“Susman Godfrey has complex litigation down to a fine art.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
Susman Godfrey earned top marks in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers Guide for 2023. This year the legal directory highlighted 18 Susman Godfrey trial lawyers among the nation’s top litigators and all four of the firm’s offices as leading locations.
“They’re in command of the law and have excellent lawyers who understand complex matters and can explain them to judges and juries.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
The firm continues to be recognized for its litigation excellence, with Chambers highlighting the strength of several practice areas across each of our offices. The California office continues to rank in the top tier in Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff and New York advanced in the band rankings this year in General Commercial Litigation: The Elite.
“Every lawyer is impressive, from the senior-most partners to the newest associate. They hit the ground running and don’t look back.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
Texas also earned top marks in General Commercial Litigation, and Chambers recognized the strength of the firm’s Intellectual Property practices in Texas and Washington, with one client calling our patent litigation practice, “formidable.”
“They provide easily the best, most proactive and comprehensive work on complex litigation which I have ever been involved in.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
New to the individual rankings this year are Texas Partners Erica Harris and Lexie White, who are both ranked and recognized in the Texas: Commercial Litigation category. In addition, New York Partner Mark Musico is recognized in New York Litigation as “Up and Coming.”
“They demonstrate extraordinary intelligence, dedication and compassion.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
The full list of Susman Godfrey lawyers recognized by Chambers include:
- Barry C. Barnett: Antitrust and Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Amanda Bonn: Litigation: General Commercial (California)
- Jacob Buchdahl: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Bill Carmody: Litigation: General Commercial (New York); Antitrust: Plaintiff (New York)
- Parker C. Folse: Litigation: General Commercial (Washington)
- Erica Harris: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Geoffrey L. Harrison: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Alex Kaplan: Antitrust (Texas)
- Neal Manne: Litigation: Trial Lawyers and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Mark Musico: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Shawn Rabin: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Shawn Raymond: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Marc Seltzer: Litigation: General Commercial (California)
- Kalpana Srinivasan: Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (California)
- Harry Susman: Antitrust and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Max Tribble: Intellectual Property (Texas)
- Mark L. D. Wawro: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Lexie White: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
“They cut right to heart of an issue and move toward solutions.”
Client Quote from 2023 Rankings
Susman Godfrey offices were recognized as “Leading Locations” in these litigation practice areas:
- Texas:
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Antitrust
- Intellectual Property
- California:
- Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff
- Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff
- New York
- Litigation: General Commercial – The Elite
- Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff
- Washington
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Intellectual Property
- Nationwide
- Antitrust: Plaintiff
Considered one of the legal industry’s most significant rankings directories, the Chambers USA report is published annually. Chambers and Partners’ full-time editors and researchers evaluate submissions and conduct in-depth telephone interviews with lawyers and clients to evaluate recent work and determine their rankings. According to Chambers, “firms and lawyers need to demonstrate sustained excellence in order to be ranked in the guide.”
