The firm and its partners have received top rankings from Chambers USA. For 2020, Quinn Emanuel was recognized as a market leader in the areas of:
- Nationwide:
- Firm Rankings: Antitrust: Plaintiff (Band 1), Appellate Law (Band 3), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 3), Corporate Crime & Investigations (Band 3), FCPA (Band 5), Intellectual Property (Band 1), International Arbitration (Band 3), International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (Band 3), Securities: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff (Band 2).
- Ranked Lawyers: William Burck, Michael Carlinsky, Susheel Kirpalani, S. Alex Lasher, David Orta, John Quinn, Kathleen Sullivan.
- California:
- Firm Rankings: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 3), Intellectual Property (Band 1), Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1), Litigation: Securities Mainly Plaintiff (Band 1), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 2), Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 4).
- Ranked Lawyers: James Asperger, Harry Olivar, Sean Pak, John Potter, William Price, John Quinn, Robert Schwartz, K. John Shaffer, Eric Winston.
- Illinois:
- Ranked Lawyers: Dave Nelson.
- Ranked Lawyers: Dave Nelson.
- New York:
- Firm Rankings: Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (Band 1), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 3), Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Band 2), Intellectual Property: Patent (Band 2), Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 2), Litigation: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs (Spotlight Table).
- Ranked Lawyers: Daniel Brockett, Michael Carlinsky, Edward DeFranco, Benjamin Finestone, Susheel Kirpalani, Raymond Nimrod, Steig Olson, James Teece, Richard Werder.
- Massachusetts:
- Ranked Lawyers: Steven Cherny, Harvey Wolkoff.
- Ranked Lawyers: Steven Cherny, Harvey Wolkoff.
- Texas
- Ranked Lawyers: Karl Stern.
- Ranked Lawyers: Karl Stern.
- Washington, D.C.:
- Firm Rankings: Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 2).
- Ranked Lawyers: William Burck, Michael Lyle, Juan Morillo.