Insights

Washington – February 18, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked 12 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 17 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2025 guide.

Denver – January 10, 2025: 5280 Magazine has named Meshach Rhoades, managing partner of Crowell & Moring’s Denver office, to its 2025 list of Denver’s Top Lawyers in the Commercial Litigation category. The 11th annual list features the best attorneys in the region, based on recommendations from peers and follow-up reporting.

LATINA Style, Inc. honored Crowell & Moring partner Meshach Rhoades and her foundation, the Latinas First Foundation, with the 2024 Community Award. The award was in recognition of the “outstanding contributions and significant positive impact on the LATINA community through… innovative projects, programs, and initiatives that address local needs and challenges.”

Stephen Bentfield, former vice president and group general counsel at DaVita Integrated Kidney Care, has joined Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group as a partner in the Denver office, expanding the firm’s regulatory and transactional depth in the health care industry.

Andrea Surratt, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in both the Southern District of New York and the District of Colorado, has joined Crowell & Moring’s Denver office in the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group.

The Hispanic National Bar Association named Crowell & Moring associate Amber Gonzales to its list of “Top Lawyers Under 40.” The list recognizes lawyers who have demonstrated professional excellence, integrity, leadership, commitment to the Hispanic community, and dedication to improving the legal profession. Recipients will be honored on Thursday, March 21st at an awards reception at the Chihuly Garden Glass venue in Seattle, Wash.

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity has selected Sima Namiri-Kalantari as a member of its 2024 class of Fellows. In addition, associates Roy Abernathy and Ashleigh Kaspari have been named to the LCLD 2024 class of Pathfinders.

The University of Colorado Denver Business School has honored Meshach Rhoades with its prestigious 2024 Bill Daniels Ethical Leader of the Year Award for her ethical leadership and commitment to integrity in the legal industry.

Crowell & Moring ranked nationally in 20 practice areas in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” In addition, the firm was ranked in 39 metropolitan categories.