Winston & Strawn Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. 2024

Winston & Strawn is recognized as a top-tier firm in five areas and recommended in an additional 50 categories in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. In addition, nine lawyers are listed in the Hall of Fame, five attorneys are listed as Leading Trial Lawyers, 19 lawyers are recognized as Leading Lawyers, three attorneys are listed as Next Generation Partners, and three attorneys are recognized as Rising Stars. A total of 166 additional lawyers are mentioned by name in Legal 500 United States commentary for their standout contribution to respective practices.

TOP-TIER FIRM:

• E-discovery
• Leading Trial Lawyers
• Renewable/Alternative Power
• Sport
• M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)

HALL OF FAME:

• Jonathan Birenbaum:  Renewable/Alternative Power
• Oscar David: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Michael Elkin: Copyright
• Jeffrey Kessler: Sport
• George Lombardi: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including tobacco); Patents: Litigation (full coverage)
• Abbe Lowell: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense 
• Charlie Papavizas: Shipping: Litigation and Regulation
• David Rogers: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Dan Webb: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

LEADING TRIAL LAWYERS:

• Jeffrey Kessler
• George Lombardi
• Abbe Lowell
• Tom Melsheimer
• Dan Webb

LEADING LAWYERS:

• Jonathan Amoona: Sport
• Matthew Bergmann: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m) 
• Jonathan Birenbaum: Energy Transactions: Electric Power
• Suzanne Jaffe Bloom: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• Eva Cole: Antitrust - Cartel 
• David Coulson: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including tobacco) 
• David Feher: Sport
• Jennifer Golinveaux: Copyright
• David Greenspan: Sport
• James Herbison: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Scott Landau: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Rodney Moore: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Mike Pikiel: Project Finance
• John Rosenthal: E-discovery
• Laurae Rossi: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Denise Scofield: General Commercial Disputes
• James Smith: M&A Litigation: Defense
• Brad Vaiana: Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (Up to $500m)
• Dan Webb: General Commercial Disputes

NEXT GENERATION PARTNERS:

• Jason Campbell: Labor and Employment Disputes (including collective actions)
• Eva Cole: Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Maria Kenny:  Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional 

RISING STARS:

• Adam Dale: Sport
• Dan Shapiro: Project Finance
• Mariana Pendás Fernández: Dispute Resolution: International Litigation

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The Legal 500 is a prominent UK-based publishing organization that conducts extensive research within key legal markets to evaluate law firm practice areas based on, among other things, reputation, and attorney and client feedback.