Twenty five of our partners have been named to Lawdragon’s latest 500 X – The Next Generation, an annual guide recognizing the nation’s rising legal talent.
According to Lawdragon, the guide honors lawyers who are “the future of the legal profession—and in many ways, its present,” recognizing attorneys who have distinguished themselves through exceptional advocacy, leadership, and results for clients. Honorees are selected through a combination of journalistic research, peer review, and submissions.
The following Susman Godfrey lawyers were recognized in the 2026 guide:
Houston
- Michael Brightman
- Elizabeth Hadaway
- Michael Kelso
- Rocco Magni
- Alejandra C. Salinas
- Krisina Zuñiga
Los Angeles
- Michael Adamson
- Glenn Bridgman
- Jesse-Justin Cuevas
- Michael Gervais
- Halley Josephs
- Rohit Nath
- Nick Spear
New York
- Nick Carullo
- Geng Chen
- Beatrice Franklin
- Jillian Hewitt
- Gloria Park
- Ari Ruben
- Zach Savage
- Stephanie Spies
Seattle
- Kemper Diehl
- Jenna Farleigh
- Katherine Peaslee
- John Schiltz
The honorees have played key roles in many of the firm’s most significant recent matters, including groundbreaking artificial intelligence litigation, billion-dollar commercial disputes, landmark antitrust cases, intellectual property trials, and appellate victories in courts across the country. The full 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide is available here.
