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Washington – June 20, 2024: The D.C. Bar named Crowell & Moring partner John McCarthy the 2024 Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. The award is presented to a lawyer for “their excellence, achievement, and commitment to providing legal services to the District’s low-income and/or disadvantaged individuals and/or organizations serving such individuals.”

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Washington – June 1, 2023: Crowell & Moring earned 82 rankings for 68 lawyers across 48 categories, as well as 37 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2023 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Washington – October 5, 2022: Crowell & Moring received the 2022 Pro Bono Legal Service Award from the John Carroll Society in honor of the firm’s pro bono work with the Catholic Charities Legal Network of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The award was presented on Sunday, October 2, in Washington, D.C., at the 70th annual Red Mass, a Mass service for all members of the legal profession traditionally held the Sunday before the first day of the Supreme Court’s fall term.

Washington – June 1, 2022: Chambers and Partners has ranked 70 Crowell & Moring lawyers in 84 rankings across 40 categories in the Chambers USA 2022 guide. In addition, 37 practice areas were also ranked in the guide. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers.

San Francisco—September 14, 2021: Crowell & Moring represented Honeywell in its multimillion-dollar investment in Alder Fuels, a cleantech company that is pioneering first-of-its-kind technologies for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale by converting abundant biomass, such as forest and crop waste, into sustainable low-carbon, drop-in replacement crude oil that can be used to produce aviation fuel. 

Washington – May 20, 2021: Chambers and Partners has ranked 63 Crowell & Moring lawyers in 75 rankings across 41 categories in the Chambers USA 2021 guide, an increase of 10 lawyers, 13 rankings and 8 categories over last year’s results. In addition, 30 practice areas were also ranked in the guide, up from 21 practices last year. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers.

Washington – April 23, 2020: Chambers and Partners has ranked 53 Crowell & Moring lawyers in 62 rankings across 33 categories in the Chambers USA 2020 guide. In addition, 21 practice areas were also ranked in the guide. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers.

Washington, D.C. – March 16, 2020: Fourteen Crowell & Moring lawyers have been named as 2020 Acritas Stars™, a listing of stand-out lawyers in private practice as nominated by clients. Acritas, a leading legal market research company, gathered feedback and data from more than 8,200 client interviews.

Washington – September 20, 2019: Super Lawyers has recognized 82 Crowell & Moring lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York Metro, and Washington, D.C. The lawyers listed below were named in the corresponding issues of 2019 Super Lawyers Magazine, the Super Lawyers 2019 "Rising Stars" Edition, or the Super Lawyers 2019 Women’s Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.Los Angeles (Southern California)

Washington – April 29, 2019: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that it has secured 61 rankings for 53 individual lawyers in the Chambers USA 2019 guide. Twenty-one practice areas were also ranked in the guide. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and members of the legal community.

Washington – February 22, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its Government Contracts Group has been recognized as one of Law360’s “Practice Groups of the Year” for government contracts. This is the ninth consecutive year that the group has earned this honor.

Washington – May 9, 2018: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that it has secured 60 rankings for 52 individual lawyers in the Chambers USA 2018 guide. Twenty-four practice areas were also ranked in the guide. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and members of the legal community.

Washington – October 31, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 79 firm lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s lawyers listed below were named in Super Lawyers 2017, the Super Lawyers 2017 "Rising Stars" Edition or the Super Lawyers 2017 Women’s Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.

Washington, D.C. – November 30, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 71 lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s lawyers listed below were named in Super Lawyers 2016, the Super Lawyers 2016 "Rising Stars" Edition, the Super Lawyers 2016 Women’s Edition, or the Super Lawyers 2016 Business Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.

Washington, D.C. – October 30, 2015: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2015, published by Law Business Research's Who's Who Legal, named 21 Crowell & Moring LLP lawyers attorneys as leading practitioners in their fields. Lawyers were selected by their peers for this book.

Washington, D.C. – October 27, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 90 attorneys as leaders in their field. The Crowell & Moring attorneys listed below were named in Super Lawyers 2015, the Super Lawyers 2015 "Rising Stars" Edition, the Super Lawyers 2015 Women’s Edition, or the Super Lawyers 2015 Business Edition. Attorneys were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.

Washington, D.C. – June 9, 2015: Aquarian Systems, Inc. (Aquarian) and two of its employees have prevailed in a trade secret lawsuit filed against the company by ProLogic Inc. On June 5, ProLogic voluntarily dismissed—without a settlement—the remaining claims in its $25 million suit, which accused Aquarian and two former ProLogic employees who became employees of Aquarian of trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and breach of contract. The claims in the complaint centered around the alleged misappropriation of software created by ProLogic and delivered to the U.S. Department of State (DoS), to which DoS had a broad license. Additionally, ProLogic alleged that the defendants tortiously interfered with ProLogic's business expectancy by submitting a proposal for, and winning, a new DoS contract, which was established as a small business set aside for which ProLogic was ineligible. Crowell & Moring represented Aquarian in this matter, as well as the individual defendants after the claims against Aquarian were dismissed on May 6, 2015.

Washington, D.C. – January 9, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its Government Contracts Group has been named to Law360's "Practice Groups of the Year" listing for Government Contracts for the fifth straight year. For this listing, Law360 recognizes "firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits."

Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2014: Super Lawyers 2014 selected 90 Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys as leaders in their field. Attorneys were selected through peer nominations. The following 90 Crowell & Moring attorneys were recognized in Super Lawyers 2014, Super Lawyers Business Edition 2014, or Super Lawyers 2014 "Rising Stars" editions, listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected: