Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America

He sold the painting to a litigious American. 

Is there any other kind?

Ah, America. Land of the free and home of the brave – and, not incidentally, the world’s best legal system.

Nowhere is that more evident than in courts from coast to coast.

Want proof? Look to geographically tiny Delaware, a titan when it comes to corporate disputes. That’s where the world’s richest man is going mano a birdo in hopes of busting his deal to buy Twitter. Naturally, the world’s best courtroom advocates are squaring off, with Twitter led by Wachtell’s Litigation co-chair, William Savitt. Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel is helming the team for Musk.

They’re among the all-star litigators we’ve fielded for our inaugural guide to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.

This is our first guide dedicated to those attorneys who excel representing principally corporations and other organizations in litigating claims involving Antitrust, Securities, Financial, M&A, Intellectual Property and Patents, Product Liability, Mass Tort, White Collar, Government Investigations and Energy disputes.

We are enormously proud of the more than 100 law firms represented here, many of which boast NFL-size squads of courtroom talent. We selected members of this guide from a record number of submissions and independent research focused on recent cases and defense verdicts or settlements, as well as attorneys whose sustained excellence in trials is nothing short of remarkable.

While we salute our Leading Litigators, we should also note other amazing trial lawyers and litigators we’ve highlighted in prior guides. They include those standouts featured in three plaintiffs guides who often face off against those included here: Plaintiff Financial, Plaintiff Employment and Plaintiff Consumer. We have also published guides including Corporate Employment litigators, Environmental & Energy advocates and Global Dispute advisors. You can read about our methodology to the Leading Litigators guide here. 

This guide includes 30 percent women and is 17 percent inclusive. Leading litigators previously inducted into our Hall of Fame are denoted with an asterisk.

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for your support that makes our work possible.

In particular, massive appreciation to Harbour Litigation Funding and Androvett marketing and public relations firm. In addition, longtime friends Boies Schiller Flexner; Cadwalader; Cravath; and MoloLamken have graciously backed our efforts.

Oh, and the quote at the top is from Daniel Silva, whose newest Gabriel Allon page-turner, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, features a battle in Venice (Italy) and London over a possibly fake painting.

We’ve got art litigators here too …