Chambers USA ranks leading firms and lawyers in a wide variety of practice areas throughout the United States. The publication performs in-depth client focused research and is read by industry-leading companies and organizations worldwide.

The following Williams & Connolly practice areas were ranked in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business:

•    Antitrust (Nationwide)
•    Appellate Law (Nationwide)
•    Corporate Crime & Investigations (Nationwide)
•    Financial Services: Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide)
•    First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)
•    Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
•    General Commercial Litigation (District of Columbia)
•    Intellectual Property: Litigation (District of Columbia and Nationwide)
•    Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
•    Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)
•    Securities: Litigation (District of Columbia and Nationwide)
•    Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigation (District of Columbia)

Additionally, the following attorneys were recognized in their respective practice areas:

Kevin Baine
First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)
Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Bob Barnett
Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)

David Berl
Intellectual Property (District of Columbia)

Lisa Blatt
Appellate Law (Nationwide)

Paul Boehm
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)

Jim Bruton
Tax (Nationwide)

Dane Butswinkas
Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia)
Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)

Rob Cary
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

Kevin Downey
Litigation: Securities (District of Columbia)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

Bruce Genderson
Intellectual Property (District of Columbia and Nationwide)

Sarah Harris
Appellate Law (Nationwide)

Lane Heard
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)

Tom Hentoff
First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)
Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Heidi Hubbard
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)
Products Liability: Pharmaceutical (Nationwide)
Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)

Enu Mainigi
Healthcare (District of Columbia)
Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia)

Doug Marvin
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)

Joe Petrosinelli
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)

Steve Raber
Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)

Tobin Romero
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

John Schmidtlein
Antitrust: Litigation Specialists (District of Columbia)
Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide)

Brendan Sullivan
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)

Bob Van Kirk
Litigation: Securities (District of Columbia)

John Villa 
Financial Services: Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide)

Lance Wade
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

David Zinn
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)