The 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers Finalists
Our editors and reporters reviewed more than 300 law firm submissions. These finalists excel in plaintiffs' client matters.
July 26, 2018 at 07:50 AM
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We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers. Editors and reporters from ALM and The National Law Journal reviewed more than 300 submissions across 23 categories to arrive at this list. The lawyers and law firms selected as finalists have demonstrated exemplary performance in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last 18 months.
This year, we also recognize our inaugural class of finalists for Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar. This new recognition category celebrates women lawyers who have consistently excelled in high-stakes matters on behalf of plaintiffs over the course of their careers.
In addition to celebrating the Elite Trial Lawyers of 2018, ALM will present the Keith Givens Visionary Award at the ceremony. Givens' career includes more than 30 years as a civil trial lawyer representing consumers and injury victims. The award, presented in Givens' name, will honor him in this inaugural year and will be presented to other honorees in future years. ALM will also honor Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm with the Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award. Lanier and another plaintiffs' lawyer recently won the largest verdict yet, nearly $4.7 billion, on behalf of plaintiffs in talc litigation. For more detailed information on these special awards, read our press announcement on Alm.com
The 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers winners will be announced at the Elite Trial Lawyers event on Oct. 5, 2018, at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Congratulations to the finalist lawyers and law firms.
—Lisa Helem, Editor-in Chief, The National Law Journal
ANTITRUST
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Robins Kaplan
Susman Godfrey
Korein Tillery
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Labaton Sucharow
Bernstein Liebhard
BUSINESS TORTS
Gibbs & Bruns
Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon
Rogge Dunn Group
Korein Tillery
Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens
CIVIL RIGHTS
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Stowell & Friedman
Yetter Coleman
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Amaro Law Firm
Bailey & Glasser
Kiesel Law
Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos
COUNTERTERRORISM
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Motley Rice
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
ELITE WOMEN OF THE PLAINTIFFS BAR
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Betsy Miller
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein – Elizabeth Cabraser
Robins Kaplan – Hollis Salzman
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Kalpana Kotagal
Panish Shea & Boyle – Deborah Chang
The Castañeda Firm – Chrysta Castaneda
Robins Kaplan – Tara Sutton
Susman Godfrey – Kalpana Srinivasan
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Julie Reiser
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Stowell & Friedman
Sanford Heisler Sharp
Schlichter Bogard & Denton
Console Mattiacci Law
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Berger Montague
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Motley Rice
Girardi|Keese
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Motley Rice
Girard Gibbs
Korein Tillery
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
Sanford Heisler Sharp
Peck Law
IMMIGRATION
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
INSURANCE LIABILITY
Lee & Associates
Sutliff & Stout
Schmitt Law Firm
Johnston | Martineau
MASS TORTS
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Lanier Law Firm
Seeger Weiss
Podhurst Orseck
Simmons Hanly Conroy
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Kiesel Law
MEDICAL DEVICE
The Lanier Law Firm
Simmons Hanly Conroy
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Wexler Wallace
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Kelley/Uustal
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
Robins Kaplan
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria
Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller
OTHER AREAS OF NOTE
Corboy & Demetrio
Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller
Kelley/Uustal
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Amaro Law Firm
PHARMACEUTICAL LITIGATION
Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman
Berger Montague
MoloLamken
Simmons Hanly Conroy
PRIVACY/DATA BREACH
Berger Montague
Girard Gibbs
Law Offices of Joseph H. Malley
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Seeger Weiss
Motley Rice
The Lanier Law Firm
Simmons Hanly Conroy
Wexler Wallace
Kiesel Law
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Stowell & Friedman
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Berger Montague
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Siegal & Richardson
SECURITIES LITIGATION
Grant & Eisenhofer
MoloLamken
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Labaton Sucharow
Pomerantz
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
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