Insights

Orange County – October 18, 2024: The Recorder honored Crowell & Moring partner Chahira Solh with the Distinguished Leader Award at the annual California Legal Awards event in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The award recognizes lawyers who have implemented major achievements in the last year. Solh was also named a finalist for the Mentorship Award in honor of the impact she has made on attorneys at the start of their careers and in the legal profession.

Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2022: Jed Wulfekotte joins Crowell & Moring’s Washington office as a partner in its Litigation and Health Care groups, where he will represent corporate clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation matters spanning a wide range of industries, most notably, health care, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, government contracts, and technology. He also will represent companies involved in False Claims Act investigations and qui tam litigation.    

Washington — January 22, 2020: Crowell & Moring has released Litigation Forecast 2020: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year. The eighth-annual Forecast provides forward-looking insights from leading Crowell & Moring lawyers to help legal departments anticipate and respond to challenges that might arise in the year ahead. For 2020, the Forecast focuses on how the digital revolution is giving rise to new litigation risks, and it explores trends in employment non-competes, the future of stare decisis, the role of smartphones in investigations and litigation, and more.

Washington, D.C. – January 19, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its fourth annual "Litigation Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year," and its second annual "Regulatory Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year."

Washington, D.C. – December 14, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Gregory D. Call, San Francisco-based partner and chair of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group, has been named to the National Law Journal's second annual Litigation "Trailblazers" list. The list features 50 attorneys nationwide who have made significant and innovative impacts over their careers in the litigation arena. The honorees showed "a deep passion and perseverance in pursuit of their remarkable successes along the way."

Washington, D.C. – March 9, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the firm's partnership has elected Angela B. Styles, partner and co-chair of the firm's Government Contracts Group, to succeed Kent A. Gardiner as chair of the firm. 

Washington, D.C. – February 11, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that  San Francisco-based litigation partner Doug Sullivan, corporate partner Murray Indick, and senior counsel Mike Kahn, as well as Washington, D.C.-based partner and  Government Contracts Group co-chair, Dan Forman, have been named to BTI Consulting Group's list of 2015 "Client Service All-Stars." The BTI list recognizes attorneys for their superior client focus, innovative thought leadership, unmatched business understanding, legal skills, outsized value, and outstanding results delivered to clients, according to a survey of general counsel conducted by BTI. This is the third consecutive year that Sullivan and Kahn have been named to the All-Stars list, as well as the second consecutive year that they have been named to the "Client Service All-Star MVP" list.

Washington, D.C. – September 1, 2014: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has elevated five attorneys to senior counsel effective September 1, 2014. The new senior counsel have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm's Washington, D.C. and London offices and from a variety of practice areas. The newly promoted senior counsel are:

Washington, D.C. – February 25, 2014: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Litigation Group attorneys Washington, D.C.- partner Kathryn D. Kirmayer, San Francisco-based partner Douglas W. Sullivan, and San Francisco-based senior counsel Michael A. Kahn have been named to BTI Consulting Group's list of 2014 "Client Service All-Stars," which recognizes attorneys who deliver the highest levels of excellent client service. This is the second consecutive year that Kirmayer and Sullivan have been named to the list. In addition, Sullivan and Kahn have been named to the "Client Service Super All-Stars" list, an honor reserved for only four attorneys who were nominated to the BTI list by multiple clients.

Washington, D.C. – January 22, 2014: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of "Litigation Forecast 2014: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year." The report explores critical litigation issues, provides concise, forward-looking perspectives on trends affecting a wide range of companies and industries, and identifies cases to watch in 15 areas of law including: antitrust, class actions, environmental, government contracts, labor and employment, patents, tax, trade secrets, white collar, advertising, insurance/reinsurance, e-discovery, energy, financial services, and health care. A jurisdictional analysis map is also featured in the report.

Washington, D.C. – November 14, 2013: Crowell & Moring LLP's Antitrust Group has been recognized as "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review's (GCR) 14th edition of the "GCR 100: The World's Leading Competition Practices," in the categories of "United States: Government Antitrust" and "United States: New York." GCR is the leading international journal of competition policy and regulation.

Washington, D.C. – January 17, 2013: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce it has elected seven attorneys to the firm's partnership effective January 1, 2013. The firm has also promoted three attorneys to the position of senior counsel, and nine associates to the position of counsel. The new partners, senior counsel, and counsel have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm's Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Brussels, and London offices.

Washington, D.C. – December 3, 2012: Crowell & Moring LLP's Antitrust Group has been recognized as "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review's (GCR) 13th edition of the "GCR 100: The World's Leading Competition Practices," in the categories of "United States: Government Antitrust" and "United States: New York." GCR is the leading international journal of competition policy and regulation.

Washington, D.C. – November 3, 2011: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by Financial Times (FT)in the publication's annual "U.S. Innovative Lawyers 2011" report. Ranked as one of six "stand out" firms in the country under the "business of law" category, Crowell & Moring was recognized as a leader for its creative and proactive approach to the use of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs).

Washington, D.C. - January 27, 2010: 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 two of the firm's verdicts to the publication's list of "Top Plaintiff Verdicts for 2009." The top verdicts were broken down by largest dollar amount, highest impact and largest arbitration award.