Across every part of the insurance industry, our attorneys are at work and the recognition is following. This blog has featured updates about state rate filing overhauls and market conduct enforcement, surplus lines diligent-effort requirements and NRRA home state complexities, NAIC annuity illustration practices, captive structures for InsurTechs, and professional liability coverage decisions. Keeping pace with that range takes a legal team that can move between transactions, regulations, and disputes with ease and precision.
Chambers USA’s recently released 2026 rankings recognize Troutman Pepper Locke on all three fronts. The firm earned insurance rankings across several jurisdictions, including first-ever insurance practice recognitions in New York (insurance transactional and regulatory) and Virginia (Band 1 in insurance). Other markets represented in the firm and individual rankings are California, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois — where the firm continued its Band 1 streak in reinsurance dispute resolution — and Texas, plus a nationwide practice ranking in insurance dispute resolution. A new insurance regulatory ranking in Texas reflects Troutman Pepper Locke’s expanded capabilities following the firm’s 2025 merger.
Individually, 15 attorneys serving the insurance industry were ranked: Jon Biasetti, Charles Blair, Brian Casey, Nick DiGiovanni, John Emmanuel, Matthew Furton, Denise Hanna, Charles “Tony” Jones, Kevin Kieffer, Zachary Lerner, Christopher Martin, Jennifer Mathis, Terrence McInnis, William (Bill) O’Neill, Richard Pratt, Paige Waters, and Andrea Verney Kerstein. DiGiovanni and Jones received Band 1 recognition in their respective markets.
Read more about the 2026 Chambers USA rankings in our firmwide announcement