Forty-five Goodwin lawyers and seven practice areas were recognized for excellence in the 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation United States. The annual guide highlights the elite litigators in the US based on extensive interviews with practitioners, dispute resolution specialists, and their clients, as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and developments.
This year, Benchmark highlighted Goodwin’s market-leading work and key victories across numerous practices, including Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation, Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation, Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Products Litigation, Securities and Shareholder Litigation and White Collar Defense. The commentary praised Goodwin for being a “national player in several key markets and industries” and for receiving “resounding applause from clients as well as peers.”
Goodwin practices were recognized in the following categories:
- United States – Appellate / Intellectual Property / Securities / White Collar Crime
- California – Dispute Resolution
- Massachusetts – Dispute Resolution
- New York – Dispute Resolution
Goodwin lawyers were named National Practice Area Stars, Litigation Stars, Future Stars, and 40 & Under Hot List honorees, including:
- Naomi Birbach (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Deborah Birnbach (Litigation Star – Securities)
- Elaine Blais (Litigation Star - Intellectual Property)
- Brian Burgess (40 & Under Hot List – Appellate)
- Neel Chatterjee (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star / California – Litigation Star)
- Edwina Clarke (40 & Under Hot List – Appellate)
- Alison Douglass (Litigation Star – Commercial)
- Marshall Fishman (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – Securities, Commercial)
- Douglas Flaum (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – Securities, Competition/Antitrust, Commercial)
- Grant Fondo (Litigation Star / California – Litigation Star – White Collar Crime, Securities)
- Robert Frederickson (Future Star)
- Thomas Gallagher (Litigation Star – White Collar Crime)
- John Goheen (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Molly Grammel (40 & Under Hot List – Intellectual Property)
- Joanne Gray (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – Product Liability and Recall)
- William Harrington (Litigation Star – White Collar Crime, Commercial)
- Thomas Hefferon (Litigation Star – Appellate)
- Christopher Holding (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – Competition/Antitrust)
- Willy Jay (Litigation Star – Appellate)
- Andrew Kim (40 & Under Hot List – Appellate)
- Douglas Kline (Litigation Star – Intellectual Property)
- Andrew Lacy (Litigation Star – Competition/Antitrust)
- Alexandra Lu (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Tiffany Mahmood (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Kevin Martin (Litigation Star – White Collar Crime, Appellate)
- Carl Metzger (National Practice Area Star – Insurance)
- Morgan Mordecai (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Richard Oetheimer (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – Product Liability and Recall)
- Kirk Ogrosky (Litigation Star – White Collar Crime)
- Andrew Ong (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Anne Railton (Future Star)
- Srikanth Reddy (Future Star)
- Daniel Roeser (Future Star)
- Eric Romeo (40 & Under Hot List – Intellectual Property)
- Jaime Santos (Future Star)
- Joseph Savage (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – White Collar Crime)
- Alison Schoenthal (Litigation Star – Commercial)
- Meghan Spillane (Future Star)
- Richard Strassberg (Litigation Star / National Practice Area Star – White Collar Crime)
- April Sun (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Levi Swank (40 & Under Hot List – Dispute Resolution)
- Alexandra Valenti (40 & Under Hot List / Future Star – Intellectual Property)
- Jordan Weiss (Future Star)
- Calvin Wingfield (Future Star)
- David Zimmer (Future Star)