Super Lawyers Magazine named 11 Chicago-based Akerman lawyers in its 2025 issue recognizing many of Illinois’ top practitioners. The Akerman lawyers include seven ranked as “Super Lawyers,” a distinction that goes to top-rated practicing attorneys, and four ranked as “Rising Stars,” lawyers who are 40 years or younger or in practice for 10 years or fewer.
Notably, Sergio Acosta, co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Practice, was named among the “Top 100: 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers.” The list recognizes those who scored the highest among 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement as part of the publication’s rigorous selection process.
The Chicago lawyers and the categories in which they are honored are noted below.
Super Lawyers 2025
- Sergio E. Acosta, Co-Chair, White Collar Crime and Government Investigations
- Mark S. Bernstein, Office Managing Partner and Partner, Litigation
- Joel D. Bertocchi, Partner, Litigation
- Amy Moor Gaylord, Co-Chair, Traditional Labor Law
- Julia R. Lissner, Partner, Litigation
- Scott A. Meyers, Chairman and CEO
- Timothy K. Sendek, Partner, Intellectual Property
Rising Stars 2025
- Elpitha B. Lambros, Associate, Litigation
- Jessica L. Dagley, Partner, Litigation
- Jamel A.R. Greer, Special Counsel, Government Affairs and Public Policy
- Sommer Sharpe, Associate, Government Affairs and Public Policy
Akerman’s Chicago office has grown to 56 lawyers, with litigation and transactional strengths in a range of practices and client sectors, including financial services, land use and real estate, M&A and private equity, labor and employment, healthcare, intellectual property, bankruptcy and reorganization, tax, and white collar crime and government investigation matters.
Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thompson Reuters publication, rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.