The nominations for the fifth annual Benchmark Litigation US awards have been announced.
For all of the litigation firm and lawyer of the year shortlists, please see below. The nominees have been chosen based upon research conducted between March and November 2016. Please note that there will be no pro bono firm of the year, impact case, or lifetime achievement winner shortlists. Those winners will be announced on the evening of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 16 2017 at Essex House in New York.
Please contact Jonathan McReynolds at jmcreynolds@euromoneyny.com or on 212-224-3337 to reserve your place.
STATE FIRM AWARDS
Alabama
Balch & Bingham
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Cunningham Bounds
Lightfoot Franklin & White
Alaska
Ashburn & Mason
Dorsey & Whitney
Squire Patton Boggs
Arizona
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Osborn Maledon
Perkins Coie
Polsinelli
Arkansas
Friday Eldredge & Clark
Quattlebaum Grooms & Tull
Wright Lindsey Jennings
California
Durie Tangri
Farella Braun + Martel
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Keker & Van Nest
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Colorado
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Holland & Hart
Reilly Pozner
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Connecticut
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder
Robinson + Cole
Wiggin and Dana
Delaware
Ashby & Geddes
Friedlander & Gorris
Grant & Eisenhofer
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Richards Layton & Finger
District of Columbia
Covington & Burling
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Zuckerman Spaeder
Florida
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod
Colson Hicks Eidson
Podhurst Orseck
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson
Georgia
King & Spalding
Rogers & Hardin
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Troutman Sanders
Hawaii
Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Kobayashi Sugita & Goda
Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher
Idaho
Gjording Fouser
Holland & Hart
Stoel Rives
Illinois
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Indiana
Barnes & Thornburg
Faegre Baker Daniels
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Iowa
Ahlers & Cooney
Nyemaster Goode
Kansas
Foulston Siefkin
Hite Fanning & Honeyman
Stinson Leonard Street
Kentucky
Frost Brown Todd
Stites & Harbison
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs
Louisiana
Adams and Reese
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver
Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson
Phelps Dunbar
Maine
Berman & Simmons
Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios
Verrill Dana
Maryland
Kramon & Graham
Miles & Stockbridge
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
Venable
Whiteford Taylor & Preston
Massachusetts
Goodwin Procter
McDermott Will & Emery
Ropes & Gray
WilmerHale
Michigan
Bodman
Dickinson Wright
Dykema Gossett
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Minnesota
Blackwell Burke
Bowman and Brooke
Ciresi Conlin
Dorsey & Whitney
Robins Kaplan
Winthrop & Weinstine
Mississippi
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes
Butler Snow
Watkins & Eager
Missouri
Bryan Cave
German May
Greensfelder Hemker & Gale
Polsinelli
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Montana
Boone Karlberg
Crowley Fleck
Goetz Baldwin & Geddes
Nebraska
Baird Holm
Kutak Rock
Nevada
Bailey Kennedy
Campbell & Williams
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
New Hampshire
Devine Millimet & Branch
Nixon Peabody
Sheehan Phinney
New Jersey
Cole Schotz
Gibbons
Lowenstein Sandler
McCarter & English
Sills Cummis & Gross
New Mexico
Modrall Sperling
Rodey Law
Sutin Thayer & Browne
New York
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
North Carolina
Brooks Pierce
Ellis & Winters
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson
Smith Anderson
North Dakota
Maring Williams Law Office
Vogel Law Firm
Zuger Kirmis & Smith
Ohio
Dinsmore & Shohl
Jones Day
Squire Patton Boggs
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Thompson Hine
Ulmer & Berne
Oklahoma
Crowe & Dunlevy
GableGotwals
Hall Estill Hardwick Gable Golden & Nelson
McAfee & Taft
Oregon
Lane Powell
Markowitz Herbold
Perkins Coie
Stoll Berne
Pennsylvania
Ballard Spahr
Dechert
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Rhode Island
Adler Pollock & Sheehan
Partridge Snow & Hahn
South Carolina
Motley Rice
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Nexsen Pruet
Turner Padget Graham & Laney
South Dakota
Davenport Evans Hurwitz
Heidepriem Purtell Siegel
Johnson Janklow Abdallah Reiter & Parsons
Tennessee
Bass Berry & Sims
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Butler Snow
Texas
Gibbs & Bruns
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst
McKool Smith
Reynolds Frizzell
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
Utah
Fabian VanCott
Holland & Hart
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Vermont
Gravel & Shea
Paul Frank + Collins
Sheehey Furlong & Behm
Virginia
Hunton & Williams
LeClairRyan
McGuireWoods
Williams Mullen
Washington
Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner Fogg & Moore
Lane Powell
Perkins Coie
Summit Law Group
West Virginia
Bowles Rice
Dinsmore & Shohl
Jackson Kelly
Wisconsin
Foley & Lardner
Gass Weber Mullins
Godfrey & Kahn
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Wyoming
Davis & Cannon
Hirst Applegate
Holland & Hart
PRACTICE AREA AWARDS
Antitrust
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Covington & Burling
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Appellate
Boies Schiller & Flexner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jones Day
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale
Bankruptcy
Brown Rudnick
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kirkland & Ellis
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ropes & Gray
General Commercial
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Williams & Connolly
Insurance
Anderson Kill
Covington & Burling
McKool Smith
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Intellectual Property
Durie Tangri
McKool Smith
Sidley Austin
Weil Gotshal & Manges
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
International Arbitration
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Debevoise & Plimpton
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Spalding
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Product Liability
Butler Snow
Kirkland & Ellis
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Securities
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
White Collar Crime/Enforcement/Investigations
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
Ropes & Gray
Sullivan & Cromwell
BOUTIQUE FIRM OF THE YEAR
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
Hueston Hennigan
Keker & Van Nest
MoloLamken
Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz
PLAINTIFF FIRM OF THE YEAR
Berman DeValerio
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Labaton Sucharow
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Thomas Dubbs, Labaton Sucharow
Richard Heimann, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
David Kessler, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm
Mark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Peter Bicks, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Dane Butswinkas, Williams & Connolly
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Evan Chesler, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Robert Giuffra, Sullivan & Cromwell
Nina Gussack, Pepper Hamilton
Tara Lee, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Randy Mastro, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Beth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz
PRACTICE AREA ATTORNEYS OF THE YEAR
Antitrust
Kevin Arquit, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Arthur Burke, Davis Polk & Wardwell
George Cary, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
William Cavanaugh, Patterson Belknap
Jeffrey Kessler, Winston & Strawn
Steven Newborn, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Laura Shores, Kaye Scholer
John Treece, Sidley Austin
Appellate
Paul Clement, Kirkland & Ellis
Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Kannon Shanmugam, Williams & Connolly
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Bankruptcy
James Bendernagel, Sidley Austin
James Bromley, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Gregg Galardi, Ropes & Gray
Andrew Leblanc, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Christopher Shore, White & Case
General Commercial
William Carmody, Susman Godfrey
Richard Marooney, King & Spalding
Emily Nicklin, Kirkland & Ellis
Robert Van Kirk, Williams & Connolly
David Woll, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Insurance
Jane Byrne, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Robin Cohen, McKool Smith
Mary Beth Forshaw, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Robert Horkovich, Anderson Kill
Lorelie Masters, Perkins Coie
Intellectual Property
Samuel Baxter, McKool Smith
Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings
Neel Chatterjee, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
David Lender, Weil Gotshal & Manges
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
International Arbitration
Stanimir Alexandrov, Sidley Austin
Doak Bishop, King & Spalding
Mark Friedman, Debevoise & Plimpton
Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case
Product Liability
Robert Adams, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
Nina Gussack, Pepper Hamilton
Heidi Hubbard, Williams & Connolly
Christy Jones, Butler Snow
Leslie Smith, Kirkland & Ellis
Pamela Yates, Kaye Scholer
Securities
Richard Clary, Cravath Swaine & Moore
George Conway, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Robert Giuffra, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sandra Goldstein, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Adam Hakki, Shearman & Sterling
Mark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns
Jonathan Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White Collar Crime/Investigations/Enforcement
Elkan Abramowitz, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
William Burck, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Mark Filip, Kirkland & Ellis
Karen Patton Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell
Gerald Shargel, Winston & Strawn