Williams & Connolly has again been ranked among the leading law firms nationwide in The Legal 500: United States. In the 2025 edition, the firm was recognized 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: 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
- State Attorneys General
Two partners were named to The Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” list, which recognizes those who are “at the pinnacle of the profession.”
Williams & Connolly attorneys were also named to The Legal 500’s “Leading Lawyers” list, which is designed to highlight those lawyers who are pre-eminent in their given field.
- 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, Leading Trial Lawyers; Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes; International Litigation
- Charles Davant, International Litigation
- Kevin Downey, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
- Tom Hentoff, Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- Heidi Hubbard, Product Liability, Mass Tort, Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense; Leading Trial Lawyers
- Jonathan Landy, International Litigation
- Enu Mainigi, Leading Trial Lawyers
- Joe Petrosinelli, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
- Jonathan Pitt, Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions - Defense
- Amy Saharia, Dispute Resolution: Appellate
- John Schmidtlein, Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions - Defense
- Bob Van Kirk, Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes and Securities Litigation: Defense
- Neelum Wadhwani, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense
Three partners were named to The Legal 500’s “Next Generation Partners” list, which identifies partners who, according to the publication, are the “next generation” of law firm leaders.
Two attorneys were also recognized as The Legal 500 “Leading Associates.”
To see the full list of rankings, click here.