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Alison Preece
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers
By Alison Preece | Guides, News & Features
Honorees this year include Chad Fitzgerald of Kinsella Holley, Irwin Kishner of Herrick and Nina Shaw of Del Shaw Moonves.
February 20, 2026
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500
By Alison Preece | Guides, News & Features
Honorees include Banu Rangarajan at Southern Environmental Law Center, Ebony Griffin-Guerrier at Singleton Schreiber and Eric Garner of Best Best & Krieger.
January 23, 2026
The Case America Forgot – And Can’t Afford to Ignore
By Alison Preece | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
New book,“America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay,” recounts 10 years of reporting by Lawdragon Editor-in-Chief John Ryan.
August 12, 2025
Warning in America: Lawyers and Judges Organizing over Authoritarian Concerns
By Alison Preece | News & Features
Attacks on judges have increased in recent months, alongside scathing criticism from Trump and his cabinet members. A group of lawyers and judges are mounting a response.
June 23, 2025
Christopher J. Keller, Acclaimed Litigator and Visionary Leader, Dies at 54
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, Plaintiff Consumer Limelights, News & Features, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Chairman of Labaton Keller Sucharow since 2019, Keller played a central role in shaping the firm’s identity and success over more than two decades.
April 16, 2025
Investors Tapping Into International Treaties to Fight Back Against Resource Nationalism in Africa and Beyond
By Matthew Heller , Alison Preece | News & Features, Lawyer Limelights, Boies Schiller Features
Timothy Foden and Kristen Young of Boies Schiller Flexner are setting key precedents in International Arbitration.
January 13, 2025
The Practical Aspects of Creative Success, with M&A Lawyer Jeff Davis
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
A child of immigrants and one of the first in his family to attend college, Davis built a career in industries that are undergoing rapid change and innovation.
November 18, 2024
Lawdragon Studio: Talent Retention for Boutique Law Firms, with Lisa Tsai
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features, Reid Collins
The managing & hiring partner at national trial boutique, Reid Collins & Tsai, discusses how to keep top talent.
May 29, 2024
Barb McQuade and the #SistersInLaw Podcast on Live Tour in May
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features
The former prosecutor is taking the stage with her co-hosts to discuss disinformation campaigns and other pressing legal issues shaping culture and politics today.
April 23, 2024
Inside the Launch of the Trial-Centric Elsberg Baker & Maruri
By Matthew Heller , Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features
Former Big Law litigators have formed a new firm that’s shaking up the NYC legal landscape.
April 3, 2024
Why Attorney Dmitriy Shakhnevich is Suddenly Everywhere
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
Working as a private practitioner gave him the challenge and opportunity of promoting his own work without the PR machine of a large firm.
April 2, 2024
Into All the Depth and the Detail
By Meghan Hemingway , Alison Preece | Legal Consultant Limelights
Crisis practitioner Ian Christopher McCaleb on the importance of advocating for artists.
March 20, 2024
Does legal recruiting need more oversight?
By Alison Preece | Legal Consultant Limelights
Recruiter Kimberly Stockinger has questions about the ethics and regulation surrounding the industry.
March 18, 2024
Beck Redden: The Houston Trial Powerhouse Turns Its Eyes to a New Generation
By Emily Jackoway , Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
Innovation and collaboration are central to the boutique's vision for future growth.
March 11, 2024
Knowing the Playbook, Changing the Game: Oregon’s Spooner Staggs Switches Sides in the Insurance Business
By Meghan Hemingway , Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, Plaintiff Consumer Limelights
As insurance companies rely more and more on AI and algorithms, these former defense attorneys are helping injured individuals crack the code
February 1, 2024