The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 312 Goodwin lawyers representing 68 different practice areas and the firm’s eight United States offices. This total includes 5 Lawyers of the Year, 164 Best Lawyers, and 148 Ones to Watch.
The following Goodwin lawyers were named Lawyers of the Year, which recognizes only one lawyer for each specialty and location.
- Mark Bettencourt – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Boston)
- Kenneth Gordon – Technology Law (Boston)
- Martin Healy – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (Boston)
- David Lynn – Corporate Governance Law (Washington, DC)
- Michael Shuster – Patent Law (San Francisco)
The Best Lawyer designation honors experienced 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, or who received new rankings, include:
Best Lawyers
- Elaine Blais – Litigation – Intellectual Property (Boston)
- Nathan Brodeur – Litigation – Environmental (Boston)
- Robert Carroll – Litigation – Intellectual Property (Boston)
- William Collins – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Brian Cook – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
- Jared Fine – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Grant Fondo – Commercial Litigation (Redwood City)
- Thomas Gallagher – Qui Tam Law (Philadelphia)
- Teresa Goebel – Leisure and Hospitality Law (San Francisco)
- Richard Hoffman – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Greg Hoffnagle – Insurance Law (New York)
- Matt Kanny – Commercial Litigation (Santa Monica)
- Samantha Kirby – Banking and Finance Law (Boston)
- Douglas Kline – Patent Law (Boston)
- Danielle Lauzon – Venture Capital Law (Boston)
- Joel Lehrer – Information Technology Law (Boston)
- Lisa McChesney – Trust and Estates (Boston)
- Michael McGrail – Venture Capital Law (Boston)
- John Mutkoski – Technology Law (Boston)
- Stephanie Richards – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Joseph Rockers – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
- William Schnoor – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Paul Schwartz – Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
- Laura Stoll – Litigation – Banking and Finance (Los Angeles)
- Meg Thering – Employment Law – Individuals (San Francisco)
Ones to Watch
- Steven Argentieri – Technology Law (Boston)
- Jessica Barton-Davis – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
- Aaron Berman – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Christina Bitter – Litigation – Laor and Employment (Boston)
- Brian Drummond – Litigation - Intellectual Property (Boston)
- Kristin Gerber – Corporate Law (Boston)
- Eric Graffeo – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Santa Monica)
- Molly Grammel – Litigation - Intellectual Property (Boston)
- Heath Ingram – Health Care Law (New York)
- James Lathrop – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
- Louis Lobel – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
- Tiffany Mahmood - Intellectual Property Law (New York)
- R. Kirkie Maswoswe – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (New York)
- Stefan Mentzer - Intellectual Property Law (New York)
- Andrew Ong - Intellectual Property Law (Redwood City)
- Dane Patterson – Corporate Law (Redwood City)
- Matthew Riffee - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
- JB Schiller – Litigation - Intellectual Property (Los Angeles)
- George Schneider – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston)
- Lana Shiferman – Litigation - Intellectual Property (Boston)
- Rachel Walsh – Litigation – Intellectual Property (San Francisco)
Now in its 31st year, 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. Visit The Best Lawyers in America 2025 to see all of the Goodwin lawyers featured.