Now in its 23rd year, the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2024 is the only ranking and attorney recognition relying solely on clients in an organic fashion.
BTI CLIENT SERVICE
All-Stars 2024
Clients Single Out 296 Attorneys Absolutely Best at Client Service
Now in its 23rd 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.
296
BTI Client Service All-Star Attorneys
148
Firms Represented
45
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:
Ideas
Complex new and novel issues dominate the corporate counsel landscape. Clients want ideas on how to advise their management teams. More than a few clients see these ideas as a pivotal career stepping stone.
Insights
Clients value attorneys who bring a deep understanding of their issues along with potential answers. BTI Client Service All-Stars help clients better understand how to get the best outcomes.
First to Know
Being first to know offers clients the opportunity to brief their management, anticipate needs, and often gain business advantage.
Unequivocal
Clear concise recommendations drive results. Unequivocal recommendations drive creativity and are foundational to developing alternative views.
Looking Ahead
The newly accelerated change in business and the world demands clients keep a keen eye on what’s next. BTI Client Service All-Stars are looking further into the future than others — and make sure clients know the potential impacts — and strategies.
BTI CLIENT SERVICE ALL-STARS DIRECTORY
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Akin
Michael Kahn, Partner
Steven D. Maslowski, Partner
Alston & Bird
Robin J. Boucard, Counsel
Cari K. Dawson, Partner
David R. Godofsky, F.S.A., Partner
ArentFox Schiff
Caroline Turner English, Partner
Brian P. Waldman, Firmwide Managing Partner
Armstrong Teasdale
Derick E. Allen, Partner
Arnold & Porter
Michael A. Berta, Partner
Joseph Farris, Partner
Matthew M. Wolf, Partner
Baker Botts
Jason Bennett, Partner and Firmwide Department Chair for Baker Botts’ Global Projects Practice and Co-head of the Energy Sector
Baker Donelson
John David Folds, Shareholder
John McJunkin, Shareholder; Office Managing Shareholder
Baker McKenzie
Dr. Gregor Dornbusch, Partner
Bart M. McMillan, Partner
BakerHostetler
David K. Brown, Partner
Ian K. Byrnside, Partner
James V. Etscorn, Partner
Craig A. Hoffman, Partner
Morgan W. Holtman, Partner
Matthew C. Kane, Partner, Co-Leader Employment/Wage & Hour Class Actions Practice Team
Ballard Spahr
Robert S. Gutierrez, Of Counsel
Charles D. Tobin, Partner
Barclay Damon
Chris Harrigan, Partner
Barnes & Thornburg
Scott N. Godes, Partner and Co-Chairs, Insurance Recovery and Counseling
Peter A. Morse, Jr., Partner
Bartlit Beck
Meg E. Fasulo, Partner
Sean W. Gallagher, Partner
Abby M. Mollen, Partner
Blank Rome
Ana Tagvoryan, Partner
Lauren B. Wilgus, Partner
Bond, Schoeneck & King
James J. Rooney, Member
Bowman and Brooke
Jeff Patterson, Co-Managing Partner
Bradley
Robert J. Symon, Partner
Stephen M. Wilson, Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Michael J. Hofmann, Partner
Buchanan
Joseph J. Centeno, Shareholder
Michael E. Truncellito, Shareholder
Cadwalader
Philip J. Iovieno , Partner
William P. Mills , Partner
Caldwell Cassady & Curry
Bradley Caldwell, Principal
Carlton Fields
Cathleen Bell Bremmer, Of Counsel
Markham R. Leventhal, Shareholder
Kathleen S. McLeroy, Shareholder
Mark A. Neubauer, Shareholder
Irma Reboso Solares, Shareholder
Carmody
Richard L. Street, Managing Partner
Carpenter Lipps
Jennifer A. L. Battle, Partner
Michael H. Carpenter, Partner
Clifford Chance
Emily Wicker, Partner
Cohen Williams
Marc S. Williams, Partner
Cole Schotz
Aaron D. Davidson, Member
Constangy
Maureen R. Knight, Partner, Co-Chair Class Action
Cooley
Danielle Gershowitz, Partner
Michelle L. Rogers, Partner
Timothy Shapiro, Partner
Coppersmith Brockelman
Melissa Soliz, Partner
Covington
Scott Anthony, Partner and Vice-Chair, Corporate Group
George F. Pappas, Senior Counsel
Richard L. Rainey, Partner
Paul Schmidt, Partner and Co-Chair, Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice Group
Cox, Castle & Nicholson
Kenneth B. Bley, Partner
Cravath
Lindsay J. Timlin, Practice Area Attorney
Davis Graham & Stubbs
John A. Elofson, Partner
Davis Polk
Nicole Brookshire, Partner
Micayla Hardisty, Associate
Davis Wright Tremaine
Katherine M. Bolger, Partner
Laura Sack, Partner; Co-Leader, East Coast Labor and Employment Law Practice
Kelli L. Sager, Partner
Sheehan Sullivan, Partner; Chair, Flex Schedule Attorneys Affinity Group
Davis+Gilbert
Joseph Cioffi, Chair, Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights + Finance
Day Pitney
Daniel L. FitzMaurice, Partner
Joseph K. Scully, Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton
Matt Kelly, Counsel
Dechert
Mark S. Cheffo, Partner
Dentons
Jess A. Pinkerton, Partner
Desmarais
John M. Desmarais, Partner
Dinsmore
Michael B. Mattingly, Partner
DLA Piper
Trenton C. Dykes, Partner; Global Co-Chair, Technology; Managing Partner, Seattle
Rob Hoffman, Partner
Tony Katz, Partner; Global Co-Chair, Financial Services
Ute Krudewagen, Partner; Chair, International Employment practice
Alison M. Mitchell, Partner
Howard S. Schwartz, Partner
Dowd Bennett
James F. Bennett, Partner
Duane Morris
Brian L. Johnsrud, Partner
Stephen H. Sutro, Partner
Faegre Drinker
Nicole J. Leimer, Partner
Paul S. Moe, Partner
Judith M. Praitis, Partner
Angela M. Woessner, Counsel
David J. Woolf, Partner
Faruki
Erin E. Rhinehart, Co-Managing Partner
Brian D. Wright, Co-Managing Partner
Fenwick & West
Ran Ben-Tzur, Partner; Co-head of Capital Markets and Public Companies
Finnegan
Alissa K. Lipton, Partner
M. David Weingarten, Ph.D., Partner
Fish & Richardson
David M. Barkan, Principal
Timothy W. Riffe, Principal
Fisher Phillips
J. Hagood Tighe, Partner
Fitch Even
Joseph T. Nabor, Partner
Foley & Lardner
Trent M. Johnson, Partner
Andrew J. Wronski, Partner
Fox Rothschild
Lori S. Kozak, Partner; Chair of National Trademarks Practice Group
Fried Frank
Steven Epstein, Managing Partner
Frost Brown Todd
William M. Harter, Partner
Derrick L. Maultsby Jr., Senior Associate
Nicholas C. Pappas, Partner
D. Patton Pelfrey, Counsel
Gibson Dunn
Christopher D. Belelieu, Partner
Scott A. Edelman, Partner
Kristin A. Linsley, Partner
Jason J. Mendro, Partner
Harris M. Mufson, Partner
F. Joseph Warin, Partner
Goldberg Segalla
Michael E. Appelbaum, Partner
Goodwin
Lori A. Gordon, Partner
Jonathan Shapiro, Partner
Gowling WLG
Andrew Bratt, Partner
GrayRobinson
Frederick S. Schrils, Tampa Managing Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
Michelle D. Gambino, Shareholder
Karin E. Ross, Of Counsel
Jeff E. Scott, General Counsel
Peter S. Wahby, Shareholder
David A. Zetoony, Shareholder
Gunster
Brad Johnson, Shareholder
Hall Render
Ritu Kaur Cooper, Attorney
Henson Efron
Scott Neilson, Attorney, Shareholder
Hinckley Allen
Timothy T. Corey, Partner
Joel Lewin, Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson
April T. Villaverde, Co-Partner in Charge of Metropark Office
Hodgson Russ
Craig M. Fischer, Partner
Hogan Lovells
Bret S. Cohen, Partner
Arthur Dethomas, Partner
Ed Fishman, Partner
George W. Ingham, Partner
Holland & Knight
Nipun J. Patel, Partner
Stephen B. Shapiro, Partner
Hollingsworth
Lisa Marie Kaas, Partner
Hueston Hennigan
John C. Hueston, Partner
Moez M. Kaba, Managing Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Alexandra B. Cunningham, Partner
Peter K. O’Brien, Partner
Husch Blackwell
William E. Corum, Partner
Jeffrey D. Whitney, Partner
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
John A. Gilbert, Jr., Director
Jackson Lewis
Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris, Principal
Ross Gardner, Principal
Alessandro G. Villanella, Principal
Jenner & Block
Megan B. Poetzel, Partner
Jones Day
Michael J. Gray, Partner
Jeffrey J. Jones, Partner
Carrie L. Kiedrowski, Partner
Laura F. Laemmle-Weidenfeld, Partner
Heather M. O’Shea, Practice Leader Health Care & Life Sciences
Efrat R. Schulman, Partner
Peter J. Schwingler, Partner
K&L Gates
C. Todd Gibson, Partner
Philip S. Van Der Weele, Partner
Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Sharif E. Jacob, Partner
Kelly IP
Kelu Sullivan, Partner
Kennedys
Jay Hamad, Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
Gwendolyn C. Payton, Partner
Aarti Shah, Partner
Renae Bailey Wainwright, Partner
King & Spalding
Dale Giali, Partner
Gary C. Messplay, Partner
Stephen J. Orava, Partner
Michael E. Paulhus, Partner
John C. Toro, Partner
Stephen P. Vaughn, Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Sandra C. Goldstein, Partner
Mark E. Schneider, Partner
Kutak Rock
Jill H. Goldstein, Partner
Larkin Hoffman
Heidi J. Bassett, Shareholder
Latham & Watkins
Hamad M. Al-Hoshan, Partner
Maximilian A. Grant, Partner
Kevin M. Jakopchek, Partner
Chris J. Peponis, Partner
Javier F. Stark, Partner
Leech Tishman
Richard J. Cromer, Partner
Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo
Andrew Kemp-Gerstel, Shareholder
Littler
Merrili Escue, Shareholder
Keith A. Jacoby, Shareholder | Co-Chair, Class Action Practice Group
Jeffrey B. Jones, Shareholder
Lisa M. Kathumbi, Office Managing Shareholder
Paul J. Kennedy, Shareholder
Trent M. Sutton, Managing Partner-Singapore | Registered Foreign Lawyer
Erin A. Webber, President and Managing Director
Locke Lord
Mia Lorick, Partner
Loeb & Loeb
Ross D. Emmerman, Co-Chair, Family Office
David Grossman, Co-Chair, Litigation
Akiba Stern, Partner
Lowenstein Sandler
Vanessa A. Ignacio, Partner; Chair, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets & Advertising
Marshall Dennehey
Seth J. Schwartz, Shareholder and Co-Chair, Construction Injury Litigation Practice Group
Mayer Brown
Carmine R. Zarlenga, Partner
Maynard Nexsen
Peter S. Fruin, Shareholder
McAfee & Taft
William D. Hall, Of Counsel
McCarter & English
Amy K. Fisher, Partner
Ira M. Gottlieb, Partner
Lanny S. Kurzweil, Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Pankit J. Doshi, Partner
Gary B. Gertler, Partner
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Amir Shenouda, Ph.D., Partner
McGuireWoods
Michael R. Daglio, Partner
Edmund D. Daniels, Partner
Jonathan P. Harmon, Chairman
Joanne Katsantonis, Partner
Joseph K. Reid III, Partner
Elaine Sanderlin Ryan, Partner
McKool Smith
Robert Scheef, Principal
Mintz
Michael S. Gardener, Member
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Jacob D. Albertson, Partner
Morgan Lewis
Steven H. Becker, Partner
John C. Dodds, Partner
M. John Goswell, Associate
Duke K. McCall, III, Partner
Laura Hughes McNally, Partner
Barbara J. Miller, Partner
Morrison Mahoney
James L. Brawley, Partner
Nelson Mullins
Neil E. Grayson, Partner
Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan
Matthew S. Sorem, Partner
Ellen Van Meir, Partner
Nixon Peabody
Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Senior Counsel
Nyemaster Goode
Frank Harty, Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins
A. Craig Cleland, Shareholder
Michael H. Cramer, Shareholder
Kevin P. Hishta, Shareholder
Anne E. Larson, Shareholder
Evan R. Moses, Shareholder
Spencer C. Skeen, Shareholder
Liz S. Washko, Managing Shareholder
O’Melveny
Daniel M. Petrocelli, Partner
Orrick
Lynne Hermle, Partner
Richard F. Martinelli, Partner
Albert Vanderlaan, Partner
Patterson Belknap
Joshua Kipnees, Partner
Payne & Fears
Laura Fleming, Of Counsel
Polsinelli
Garrett T. Jackson, Shareholder
David A. King, Shareholder
Ryan J. McCarty, Shareholder
John Peterson, Office Managing Partner
Porter Wright
Matthew E. Moberg, Partner
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
Michelle D. Axelrod, Principal
Proskauer
Nigel F. Telman, Partner
Quinn Emanuel
Richard Godfrey, Partner
David M. Grable, Partner
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer
Amanda G. Alexander, Of Counsel
James J. McNally, Partner
Reed Smith
Amanda E. Brown, Partner
Jeb Clulow, Partner
Mara D. Curtis, Partner
Peter M. Ellis, Partner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila
Joseph A. Cancila, Jr., Partner
Robins Kaplan
Jeffrey S. Gleason, Partner; Co-Chair, Health Care Litigation Group
Scott G. Johnson, Partner; Chair, Minneapolis Insurance Group
Christopher K. Larus, Partner; Chair, National IP and Technology Litigation Group
Ropes & Gray
John P. Bueker, Partner
Bradford Flint, Partner
Paul M. Kinsella, Partner
Andrew O’Connor, Partner
Seyfarth
Pamela Q. Devata, Partner
Mark A. Lies, II, Partner
Robert C. Stevens, Partner
Kevin A. Woolf, Partner
Sheppard Mullin
Frank Falzetta, Of Counsel
Moe Keshavarzi, Partner
Brooke Sikora Purcell, Partner
Ryan E. Roberts, Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
William P. Geraghty, Co-Chair, Product Liability Litigation Practice
Peter M. Henk, Partner
Sidley
Jaime L.M. Jones, Partner
Yvette Ostolaza, Partner
Simpson Thacher
Sunny Singh, Partner
Skadden
Maya P. Florence, Partner
Michael S. Hines, Partner
Amr Razzak, Partner
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Sean T. Keely, Partner
Matthew J. O’Hara, Partner
Squire Patton Boggs
Jason Daniel Joffe, Partner
Steptoe
Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., Senior Counsel
Stoel Rives
Christopher R. Osborn, Partner
Susman Godfrey
Neal S. Manne, Partner
Taft
Britt M. Gilbertson, Partner
Taylor Wessing
Dániel Ódor, MRICS, Partner
Troutman Pepper
Anna Altizer Dix, Partner
Richard J. Pratt, Partner
Venable
Rebecca Liebowitz, Partner
Wachtell Lipton
Jacob A. Kling, Partner
David K. Lam, Partner
Weil
Andriana Georgallas, Partner
White & Case
David Strickland, Partner
WilmerHale
William F. Lee, Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Kenji L. Funahashi, Partner
Winston & Strawn
Michael Roche, Partner; Chair, Labor and Employment Practice
Methodology
INTERVIEWS:
TIME FRAME:
INCENTIVES:
More than 300 in-depth interviews
Conducted between April 2023 and March 2024
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 300
top legal decision makers at large organizations with $700 million or more in revenue.
The BTI Client Service All-Stars 2024 draws solely on in-depth, telephone-based interviews as part of BTI’s ongoing Annual Survey of General Counsel, now in its 23rd year.
BTI is the sole sponsor of this research. BTI funds the research and controls the editorial content.
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