Winston & Strawn Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. 2023

Winston & Strawn is recognized as a top-tier firm in four practice areas and recommended in an additional 49 categories in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. In addition, seven lawyers are listed in the Hall of Fame, four attorneys are listed as Leading Trial Lawyers, 13 lawyers are recognized as Leading Lawyers, four attorneys are listed as Next Generation Partners, and three associates are recognized as Rising Stars.

Top-Tier Firm:

• E-Discovery
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Sports

Hall of Fame:

• Jonathan Birenbaum: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Oscar David: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Michael Elkin: Copyright
• Jeffrey Kessler: Sports
• George Lombardi: Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products; Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• David Rogers: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design
• Dan Webb: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Leading Trial Lawyers:

• Dan Webb
• Tom Melsheimer
• Jeffrey Kessler
• George Lombardi

Leading Lawyers:

• Matthew Bergmann: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Jonathan Birenbaum: Energy Transactions: Electric Power
• Suzanne Jaffe Bloom: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• Eva Cole: Antitrust - Cartel 
• David Coulson: Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products 
• Jennifer Golinveaux: Copyright
• David Greenspan: Sports
• James Herbison: Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Action: Defense
• Jeffrey Kessler: Antitrust - Cartel
• Scott Landau: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Charlie Papavizas: Transport: Shipping - Litigation and Regulation
• John Rosenthal: E-discovery
• Laurae Rossi: Energy - Renewable/Alternative Power

Next Generation Partners:

• Jonathan Amoona: Sports
• Jason Campbell: Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense 
• Eva Cole: Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Maria Kenny: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

Rising Stars:

• Adam Dale: Sports
• M. Imad Khan: International Arbitration
• Mariana Pendás Fernández: Dispute Resolution: International Litigation

View the full rankings here.

The Legal 500 is a prominent UK-based publishing organization that conducts extensive research within key legal markets to evaluate law firm practice areas based on, among other things, reputation, and attorney and client feedback.