Winston & Strawn Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. 2021

Winston & Strawn is recognized as a top-tier firm in five practice areas and recommended in an additional 44 categories in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. In addition, six lawyers are listed in the Hall of Fame, ten lawyers are recognized as Leading Lawyers, five attorneys are listed as Next Generation Partners, and three associates are recognized as Rising Stars.

Top-Tier Firm:

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

Hall of Fame:

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

Leading Lawyers:

• Matt Bergmann: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Jonathan Birenbaum: Energy - Renewable/Alternative Power
• Jim Herbison: Civil Litigation/Class Action: Defense
• Suzanne Jaffe Bloom: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• Eva Cole: Cartel
• Oscar David: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• 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: Sport
• Steve Flores: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design
• Timothy Kincaid: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)

Rising Stars:

• Adam Dale: Sport
• Jason Campbell: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
• Maria Kenny: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Transactional

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.