2026 Best Lawyers Rankings
Munger, Tolles & Olson is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers were recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America across practice areas. The legal directory features an extensive peer-review process and includes the traditional Best Lawyers rankings, the “Lawyer of the Year” rankings and the Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” list.
Don Verrilli received a “Lawyer of the Year” ranking in the Appellate category. Only a single lawyer in each specialty practice area in each metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” based on voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.
A total of 22 MTO lawyers were recognized in the traditional Best Lawyers guide and 11 lawyers were named to the Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” list.
Overall, this year’s edition recognizes more than 81,000 lawyers from over 200 geographic regions and spans 151 practice areas. The Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” list includes more than 27,000 lawyers across 79 practice areas in this year’s edition and highlights the top legal talent for lawyers with less than ten years of experience in private practice.
The following MTO lawyers were recognized in the traditional Best Lawyers guide:
John Berry: Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Securities
Brad Brian: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Hailyn Chen: Commercial Litigation
Lisa Demsky: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Michael Doyen: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Katherine Forster: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
George Garvey: Litigation – Securities
Elaine Goldenberg: Appellate Practice
Seth Goldman: Litigation – Bankruptcy
Malcolm Heinicke: Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jeffrey Heintz: Real Estate Law
Benjamin Horwich: Appellate Practice
Kelly Klaus: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Cary Lerman: Art Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke: Trade Secrets Law
Kathleen McDowell: Employment Law – Management
Glenn Pomerantz: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law
John Spiegel: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Energy Law; Litigation – Securities
Gregory Stone: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Patent
William Temko: Commercial Litigation
Don Verrilli: Appellate Practice
Henry Weissmann: Communications Law; Energy Law
The following MTO lawyers were recognized in the Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” list:
Zachary Briers: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Anne Conley: Commercial Litigation
Colin Devine: Commercial Litigation
Carl Hao Jiang: Commercial Litigation
Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera: Litigation – Antitrust
Rachel Miller-Ziegler: Commercial Litigation
David Moreshead: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Max Rosen: Commercial Litigation
Lauren Ross: Commercial Litigation
Kyra Schoonover: Commercial Litigation
Juliana Yee: Commercial Litigation