Williams & Connolly has once again been ranked among the leading law firms nationwide in The Legal 500 United States. In the 2022 edition, the firm was recommended in the following practice areas:
- Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions
- Appellate: Supreme Court (federal and state)
- 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
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
- 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
- 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 Lawyers” list, which identifies partners who, according to The Legal 500, are the “next generation” of law firm leaders based on client feedback compiled by The Legal 500.
In addition to the partners recognized in the above categories, partner Luke McCloud was recognized as a Rising Star in General Commercial Disputes and associate Ben Graham was recognized as a Rising Star in International Litigation.
Click here for the firm’s full rankings.