The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Recognizes 49 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.

The following Crowell & Moring lawyers are included:

Best Lawyers in America

Chicago

• Senior counsel Lawrence Benjamin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Partner Daniel Hofmeister – Litigation – Insurance
• Partner William Frankel – Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Partner Steven Hamilton – Health Care Law
• Partner Jeffrey Handelman – Trademark Law
• Partner John Koenigsknecht – Corporate Law
• Partner Mark Remus – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
• Partner Jason Stiehl – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Trade Secrets Law
• Partner David Stone – Corporate Law
• Partner Kevin Tessier – Health Care Law

Denver

• Partner Samuel Holland Edwards – Corporate Law

Los Angeles

• Partner Michelle Cheng – Health Care Law
• Partner Eric Enson – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust
• Partner Lorenzo Gasparetti – Insurance Law
• Partner Jason Murray – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust

New York

• Senior counsel James Carolan – Real Estate Law
• Partner Kelly Currie – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Partner Linda Malek – Health Care Law
• Partner Paul Mourning – Health Care Law

Orange County

• Partner Jon Gurka – Litigation – Intellectual Property

San Francisco

• Partner Christopher Banks – Employment Law – Management
• Senior counsel Gregory D. Call – Commercial Litigation
• Senior counsel  Daniel Sharp – Commercial Litigation
• Partner Jon Welner – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law

Washington, D.C.

• Partner Michael Atkinson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Partner Troy Barsky – Health Care Law
• Partner John Brew – International Trade and Finance Law
• Partner Elizabeth Dawson – Environmental Law
• Senior counsel Clifton Elgarten – Insurance Law
• Partner David Ervin – Advertising Law
• Partner Peter Eyre – Government Contracts
• Partner Cheryl Falvey – Advertising Law
• Partner Christopher Flynn – Health Care Law
• Partner Laura Foggan – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
• Partner Daniel Forman – Government Contracts
• Partner Kent Gardiner– Antitrust Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Senior counsel Peter Gray – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Partner Thomas Hanusik – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Securities, Securities Regulation
• Partner Philip Inglima – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Securities Regulation
• Partner Shawn Johnson – Antitrust Law
• Partner Ian Laird – International Arbitration – Commercial, International Arbitration – Governmental
• Senior counsel Thomas Lorenzen – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Partner Kris Meade – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Partner Kirsten Nathanson – Litigation - Environmental
• Partner Anthony Provenzano – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Partner Preston Pugh – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Partner Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas – Energy Law, Utilities Law
• Partner Jeffrey Snyder – International Trade and Finance Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

Chicago

• Partner Gang Chen – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Joshua James – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Emily Kappers – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Counsel Andrew McElligott – Intellectual Property Law
• Counsel Adam Sussman – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Counsel Elaina Valtierra-Doherty – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Denver

• Counsel Joshua Clark – Corporate Law
• Counsel Amy Pauli – Commercial Litigation
• Partner Kathryn Lynn Raffensperger – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Los Angeles

• Counsel Sigourney Haylock – Commercial Litigation
• Partner Jordan Ludwig – Antitrust Law

New York

• Counsel Spencer Bruck – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Counsel Michelle Chipetine – Health Care Law
• Counsel Mara Lieber – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law

Washington, D.C.

• Counsel Connor Ahearn – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust
• Counsel Charles Baek – Commercial Litigation
• Associate Alexandra Brooks – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Counsel Eli Berns-Zieve – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Crinesha Berry – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Stephanie Crawford – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Partner Jay DeSanto – Health Care Law
• Partner Carina Federico – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Counsel Brandon Ge – Health Care Law, Privacy and Data Security Law
• Counsel Eric Herendeen – Government Relations Practice
• Partner Kelly Hightower Hibbert – Health Care Law
• Counsel Brian Lewis – Antitrust Law, Health Care Law
• Counsel Eduardo Mathison – Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Associate Justin Meltzer – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Counsel Eleanor Moran McWaters – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law
• Partner Lauren Nunez – Health Care Law
• Partner Rochelle-Leigh Rosenberg – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
• Counsel Michael Samuels – Government Relations Practice
• Counsel Roma Sharma – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
• Counsel David Steenburg – Corporate Law

The Best Lawyers in America lists are compiled annually based on a peer–review evaluation in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. To view the full methodology, visit here.

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