The 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 187 Goodwin lawyers representing 58 different practice areas and the firm’s seven offices across the United States. This total includes 140 Best Lawyers, 47 Ones to Watch and 6 Lawyers of the Year.
The following Goodwin lawyers were named Lawyers of the Year, which recognizes only one lawyer for each specialty and location:
- Neel Chatterjee – Litigation - Patent (San Francisco)
- Robert Fore – Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (San Francisco)
- Natascha George – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston)
- Craig Schmitz – Venture Capital Law (San Francisco)
- Richard Strassberg – Criminal Defense: General Practice (New York)
- Kingsley Taft – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (Boston)
The Best Lawyer designation signifies practitioners at the very top of their field, while Ones to Watch is a category reserved for extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice less than 10 years. Goodwin lawyers listed for the first time this year include:
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- Sanjeet Dutta – Litigation – Intellectual Property
- John Falvey – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Alyssa Fitzgerald – Nonprofit / Charities law
- Eric Hayes – Trusts and Estates
- Jennifer Locke – Trusts and Estates
- James Rehnquist – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Joseph Theis – Corporate Law
- Alexander Varond – FDA Law
- Catherine Magazu – Technology Law
- Gabriela Morales-Rivera – Corporate Law / Technology Law
- Feather Moy-Welsh – Real Estate Law
Best Lawyers uses an extensive peer review process to determine the leading lawyers in each practice and geographic region based on legal skill, professionalism and integrity.
To see the full list of Goodwin lawyers featured in The Best Lawyers in America 2022, click here.