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BTI CLIENT SERVICE

All-Stars 2025

Clients Single Out 240 Attorneys Absolutely Best at Client Service

Now in its 24th year, the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2025 is the only ranking and attorney recognition relying solely on clients in an organic fashion.

Now in its 24th year of publication, The BTI Client Service All-Stars is the gold standard used by corporate counsel and law firms alike to identify the attorneys delivering the absolute best levels of client service – better than all the others.

240

BTI Client Service All-Star Attorneys

134

Firms Represented

30

Elite MVP All-Stars

Defining a BTI Client Service All-Star

BTI research reveals 5 all new reasons clients single out their BTI Client Service All-Star. These Include:

Embedded in Client Decision-Making

The best attorneys don’t just advise from the sidelines – they’re in the room when decisions get made.

Business and Operating Context

When legal and business issues collide – as they are right now – BTI Client Service All-Stars treat the business goal as their North Star.

Brings New Ideas Clients Haven’t Seen Before

Novel problems permeating corporate counsel’s life demand novel thinking.

Operates in Compressed Time Frames

Today’s CEOs want answers now – not in a week, not tomorrow. They want synthesis, not memos; strategic direction, not theory.

Practicality

Practicality isn’t just being actionable – it’s being actionable in time to matter.

BTI CLIENT SERVICE ALL-STARS DIRECTORY

See each attorney online, read word-for-word client comments and the All-Star's client philosophies.

For an in-depth look at the BTI Client Service All-Stars, click on the attorney's name to visit their personal profile.

www.bticonsulting.com/bticlientserviceallstars

A&O Shearman
Denise Benz, Partner
Dr. Jan Ebersohl, Partner
Mark Heaney, Partner

Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing
Monica Uddin, Partner

Akerman
Melissa G. Harvey, Of Counsel
Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum, Partner, Litigation; Team Leader, Staffing Law

Akin
Michael P. Kahn, Partner

Alston & Bird
Elizabeth M. Chiarello, Partner
J. Matt Kelsey, Senior Associate
Bryan Skelton, Ph.D., Partner

ArentFox Schiff
Paul C. Maier, Partner
Patricia A. Pileggi, Partner

Arnall Golden Gregory
Alan G. Minsk, Partner

Arnold & Porter
John A. Freedman, Senior Pro Bono Counsel
Daniel S. Pariser, Partner
Matthew M. Wolf, Partner

Axinn
Aziz Burgy, Partner

Baker Donelson
John David Folds, Shareholder

Baker McKenzie
Maurice Bellan, Managing Partner of Washington DC Office and Partner
Arnaud Cabanes, Partner

BakerHostetler
Holly M. Forsberg, Associate

Ballard Spahr
Barbara J. Duffy, Partner
Katie Leesman, Of Counsel
Brandon Eugene Mahrt, Associate
Charles D. Tobin, Partner

Bartlit Beck
Meg E. Fasulo, Partner
Sean W. Gallagher, Partner

Bass, Berry & Sims
Richard F. Mattern, Member

Benesch
Megan L. Mehalko, Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Group; Partner

Bradley
Bradley R. Belsome, Member
Robert J. McGahan, Partner

Brown Rudnick
Jason M. Sobel, Partner

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Herbert (Herb) R. Giorgio, Jr., Partner; Co-Leader, M&A Disputes Team; Deputy Practice Group Leader, Business and Commercial Disputes

Burns White
Colleen A. Mountcastle, Partner

Burr & Forman
Kermit L. Kendrick, Partner

Butler Snow
Daniel W. Van Horn, Member

Calfee
Jennifer L. Vergilii, Firm Vice Chair and Partner

Carpenter Lipps
Jennifer A. L. Battle, Partner
Joseph B. Kunkel, Senior Managing Counsel

Chapman and Cutler
Michael Friedman, Partner
Catherine Rossouw, Partner

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
Richard R. Patch, Partner

Cole, Scott & Kissane
Barry Postman, West Palm Beach Managing Partner

Constangy
Melissa J. Sachs, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, Partner

Cooley
Alfred Browne, Partner

Covington
Kerry Shannon Burke, Partner
Robert A. Long, Senior Counsel
Jennifer H. Saperstein, Partner

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Jonathan Z. King, Partner
Richard S. Mandel, Partner

Cozen O’Connor
Abigail M. Green, Member

Cravath
Lindsay J. Timlin, Practice Area Attorney, Litigation

Davis Graham
Jacqueline V. Roeder, Partner, Executive Committee Member

Davis Wright Tremaine
Katherine M. Bolger, Partner
Kelli L. Sager, Partner
David Zins, Partner

Desmarais
John M. Desmarais, Partner
Tamir Packin, Partner

Dewitt
John C. Gardner, Partner

Dinsmore
Karen K. Gaunt, Partner
Grant A. Monachino, Partner

DLA Piper
Loren H. Brown, Partner; US Vice Chairman, Chair of US Disputes Practice; Member, Global Board; Member, Executive Committee
Antonio Longo, Partner

Dorsey
Case Collard, Partner
Lizzy Magarian, Partner
Jaime Stilson, Partner
Andrea Ahn Wechter, Partner

Duane Morris
Cyndie M. Chang, Partner
L. Norwood (Woody) Jameson, Partner
Brian L. Johnsrud, Partner
J. Manly Parks, Partner

Faegre Drinker
Francis DiGiovanni, Partner
David J.F. Gross, Partner
Christopher B. Monahan, Partner
Aaron D. Van Oort, Partner

Fasken
Laura F. Cooper, Partner

Fieldfisher
Felicity Fisher, Partner

Finnegan
Adriana L. Burgy, Partner

Fish & Richardson
Jack R. Wilson, IV, Principal

FordHarrison
Craig R. Thorstenson, Partner

Fox Rothschild
Brett L. Huston, Partner
Matthew D. Monsour, Partner
Ryan T. Moore, Partner

Frost Brown Todd
Jennifer L. Bame, Partner

Gibson Dunn
Scott A. Edelman, Partner
Hillary H. Holmes, Partner
Cynthia M. Mabry, Partner
Brian Rosenthal, Partner

Goodwin
Dr. Scott Bluni, Partner

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Franz Hardy, Partner

GrayRobinson
Frederick S. Schrils, Tampa Managing Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig
Joel Feldman, Shareholder
Colin W. Fraser, Shareholder
Carl McCarthy, Shareholder
Philip I. Person, Shareholder
George D. Sullivan, Shareholder

Haynes and Boone
Lauren Brogdon, Partner | Chair – Crisis Management Practice Group
Stephanie Sivinski, Partner

Hill Ward Henderson
P. Prestin Weidner, Shareholder

Hogan Lovells
W. James Denvil, Partner
Julian B. Flamant, Senior Associate
Vassi Iliadis, Partner

Holland & Knight
Jameson B. Rice, Partner

Honigman
Steven M. Wernikoff, Partner

Hueston Hennigan
Moez M. Kaba, Managing Partner

Hughes Hubbard & Reed
William J. Beausoleil, Partner
James C. Fitzpatrick, Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth
Matthew P. Bosher, Partner
Nash E. Long, Partner

Husch Blackwell
Kris Kappel, Partner

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
Jeffrey N. Wasserstein, Director

Jackson Lewis
Kathryn Montgomery Moran, Principal
Matthew F. Nieman, Principal
Corey Donovan Tracey, Principal
Diane Windholz, Principal

Jackson Walker
Michelle Moore Smith, Partner

Jones Day
Denise A. Carkhuff, Partner
Scott W. Cowan, Partner
Thomas M. Devaney, Partner
David C. Kiernan, Partner-in-Charge – Northern California

K&L Gates
Coleman Wombwell, Partner

Katten
Ryan J. Meyer, Partner

Kaufman & Canoles
Colin P. McCarthy, Of Counsel

Keller and Heckman
Evangelia C. Pelonis, Partner

King & Spalding
Jesse Snyder, Partner
J. Eric Wise, Partner

Latham & Watkins
A. Peter Harwich, Partner
Anne W. Robinson, Partner

Linklaters
Thomas Elkins, Partner

Littler
Taylor N. Brailey, Associate
Emilie R. Hammerstein, Office Managing Shareholder
A. John Harper III, Shareholder
Stacey E. James, Shareholder, Co-Chair, Wage and Hour Practice Group
Theodora R. Lee, Shareholder
Katelyn W. McCombs, Of Counsel

Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly
Kristen E. Dennison, Partner, Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Loeb & Loeb
David Grossman, Partner, Co-Chair, Litigation

Manatt
Jesse M. Brody, Partner

Maschoff Brennan
Richard C. Gilmore, Partner
Kirk R. Harris, Partner

Mayer Brown
Holly Spencer Bunting, Partner

Maynard Nexsen
Thy B. Bui, Partner
Peter S. Fruin, Shareholder and Chair of the Securities and Financial Services Practice

McDermott Will & Schulte
Pankit J. Doshi, Office Managing Partner

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Amir Shenouda, Ph.D., Partner

McElroy Deutsch
Richard J. Williams, Jr., Partner

McGuireWoods
Holly Buckley, Partner, Chair of the Healthcare Department
Diana C. Castro, Associate
Adam S. Coto, Associate
Andrew R. Parrish, Partner
Amanda K. Roenius, Partner

McKool Smith
Robert Scheef, Principal

McMillan
Lyndsay A. Wasser, Partner

Michael Best
Jordan H. Koss, Partner, Chair, Venture Best®

Milbank
Dennis F. Dunne, Partner, Global Chair of the Financial Restructuring Group

Miller & Chevalier
Adam P. Feinberg, Member

Miller Johnson
D. Andrew Portinga, Member

Mintz
Daniel S. Bleck, Member
Poonam Patidar, Member
Vanessa Yen, Member

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Jacob D. Albertson, Managing Partner of New York Office
Yakub Hazzard, Chair and Partner
David A. Steinberg, Partner

Moore & Van Allen
Joshua W. Ohaus, Associate

Morgan Lewis
Todd Liao, Partner
Barbara J. Miller, Partner
Daniel S. Savrin, Partner
Caitlin Zeytoonian, Associate

Morrison & Foerster
Erin M. Bosman, Co-Chair, Litigation Department; Co-Chair of Artificial Intelligence Industry Group
Craig D. Martin, Investigations and White Collar Practice; Co-Chair of ESG + Sustainability Practice
Julie Y. Park, Managing Partner of San Diego Office; Co-Chair, Complex Litigation + Advisement Practice

Nelson Mullins
Katy Spicer, Partner, Co-Chair of Data Breach and Privacy Litigation

Ogletree Deakins
A. Craig Cleland, Shareholder
David J.B. Froiland, Shareholder, Co-Chair of National RIF/WARN Practice
Evan R. Moses, Shareholder
M. Tae Phillips, Shareholder

O’Melveny
Daniel M. Petrocelli, Partner, Chair of Trial Practice, Vice Chair of the Firm

Orrick
Richard F. Martinelli, Partner

Paul Hastings
Michelle A. Reed, Partner, Co-Chair of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group

Paul, Weiss
Jaren Janghorbani, Partner, Co-Chair of M&A Litigation Practice

Perkins Coie
Brendan Murphy, Partner
David A. Perez, Partner

Polsinelli
Corey M. Casey, Pharm.D., Shareholder
Matthew H. Chung, Shareholder
Mary Jane Judy, Office Managing Partner
Patrick C. Woolley, Shareholder, Intellectual Property Department Chair

Poyner Spruill
Stephanie Gumm, Associate

Proskauer
Andrea S. Rattner, Partner

Pryor Cashman
Donald S. Zakarin, Partner, Co-Chair of Music Group, Co-Chair of M+E Litigation Practice

Quarles & Brady
Kristin Graham Noel, Partner
Matt Pietruczak, Partner

Sandberg Phoenix
Stephen Strum, Shareholder

Seyfarth
Robert C. Stevens, Partner
Kevin A. Woolf, Partner

Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Harley V. Ratliff, Partner

Sidley
Bruce R. Braun, Partner, Global Co-Leader of Litigation Practice
Debra E. Pole, Partner
Rollin A. Ransom, Partner, Co-Leader of Commercial Litigation and Disputes Practice, Co-Leader of Entertainment, Sports and Media Group

Skadden
Justin Levin, Associate
Alisha Q. Nanda, Partner

Smith Anderson
Byron B. Kirkland, Managing Partner
Edward F. Roche, Attorney

Spencer Fane
Jason C. Smith, Managing Partner of Springfield Office

Steptoe
Elyse D. Echtman, Partner
Karl Hopkins, Partner
Shane M. Rumbaugh, Member
Robert L. Shuftan, Partner

Stoel Rives
Seth H. Row, Partner

Susman Godfrey
Shawn L. Raymond, Partner
Kalpana Srinivasan, Managing Partner

Swanson, Martin & Bell
Christopher T. Sheean, Partner, Chair of Class Action Practice Group

Taft
Jeanne M. Cors, Partner
Kenneth Klassman, Partner

Thompson Hine
Christopher K. Larus, Partner in Charge of Minneapolis Office, Chair of IP & Technology Litigation Practice
Robert F. Ware, Partner, Practice Group Leader

Troutman Pepper Locke
J. Timothy Mast, Partner
Mary Weeks, Partner, Securities Litigation Practice Leader

UB Greensfelder
Dawn M. Johnson, Partner | Co-Group Leader, Franchise Industry
Frederic X. (Fritz) Shadley, Partner

Warner Norcross + Judd
Edward J. Bardelli, Partner
Andrea J. Bernard, Partner
Michael J. Bovill, Associate

Weber Gallagher
Christine C. McGuigan, Partner

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Partner
Frederick R. Yarger, Partner

White & Case
Roberto Kampfner, Partner

Williams & Connolly
C. Bryan Wilson, Partner, Co-Chair of Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, and Restrictive Covenants Practice

Williams Mullen
J.P. McGuire Boyd, Jr., Partner
Miles S. Bruder, Partner
John G. Tamasitis, Partner
Richard H. Willis, Partner

Winstead
Austin Teng, Shareholder

Winston & Strawn
Krishnan Padmanabhan, Managing Partner, New York & Co-Chair, Technology, Media and Telecom Industry Group
Michael Roche, Partner, Chair, Labor and Employment Practice

Womble Bond Dickinson
Dan Fawcett, Partner
Genevieve Walser-Jolly, Partner

Woods Rogers
King F. Tower, Principal
Beth Burgin Waller, Principal, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice Chair

Zwillgen
Kandi Parsons, Shareholder
Marc Zwillinger, Founder & Managing Member

Methodology

INTERVIEWS:

TIME FRAME:

INCENTIVES:

More than 350 in-depth interviews

Conducted between June 2024 and July 2025

Respondents receive complimentary report of benchmarks & metrics

No law firm submissions,
self-referrals, firm referrals, suggestions, or payments are accepted for inclusion.

All interviews with top legal decision makers are confidential and anonymous, by company and person.

Probed more than 350
top legal decision makers at large organizations with $700 million or more in revenue.

The BTI Client Service All-Stars 2025 draws solely on in-depth, telephone-based interviews as part of BTI’s ongoing Annual Survey of General Counsel, now in its 24th year.

BTI is the sole sponsor of this research. BTI funds the research and controls the editorial content.

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