The 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers: Our Winners
The lawyers and law firms selected this year have demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs.
July 23, 2019 at 05:27 PM
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Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar honorees, Roberta Liebenberg, of Fine, Kaplan and Black, and Sharon Robertson of Cohen Milstein. Photo: Jack McCoy
The National Law Journal and ALM are pleased to announce the 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers winners. The lawyers and law firms selected this year have demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last 18 months, along with a longer track record of client wins. Our winners were selected from more than 300 submissions across more than 20 categories.
We also recognize our 2019 awardees for the Elite Women of the Plaintiffs' Bar, a recognition category celebrating women lawyers who have consistently excelled in high-stakes matters on behalf of plaintiffs in their careers.
The 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers winners, including our editorial category awards and our ALM special honorees, were first announced at the Elite Trial Lawyers event July 18, 2019, at Lotte New York Palace in New York City. Check back for the upcoming NLJ special report featuring the winners and their key matters this fall. Congratulations to our winning law firms and lawyers.
| Elite Trial Lawyers—Category Award Winners | |
| Antitrust Berger Montague | Financial Products Consumer Litigation Associates |
| Bankruptcy Reid Collins & Tsai Motley Rice | Gaming Law Edelson |
| Business Torts Susman Godfrey Molo Lamken | Immigration Labaton Sucharow |
| Civil Rights Wigdor | Insurance Liability Girard Sharp |
| Consumer Protection Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Edelson | Mass Torts Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro Baum Hedlund |
| Disability Rights Berry Law Firm | Medical Malpractice Heimberg Barr |
| Discrimination Sanford Heisler Sharp | Other Areas of Note Taylor & Ring |
| Elite Women of the Plaintiffs' Bar Agnieszka Fryszman—Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll Roberta Liebenberg—Fine, Kaplan and Black Kalpana Srinivasan—Susman Godfrey Fidelma Fitzpatrick—Motley Rice Kellie Lerner—Robins Kaplan Sharon K. Robertson—Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll Teresa Fariss McClain—Robins Kaplan Dena Sharp—Girard Sharp Jeanne M. Christensen—Wigdor | Pharmaceutical Litigation Berger Montague Privacy/Data Breach Edelson Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Products Liability The Lanier Law Firm The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles |
| Employment Wigdor Sanford Heisler Sharp | Racial Discrimination Wigdor Securities Litigation Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann Labaton Sucharow |
| Environmental Protection Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll | Sports, Entertainment and Media Law Clare Locke |
| Elite Trial Lawyers—ALM Special Honorees | |
| Keith Givens Visionary Award Eric Cramer, Chairman, Berger Montague | Lifetime Achievement Award Lawrence A. Sucharow, Chairman Emeritus, Labaton Sucharow |
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