Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation

Sharonmoyee Goswami (Cravath), Nefertiti Alexander (Kasowitz) and Joshua Matz (Kaplan Hecker)

We’re thrilled to announce the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation.

At many firms, the future is now.

The achievements and pace at which these lawyers have vaulted to the forefront of the legal profession is remarkable. They represent the tried and true paths worn by those who came before them – clerking for prestigious judges, anchoring law reviews. Then have blown down the walls of private practice, amassing courtroom victories, leading deals and protecting IP and civil rights.

This is our inaugural guide dedicated to those who will define where the legal profession of our country goes. Whose leadership will be called upon by businesses and individuals when they face their crossroads. After reviewing thousands of candidates for what we informally call LDX500, we’re confident the future is in good hands.

We received a record number of submissions for this guide, and appreciate the time and care put into them. To those, in our time-honed Lawdragon selection protocol, we added hundreds of hours of independent research across the nation’s leading firms – from global corporate powerhouses to the top plaintiff firms coast-to-coast. We then vetted these lawyers with their peers, resulting in this guide.

We’re proud of the sprawling representation of this guide on many fronts. It’s demographically more in line with law school graduates of recent years and the population in general, with 45 percent female and 21 percent inclusive. It represents a wide range of private practice as well as tremendous geographic diversity (hello Texas!). And, these graduates hail from more than 100 law schools.

We hope this is a profound reminder of what the law can provide, if we allow it. A stable framework on which to go forth and build, create, compete and seek to ensure that the law works for everyone.