Two Partners from Susman Godfrey have been have been named Lawyers of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America 2020. Barry Barnett was named the Lawyer of the Year in Houston for Patent Litigation. This is the third time since 2017 Barnett has been named a Lawyer of the Year in Houston. Seattle’s Parker Folse was named Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Litigation. This is the sixth time since 2012 that Folse was named a Lawyer of the Year in Seattle.
In all, 25 of the firm’s attorneys were named among The Best Lawyers in America 2020. Of the group, Los Angeles Partner Steven Sklaver appears for the first time. He is recognized in Litigation: Labor and Employment in Los Angeles. In addition, firm founder Stephen Susman is recognized for the first time this year in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs in Houston and Partner Shawn Raymond adds Bet-the-Company Litigation to his recognitions in 2020.
The full list of Susman Godfrey 2020 Best Lawyers in America is as follows:
HOUSTON
- Barry Barnett – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property , Litigation – Patent
- Vineet Bhatia – Commercial Litigation
- Ophelia F. Camiña – Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Erica Harris – Commercial Litigation
- Geoffrey L. Harrison – Commercial Litigation
- Alex Kaplan – Commercial Litigation
- Neal S. Manne – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs
- Eric J. Mayer – Commercial Litigation
- Kenneth E. McNeil – Commercial Litigation
- William R. H. Merrill – Commercial Litigation
- Terrell W. Oxford – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
- Trey Peacock – Commercial Litigation
- Shawn Raymond – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law
- Harry Susman – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants , Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs
- Stephen Susman – Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Max L. Tribble, Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Mark L. D. Wawro – Commercial Litigation
LOS ANGELES
- Marc M. Seltzer – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities
- Steven Sklaver – Litigation – Labor and Employment
NEW YORK
- Bill Carmody – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Litigation – Securities
- Shawn Rabin – Commercial Litigation
SEATTLE
- Rachel Black – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Ian Crosby – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Parker Folse – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
- Brooke A.M. Taylor – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.
