Susman Godfrey once again leads all litigation firms in Lawdragon’s Top 500 Plaintiff Financial Lawyers rankings—extending its streak to eight consecutive years. In 2026, more than half of the firm’s partners earned recognition on the annual list, which spotlights lawyers handling high-stakes plaintiff-side matters, including securities, antitrust, and whistleblower claims as well as complex financial and data privacy disputes.
New to the list this year are partners Sy Polky, Rohit Nath, and Tamar Lusztig, all of whom secured major plaintiff wins in the applicable evaluation period.
The full list of honorees names multiple partners in each of Susman Godfrey’s tri-coastal offices:
HOUSTON
Barry Barnett, Matt Behncke, Vineet Bhatia, Shawn Blackburn, Ophelia Camina, Johnny Carter, Ryan Caughey, Joe Grinstein, Erica Harris, Geoffrey Harrison, Rick Hess, Alex Kaplan, Chanler Langham, Neal Manne*, Eric Mayer, Ashley McMillian, Brian Melton, Justin Nelson, Trey Peacock, Sy Polky, Shawn Raymond, Robert Rivera, Jr., Katie Sammons, Harry Susman, Max Tribble, Laranda Walker, Mark Wawro*, Lexie White and Meng Xi.
LOS ANGELES
Amanda Bonn, Davida Brook, Oleg Elkhunovich, Michael Gervais, Kathy Hoek, Rohit Nath, Krysta Pachman, Marc Seltzer*, Steven Sklaver and Kalpana Srinivasan.
NEW YORK
Seth Ard, Elisha Barron, Jacob Buchdahl, Cory Buland, Bill Carmody*, Beatrice Franklin, Mark Hatch-Miller, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Tamar Lusztig, Shawn Rabin, Stephen Shackelford and Steven Shepard.
SEATTLE
Matt Berry, Rachel Black, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Ian Gore, Drew Hansen and Steve Morrissey.
*Hall of Fame Honoree
