Williams & Connolly Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Legal 500

June 2023

Williams & Connolly has once again been ranked among the leading law firms nationwide in The Legal 500 United States. In the 2023 edition, the firm was recommended in the following practice areas:

  • Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions
  • Appellate: Supreme Court
  • Appellate: Courts of Appeals
  • Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporations
  • Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
  • Financial Services: Litigation
  • General Commercial Disputes
  • Government Contracts
  • Healthcare: Service Providers
  • International Litigation
  • Intellectual Property: Copyright
  • Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
  • Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
  • Media and Entertainment: Litigation
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products – Defense
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
  • Securities Litigation – Defense

In addition to the practice areas recognized in the above categories, Williams & Connolly was spotlighted as a “Firm to Watch” in the practice area of State Attorneys General, “recognizing new and growing practices as well as teams with notable strength in a particular area of law.”

The following partners were also individually recognized and have been named to The Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” list, which recognizes those who are “at the pinnacle of the profession.”

The following partners were also individually recognized and have been named to The Legal 500’s “Leading Lawyers” list, which is designed to highlight those lawyers who are pre-eminent in their given field based on client feedback compiled by The Legal 500.

  • David Berl, Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation
  • Jessamyn Berniker, Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation
  • Paul Boehm, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
  • Dane Butswinkas, Dispute Resolution: Leading Trial Lawyers and Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
  • Kevin Downey, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
  • Tom Hentoff, Media & Entertainment: Litigation
  • Heidi Hubbard, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
  • Joseph Petrosinelli, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
  • John Schmidtlein, Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions - Defense
  • Robert Van Kirk, Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes and Securities Litigation: Defense

The following partners were also individually recognized and have been named to The Legal 500’s “Next Generation Partners” list, which identifies partners who, according to The Legal 500, are the “next generation” of law firm leaders.

The following attorneys were also individually recognized and have been named to The Legal 500’s “Rising Stars” list.

  • Benjamin Graham, Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
  • Whitney Hermandorfer, Dispute Resolution: Appellate
  • Haley Wasserman, Dispute Resolution: International Litigation

To see the full list of rankings, click here.

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