Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized the firm and its attorneys for excellence in numerous practice areas. A total of 103 of the firm’s attorneys were named as leading lawyers in the legal directory’s 2014 edition. Goodwin’s practice groups were selected for ranking in 48 categories overall and garnered top-tier rankings in 23 categories. A complete listing of Goodwin’s rankings is available online at Chambers USA 2014.
Twenty-three Goodwin attorneys were ranked in multiple practice areas/categories this year. On a national level, Goodwin added rankings in three categories: Capital Markets: Debt and Equity, ERISA Litigation, and Food and Beverages: Regulatory and Litigation. Goodwin also added rankings in two New York categories, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations and Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance; one Massachusetts category, Technology; and one California category: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity.
For the eighth consecutive year, Goodwin partner Gilbert G. Menna was named a “Star Individual” in REITs, Chambers’ most select designation for attorneys. In addition, Brian E. Pastuszenski was named a “Star Individual” in the Massachusetts Litigation: Securities category and Daniel M. Glosband was named a “Star Individual” in the Massachusetts Bankruptcy/Restructuring category. Robert S. Basseches was honored as a “Senior Statesman” in the Nationwide: Transportation: Shipping: Regulatory (outside New York) category, and Paul F. Ware was honored as a “Senior Statesman” in both the Massachusetts Intellectual Property and Massachusetts Litigation: General Commercial categories.
Goodwin partners ranked in Chambers USA 2014 were:
National
- Daniel P. Adams: REITs
- Marco E. Adelfio: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Christopher B. Barker: Leisure & Hospitality
- Lynne B. Barr: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) and Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Robert T. Basseches: Transportation: Shipping, Regulatory (outside NY)
- John J. Cleary: Employee Benefits & Executive Comp
- David B. Cook: Transportation: Shipping, Regulatory (outside NY)
- Alison Douglass: ERISA Litigation
- John J. Egan III: Investment Funds: Venture Capital
- James O. Fleckner: ERISA Litigation
- Edward L. Glazer: REITs
- Michael H. Glazer: Real Estate
- Teresa K. Goebel: Leisure & Hospitality
- Joanne M. Gray: Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Thomas M. Hefferon: Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Mark Holland: Securities: Litigation
- John R. LeClaire: Private Equity: Buyouts
- Richard L. Matheny III: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- William P. Mayer: Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
- Gilbert G. Menna: REITs
- Phillip H. Newman: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Brian E. Pastuszenski: Securities: Litigation
- Regina M. Pisa: Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
- H. Neal Sandford: REITs
- Ettore A. Santucci: REITs
- Mark Schonberger: REITs
- William E. Stern: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Richard M. Strassberg: Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Kingsley L. Taft: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Benjamin C. Tschann: Leisure & Hospitality
California
- Anthony J. McCusker: Corporate/M&A (Northern California and Venture Capital)
District of Columbia
- John D. Aldock: Litigation: General Commercial
- Michael S. Giannotto: Environment
- James A. Hutchinson: Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Massachusetts
- Christopher B. Barker: Real Estate
- Lynne B. Barr: Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory
- Thomas A. Beaudoin: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Mark T. Bettencourt: Corporate/M&A
- Mitchell S. Bloom: Corporate/M&A
- James M. Broderick: Real Estate
- Mark H. Burnett: Corporate/M&A and Private Equity: Buyouts
- Stuart M. Cable: Corporate/ M&A
- Stephen G. Charkoudian: Technology
- John J. Cleary: Employee Benefits & Executive Comp
- R. Todd Cronan: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Howard A. Cubell: Tax
- James M. Curley: Private Equity: Buyouts
- J. Anthony Downs: Intellectual Property
- John J. Egan III: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment and Corporate/M&A
- Jennifer Merrigan Fay: Labor & Employment
- Robert H. Fitzgerald: Environment
- Michael H. Glazer: Real Estate
- Daniel M. Glosband: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Duncan A. Greenhalgh: Intellectual Property
- John T. Haggerty: Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets
- Robert M. Hale: Labor & Employment
- Martin R. Healy: Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- Laura C. Hodges Taylor: Private Equity: Buyouts
- Joseph L. Johnson III: Corporate/M&A
- Lawrence E. Kaplan: Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- Minta E. Kay: Real Estate
- Michael J. Kendall: Private Equity: Buyouts
- Samantha M. Kirby: Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory
- Douglas J. Kline: Intellectual Property
- John R. LeClaire: Private Equity: Buyouts
- Mark J. Macenka: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- William P. Mayer: Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory
- Gilbert G. Menna: Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets
- James M. Nagle: Labor & Employment
- Phillip H. Newman: Hedge Funds & Mutual Funds
- Brian E. Pastuszenski: Litigation: Securities
- Edmund R. Pitcher: Intellectual Property
- James C. Rehnquist: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- H. Neal Sandford: Tax
- Ettore A. Santucci: Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets
- Joseph F. Savage: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- William J. Schnoor: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment and Corporate/M&A
- Paul D. Schwartz: Real Estate
- Edward Matson Sibble: Banking and Finance
- Bradford J. Smith: Labor & Employment
- Derek Steingarten: Hedge and Mutual Funds
- Andrew C. Sucoff: Real Estate
- Joseph C. Theis, Jr.: Corporate/M&A
- Paul F. Ware: Intellectual Property and Litigation: General Commercial
- David W. Watson: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- William H. Whitledge: Tax
New York
- Mark J. Abate: Intellectual Property: Patent
- David M. Hashmall: Intellectual Property: Patent
- Mark Holland: Litigation: Securities
- Christopher B. Price: Real Estate: Corporate
- Richard M. Strassberg: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business surveys and interviews clients and lawyers across the United States to determine which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in their field. Rankings assess key qualities in the legal field, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence and commitment.
About Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP is a leading Global 100 law firm, with offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm provides corporate law and litigation services, with a focus on matters involving real estate, REITs and real estate capital markets; private equity; technology and life sciences; financial institutions; intellectual property; products liability and mass torts; and securities litigation and white collar defense.