Winston Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2026

The 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® 2026 includes 143 Winston & Strawn attorneys. The outlet identifies award winners by conducting and compiling exhaustive peer-review surveys. During this process, tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially assess their professional peers.

Select Winston attorneys were also named Lawyers of the Year, an honor that is presented annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. This year, Winston’s Lawyers of the Year include:

• Bryant Gardner - Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Daniel Passage - Banking and Finance Law
• Enrique Martin - Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Ricardo Ugarte - International Arbitration - Commercial
• Sandra Edwards - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Thomas Melsheimer - Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent

Learn more about the 2026 series here.

See the full list of Winston's honorees here.