The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 42 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

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.”

The publication also named three partners as “Lawyers of the Year:” firm chair Philip T. Inglima for Criminal Defense: White Collar in Washington, D.C.; William H. Frankel for Copyright Law in Chicago; and Paul Mourning for Health Care Law in New York.

The following Crowell & Moring lawyers are included:

Best Lawyers in America

Chicago

• Partner William H. Frankel – Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Partner Jeffrey A. Handelman – Trademark Law
• Partner Mark H. Remus – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
• Partner Jason Stiehl – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Trade Secrets Law

Denver

• Partner Samuel Holland Edwards – Corporate Law

Los Angeles

• Partner Eric P. Enson – Litigation – Antitrust
• Partner Jason C. Murray – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust

New York

• Partner Kelly T. Currie – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Partner Holly A. Melton – Advertising Law, Media Law
• Partner Paul W. Mourning – Health Care Law

Orange County

• Partner Jon Gurka – Litigation – Intellectual Property

San Francisco

• Partner Christopher J. Banks – Employment Law – Management
• Partner Gregory D. Call – Commercial Litigation
• Senior counsel  Daniel Sharp – Commercial Litigation

Washington, D.C.

• Partner Michael K. Atkinson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Partner Troy A. Barsky – Health Care Law
• Partner John B. Brew – International Trade and Finance Law
• Partner Elizabeth B. Dawson – Environmental Law
• Senior Counsel Clifton S. Elgarten – Insurance Law
• Partner David J. Ervin – Advertising Law
• Partner Peter J. Eyre – Government Contracts
• Partner Cheryl A. Falvey – Advertising Law
• Partner Christopher Flynn – Health Care Law
• Partner Laura A. Foggan – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
• Partner Daniel R. Forman – Government Contracts
• Partner Kent A. Gardiner– Antitrust Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Partner Alexis J. Gilman – Antitrust Law
• Partner Peter L. Gray – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Partner Thomas A. Hanusik – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Securities, Securities Regulation
• Partner Philip T. Inglima – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Securities Regulation
• Partner Shawn R. Johnson – Antitrust Law
• Partner Ian A. Laird – International Arbitration – Commercial
• Partner Thomas A. Lorenzen – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Partner Kris D. Meade – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Partner Kirsten L. Nathanson – Litigation - Environmental
• Partner Anthony G. Provenzano – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Partner Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
• Senior counsel Randolph Smith – Antitrust Law
• Partner Jeffrey L. Snyder – International Trade and Finance Law
• Partner Evan D. Wolff – Privacy and Data Security Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

Chicago

• Counsel Joshua James– Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Emily Kappers – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Counsel Andrew McElligott – Intellectual Property Law
• Counsel Joshua P. Smith – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Adam D. Sussman, Ph.D. – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property

Denver

• Counsel Amy Pauli – Commercial Litigation

Los Angeles

• Counsel Raija Horstman – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Angel Prado – Antitrust Law

New York

• Counsel Michelle L. Chipetine – Health Care Law
• Associate Hinako Gojima – Insurance Law
• Counsel Mara Lieber – Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Lisa Nicole Umans – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Commercial Litigation

Orange County

• Counsel Kainoa Asuega – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property

Washington, D.C.

• • Counsel Jillian Ambrose – Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Counsel Laura J. Mitchell Baker – Commercial Litigation
  • Counsel Jay DeSanto – Health Care Law
  • Partner Carina C. Federico – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
  • Counsel Brandon C. Ge – Health Care Law, Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Associate Chantel Greene – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Counsel Eric Herendeen – Government Relations Practice
  • Partner Kelly Hightower Hibbert – Health Care Law
  • Partner Justin Kingsolver – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
  • Counsel Brian C. Lewis – Antitrust Law, Health Care Law
  • Partner Joshua M. Lindsay – Government Relations Practice
  • Counsel Eduardo Mathison – Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Counsel Eleanor Moran McWaters – Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law
  • Counsel Nimrah Najeeb – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Senior counsel Lidia Niecko-Najjum – Health Care Law
  • Partner Lauren R. Nunez – Health Care Law
  • Partner Rochelle-Leigh Rosenberg – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
  • Counsel Michael E. Samuels – Government Relations Practice
  • Counsel Roma Sharma – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
  • Counsel Adam J. Singer – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
  • Counsel Kieran J. Tuckley – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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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