Elite Trial Lawyer Award Recognizes Outstanding Trial Advocacy
Susman Godfrey partner Shawn Rabin went to trial five times in 2025—and won every time. That extraordinary record contributed to his winning the Plaintiff Attorney of the Year at the 2026 National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Awards, one of the profession’s most prestigious honors recognizing courtroom mastery, leadership, and hard-won results.
Even by Rabin’s standards, 2025 was remarkable:
- $1.07 billion for Everly Health in a breach of contract and Lanham Act arbitration.
- $412 million in jury verdicts across three separate trials for survivors of Oregon’s wildfires.
- $59.6 million for the former CEO of RB Global in a compensation dispute.
- $425 million for a class against Google for secretly harvesting users’ internet and app activity.
Results like these have established Rabin as one of the nation’s most sought-after and formidable trial lawyers. He is widely recognized for representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes, antitrust cases, class actions, intellectual property litigation, and other bet-the-company matters, earning a reputation for securing exceptional outcomes in the courtroom.
The honor caps a banner year not only for Rabin, but for Susman Godfrey; the Firm also won Plaintiffs Firm of the Year and Business Torts Firm of the Year at this year’s Elite Trial Lawyers Awards.
