They may be small, but they command attention.

The 10 law firms on our Litigation Boutiques Hot List, each fielding no more than 50 lawyers, demonstrate that when it comes to high-stakes cases it’s all about skill, not size. Whether they’re working on the plaintiffs’ or defense side of big pharma, big oil, white-collar or agriculture matters, the lawyers practicing at these streamlined shops set precedents, righted wrongs or saved companies during 2012. — Leigh Jones

BECK REDDEN
Firm approaches litigation
with relish
 		 CLIFFORD LAW OFFICE
 Humility works to client’s advantage
  
COTCHETT PITRE
& McCARTHY
Toyota case marks a new
high-water mark
  		 GASS WEBER MULLINS
Small and scrappy seems
to pay off
  
GOLDMAN ISMAIL
TOMASELLI BRENNAN & BAUM
For efficacious relief from
pesky lawsuits
  		 KAPLAN FOX
& KILSHEIMER
A big commitment pays
big dividends
 
MORVILLO ABRAMOWITZ
GRAND IASON & ANELLO
Firm makes problems slink
quietly away
 		 SANFORD HEISLER
‘We level the playing field
for our clients’
  
STONE & MAGNANINI
Reaping the dividends
of new independence
 
WATTS GUERRA CRAFT
They live to work hard
and litigate