Susman Godfrey has been recognized across all offices by Super Lawyers in 2025. With 54% of the firm’s partnership being recognized, Susman Godfrey has once again made a strong showing in the annual rankings.
This year Neal Manne and Erica Harris have once again been named among the Top 100 lawyers in Houston. Likewise, partner Rachel Black was named among the Top 100 lawyers in Washington as well as among the Top 50 women in the same state.
There are also several new honorees in 2025 – in Texas, Kevin Downs, Ace Factor, Megan Griffith, Abbey McNaughton, Hunter Vance and Ryan Weiss all appear on Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars list for the first time. In addition, in Washington, Ian Crosby and Andres Healy are ranked as Super Lawyers for the first time this year and Alex Aiken makes his debut on the Rising Stars list.
The firm’s full list of honorees is as follows:
TEXAS
Super Lawyers
Barry Barnett, Vineet Bhatia, Ophelia Camiña, Joe Grinstein, Erica Harris, Geoff Harrison, Alex Kaplan, John Lahad, Neal Manne , Eric Mayer, Brian Melton, Trey Peacock
Rising Stars
Michael Brightman, Kevin Downs, Ace Factor, Meg Griffith, Corey Lipschutz, Abbey McNaughton, Abby Noebels, Sy Polky, Alejandra Salinas, Hunter Vance, Ryan Weiss, Meng Xi, Krisina Zuñiga
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Super Lawyers
Marc Seltzer, Steven Sklaver, Kalpana Srinivasan
Rising Stars
Halley Josephs, Rohit Nath, Krysta Pachman, Jordan Rux, Nick Spear
NEW YORK – METRO
Super Lawyers
Seth Ard, Elisha Barron, Tom Boardman, Jacob Buchdahl, Bill Carmody, Mark Hatch-Miller, Mark Musico, Shawn Rabin, Zach Savage, Stephen Shackelford, Steven Shepard
Rising Stars
Betsy Aronson, Ravi Bhalla, Nick Carullo, Geng Chen, Beatrice Franklin, Jillian Hewitt, Raj Mathur, Morgan McCollum, Gloria Park, Russell Rennie, Ari Ruben, Stephanie Spies, Max Straus
WASHINGTON
Super Lawyers
Matt Berry, Rachel Black, Ian Crosby, Drew Hansen, Andres Healy, Edgar Sargent, Floyd Short, Genevieve Wallace
Rising Stars
Alex Aiken, Jenna Farleigh, Katy Peaslee
