About the Firm

Nationwide Practice, International Reach

Benesch is an Am Law 200 business law firm with more than 450 attorneys and offices in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, New York, San Francisco and Wilmington. The firm is known for providing highly sophisticated legal services to national and international clients that include public and private, middle market and emerging companies, as well as private equity funds, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations.

Strategic Growth

We have had extraordinary success in welcoming many new attorneys to Benesch over the past several years, including opening a Chicago office (now nearly 150 attorneys strong) and establishing offices in San Francisco and New York. The vast majority of our new attorneys are highly accomplished partners who have joined us from Am Law 50 firms, bringing additional depth and breadth to our practices. These BigLaw attorneys joined Benesch to be part of the exciting growth, entrepreneurial spirit and ability to service clients by providing elite talent under a sustainable cost structure that eliminates unnecessary overhead. 

Award Winning Representation

Benesch is regularly recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the country’s leading law firms, with 40 attorneys and 19 practice areas ranked in Chambers USA 2025. 

The 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America® named 73 Benesch attorneys to its annual rankings list. Additionally, 56 attorneys have been named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Two Benesch lawyers were recognized as Best Lawyers® 2026 “Lawyer(s) of the Year,” a distinction given annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.

Benesch was named Transportation Law Firm of the Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025 by Best Lawyers®, and the firm received national first-tier rankings in Health Care Law and Transportation Law 2025 edition of Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.”

Our practice areas include, among others:

• Commercial Finance & Banking
• Corporate
• Executive Compensation & Benefits
• Healthcare
• Intellectual Property
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Restructuring & Bankruptcy
• Tax

Some of the industries in which we concentrate include:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• 3D Printing
• Banking
• Cannabis
• Construction
• Data Security & Privacy
• Dialysis, Nephrology & Vascular Access
• Dental/DSO
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Food & Beverage
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• International Trade & Supply Chain Management
• Not-for-Profit
• Packaging
• Payments Systems
• Pharmaceutical
• Polymers
• Private Equity
• Retail & E-Commerce
• Transportation & Logistics