Thirty-seven lawyers from Susman Godfrey have been recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s annual compilation of industry leaders. Calling this year’s list the “most comprehensive and successful yet,” Benchmark had record number of lawyers and firms up for ranking for its 2025 report, which it promises adheres to the highest standards of legal research.
Hailing from all four of Susman Godfrey’s offices, this year twenty-four lawyers were named Litigation Stars and thirteen were named Future Stars. New to the list this year are Ryan Caughey, Ian Gore, Andres Healy, Tamar Lusztig and Cory Buland, all who moved from the 40 and Under Hot List year over year.
The full list of honorees includes:
LITIGATION STARS
From Texas: Barry Barnett, Vineet Bhatia, Johnny Carter, Joseph Grinstein, Erica Harris, Geoffrey Harrison, Neal Manne, Eric Mayer, Justin Nelson, Trey Peacock, Shawn Raymond, James Southwick, Harry Susman, Max Tribble, Mark Wawro
From California: Krysta Pachman, Marc Seltzer, Steven Sklaver, Kalpana Srinivasan
From New York: Jacob Buchdahl, Bill Carmody, Shawn Rabin, Stephen Shackelford
From Washington: Parker Folse III
FUTURE STARS
From Texas: Ryan Caughey, David Peterson, Alex Kaplan, Weston O’Black, Meng Xi
From California: Oleg Elkhunovich, Michael Gervais
From New York: Mark Hatch-Miller, Elisha Barron, Tamar Lusztig, Cory Buland
From Washington: Ian Gore, Andres Healy
Read Benchmark Litigation’s coverage here.
