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EAST COAST ALABAMA Bradley Cunningham Bounds Lightfoot Franklin & White Starnes Davis & Florie ARKANSAS Friday Eldredge & Clark Quattlebaum Grooms & Tull Wright Lindsey Jennings CONNECTICUT Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey Robinson + Cole Wiggin and Dana DELAWARE Abrams & Bayliss Friedlander & Gorris Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell Richards Layton & Finger Ross Aronstam & Moritz DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Covington & Burling Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Williams & Connolly WilmerHale Zuckerman Spaeder FLORIDA Akerman Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod Greenspoon Marder Podhurst Orseck Rivero Mestre GEORGIA Kilpatrick Townsend King & Spalding Rogers & Hardin Eversheds Sutherland Troutman Pepper ILLINOIS Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg Barlit Beck Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum Kirkland & Ellis Winston & Strawn INDIANA Barnes & Thornburg Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Taft Stettinius & Hollister IOWA Ahlers & Cooney Nyemaster Goode KANSAS Foulston Siefkin Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes Stinson KENTUCKY Frost Brown Todd Stites & Harbison Stoll Keenon Ogden Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LOUISIANA Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver Fishman Haygood Phelps Dunbar Stone Pigman MAINE Berman & Simmons Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Verrill Dana MARYLAND Kramon & Graham Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Rosenberg Martin Greenberg Venable Whiteford Taylor & Preston MASSACHUSETTS Choate Hall & Stewart Goodwin Mintz WilmerHale MICHIGAN Bodman Dickinson Wright Dykema Gossett Honigman MINNESOTA Blackwell Burke Bowman and Brooke Ciresi Conlin Robins Kaplan Winthrop & Weinstine MISSISSIPPI Bradley Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes Butler Snow Watkins & Eager 2021 BENCHMARK LITIGATION US AWARD WINNERS STATE AWARDS WINNERS US AWARDS 2021 AWARDS 2021

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EAST COAST

ALABAMA BradleyCunningham BoundsLightfoot Franklin & WhiteStarnes Davis & Florie

ARKANSASFriday Eldredge & ClarkQuattlebaum Grooms & TullWright Lindsey Jennings

CONNECTICUT Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey Robinson + ColeWiggin and Dana

DELAWARE Abrams & BaylissFriedlander & GorrisMorris Nichols Arsht & TunnellRichards Layton & FingerRoss Aronstam & Moritz

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIACovington & BurlingGibson Dunn & CrutcherKirkland & EllisSidley AustinWilliams & Connolly WilmerHaleZuckerman Spaeder

FLORIDAAkermanBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & AxelrodGreenspoon MarderPodhurst OrseckRivero Mestre

GEORGIAKilpatrick TownsendKing & SpaldingRogers & HardinEversheds SutherlandTroutman Pepper

ILLINOISBarack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & NagelbergBarlit BeckGoldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & BaumKirkland & EllisWinston & Strawn

INDIANABarnes & ThornburgFaegre Drinker Biddle & ReathTaft Stettinius & Hollister

IOWA Ahlers & CooneyNyemaster Goode

KANSAS Foulston SiefkinRouse Frets White Goss Gentile RhodesStinson

KENTUCKYFrost Brown ToddStites & HarbisonStoll Keenon OgdenWyatt Tarrant & Combs

LOUISIANABarrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & SarverFishman HaygoodPhelps DunbarStone Pigman

MAINEBerman & SimmonsPreti Flaherty Beliveau & PachiosVerrill Dana

MARYLANDKramon & GrahamNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughRosenberg Martin GreenbergVenableWhiteford Taylor & Preston

MASSACHUSETTSChoate Hall & StewartGoodwinMintzWilmerHale

MICHIGANBodman Dickinson WrightDykema GossettHonigman

MINNESOTABlackwell BurkeBowman and BrookeCiresi ConlinRobins KaplanWinthrop & Weinstine

MISSISSIPPIBradleyBrunini Grantham Grower & HewesButler SnowWatkins & Eager

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MISSOURIArmstrong TeasdaleGreenfelder Hemker & GaleLathrop GPMPolsinelliShook Hardy & Bacon

NEW HAMPSHIREDevine Millimet & BranchNixon PeabodySheehan Phinney

NEW JERSEYCole SchotzGibbonsLowenstein SandlerMcCarter & EnglishSills Cummis & Gross

NEW YORKCravath Swaine & MooreDavis Polk & WardwellDebevoise & PlimptonPatterson Belknap Webb & TylerPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonSimpson Thacher & BartlettWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

NORTH CAROLINA Brooks PierceEllis & WintersParker Poe Adams & BernsteinRobinson Bradshaw & HinsonSmith Anderson

NORTH DAKOTAMaring Williams Law OfficeVogel Law FirmZuger Kirmis & Smith

OHIODinsmore & ShohlJones DayThompson HineUlmer & Berne

OKLAHOMA Crowe & DunlevyGableGotwalsHall EstillMcAfee & Taft

PENNSYLVANIABallard SpahrDechertHangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & SchillerMorgan Lewis & BockiusSaul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

RHODE ISLANDAdler Pollock & SheehanPartridge Snow & Hahn

SOUTH CAROLINAMotley RiceNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughNexsen PruetTurner Padget Graham & Laney

SOUTH DAKOTADavenport Evans Hurwitz & SmithHeidepriem Purtell SiegelJohnson Janklow Abdallah & Reiter

TENNESSEEBass Berry & SimsBradleyButler Snow

TEXASGibbs & BrunsLynn Pinker Hurst & SchwegmannMcKool SmithReid Collins & TsaiReynolds FrizzellSmyser Kaplan & VeselkaSusman Godfrey

VERMONTGravel & SheaPaul Frank + CollinsSheehey Furlong & Behm

VIRGINIAHunton Andrews KurthMcGuireWoodsWilliams Mullen

WEST VIRGINIABowles RiceDinsmore & ShohlJackson Kelly

WISCONSIN Gass Weber MullinsGodfrey & KahnHusch BlackwellReinhart Boerner Van Deuren

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ALASKAAshburn & MasonDorsey & WhitneySquire Patton Boggs

ARIZONALewis Roca Rothgerber ChristieOsborn MaledonPerkins CoiePolsinelli

COLORADO Bartlit BeckHolland & HartMoye WhiteReilly PoznerWheeler Trigg O’Donnell

HAWAIIDentonsGoodsill Anderson Quinn & StifelKobayashi Sugita & GodaStarn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher

IDAHOGjording FouserHolland & HartStoel Rives

MONTANABoone KarlbergCrowley FleckGoetz Baldwin & Geddes

NEBRASKABaird HolmHusch BlackwellKutak Rock

NEVADABailey KennedyCampbell & WilliamsLewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

NEW MEXICOModrall SperlingRodey Law

OREGONDavis Wright TremaineMarkowitz HerboldPerkins CoieStoll Berne

UTAHBallard SpahrFabian VanCottHolland & HartParr Brown Gee & Loveless

WASHINGTONCorr CroninLane PowellPerkins CoieSummit Law Group

WYOMINGDavis & CannonHirst ApplegateHolland & Hart

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EAST COAST

ANTITRUST Boies Schiller FlexnerCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cravath Swaine & MooreGibson Dunn & CrutcherKirkland & EllisO’Melveny & MyersWinston & Strawn ANTITRUST LITIGATOR Daniel Brockett, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanGeorge Cary, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonTed Hassi, Debevoise & PlimptonJeffrey Kessler, Winston & StrawnRichard Parker, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherTodd Stenerson, Shearman & Sterling

APPELLATE Gibson Dunn & CrutcherGoodwinPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonWilliams & Connolly APPELLATE LITIGATORLisa Blatt, Williams & ConnollyWilly Jay, GoodwinNeal Katyal, Hogan LovellsMark Perry, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherKannon Shanmugam, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison BANKRUPTCY Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Kirkland & EllisMilbankProskauerWeil Gotshal & Manges

BANKRUPTCY LITIGATOR Martin Bienenstock, ProskauerSusheel Kirpalani, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanAndrew Leblanc, Milbank Lisa Schweitzer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonChristopher Shore, White & Case

GENERAL COMMERCIAL Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cravath Swaine & MooreGibson Dunn & CrutcherKirkland & EllisPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonWilliams & Connolly

GENERAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATOR Michael Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanBill Carmody, Susman GodfreyJames Hurst, Kirkland & EllisKevin Orsini, Cravath Swaine & MooreOrin Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

INSURANCE Anderson KillBlank RomeCovington & BurlingReed SmithSimpson Thacher & Bartlett

INSURANCE LITIGATORJane Byrne, McDermott Will & EmeryRobin Cohen, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKennaMary Beth Forshaw, Simpson Thacher & BartlettRobert Horkovich, Anderson KillJim Murray, Blank Rome

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYFish & RichardsonGibson Dunn & Crutcher Latham & WatkinsQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanSusman Godfrey

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATOR Dale Cendali, Kirkland & EllisMichael Morin, Latham & WatkinsLisa Pensabene, O’Melveny & MyersFrank Scherkenbach, Fish & RichardsonMatthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Debevoise & PlimptonFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerKing & SpaldingWhite & Case

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION LITIGATORCatherine Amirfar, Debevoise & PlimptonDoak Bishop, King & SpaldingMark Friedman, Debevoise & PlimptonJeffrey Rosenthal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonHoward Zelbo, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - EMPLOYEE Katz Marshall & BanksLieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Outten & Golden Sanford Heisler Sharp LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - EMPLOYEE LITIGATOREve Cervantez, Altshuler BerzonKelly Dermody, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & BernsteinDebra Katz, Katz Marshall & BanksShannon Liss-Riordan, Lichten & Liss RiordanJahan Sagafi, Outten & GoldenDavid Sanford, Sanford Heisler Sharp LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - MANAGEMENT Gibson Dunn & CrutcherLittler MendelsonMorgan Lewis & BockiusProskauer Seyfarth ShawSidley Austin

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - MANAGEMENT LITIGATOR Elise Bloom, Proskauer Nancy Rafuse, Seyfarth ShawGrace Speights, Morgan Lewis & BockiusJay St Clair, Littler Mendelson

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PRODUCT LIABILITY Butler SnowGreenberg TraurigNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughTucker EllisWeil Gotshal & MangesWilliams & Connolly

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATOR Allison Brown, Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & FlomMichael Brown, Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughMorty Dubin, King & SpaldingLori Cohen, Greenberg TraurigSherry Knutson, Tucker EllisDiane Sullivan, Weil Gotshal & Manges SECURITIES Bernstein Litowitz Berger & GrossmannCravath Swaine & MooreLatham & WatkinsPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonSimpson Thacher & BartlettSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz SECURITIES LITIGATOR Andrew Clubok, Latham & Watkins Paul Curnin, Simpson Thacher & BartlettAdam Hakki, Shearman & SterlingScott Musoff, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomJonathan Polkes, Weil Gotshal & Manges

WHITE COLLAR CRIME/INVESTIGATIONS Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Debevoise & PlimptonGibson Dunn & CrutcherLatham & WatkinsMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello Zuckerman Spaeder WHITE COLLAR CRIME/INVESTIGATIONS LITIGATOR Barry Berke, Kramer Levin Naftalis & FrankelSean Berkowitz, Latham & WatkinsWilliam Burck, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanGeorge Canellos, MilbankSean Hecker, Kaplan Hecker & FinkJonathan Polkes, Weil Gotshal & MangesMichael Schachter, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

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2021 BENCHMARK LITIGATION US AWARD WINNERSCALIFORNIA REGIONAL AWARD WINNERS

LOS ANGELES Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & RhowGlaser Weil Hueston HenniganLarsonMunger Tolles & OlsonSusman GodfreyWillenken

LOS ANGELES LITIGATORTheodore Boutrous, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherPatricia Glaser, Glaser WeilJohn Hueston, Hueston HenniganDaniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & MyersKalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey

SAN FRANCISCO Alto LitigationCoblentz Patch Duffy & BassDurie TangriFarella Braun + MartelKeker Van Nest & Peters

SAN FRANCISCO LITIGATORBahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto LitigationCharles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanDaniel Wall, Latham & WatkinsDouglas Young, Farella Braun & Martel

SAN DIEGO CooleyFish & RichardsonMorrison & FoersterRobbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

SAN DIEGO LITIGATOR Juanita Brooks, Fish & RichardsonSpencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & DowdKoji Fukumura, CooleyDebra Wyman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

SILICON VALLEYCooleyGoodwinLatham & WatkinsPaul HastingsReichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg

SILICON VALLEY LITIGATOR Yar Chaikovsky, Paul HastingsLynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & SutcliffeCourtland Reichman, Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg

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CALIFORNIA

ANTITRUST Gibson Dunn & CrutcherLatham & WatkinsO’Melveny & MyersSaveri Law FirmSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton ANTITRUST LITIGATORMichael Scarborough, Sheppard Mullin Hampton & RichterMarc Seltzer, Susman GodfreyDan Swanson, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherJoseph Saveri, Saveri Law FirmDaniel Wall, Latham & Watkins

BANKRUPTCY Keller & BenvenuttiPachulski Stang Ziehl & JonesProskauerSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

BANKRUPTCY LITIGATOR Peter Benvenutti, Keller & BenvenuttiMichael Firestein, ProskauerDavid Stern, Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & SternDean Ziehl, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones

ENTERTAINMENTGlaser Weil Hueston HenniganKendall Brill & KellyKinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & AldisertMitchell Silberberg & KnuppSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATOR Vincent Chieffo, Greenberg TraurigPatricia Glaser, Glaser Weil Martin Katz, Sheppard Mullin Richter & HamptonRichard Kendall, Kendall Brill & KellyRobert Klieger, Hueston HenniganEkwan Rhow, Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow

ENVIRONMENTAL/NATURAL RESOURCESAllen Matkins Gamble Leck Mallory & NatsisCox Castle & NicholsonGlaser Weil O’Melveny & MyersMeyers NaveSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

ENVIRONMENTAL/NATURAL RESOURCES LITIGATORMatt Kline, O’Melveny & MyersAnthony Oliva, Allen Matkins Gamble Leck Mallory & Natsis

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYCooleyDurie TangriFish & RichardsonGibson Dunn & CrutcherPaul HastingsQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATOR Wayne Barsky, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherJuanita Brooks, Fish & RichardsonYar Chaikovsky, Paul HastingsSonal Mehta, WilmerHaleMichael Rhodes, CooleyKalpana Srinivasan, Susman GodfreyCharles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT Altshuler BerzonGibson Dunn & CrutcherGlaser Weil O’Melveny & MyersOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

LABOR & EMPOYMENT LITIGATOR Cathy Conway, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherKelly Dermody, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & BernsteinTheane Evangelis, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherLynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & SutcliffeTracey Kennedy, Sheppard Mullin Richter & HamptonMichele Maryott, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherKerry Garvis Wright, Glaser Weil

SECURUTIES Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & RhowAlto LitigationCooleyLatham & WatkinsO’Melveny & MyersRobbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

SECURITIES LITIGATOR Seth Aronson, O’Melveny & MyersKoji Fukumura, CooleyMichele Johnson, Latham & WatkinsBahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto LitigationDebra Wyman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

WHITE-COLLAR CRIME Alto LitigationBird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & RhowFarella Braun & MartelHalpern May Ybarra GelbergHueston Hennigan WHITE-COLLAR LITIGATOR Walter Brown, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonGrant Gelberg, Halpern May Ybarra GelbergJohn Hueston, Hueston HenniganGary Lincenberg, Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & RhowThomas Zaccaro, Paul Hastings

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2021 BENCHMARK LITIGATION US AWARD WINNERSIMPACT CASE WINNERS

First Posthumous Pardon in Minnesota History Re: Max Mason

JERRY BLACKWELLBlackwell Burke

High River Limited Partnership et al. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.

KEVIN ORSINICravath Swaine & Moore

Soundgarden et al. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

SCOTT EDELMAN & DEBORAH STEINGibson Dunn & Crutcher

UBS v. Highland Capital Management

ANDREW CLUBOK & ELIZABETH DEELEY Latham & Watkins

Re: American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Litigation

DEBRA WYMAN & JESSICA SHINNEFIELD Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

Overstreet et al v. Mayberry et al

PAUL CURNIN; MICHAEL GARVEY & PETER KAZANOFF Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

BRAD KARP, ANDREW EHRLICH, LORIN REISNER & BRETTE TANNENBAUMPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

U.S. v. Boustani et al.

MICHAEL SCHACHTER & RANDALL JACKSONWillkie Farr & Gallagher

EAST COAST PLAINTIFF FIRM OF THE YEARBernstein Litowitz Berger & GrossmannKessler Topaz Meltzer & CheckLanier LawPomerantzReid Collins & Tsai

EAST COAST PLAINTIFF LITIGATOR OF THE YEAR Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law FirmMark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & GrossmannWilliam Reid, Reid Collins & TsaiJordan Thomas, Labaton SucharowAndrew Zivitz, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check

BOUTIQUE FIRM OF THE YEAR Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & BaumHolwell Shuster & GoldbergKaplan Hecker & FinkLevine LeeMoloLamken

PRO BONO FIRM OF THE YEARPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

EAST COAST TRIAL FIRM OF THE YEARBartlit BeckCravath Swaine & MoorePaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanSusman GodfreyWeil Gotshal & MangesWinston & Strawn

EAST COAST TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR Michael Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanBill Carmody, Susman GodfreyJames Hurst, Kirkland & EllisKevin Orsini, Cravath Swaine & MooreTed Wells, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

CALIFORNIA PLAINTIFF FIRM OF THE YEAR Berman TabaccoCotchett Pitre & McCarthyLieff Cabraser Heimann & BernsteinRobbins Geller Rudman & Dowd CALIFORNIA PLAINTIFF LITIGATOR OF THE YEAR Joseph Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthyRichard Heimann, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & BernsteinKalpana Srinivasan, Susman GodfreyJoseph Tabacco, Berman TabaccoDebra Wyman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

CALIFORNIA TRIAL FIRM OF THE YEARBird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & RhowHueston HenniganKeker Van Nest & PetersSusman Godfrey

CALIFORNIA TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEARPatricia Glaser, Glaser Weil John Hueston, Hueston HenniganJennifer Keller, Keller/AnderleDaniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & MyersKalpana Srinivasan, Susman GodfreyBart Williams, Proskauer

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