, and Real Estate. The firm also improved in Environment and is now ranked Band 2 in that practice area. Other Fishman Haygood practice groups that were ranked in 2025 include Banking & Finance (Band 3) and Corporate/M&A (Band 2).

Ten Fishman Haygood attorneys were ranked Band 1:

• Brent B. Barriere: Litigation: General Commercial
• Scott D. Chenevert: Corporate/M&A
• Stephen J. Herman: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs
• Charles A. Landry: Real Estate and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
• Tristan E. Manthey: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Lance C. McCardle: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs and Litigation: Securities
• Lori G. Mince: Litigation: General Commercial
• William H. Patrick III: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• James R. “Jim” Swanson: Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, and Litigation: Securities
• Sterling Scott Willis: Real Estate

Notably, Blair Schilling improved her ranking to Band 2 – Litigation: Environment. H.S. “Tad” Bartlett (Up & Coming) and Jason W. Burge (Band 2) were also ranked for the first time in the Litigation: Appellate practice area.

In addition, these Fishman Haygood partners are recognized in the following fields this year: Jason Burge (Band 3, Litigation: General Commercial), Maureen B. Gershanik (Band 2, Corporate/M&A), Lance McCardle (Band 3, Litigation: Environment), Kerry J. Miller (Band 2, Litigation: General Commercial), Cherie D. Nobles (Band 3, Bankruptcy/Restructuring), Louis S. Quinn (Band 3, Public Finance and Band 2, Real Estate), Steven C. Serio (Band 3, Real Estate), Jim Swanson (Band 3, Litigation: Environment), and Scott Willis (Band 2, Banking & Finance).

Steve Herman also ranked Band 4 nationally in Product Liability: Plaintiffs.

Firm founding member Louis Y. Fishman was once again recognized as a “Senior Statespeople” in Corporate/M&A.

Congratulations to these outstanding attorneys!