The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 267 Goodwin lawyers representing 67 different practice areas and the firm’s seven offices across the United States. This total includes 4 Lawyers of the Year, 161 Best Lawyers and 106 Ones to Watch.
The following Goodwin lawyers were named Lawyers of the Year, which recognizes only one lawyer for each specialty and location.
- Joanne Gray – Products Liability Litigation - Defendants (New York City)
- John LeClaire – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (Boston)
- Bruce Tribush – Real Estate Law (Boston)
- Geoff Willard – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Washington, DC)
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 include:
Best Lawyers
- Anthony Alexis – Financial Services Regulation Law
- Kristina Bieker – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice / Patent Law
- Heather Brookfield – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Koray Bulut – Employment Law – Management
- David Callaway – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Crescent Moran Chasteen – Tax Law
- Roger Cohen – Health Care Law
- Will Davisson – Corporate Law
- Marta Delsignore – Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Robert Frederickson – Litigation – Patent
- Matthew Giles – Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
- Lisa Haddad – Corporate Governance Law
- Christopher Holding – Litigation – Antitrust
- Michael Isenman – Mutual Funds Law
- Kevin Martin – Energy Law / Litigation - Environmental
- Brian Mukherjee – Insurance Law
- Ian O’Donnell – Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law / Technology Law
- Howard Steel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Jaime Santos – Litigation – ERISA
- Karen Turk – Tax Law
- Joshua Zachariah – Corporate Law
- David Zimmer – Immigration Law
Ones to Watch
- Yasin Akbari – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- James Alexander – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Ana Alvarado – Litigation – Labor & Employment
- John Barker – Commercial Litigation
- Katherine Baudistel – Corporate Law
- Jacob Boyer – Real Estate Law
- Nikolaus Caro – Corporate Law
- Gerard Cedrone – Appellate Practice
- Edwina Clarke – Appellate Practice
- Brady Cummins – Antitrust Law
- Katherine Dacey – Commercial Litigation
- Stacy Dasaro – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- George Davis – Tax Law
- Tucker DeVoe – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Joshua Eisenson – Technology Law / Venture Capital Law
- Kristin Gerber – Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Venture Capital Law
- Matthew Giannascoli – Corporate Law
- Martin Gomez – Intellectual Property Law / Patent Law / Technology Law
- Benjamin Gossels – Tax Law
- Simone Greenspan – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Benjamin Hayes – Appellate Practice
- Emily Hingston – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- John Wayne Horton – Technology Law
- Daniel Isaacs – Technology Law
- Rachel Keeney – Real Estate Law
- Michelle Wright Knoop – Technology Law
- Jean Lee – Corporate Law
- Kate Leonard – Corporate Law / Technology Law
- Tyler Lewis – Banking and Finance Law
- Michael Miller – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Jesse Nevarez – Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Venture Capital Law
- Joni Noggle – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Simone Otenaike – Health Care Law
- Bibek Pandey – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Patrick Park – Intellectual Property Law / Litigation – Intellectual Property / Litigation – Patent
- Tevia Pollard – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Technology Law
- Robert Powers – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew R. Pusar – Corporate Law
- Brian Raynor – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Eliza Reed – Tax Law
- Benjamin Reilly – Commercial Litigation / Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Dave Rosenberg – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Matthew Schoenfeld – Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Dylan Schweers – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- John Stern – Tax Law
- Samuel Stone – Intellectual Property Law
- Levi Swank – Appellate Practice / Commercial Litigation
- Emily Unger – Commercial Litigation / Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Simone Waterbury – Antitrust Law
- Matthew White – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Sarah Wicks – Life Sciences Practice
- Bethany Withers – Technology Law
- Marco Wong – Litigation – Securities
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 2023 to see the full list of Goodwin lawyers featured this year.