Venable LLP
Venable LLP is a law firm formerly known as Venable, Baetjer & Howard LLP. The firm is ranked 71st in the 2014 AmLaw 100 survey. It was founded in Baltimore in 1900. Today the firm maintains 9 offices throughout the country and includes over 600 attorneys practicing in over 70 practice and industry areas covering corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and regulatory and government affairs.
Rankings
Venable is nationally ranked by a number of legal and business journals. It ranked 71st in the 2014 AmLaw 100 list, and 84th on the National Law Journal's top 250 law firms list. Regionally, the Washington Post listed Venable among the 10 largest D.C. law firms in 2012. In 2013, the Baltimore Business Journal listed Venable as the largest law firm in the Baltimore, MD area and the Los Angeles Business Journal listed Venable as the 69th largest firm in Los Angeles County.
A number of Venable practices have garnered national recognition. U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Firms 2014 survey ranked Venable Tier 1 nationally in 13 categories. Venable was ranked in 92 national and regional categories and was named Law Firm of the Year for Advertising Law. Chambers USA ranked 29 Venable practices in 2014 and presented its Award for Excellence to Venable's Privacy and Data Security (2009) and Advertising, Marketing and New Media (2010 and 2011) practices. Thirteen of the firm's practices also received high rankings in Legal 500's 2014 edition with the firm named to Tier 1 for Marketing and Advertising. Venable was listed in the 2014 BTI Client Services A-Team report as one of the top 30 firms worldwide for client service. In 2013, Vault’s rating of summer associate program named Venable first for Best Overall Summer Associate Program and Summer Associate Program that Best Prepares for Practice.
