Goodwin received 44 practice rankings and 187 lawyers were ranked across 224 categories in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 United States. The rankings are based on in-depth research, including feedback from clients and peers, to highlight firms with a truly national presence and the capability to handle sophisticated and complex work.
Client feedback praised Goodwin’s comprehensive counsel, stating that the firm “stands out for its unique blend of expertise, innovation, and client-focused approach.” Clients also noted Goodwin’s “deep expertise across various legal domains, enabling them to handle a wide range of complex cases.”
Goodwin was recognized in 44 practice areas, and had eight Tier 1 rankings highlighting its work in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Technology, REITs, Patents, Fintech, Financial Services Regulation and Cannabis. Among the Goodwin lawyers highly ranked were six Hall of Fame Lawyers, 15 Leading Lawyers, and 13 Next Generation Partners.
The Goodwin practice rankings in this year’s Legal 500 United States include:
- Appellate — Courts of Appeals
- Appellate — Supreme Courts (State and Federal)
- Cannabis
- Capital Markets: Debt — Advice to Issuers
- Capital Markets: Debt — Advice to Underwriters
- Capital Markets: Equity — Advice to Issuers
- Capital Markets: Equity — Advice to Managers
- Commercial Lending
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
- Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
- Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- E-Discovery
- Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services: Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation
- FinTech
- FinTech (Crypto)
- Healthcare: Service Providers
- International Trade: CFIUS
- Leading Trial Lawyers
- Life Sciences
- M&A Litigation: Defense
- M&A: Middle-Market
- Merger Control
- Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
- Patents Litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Patents: Licensing
- Patents: Prosecution
- Private Equity Buyouts
- Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
- Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products - Defense
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Restructuring (including Bankruptcy) Corporate
- Securities Litigation: Defense
- Shareholder Activism
- Technology Transactions
- Trade Secrets
- Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
- Workplace and Employment Counseling
To see all of the Goodwin lawyer and practice rankings, visit The Legal 500 US 2024.