The 2020 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.
January 22, 2020 at 02:12 PM
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Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar honorees (l-r): Carol Villegas (Labaton Sucharow), Amy Keller (DiCello Levitt), Serena Hallowell (Labaton Sucharow).[/caption] ALM and The National Trial Lawyers are pleased to announce the winners for the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers. The lawyers and law firms selected this year from more than 250 submissions have demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last 15 months. They also possess a solid track record of client wins over the past three to five years. "The 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers finalists delivered results for clients across a wide range of cases with some of the most difficult sets of facts, very challenging circumstances, often fighting uphill battles for years. Many were up against some of the most prominent defense firms on the globe," ALM chief content officer Molly Miller said in her opening remarks at the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers awards on Jan. 20 at Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. "The winners stood out based on the uniqueness and importance of their cases as well as the results delivered for their clients." While the categories are very similar to past years, 2020 marks the official launch of a strategic partnership between ALM and The National Trial Lawyers. The National Trial Lawyers is a membership organization of civil plaintiffs and criminal defense attorneys, offering education and networking as well as recognition programs for the top lawyers in the plaintiff and criminal defense bar across the country. The 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers winners follow below. Category Winners - Age Discrimination—Law Firm of the Year Wigdor
- Antitrust—Law Firm of the Year Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
- Aviation—Law Firm of the Year Clifford Law Offices
- Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation—Law Firm of the Year Reid Collins & Tsai
- Brain Injury—Law Firm of the Year Cohen, Placitella & Roth
- Business Torts—Law Firm of the Year MoloLamken
- Child Abuse—Law Firm of the Year Gresham
- Civil Rights—Law Firm of the Year The Cochran Firm
- Class Actions—Law Firm of the Year Susman Godfrey
- Consumer Protection—Law Firm of the Year Berger Montague
- Dram Shop—Law Firm of the Year Aldous Walker
- Disability Rights—Law Firm of the Year Berry Law Firm
- Employment Rights—Law Firm of the Year Nichols Kaster
- Environmental Protection—Law Firm of the Year Kanner & Whiteley
- Financial Products—Law Firm of the Year Consumer Litigation Associates
- Gender Discrimination—Law Firm of the Year Rogge Dunn Group
- Immigration—Law Firm of the Year Labaton Sucharow
- Insurance Liability—Law Firm of the Year Motley Rice
- Intentional Torts—Law Firm of the Year The Cochran Firm
- Mass Torts—Law Firm of the Year Simmons Hanly Conroy
- Medical Malpractice—Law Firm of the Year Robins Kaplan
- Motor Vehicle—Law Firm of the Year Panish Shea & Boyle
- Personal Injury—Law Firm of the Year Panish Shea & Boyle
- Pharmaceuticals Litigation—Law Firm of the Year Motley Rice
- Privacy/Data Breach—Law Firm of the Year DiCello Levitt
- Products Liability—Law Firm of the Year The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
- Racial Discrimination—Law Firm of the Year Wigdor
- Securities Litigation—Law Firm of the Year Labaton Sucharow
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination—Law Firm of the Year Wigdor
- Sports Entertainment Media Law—Law Firm of the Year Clare Locke
- Truck Injury—Law Firm of the Year Goudarzi & Young
- E. Michelle Drake, Berger Montague
- Hannah Ross, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
- Karen Handorf, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
- Amy Keller, DiCello Levitt
- Dena Sharp, Girard Sharp
- Serena Hallowell, Labaton Sucharow
- Carol Villegas, Labaton Sucharow
- Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Motley Rice
- Stacey Slaughter, Robins Kaplan
- Rachel Black, Susman Godfrey
- Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
- Robert Eglet, Eglet Adams
- Paul J. Hanly Jr., Simmons Hanly Conroy
- Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice
- Levin Papantonio
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