Insights

Washington – August 20, 2026: The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 57 of the firm's attorneys in its 2027 edition, a testament to the firm's deep bench of legal talent across practices and offices nationwide. In addition, 29 attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list, recognizing outstanding attorneys earlier in their careers. 

Washington – August 20, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 44 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers." 

Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

Washington – August 18, 2022: The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 54 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 32 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

San Francisco – December 21, 2020: In a novel constitutional case, Crowell & Moring secured a decisive victory for the University of California (UC) by defeating a motion for preliminary injunction which sought to halt the implementation of an Executive Order requiring that all UC students, employees, and faculty working, studying, or living on campus to get a flu shot by November 1. UC was one of dozens of U.S. colleges and universities that implemented a flu vaccine requirement this year, due to the confluence of the 2020-21 flu season and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

San Francisco – October 6, 2020: The Recorder named Crowell & Moring partner J. Daniel Sharp to its 2020 list of California Trailblazers. The list features California-based lawyers who have made significant marks on the practice, policy, and technological advancement of their practice.

San Francisco – May 4, 2020: The National Law Journal named Crowell & Moring partner J. Daniel Sharp to its 2020 list of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers. The list features 25 lawyers who “have made significant marks on the practice, policy and technological advancements in their sector.”

San Francisco – August 14, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its clients, 10 officials of the University of California, have prevailed on appeal in a federal lawsuit asserting civil rights violations concerning an “Occupy” protest at the Berkeley campus in 2011.

Washington, D.C. - January 19, 2011: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that the Daily Journal, considered to be California's largest print and online legal news provider, has named the firm's successful work for David Soward in David C. Soward, et al. v. The & Trust, et al., to the publication's list of 2010 "Top Plaintiff Verdicts: Top Impact." The arbitration matter, before the San Francisco American Arbitration Association, was based on claims of conversion and breach of fiduciary duty. Crowell & Moring's client ultimately recovered over $24.4 million.