The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 240 Goodwin lawyers representing 61 different practice areas and the firm’s eight offices across the United States. This total includes 7 Lawyers of the Year, 155 Best Lawyers, and 78 Ones to Watch.
The following Goodwin lawyers were named Lawyers of the Year, which recognizes only one lawyer for each specialty and location.
Lawyers of the Year
- Mitchell S. Bloom - Venture Capital Law (Boston)
- Thomas M. Gallagher - Qui Tam Law (Philadelphia)
- Duncan A. Greenhalgh - Patent Law (Boston)
- Joel E. Lehrer - Information Technology Law (Boston)
- Richard M. Strassberg - Criminal Defense: General Practice (New York)
- Kingsley L. Taft - Corporate Law (Boston)
- Omer Tene - Privacy and Data Security Law (Boston)
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
- Luke Bagley - Venture Capital Law (Boston)
- Scott T. Bluni – Patent Law (Boston)
- Stephen G. Charkoudian - Patent Law (Boston)
- Lawrence M. Chu - Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Redwood City)
- Jennifer L. Chunias - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston)
- William D. Collins - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (Boston)
- James O. Fleckner - Litigation – ERISA (Boston)
- Robert M. Hale - Employment Law – Individuals (Boston)
- William M. Jay - Bet-the-Company Litigation / FDA Law / Litigation – Patent (Washington, DC)
- Robert J. Lemons - Litigation – Bankruptcy (New York)
- Christina Lewis - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boston)
- David M. Lynn - Securities / Capital Markets Law (Washington, DC)
- James T. Mattus - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston)
- William McCurdy - Banking and Finance Law (Boston)
- James W. McGarry - Litigation - Banking and Finance (Boston)
- Carl E. Metzger - Litigation – Insurance (Boston)
- Brett M. Schuman - Litigation - Intellectual Property (San Francisco)
- Michael T. Siekman - Patent Law (Boston)
- John Stern - Tax Law (Boston)
- Scott Weingaertner - Litigation - Intellectual Property (New York)
- Michael Whalen - Banking and Finance Law (Washington, DC)
Ones to Watch
- Ortal Ben Aharon - Antitrust Law (New York)
- Ana Victoria Alvarado - Labor and Employment Law – Employee (Boston)
- Michael S. Amalfe - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law (New York)
- Renna M. Ayyash - Antitrust Law / Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston)
- Scott Bailer - Labor and Employment Law – Management / Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
- Faraz Behnamjou - Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
- Jordan Benson - Litigation - Securities (Boston)
- Jacqueline Genovese Bova - Litigation - Intellectual Property / Patent Law (Washington, DC)
- Arman T. Carretta - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law (Santa Monica)
- Natalie S. Chaudhury - Trusts and Estates (Boston)
- Nicholas Clarkin - Mergers and Acquisitions Law (New York)
- Gregg Coughlin - Tax Law (Boston)
- Kara Czekai - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston)
- Janelle Dempsey - Labor and Employment Law – Management / Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boston)
- James Ding - Mergers and Acquisitions Law (New York)
- Joseph Flynn - Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Boston)
- Matthew Giannascoli - Securities / Capital Markets Law (Washington, DC)
- Christopher Grobbel - Financial Services Regulation Law (Washington, DC)
- Benjamin Halper - Commercial Litigation (New York)
- Viona Harris - Banking and Finance Law / Financial Services Regulation Law / Litigation - Banking and Finance (Washington, DC)
- Ifrah Hassan - Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
- Nathaniel Hsieh - Labor and Employment Law – Management / Litigation - Labor and Employment (Santa Monica)
- Heath Ingram - Life Sciences Practice (New York)
- Daniel M. Isaacs - Corporate Law / Venture Capital Law (Boston)
- Stephanie Isaia - Life Sciences Practice / Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Los Angeles)
- Andrew Jensen - Antitrust Law (Washington, DC)
- Adam Johnson - Life Sciences Practice (New York)
- Chris Jones - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston)
- Mayan Katz - Life Sciences Practice / Technology Law / Venture Capital Law (New York)
- Maria Eden Koury - Antitrust Law (Boston)
- Monica Kwok - Corporate Law (Boston)
- James Lathrop - Litigation – Bankruptcy (New York)
- Meredith Lussier - Privacy and Data Security Law (Philadelphia)
- Isabel Marin - Appellate Practice / Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
- Kristen McCarthy - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law (Boston)
- Brendan Lally-McGurl - Labor and Employment Law / Litigation - Labor and Employment – Management (Boston)
- Carrie E. Miller - Administrative / Regulatory Law / Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (Washington, DC)
- Jackie Odum - Banking and Finance Law / Financial Services Regulation Law / Litigation - Banking and Finance (Washington, DC)
- James Oh – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Santa Monica)
- Alastair Papworth - Labor and Employment Law – Management (Washington, DC)
- Priya D. Patel - Venture Capital Law (Santa Monica)
- Kelsey Pelagalli - Banking and Finance Law / Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law / Financial Services Regulation Law / Litigation - Banking and Finance (Washington, DC)
- Nick Pellow - Antitrust Law / Litigation – Antitrust (Boston)
- Kenneth E. Radcliffe - Patent Law (Boston)
- Angelica Rankins - Banking and Finance Law / Financial Services Regulation Law / Litigation - Banking and Finance (Washington, DC)
- Javier Gonzalez-Rivera - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Washington, DC)
- Ariel Rogers - Commercial Litigation (Redwood City)
- Anna Shipley Roy - Labor and Employment Law – Management / Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boston)
- Daniel Saposnik - Technology Law (Redwood City)
- David Scott - Technology Law (Washington, DC)
- Andrew Smith - Real Estate Law (Los Angeles)
- Sarah Stoiber - Life Sciences Practice (Boston)
- Rahat Tariq – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
- Rohini Tashima - Appellate Practice (Washington, DC)
- Cusaj D. Thomas - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (Boston)
- Lindsay N. Thomas - Banking and Finance Law (Washington, DC)
- Catherine Tremble - Litigation – Securities (New York)
- Laura Trumbull - Corporate Law / Technology Law / Venture Capital Law (New York)
- Jenna Welsh - Commercial Litigation (Washington, DC)
- Julia White - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law / Securities / Capital Markets Law / Venture Capital Law (San Francisco)
- Jennifer Wilson - Labor and Employment Law – Management / Litigation - Labor and Employment (Santa Monica)
- Grace Wirth - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
- Anna Wittman - Commercial Litigation (New York)
Now marking its 32nd 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.
To see all of the Goodwin lawyers honored, visit The Best Lawyers in America 2026.