Susman Godfrey Attorneys and Practices Once Again Earn Top Rankings in Chambers USA

” They are always the best lawyers in the courtroom. The lawyers are able to distill very complicated topics in a way the jury will find informative, entertaining and persuasive. It’s one of my go-to firms.”

Client Quote from 2024 Rankings

Susman Godfrey has once again earned top marks in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers Guide for 2024. This year, the respected legal directory highlighted 21 Susman Godfrey trial lawyers – up 3 from last year – among the nation’s top litigators and all four of the firm’s offices as leading locations.

The firm continues to be recognized for its litigation excellence, with Chambers highlighting the strength of several practice areas across each of our offices. Our Houston offices are once again recognized for work in Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, and Intellectual Property. The California office continues to rank in the top tier in Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff. This year New York advanced in the General Commercial: Elite ranking tables while Washington advances year over year in General Commercial Litigation.

New to the individual rankings this year are Texas Partner Ryan Caughey, New York Partner Stephen Shackelford, and Washington Partner Steve Morrissey, who are all ranked for Litigation: General Commercial in their respective home states. In addition, partners Amanda Bonn, Bill Carmody, Jacob Buchdahl, Erica Harris, Shawn Raymond and Parker Folse all moved ahead in their respective league tables since last year.

“Susman Godfrey is among the best civil trial lawyers I have ever worked with. The lawyers are smart, insightful and strategic about how they think about cases. They remain calm.”

Client Quote from 2024 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)
• Ryan Caughey: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
• 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)
• Steve Morrissey: Litigation: General Commercial (Washington)
• 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)
• Stephen Shackelford: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
• 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)

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.”