”Susman Godfrey produces top-quality work. The depth of its bench stands out and the team is very talented.”
Client Quote from 2025 Rankings
Susman Godfrey has once again earned top marks in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers Guide for 2025. This year, the respected legal directory spotlighted 21 Susman Godfrey trial lawyers as being among the nation’s top litigators and all four of the firm’s offices as leading locations.
“They are smart, creative and innovative litigators who deeply understand the law.”
Client Quote from 2025 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. Our Houston offices are once again recognized for work in Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, and Intellectual Property. The Los Angeles office continues to rank in the top tier in Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff. In addition, the New York is recognized in the General Commercial: Elite ranking tables and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff tables while Seattle stays strong in General Commercial Litigation.
“Susman Godfrey has world-class lawyers. The team is responsive and works on complex matters with lots of variables and complicated facts.
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New to the individual ranking this year is Joe Grinstein, who is ranked for Intellectual Property in his home state of Texas. Bill Carmody is recognized globally in 2025 in the Litigation: Trial Lawyers tables. In addition, Marc Seltzer is recognized nationally for the first year in Antitrust – Mainly Plaintiff. Both Neal Manne and Shawn Raymond add Antirust: Texas league tables to their respective list of rankings and partners Shawn Rabin and Amanda Bonn add Antitrust – Mainly Plaintiff in their respective states of New York and Texas.
“The lawyers at Susman Godfrey are excellent negotiators and are extremely strategic. They also have a high level of customer service and integrity.”
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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 and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (California)
- Jacob Buchdahl: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Bill Carmody: Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Global), Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide), Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York)
- Ryan Caughey: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Parker C. Folse (Retired): Litigation: General Commercial (Washington)
- Joe Grinstein: Intellectual Property (Texas)
- Erica Harris: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Geoffrey L. Harrison: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
- Alex Kaplan: Antitrust (Texas)
- Neal Manne: Litigation: Trial Lawyers, General Commercial Litigation and Antitrust (Texas)
- Steve Morrissey: Litigation: General Commercial (Washington)
- Mark Musico: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Shawn Rabin: Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York)
- Shawn Raymond: Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust (Texas)
- Marc Seltzer: Antitrust – Mainly Plaintiff (National), Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust – Mainly Plaintiff (California)
- Stephen Shackelford: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Kalpana Srinivasan: Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (Nationwide) Litigation: General Commercial and Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (California)
- Harry Susman: Antitrust and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Max Tribble: Intellectual Property (Texas)
- Lexie White: Litigation: General Commercial (Texas)
“The Susman team is extremely committed to its clients, willing to answer phone calls and emails at all hours and work around the clock to ensure the best outcome is achieved.”
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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.”
