Goodwin earned a firm record 84 practice rankings and 145 lawyers received a total of 182 rankings in the newly released Chambers USA 2025 guide. For over two decades, Chambers has been a trusted resource for helping clients identify the premiere lawyers and firms across the United States.
This year, the firm added 8 new practice rankings and secured 20 Band 1 practice rankings. Goodwin lawyers were recognized in 68 categories across 10 U.S. regions, including 28 Band 1 practitioners and 8 Up and Coming lawyers.
These results underscore the breadth and strength of Goodwin’s collaborative team, and why the firm continues to be the go-to partner for innovators and investors in the United States and around the world.
The Goodwin practice rankings in Chambers USA 2025 include:
- Antitrust
- Appellate Law
- Banking & Finance
- Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory
- Cannabis Law
- Capital Markets
- Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
- Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel
- Corporate Crime & Investigations
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institution M&A
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- General Commercial Litigation
- Healthcare
- Healthcare: Medical/Pharmaceutical Products Regulatory
- Impact Investing
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property: Appellate
- Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Intellectual Property: Patent
- Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyrights & Trade Secrets
- International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Labor & Employment
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Life Sciences
- Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
- Privacy & Data Security
- Private Equity: Buyouts
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
- Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
- Registered Funds
- REITs
- Securities Litigation
- Securities Regulation: Advisory
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Tax
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
- Technology
- Venture Capital
- Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Litigation
Goodwin lawyers ranked in Chambers USA 2025 include:
- Alex Jacobs (Southern CA) Real Estate
- Alison Douglass (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
- Allan Medina (DC) Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Allison Schoenthal (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Andrew Roeder (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Andrew Sucoff (MA) Real Estate
- Anna Dodson (MA) Banking & Finance
- Anne Bandes (MA) Banking & Finance
- Annie Railton (NY) Healthcare / (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Anthony McCusker (CA) Venture Capital / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies / (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A
- Barbara Shander (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Ben Tschann (Nationwide) Leisure & Hospitality
- Bibek Pandey (DC) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Bradford J. Smith (MA) Labor & Employment
- Bradley Weber (CA) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
- Brett Schuman (Nationwide) Cannabis Law: Western United States
- Brian McPeake (CA) Private Equity: Buyouts
- Brooks Brown (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Brynn Peltz (Nationwide) Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- Caine Moss (CA) Venture Capital
- Caroline Bullerjahn (MA) Litigation: Securities
- Chauncey Swalwell (Southern CA) Real Estate
- Christopher Holding (MA) Antitrust
- Cisco Palao-Ricketts (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Daniel Roeser (NY) Litigation: Securities
- Daniel Karelitz (MA) Tax
- Danielle Lauzon (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- David Cross (DC) Antitrust: Litigation Specialists
- David Lynn (Nationwide) Securities: Regulation: Advisory
- David Cappillo (MA) Healthcare
- Deborah Birnbach (MA) Litigation: Securities
- Diana Brummer (NY) Real Estate: Finance
- Diane McCabe (MA) Real Estate
- Douglas Kline (MA) Intellectual Property
- Duncan Greenhalgh (MA) Intellectual Property
- Dustin Calkins (Northern CA) Real Estate
- Dylan Brown (CA) Banking & Finance
- Edward Glazer (Nationwide) REITs: Tax
- Elaine Blais (MA) Intellectual Property
- Ettore Santucci (MA) Capital Markets / (Nationwide) REITs
- Freddie Akrouche (MA) Real Estate
- Gilbert Menna (Nationwide) REITs
- Grant Fondo (CA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- H. Neal Sandford (MA) Tax / (Nationwide) REITs: Tax
- Howard Cubell (MA) Tax
- Ian O'Donnell (CA) Venture Capital: Fund Formation / (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Jacob Osborn (Nationwide) International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions / (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Jacquelyn Burke (MA) Insurance
- Jaime Santos (Nationwide) Appellate Law / (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
- James Barri (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
- James Fleckner (Nationwide) ERISA Litigation
- James Mattus (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- James Gatta (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- James Hutchinson (DC) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Jared Fine (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Jennifer Chunias (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Jennifer Fisher (Nationwide) Cannabis Law: Western United States
- Jennifer Fay (MA) Labor & Employment
- Jennifer Luz (MA) Litigation: Securities
- Jennifer Porter (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Jeremy Senderowicz (Nationwide) Registered Funds
- Joanne Gray (Nationwide) Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- John Servidio (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Convertible Debt / (Nationwide) Derivatives
- John Jones (PA) Healthcare
- John Egan (MA) Technology / (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment / (MA) Corporate/M&A / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
- John LeClaire (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
- Jon Herzog (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
- Jon Novotny (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
- Jonathan Shapiro (CA) Litigation: Securities
- Jonathan Hecht (Nationwide) Securities: Regulation: Advisory
- Joseph Theis (MA) Capital Markets / (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
- Joseph Savage (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Joshua Klatzkin (DC) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Jud Welle (Nationwide) Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
- Julie Tibbets (DC) Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
- Justin Pierce (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Karen Turk (MA) Tax
- Kate MacLeman (MA) Litigation: General Commercial
- Kelsey Lemaster (Northern CA) Tax
- Ken Gordon (MA) Technology
- Kevin Kabler (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Kimberly Monty Holzel (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- Kingsley Taft (MA) Life Sciences / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Kirk Ogrosky (DC) Healthcare / (Nationwide) False Claims Act
- Koray Bulut (CA) Labor & Employment
- Kristopher Ring (CA) Banking & Finance
- Lawrence Chu (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A
- Lisa Haddad (MA) Corporate/M&A
- Lori Gordon (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Lynda Galligan (CA: SF, SV & Surrounds) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Maggie Wong (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / (CA) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
- Mandee Gruen (Nationwide) Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Mark Abate (NY) Intellectual Property: Patent
- Mark Bettencourt (MA) Corporate/M&A
- Martin Healy (MA) Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- Matthew Giles (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Matthew Sheldon (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- Matt Wetzel (DC) Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory
- Michael Bison (MA) Life Sciences
- Michael Shuster (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution / (CA) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
- Michael Kendall (MA) Private Equity: Buyouts
- Michelle Treadwell Briggs (Nationwide) E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Michelle Knoop (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
- Minta Kay (MA) Real Estate
- Miranda Hooker (MA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Mitchell Bloom (MA) Corporate/M&A / (MA) Capital Markets / (MA) Life Sciences / (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial / (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
- Natascha George (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Neel Chatterjee (CA) Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets/ (CA) Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Nicole Peppe (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation / (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Omer Tene (Nationwide) Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
- Pat Mitchell (MA) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment / (Nationwide) Startups & Emerging Companies
- Patrick Menasco (DC) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Paul Verbesey (Nationwide) Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Rachael Bushey (PA: Philadelphia & Surrounds) Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Richard Matheny (Nationwide) International Trade: CFIUS Experts / (Nationwide) International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Richard Strassberg (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations / (Nationwide) Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Robert Puopolo (MA) Capital Markets
- Robert Fore (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Robert Hale (MA) Labor & Employment
- Roger Cohen (NY) Healthcare
- Romina Weiss (NY) Tax
- Sabrina Rose-Smith (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- Sam Zucker (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Samantha Kirby (MA) Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory / (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
- Sarah Bock (MA) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Sarah Solomon (MA) Life Sciences
- Scott Bluni (MA) Intellectual Property
- Shane Albright (CA) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
- Siobhan Murphy (MA) Real Estate
- Stephen Lee (CA) Private Equity: Buyouts
- Stephen Charkoudian (MA) Intellectual Property: Licensing / (MA) Technology
- Stuart Cable (MA) Corporate/M&A / (MA) Life Sciences
- Teresa Goebel (Nationwide) Leisure & Hospitality
- Theresa Kavanaugh (MA) Intellectual Property
- Thomas Gallagher (PA) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Thomas Beaudoin (MA) Private Equity: Fund Formation / (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- Thomas Hefferon (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- William Goldberg (Nationwide) REITs
- William Harrington (NY) Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- William Weiss (NY) Tax
- William Jay (Nationwide) Appellate Law / (Nationwide) Intellectual Property: Appellate
- William Stern (Nationwide) Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Yoel Kranz (Nationwide) REITs