Best Law Firms has named Goodwin Law Firm of the Year in the United States for ERISA Litigation while also recognizing the firm across 50 practice areas in the 2026 edition of the annual guide. Best Law Firms rankings are based on peer reviews, client feedback, leadership interviews, and firm submitted data.
Goodwin’s ERISA Litigation group has unparalleled, specialized experience defending financial services companies and other plan sponsors and service providers, including in class actions, against a variety of allegations that those companies have breached ERISA fiduciary duties with respect to plan fees and investments. The firm has a long history and deep expertise in financial services and capital markets, as Goodwin is uniquely positioned to defend the most novel ERISA suits, from early stages in the trial court through appeal.
The firm also received the following national and regional Tier 1 rankings:
- Appellate Practice (Washington, DC)
- Banking and Finance Law (National / Boston)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (National / New York)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation (Boston)
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (National / Boston / San Francisco)
- Commercial Litigation (National / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Construction Law (National / Boston)
- Corporate Law (National / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Criminal Defense: General Practice (New York)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar (National / Boston / New York / Philadelphia / San Francisco)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Boston / Washington, DC)
- Employment Law - Individuals (Boston)
- Employment Law - Management (National / Boston)
- Environmental Law (Boston)
- FDA Law (Washington, DC)
- Health Care Law (National / New York)
- Information Technology Law (Boston)
- International Trade and Finance Law (National / Boston)
- Leisure and Hospitality Law (San Francisco)
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (National / Boston / New York)
- Litigation - Antitrust (Boston)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance (Los Angeles)
- Litigation - Bankruptcy (New York)
- Litigation - Environmental (Boston)
- Litigation - ERISA (National / Boston / Washington, DC)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property (National / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment (National / Boston / New York)
- Litigation - Patent (National / Boston / New York)
- Litigation - Real Estate (National / New York)
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) (National / Boston)
- Litigation - Securities (National / Boston / New York)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (National / Boston / New York)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law (National / Boston / Washington, DC)
- Nonprofit / Charities Law (Boston)
- Patent Law (National / Boston / New York / San Francisco)
- Privacy and Data Security Law (Boston)
- Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (National / Boston / San Francisco)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (Boston)
- Real Estate Law (National / Boston / Los Angeles / New York / San Francisco)
- Tax Law (Boston)
- Technology Law (National / Boston)
- Trusts and Estates (Boston / Washington, DC)
- Venture Capital Law (National / Boston / San Francisco)
For the complete list of Goodwin’s results, visit Best Law Firms 2026.