Benchmark Honors A Dozen Members

Twelve members and 65 of those firms’ lawyers have been recognized among the leading litigation law firms and lawyers around the world in the 2021 Benchmark Litigation Guide.

The following members and lawyers were recognized:

United States and Canada

Canada—Alberta: Kornfeld LLP, Recommended for Dispute Resolution and Litigation Stars, Shane Coblin and Dan Parlow.

Alaska: Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot, Highly Recommended for Dispute Resolution and Local Litigation Stars include: Max Garner, David Gross, Stephen Hutchings and Stanley Lewis.

Colorado: Moye White LLP, Highly Recommended – Dispute Resolution and Local Litigation Stars include: James Belgum, Jack Berryhill, Abby Brown, James Cage, Rebecca Cook, Paul Franke, Charles Greenhouse, Patrick Hickey, Eric Liebman, William Jones, Dean Richardson, and Lucas Ritchie; Labor and Employment Star Rebecca Cook and Future Star Andrew Flynn.

Michigan: Varnum LLP, Recommended for Dispute Resolution, and Local Litigation Stars Stephen Afendoulis , Ronald DeWaard and Brett Reindero.

North Carolina: Smith Anderson, Highly Recommended for Dispute Resolution, and Labor and Employment Stars include: Zebulon Anderson, Travis Hockaday, Isaac Linnartz, and Kerry Shad; and Local Litigation Stars include: Mitch Armbruster, Clifton Brinson, John Madden, Scott Miskimon, Michael Mitchell, Jackson Moore, Carl Peterson, Jr., Christopher Smith, Donald Tucker, Jr., and Kirk Warner; and 40 & Under Hot List lawyer Isaac Linnartz.

Northern California: Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP, Recommended for Dispute Resolution and Local Litigation Star Daniel Woods.

Ohio: Vorys, Highly Recommended for Labor and Employment, and Local Litigation Stars include: Daniel Buckley, Anthony O’Malley and William Porter, II; Future Star Kent Britt and Labor and Employment Stars Mark Knueve and Andrew Smith.

Utah: Fabian VanCott, Highly Recommended for Dispute Resolution, Local Litigation Stars include: Kevin Anderson, Bruce Badger, Rosemary Beless and Peter Billings; Future Stars include: Kevin Anderson, Clint Hansen, Jason Hardin, Mark Kittrell and Scott Petersen; and other lawyers Timothy Clark and Norm Younker.

Washington: Summit Law Group, Highly Recommended for Dispute Resolution, Local Litigation Stars include: Alex Baehr, Jeffrey Feldman, Jessica Goldman, Phil McCune, Shannon Phillips, and Chris Wion; Labor and Employment Stars include: Alex Baehr, Elizabeth Kennar, Phil McCune, Quinn Oppenheim, Shannon Phillips and Chris Wion; Top 250 Women in Litigation are Jessica Goldman and Shannon Phillips; and 40 & Under Hot List Quinn Oppenheim.

Asia Pacific

Philippines: ZGLaw, Recommended in Tax.

Taiwan: Formosan Brothers, Tier 3, Commercial & Transaction; Tier 1, Labor and Employment;
Tier 2, Intellectual Property; Recommended in White Collar Crime and Local Litigation Star Li-Pu Lee.

Vietnam: LNT & Partners, Tier 1, Commercial and Transactions; Tier 2, Energy and Construction; Tier 3, Intellectual Property; Recommended in International Arbitration; Notable Firm, Labor and Employment; and Litigation Stars Le Net and Su Tran Van.