Chambers USA 2025 Recognizes a Record Number of Goodwin Practices and Lawyers for Exceptional Client Service

Goodwin earned a firm record 84 practice rankings and 145 lawyers received a total of 182 rankings in the newly released Chambers USA 2025 guide. For over two decades, Chambers has been a trusted resource for helping clients identify the premiere lawyers and firms across the United States.

This year, the firm added 8 new practice rankings and secured 20 Band 1 practice rankings. Goodwin lawyers were recognized in 68 categories across 10 U.S. regions, including 28 Band 1 practitioners and 8 Up and Coming lawyers.

These results underscore the breadth and strength of Goodwin’s collaborative team, and why the firm continues to be the go-to partner for innovators and investors in the United States and around the world.

The Goodwin practice rankings in Chambers USA 2025 include:

Goodwin lawyers ranked in Chambers USA 2025 include:

Alex Jacobs (Southern CA) Real Estate
Alison Douglass (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
Allan Medina (DC) Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Allison Schoenthal (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Andrew Roeder (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
Andrew Sucoff (MA) Real Estate
Anna Dodson (MA) Banking & Finance
Anne Bandes (MA) Banking & Finance
Annie Railton (NY) Healthcare / (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Anthony McCusker (CA) Venture Capital / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies / (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A
Barbara Shander (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Ben Tschann (Nationwide) Leisure & Hospitality
Bibek Pandey (DC) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Bradford J. Smith (MA) Labor & Employment
Bradley Weber (CA) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
Brett Schuman (Nationwide) Cannabis Law: Western United States
Brian McPeake (CA) Private Equity: Buyouts
Brooks Brown (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Brynn Peltz (Nationwide) Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Caine Moss (CA) Venture Capital
Caroline Bullerjahn (MA) Litigation: Securities
Chauncey Swalwell (Southern CA) Real Estate
Christopher Holding (MA) Antitrust
Cisco Palao-Ricketts (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Daniel Roeser (NY) Litigation: Securities
Daniel Karelitz (MA) Tax
Danielle Lauzon (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
David Cross (DC) Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
David Lynn (Nationwide) Securities: Regulation: Advisory
David Cappillo (MA) Healthcare
Deborah Birnbach (MA) Litigation: Securities
Diana Brummer (NY) Real Estate: Finance
Diane McCabe (MA) Real Estate
Douglas Kline (MA) Intellectual Property
Duncan Greenhalgh (MA) Intellectual Property
Dustin Calkins (Northern CA) Real Estate
Dylan Brown (CA) Banking & Finance
Edward Glazer (Nationwide) REITs: Tax
Elaine Blais (MA) Intellectual Property
Ettore Santucci (MA) Capital Markets / (Nationwide) REITs
Freddie Akrouche (MA) Real Estate
Gilbert Menna (Nationwide) REITs
Grant Fondo (CA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
H. Neal Sandford (MA) Tax / (Nationwide) REITs: Tax
Howard Cubell (MA) Tax
Ian O'Donnell (CA) Venture Capital: Fund Formation / (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Jacob Osborn (Nationwide) International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Jacquelyn Burke (MA) Insurance
Jaime Santos (Nationwide) Appellate Law / (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
James Barri (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
James Fleckner (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
James Mattus (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
James Gatta (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
James Hutchinson (DC) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Jared Fine (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Jennifer Chunias (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Jennifer Fisher (Nationwide) Cannabis Law: Western United States
Jennifer Fay (MA) Labor & Employment
Jennifer Luz (MA) Litigation: Securities
Jennifer Porter (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Jeremy Senderowicz (Nationwide) Registered Funds
Joanne Gray (Nationwide) Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
John Servidio (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Convertible Debt / (Nationwide) Derivatives
John Jones (PA) Healthcare
John Egan (MA) Technology / (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment / (MA) Corporate/M&A / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
John LeClaire (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
Jon Herzog (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
Jon Novotny (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
Jonathan Shapiro (CA) Litigation: Securities
Jonathan Hecht (Nationwide) Securities: Regulation: Advisory
Joseph Theis (MA) Capital Markets / (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Joseph Savage (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Joshua Klatzkin (DC) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Jud Welle (Nationwide) Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
Julie Tibbets (DC) Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
Justin Pierce (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Karen Turk (MA) Tax
Kate MacLeman (MA) Litigation: General Commercial
Kelsey Lemaster (Northern CA) Tax
Ken Gordon (MA) Technology
Kevin Kabler (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Kimberly Monty Holzel (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Kingsley Taft (MA) Life Sciences / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
Kirk Ogrosky (DC) Healthcare / (Nationwide) False Claims Act
Koray Bulut (CA) Labor & Employment
Kristopher Ring (CA) Banking & Finance
Lawrence Chu (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A
Lisa Haddad (MA) Corporate/M&A
Lori Gordon (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Lynda Galligan (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Maggie Wong (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / (CA) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
Mandee Gruen (Nationwide) Private Equity: Fund Formation
Mark Abate (NY) Intellectual Property: Patent
Mark Bettencourt (MA) Corporate/M&A
Martin Healy (MA) Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Matthew Giles (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
Matthew Sheldon (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Matt Wetzel (DC) Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
Michael Bison (MA) Life Sciences
Michael Shuster (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution / (CA) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Michael Kendall (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
Michelle Treadwell Briggs (Nationwide) E-Discovery & Information Governance
Michelle Knoop (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
Minta Kay (MA) Real Estate
Miranda Hooker (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Mitchell Bloom (MA) Corporate/M&A / (MA) Capital Markets / (MA) Life Sciences / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
Natascha George (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Neel Chatterjee (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets/ (CA) Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Nicole Peppe (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation / (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
Omer Tene (Nationwide) Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
Pat Mitchell (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
Patrick Menasco (DC) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Paul Verbesey (Nationwide) Private Equity: Fund Formation
Rachael Bushey (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
Richard Matheny (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts / (Nationwide) International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Richard Strassberg (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations / (Nationwide) Litigation: Trial Lawyers
Robert Puopolo (MA) Capital Markets
Robert Fore (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Robert Hale (MA) Labor & Employment
Roger Cohen (NY) Healthcare
Romina Weiss (NY) Tax
Sabrina Rose-Smith (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
Sam Zucker (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
Samantha Kirby (MA) Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory / (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
Sarah Bock (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Sarah Solomon (MA) Life Sciences
Scott Bluni (MA) Intellectual Property
Shane Albright (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
Siobhan Murphy (MA) Real Estate
Stephen Lee (CA) Private Equity: Buyouts
Stephen Charkoudian (MA) Intellectual Property: Licensing / (MA) Technology
Stuart Cable (MA) Corporate/M&A / (MA) Life Sciences
Teresa Goebel (Nationwide) Leisure & Hospitality
Theresa Kavanaugh (MA) Intellectual Property
Thomas Gallagher (PA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Thomas Beaudoin (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation / (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Thomas Hefferon (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
William Goldberg (Nationwide) REITs
William Harrington (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
William Weiss (NY) Tax
William Jay (Nationwide) Appellate Law / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Appellate
William Stern (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Yoel Kranz (Nationwide) REITs

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