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.
BTI CLIENT SERVICE
All-Stars 2025
Clients Single Out 240 Attorneys Absolutely Best at Client Service

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.
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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.
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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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