Now in its 25th year, the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2026 is the only ranking and attorney recognition relying solely on clients in an organic fashion.
BTI CLIENT SERVICE
All-Stars 2026
Clients Single Out 256 Attorneys Absolutely Best at Client Service
Now in its 25th 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.
256
BTI Client Service All-Star Attorneys
129
Firms Represented
31
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:
Pivot Without Missing a Beat
BTI Client Service All-Stars recognize shifting priorities early, adapt seamlessly and keep matters moving – often before clients ask.
Act at CEO Speed
BTI Client Service All-Stars cut through complexity and deliver practical, business-ready advice clients can confidently take straight to their CEO.
Drive Business Outcomes
BTI Client Service All-Stars align every recommendation with the client's strategic and business objectives.
Stay Three Steps Ahead
Elite lawyers don't simply answer today's questions – they prepare clients for tomorrow's challenges.
Turn Obstacles into Opportunities
When conventional thinking reaches a dead end, BTI Client Service All-Stars find a new path forward.
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.
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A&O Shearman
Noah Brumfield, Partner
Victor Ho, Registered Foreign Lawyer, California
Akerman
Lucian (‘Luke’) Murley, Partner
Alston & Bird
Jack L. (Jasper) Cummings, Jr, Counsel
Stuart C. Rogers, Partner
ArentFox Schiff
Patricia A. Pileggi, Counsel
Arnold & Porter
Joseph Farris, Partner
John A. Freedman, Senior Pro Bono Counsel
Leah Motzkin, Associate
Soo-Mi Ri, Partner
Baker Botts
Matthew R. Baker, Partner, Practice Group Chair – Privacy & Cybersecurity
James H. Barkley, Partner, Department Chair – Global Projects (Austin, Dallas & Houston)
Ryan C. Norfolk, Partner
Baker McKenzie
Duffy Lorenz, Partner
BakerHostetler
Nichole L. Sterling, Partner
Ballard Spahr
Charles D. Tobin, Partner
Barnes & Thornburg
Christopher M. Dolan, Partner
Blank Rome
Jayme L. Butcher, Partner, Co-Chair, Business Litigation Practice Group
David A. Thomas, Partner
Bradley
Jeffrey Davis, Partner, Co-Chair, Oil and Gas Law Team
Bradley Murchison
Bradley R. Belsome, Member
Buchanan
Jason R. Parish, Shareholder
Jean Marie R. Pechette, Shareholder
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella
Brian P. Welch, Partner, Vice Chair, Restructuring, Insolvency, and Bankruptcy practice group
Carlton Fields
Richard T. Choi, Shareholder
Chapman and Cutler
Michael Friedman, Partner
Choate
Eric J. Marandett, Co-Head of IP Litigation
Clifford Chance
Zarrar Sehgal, Partner, Co-Head of the Industrials, Transport & Mobility Sector
Clyde & Co
Andrew Harakas, Partner
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
Richard R. Patch, Partner
Cooley
Ben Beerle, Partner
Matthew Brigham, Of Counsel
Claire M. Gibbs, Special Counsel
John-Paul Motley, Partner in Charge, Los Angeles
David Peinsipp, Partner
Covington
Pamela F. Forrest, Partner
Cozen O’Connor
Christopher Allen, Member
Wendy K. Venoit, Member
Crowe & Dunlevy
Chris Vaught, Director, Tulsa Office
Crowell
Andrew J. Avsec, Partner
Jeffrey S. Gleason, Partner
Rochelle-Leigh (Shelley) Rosenberg, Partner
Davis & Harman
Craig R. Springfield, Partner
Davis Polk
Michael Kaplan, Partner; Head of Corporate Department
Davis Wright Tremaine
Katherine M. Bolger, Partner
Eric Goldberg, Partner
Kelli L. Sager, Senior Counsel
Davis+Gilbert
Gary A. Kibel, Partner
Debevoise
Sarah Wolf, Counsel
Dentons
Paul E. Ryzuk, Partner
DLA Piper
Frank Ikonero Mugabi, Partner
Maruti R. Narayan, Partner
Philip Rogers, Partner
Duane Morris
Kristina Gill, Partner
Dykema
Clay A. Guise, Member
Epstein Becker Green
David Shillcutt, Member of the Firm
Eversheds Sutherland
Joshua B. Aronson, Counsel
Nigel Cooke, Partner
Eric Kristiansen, Partner
Peter G. Pappas, Partner, Co-Global Head of IP
Fennemore Craig
Christopher V. Hawkins, Director
Fenwick & West
Krishnan Padmanabhan, Partner
Fieldfisher
Felicity Fisher, Partner
Kate Partridge, Director (Australian Qualified), Data
Fisher Phillips
Phillip C. Bauknight, Partner
Paul J. Greco, Partner
FisherBroyles
William Dolan, Partner, Antitrust Counseling
Foley & Lardner
Tim Patterson, Senior Counsel
Brian C. Wheeler, Partner
Fox Rothschild
John J. Haggerty, Partner
Frantz Ward
Megan E. Bennett, Partner
Germer
Richard H. Grafton, Principal
Gibson Dunn
Sarah Ediger, Associate Attorney
Robert D. Giannattasio, Partner
Rahim Moloo, Partner
Kristen P. Poole, Partner
Heather L. Richardson, Partner
Brian Rosenthal, Partner
Sonja Ruttmann, Partner
Ilissa Samplin, Partner
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Shayna S. Cook, Partner
Goodwin
Emily L. Rapalino, Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Sonia J. Taylor, Partner
Greenberg Traurig
James J. DeCarlo, Shareholder
Joel Feldman, Shareholder
Michael J. Minahan, Shareholder
John R. Richards, Shareholder
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Matthew N. Klebanoff, Shareholder
Hanson Bridgett
Garner K. Weng, Partner
Haynes and Boone
Jeffrey M. Becker, Partner
Hinshaw
Lauren Campisi, Partner in Charge of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Houston Offices
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Melissa K. Bianchi, Partner
Melissa B. Levine, Partner
Paul Otto, Partner
Richard J. Parrino, Partner
Holland & Hart
Andrea Anderson, Partner
Nadya Davis, Partner
Adam Rankin, Partner
Hollingsworth
Matthew J. Malinowski, Partner
Carter F. Thurman, Partner
Hueston Hennigan
Moez M. Kaba, Managing Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nash E. Long, Partner
Rachel Saltzman, Partner
Husch Blackwell
Michael R. Annis, Partner
Timothy L. Capria, Office Managing Partner
Daniel S. Cohn, Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group; Partner
Tara L. Ficken, Senior Counsel
Avery Hitchcock, Associate
Matt Manning, Partner
Jackson Lewis
Karin Cogbill, Principal and Office Litigation Manager
Conor J. Dale, Principal
Jenner & Block
Alison I. Stein, Partner
Jones Day
Rick Bergstrom, Partner
K&L Gates
John C. Crossley, Managing Partner, Kansas City, Lead Practice Area Leader – Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources
Marc J. Veilleux, Partner
Kasowitz
John W. Downing, Partner
Jonathan K. Waldrop, Partner
Katten
Manny Mevs, Partner
Kelley Drye
Andrea L. Calvaruso, Partner
Kilpatrick
Steven Gardner, Partner
John R. Neeleman, Partner
Gwendolyn C. Payton, Partner
Aarti Shah, Partner
King & Spalding
Matthew J. Blaschke, Partner
Seth H. Lundy, Partner
Kevin Manz, Partner
Jonathan M.A. Melmed, Partner
Jesse Snyder, Partner
Cliff Stricklin, Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Rohit Chaudhry, Partner
Klarquist
Andrew M. Mason, Partner
Knobbe Martens
Dr. Salima Merani, Ph.D., Partner
Latham & Watkins
Ashley M. Bauer, Partner
Sy Damle, Partner
Chirag K. Dedania, Partner
Andrew Gass, Partner
A. Peter Harwich, Partner
Joshua N. Holian, Partner
Eli M. Katz, Partner
Belinda S. Lee, Partner
Clayton Northouse, Partner
Max Schleusener, Partner
Lilia B. Vazova, Partner
Littler
Edward H. Chyun, Shareholder
Eric B. Mack, Shareholder
J.D. Tripoli, Shareholder
Robert J. Wilger, Shareholder
Mayer Brown
Rajesh De, Leader of Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Leader of National Security, Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Michael A. Olsen, Partner, Member of Management Advisory Board, Co-leader of Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Joe Pennell, Partner
Marc F. Sperber, Partner
Brantley Webb, Partner, Co-Leader of ERISA Litigation
Maynard Nexsen
Peter S. Fruin, Shareholder, Co-Chair of the Securities and Financial Services Practice
Nikole Setzler Mergo, Shareholder, Columbia Office Managing Shareholder
Carole G. Miller, Shareholder, Co-Leader of Financial Services Practice
McDermott Will & Schulte
Pankit J. Doshi, Office Managing Partner
Byron S. Kalogerou, Partner
Messner Reeves
Kathleen Carter, Partner
Heather E. Stern, Partner
Michael Best
Richard F. Ensor, Partner
Milbank
Daniel D. Bartfeld, Partner
Miller & Chevalier
Adam P. Feinberg, Member
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Jacob D. Albertson, Partner, Managing Partner of New York Office
Adam Levin, Partner
Morgan Lewis
Michael J. Abernathy, Partner
Natalie A. Bennett, Partner
Nick Bolter, Partner
John C. Dodds, Partner
Daniel S. Savrin, Partner
Morrison & Foerster
Joseph C. Gratz, Partner
Haimavathi V. Marlier, Partner
Craig D. Martin, Partner
Alex van der Wolk, Managing Partner, Amsterdam
Morrison Mahoney
Philip M. Hirshberg, Partner
Nelson Mullins
Bernard F. Hawkins, Jr., Partner
Matthew Iverson, Partner
Steven McFarland, Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Tamsen Marklund, Partner
Mark B. Wilson, Partner
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
James R. Love, Partner
Ogletree Deakins
A. Craig Cleland, Shareholder
William M. Lawson, Shareholder
Harry M. Rowland, III, Shareholder
O’Melveny
Daniel M. Petrocelli, Partner, Chair of Trial Practice, Vice Chair of the Firm
Orrick
Darrell Cafasso, Partner
Richard Jacobsen, Partner
Richard F. Martinelli, Partner
David McGill, Partner
Libby Moulton, Partner
Julia C. Riechert, Partner
Eric Shumsky, Partner
Annie Prasad Vadillo, Partner
Osborne Clarke
Felix Hilgert, Partner
Paul Hastings
Eric W. Dittmann, Partner
Paul, Weiss
Kelann Stirling, Partner
Peckar & Abramson
Michael A. Branca, Co-Managing Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher J. Olsen, Partner; Vice Chair, Infrastructure
Pillsbury
Jean F. Kuei, Global Head and Partner
Dianne Sweeney, Office Managing Partner, Silicon Valley; Litigation Partner
Polsinelli
Douglas K. Anning, Shareholder
Michael M. Gaba, Food & Drug Vice Chair
Procopio
Mindy M. Morton, Partner
Proskauer
David M. Hillman, Partner and Global Co-Chair of the Restructuring Group
Quarles
Patrick Nolan, Partner
M. David Short, Partner
Reed Smith
S. Brian Farmer, Partner
David J. McAllister, Counsel
Louis M. Solomon, Partner
Teresa M. L. Tate, Partner
Reminger
Andrew J. Dorman, Vice President of Client Development
Brian P. Nally, Shareholder
Ropes & Gray
Sarah Blumenthal, Counsel
Saul Ewing
Jim Keller, Partner, Higher Education Practice Chair
Scopelitis
Steven F. Stanaszak, Partner
Seyfarth
Michael J. Burns, Partner
Robert C. Stevens, Partner
Sheppard
Wook Hwang, Partner
Megan R. Rooney, Partner; Co-Leader of the Hospital and Health System Regulatory and Transaction Team
Daniel E. Schnapp, Partner; Co-Leader, AI, Robotics and Quantum Industry Team, Co-Leader, Interactive Media Team, and Co-Leader, Music Team
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Edward Gaus, Partner
Michael J. Kleffner, Partner
Paul A. Williams, Co-Chair, General Liability Litigation Practice Group
Sidley
Jaime L.M. Jones, Global Co-Leader, Healthcare and False Claims Act; Partner
Andrea Wang Lucan, Partner
Andrew R. Stewart, Partner
Hagai Zaifman, Partner
Sills Cummis & Gross
Jason L. Sobel, Member
Skadden
Brian V. Breheny, Partner
Alexander C. Drylewski, Partner, Co-Head, Blockchain and Digital Assets
Shay Dvoretzky, Partner
Lara A. Flath, Partner
Spencer Fane
John Picone, Partner, Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader
Steptoe
Elyse D. Echtman, Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell
Justin J. DeCamp, Partner
Jared M. Fishman, Partner
Patrick Gadson, Partner
Stephen M. Kotran, Partner
Susman Godfrey
Shawn L. Raymond, Partner
Thompson Coburn
Aaron D. Lacey, Partner, Co-Chair, Higher Education Practice Group
Troutman Pepper Locke
David M. Gettings, Partner
Chris Willis, Partner
Bilal Zaheer, Partner
Venable
David M. Bonelli, Partner
Justin J. Oliver, Partner
P. Randy Seybold, Partner
Alice Shulman, Associate
Vinson & Elkins
Sebastian Tiller, Partner
Wachtell Lipton
Gregory E. Pessin, Partner
Watt Tieder
Christopher J. Brasco, Senior Partner
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Partner
Williams Mullen
J.P. McGuire Boyd, Jr., Partner
WilmerHale
Mark C. Fleming, Partner, Co-Chair, Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice
Wilson Elser
Mark G. Ledwin, Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Michael T. Rosato, Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson
Dan Ovanezian, Partner
Woods Rogers
King F. Tower, Principal
Methodology
INTERVIEWS:
TIME FRAME:
INCENTIVES:
More than 350 in-depth interviews
Conducted between November 2025 and July 2026
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 2026 draws solely on in-depth, telephone-based interviews as part of BTI’s ongoing Annual Survey of General Counsel, now in its 25th year.
BTI is the sole sponsor of this research. BTI funds the research and controls the editorial content.
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