WASHINGTON — June 20, 2025 — BakerHostetler has once again been recognized as one of the best performing American law firms in the 2025 Legal 500 guide, with 143 attorney honors and 29 practice area commendations. These recognitions are a result of Legal 500’s assessment of hundreds of law firms across the United States, using a methodology involving in-depth market research, client and peer feedback and law firm submissions.
The 2025 Legal 500 Guide acknowledged BakerHostetler as a Tier 1 firm in the Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory category. The firm also received first-time recognition for its Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation and Healthcare – Life Sciences practices.
All BakerHostetler 2025 ranked practice areas and individual attorney recommendations are listed below.
Practice Area Rankings
- Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Litigation (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)
- Energy – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (Tier 3)
- Government – Government Contracts (Tier 4)
- Healthcare – Service Providers (Tier 5)
- Healthcare – Life Sciences (Firms to Watch) (New)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage) (Tier 5)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings) (Tier 4)
- Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters) (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation (Tier 4) (New)
- International Trade and National Security – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (Tier 3)
- International Trade and National Security – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Immigration (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (Tier 3)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) (Tier 2)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 1)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) (Tier 2)
- Real Estate – Real Estate (Tier 4)
- Tax – International Tax (Tier 3)
- Tax – Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities) (Tier 3)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious (Tier 4)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-contentious (Tier 6)
Individual Rankings – Special Mentions
Hall of Fame
- Linda A. Goldstein – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Mark J. Itri – Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)
Next Generation Partners
- Lana Muranovic – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
Leading Lawyers
- Steven H. Goldberg – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Craig A. Hoffman – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Theodore J. Kobus – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Melissa B. Mannino – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Amy Ralph Mudge – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Alexander L. Reid – Tax: Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
- John Siegal – Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)
- Amy J. Traub – Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
Leading Associates
- John P. Ferry – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- Matthew D. Gases – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)
Recommended Attorneys
Attorneys with a * received multiple recognitions.
Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
- Gregory J. Commins Jr.
- Danyll W. Foix
- John R. Fornaciari
- Tyson Y. Herrold
- Carl W. Hittinger
- Bridget S. McCabe
- Justin P. Murphy*
- Julian D. Perlman
- Sally Yuanyuan Qin
- Alyse F. Stach
Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Robb C. Adkins
- John J. Carney
- Ryan S. Hedges
- Carole S. Rendon
- Lauren J. Resnick
- George A. Stamboulidis
Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Sashe D. Dimitroff*
- Jimmy Fokas
- Analia Gonzalez
- Paul M. Levine
- Marco Molina
- Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky
- Oren J. Warshavsky*
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution – International Litigation
- Sashe D. Dimitroff*
- David J. Sheehan
- Oren J. Warshavsky*
- Gonzalo S. Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
- Erica Barrow
- Douglas W. Greene
- Douglas L. Shively
- Zachary R. Taylor
- Genevieve G. York-Erwin
Energy – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Mark S. Barron
- L. Poe Leggette
- Alexander K. Obrecht
- David F. Proaño
- W. Ray Whitman
Government – Government Contracts
- Kevin T. Barnett
- Todd J. Canni
- Kevin N. Dorn
- Stephen E. Ruscus
- Kaitlyn Toth
Healthcare – Service Providers
- S. Derek Bauer
- Charlene L. McGinty
- Frank C. Miller
- Lynn Sessions*
- Jim G. Wiehl
Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
- Christopher M. Arena*
- Lisa N. Collins*
- Chad A. Rutkowski*
- Monica S. Verma
- Theresa M. Weisenberger
Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Christopher M. Arena*
- Lisa N. Collins*
- Daniel J. Goettle
- Kevin W. Kirsch*
- Leif R. Sigmond
- Mark H. Tidman*
Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)
- Timothy D. Casey
- Brendan E. Clark
- Timothy J. Doyle
- David N. Farsiou
- Felicity E. Groth
- Ronald C. Kern
- Stephanie A. Lodise
- Joseph Lucci
- Mark H. Tidman*
- Timothy A. Worrall
Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox
- Kevin W. Kirsch*
- Daryl G. Leon
- Daniella E. Martinez
- M. Scott McIntyre*
- Justin P. Murphy*
- Amy J. Traub*
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
- David A. Mancino
- Christina J. Moser
- John M. Mueller
- Chad A. Rutkowski*
- Mark H. Tidman*
International Trade and National Security – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Barbara D. Linney
- Michael S. Snarr
International Trade and National Security – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
- Ronald J. Baumgarten
- Elliot J. Feldman
- Tung A. Nguyen
- Michael S. Snarr
Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Seth J. Hanft
- Susan N. Lubow
- Jennifer A. Mills
- Stefan P. Smith
- Stacy E. Wilhite
Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Pamela D. Nieto
- David M. Serwer
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
- Matthew C. Kane
- M. Scott McIntyre*
- Gregory V. Mersol
- Mark D. Temple
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations
- Todd A. Dawson
- Jay P. Krupin
- Paul Rosenberg
- Amy J. Traub*
Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox*
- Jason D’Cruz
- Fanny A. Ferdman
- Ashley B. Guffey
- Amy J. Traub*
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-900m)
- John J. Allotta
- Will S. Chuchawat
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Casie D. Collignon
- Sara M. Goldstein
- Jennifer L. Mitchell
- Lynn Sessions*
- Nichole L. Sterling
Real Estate
- Amy E. Kellogg
- Gregory D. Lee
- Wendy W. Markham
Tax – International Tax
- J. Brian Davis
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Paul M. Schmidt*
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- David D. Ebersole
- Michelle M. Hervey
- Nicholas C. Mowbray
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Paul M. Schmidt*
- Elizabeth Ann Smith
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-contentious
- Jeffrey H. Paravano*
- Paul M. Schmidt*
- Nathan F. Ware
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