Bailey & Glasser, LLP lawyers and practice areas have been ranked by Chambers & Partners in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Published by London-based Chambers and Partners, the annual Chambers USA guide ranks firms and attorneys in a wide range of practice areas based on in-depth research, and client and peer interviews. As the preeminent guide of the legal industry, Chambers evaluates attorneys based on their legal knowledge and experience, ability and effectiveness, and client service.

In 2026, we had numerous new rankings:

• Founding partners Benjamin Bailey and Brian Glasser received top rankings in the new West Virginia: Litigation - Mainly Plaintiffs category. 
• BG received the top (Band 1) ranking in the new West Virginia: Litigation - Mainly Plaintiffs category.
• Katherine E. Charonko has received two new national rankings:
  • E-Discovery & Information Governance: Plaintiffs - Band 1
  • E-Discovery & Information Governance: Band 4
• Corporate partner Luke Thomas received his first ranking in the West Virginia Corporate/Commercial category. 

The full firm rankings are below. Thank you to Chambers & Partners, and everyone involved in the process, for these recognitions. We work hard on behalf of our clients and love what we do. 

2026

Benjamin L. Bailey: 
Litigation: General Commercial, West Virginia (Band 1)
Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, West Virginia (Senior Statespeople)

Brian A. Glasser: 
Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, West Virginia (Band 1)
Corporate/Commercial, West Virginia (Band 3)

Katherine E. Charonko: 
Nationwide, Product Liability: Plaintiffs (Band 3)
Nationwide, E-Discovery & Information Governance: Plaintiffs (Band 1)
Nationwide, E-Discovery & Information Governance (Band 4)

Jonathan S. Deem: Corporate/Commercial, West Virginia (Band 1)

Jennifer S. Fahey: Corporate/Commercial, West Virginia (Band 3)

Nicholas S. Johnson: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, Washington, D.C. (Band 2)

Cary Joshi: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, Washington, D.C. (Band 2)

Michael L. Murphy: Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, Washington, D.C. (Band 1)

Gregory Y. Porter: ERISA Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, USA - Nationwide (Band 2)

Benjamin A. Schwartzman: Litigation: General Commercial, Idaho (Band 2)

David L. Selby II: 
Nationwide, Product Liability: Plaintiffs (Band 2)
Litigation, Mainly Plaintiffs, Alabama (Band 2)

Luke Thomas: Corporate/Commercial, West Virginia (Band 3)

Practice Group Rankings:

National Rankings:
   Product Liability: Plaintiffs, USA-Nationwide (Band 3)
   ERISA Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, USA-Nationwide (Band 2)

Corporate/Commercial, West Virginia (Band 1)

Litigation, Mainly Plaintiffs, Alabama (Band 2)

Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, District of Columbia (Band 1)

Litigation: General Commercial, Idaho (Band 3)

Litigation: General Commercial, West Virginia (Band 1)

Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs, West Virginia (Band 1)