Forty-three of Susman Godfrey’s attorneys were named among the 2025 Best Lawyers in America. This year, Houston’s Neal Manne is named Lawyer of the Year in Houston for Litigation – Antitrust. This is Neal’s fourth year receiving the honor. Seattle’s Parker Folse is name Lawyer of the Year in Seattle Litigation – Patent for the second time. In addition, Susman Godfrey is listed as a “Top-Listed” firm for Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation in Houston. The “Top-Listed” designation is given to the firm that has the most recognized lawyers in a particular location and practice area.
ONES TO WATCH
Best Lawyer’s Ones to Watch feature recognizes young lawyers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. New York lawyers Mark Hatch-Miller and Charlotte Lepic as well as Houston lawyers Hayden Hawkins, Jerry Klaristenfeld, and Taylor Wilson join the recognized young lawyers for the first time this year. The full list of Susman Godfrey’s 2025 “Ones to Watch” include:
Los Angeles, CA
- Krysta Pachman: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Houston, TX
- Shawn Blackburn: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Patent
- Merry Harrison: Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Hayden Hawkins: Commercial Litigation
- Jerry Klaristenfeld: Commercial Litigation
- Rocco Magni: Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Taylor Wilson: Commercial Litigation
- Meng Xi: Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
New York, NY
- Elisha Barron: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Mark Hatch-Miller: Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Charlotte Lepic: Commercial Litigation
Seattle, WA
- Kemper Diehl: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Ian Gore: Commercial Litigation
- Andres Healy: Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
RECOGNIZED LAWYERS
The full list of recommended lawyers includes:
Los Angeles, CA
- Marc Seltzer: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities
- Steven Sklaver: Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Kalpana Srinivasan: Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
New York
- Bill Carmody: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Houston, TX
- Barry Barnett: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Vineet Bhatia: Commercial Litigation
- Ophelia Camiña: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Ryan Caughey: Commercial Litigation
- Erica Harris: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Geoffrey L. Harrison: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Alex Kaplan: Commercial Litigation
- Neal Manne: Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Eric J. Mayer: Commercial Litigation
- John W. McCauley: Commercial Litigation
- Kenneth McNeil: Commercial Litigation
- Bill Merrill: Commercial Litigation
- Abby Noebels: Commercial Litigation
- Trey Peacock: Commercial Litigation
- Shawn Raymond: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
- James Southwick: Commercial Litigation
- Harry Susman: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Max Tribble: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Mark Wawro: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
- Lexie White: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Patent
Seattle, WA
- Rachel Black: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Qui Tam Law
- Ian Crosby: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent,
- Parker Folse: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Brooke Taylor: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Genevieve Wallace: Commercial Litigation
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America is determined through a comprehensive peer-review survey. To create The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards through a comprehensive peer-review survey, over 27 million evaluations were analyzed including a record breaking 4.2 million responses from this year alone
