Goodwin received 46 practice rankings and 207 lawyer rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States. The Legal 500 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 complex work for leading clients across the country.
Client feedback praised Goodwin’s comprehensive counsel, stating that the firm is able to “combine expert legal analysis with practical, pragmatic workable solutions that give proper weight to business considerations.” Clients also noted Goodwin’s commitment to “innovation in collaboration using technology” and unique ability “to pool expertise in search of the best answer for the issue at hand.”
Goodwin was recognized in a firm record 46 practice areas, adding new rankings in Financial Services Regulation (Broker-Dealers), FinTech (Crypto), Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Patent Prosecution, and International Trade: CFIUS. 208 Goodwin lawyers highly ranked in their respective fields, and among them were six Hall of Fame Lawyers, 14 Leading Lawyers, and 15 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
- Education
- Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactions
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services: Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation (Broker-Dealers)
- FinTech
- FinTech (Crypto)
- Healthcare: Service Providers
- International Trade: CFIUS
- Leading Trial Lawyers
- Life Sciences
- M&A Litigation: Defense
- M&A: Middle-Market
- Merger Control
- Mutual/Registered/Exchange -Traded Funds
- Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
- 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
- US 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 2023.