Goldman Ismail and Partners Earn Top Rankings in 2025 Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners recognized Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP and several partners once again in 2025 for their outstanding litigation work nationwide and in Illinois. Chambers bases its rankings on confidential interviews of in-house counsel and firm practice leaders, as well as independent assessments of recent work. Goldman Ismail thanks its exceptional clients for their continued support in achieving this recognition.
The firm received the following rankings:
- Band 1 ranking in Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
- Band 1 ranking in Illinois Product Liability Litigation
- Band 2 ranking in Illinois General Commercial Litigation
- Band 3 ranking in Illinois Antitrust
Partners received the following individual rankings and recognition:
- Tarek Ismail (Nationwide Litigation: Trial Lawyers, Star Individual; Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Star Individual; Nationwide Product Liability: Pharmaceutical, Band 1; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Star Individual; Illinois Antitrust, Band 4; Illinois General Commercial, Band 1)
- Joe Tomaselli (Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Band 2; Nationwide Product Liability: Pharmaceutical, Band 1)
- Ken Baum (Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Band 4)
- Shayna Cook (Nationwide Litigation: Trial Lawyers, Band 1; Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Band 1; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Band 1; Illinois General Commercial Litigation, Band 2)
- Brian O’Donoghue (Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Band 5; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Band 2)
- Jennifer Greenblatt (Illinois General Commercial Litigation, Band 4; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Notable Practitioner)
- Andrew Rima (Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Up and Coming; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Up and Coming; Illinois General Commercial Litigation, Notable Practitioner)
- Emma Ross (Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts, Up and Coming; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Up and Coming; Illinois General Commercial Litigation, Notable Practitioner)
- Laura Sexton (Illinois General Commercial Litigation, Up and Coming; Illinois Product Liability Litigation, Notable Practitioner)
This marks the sixteenth year in a row that Goldman Ismail and its partners received band rankings in Chambers USA Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts and Illinois General Commercial Litigation. Our complete 2025 Chambers rankings and featured commentary are available here.