The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Recognizes 49 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington - August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.

The following Crowell & Moring lawyers are included:

Best Lawyers in America

Chicago

Denver

Los Angeles

New York

Orange County

• Partner Jon Gurka - Litigation - Intellectual Property

San Francisco

Washington, D.C.

• Partner Michael Atkinson - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Partner Troy Barsky - Health Care Law
• Partner John Brew - International Trade and Finance Law
• Partner Elizabeth Dawson - Environmental Law
• Senior counsel Clifton Elgarten - Insurance Law
• Partner David Ervin - Advertising Law
• Partner Peter Eyre - Government Contracts
• Partner Cheryl Falvey- Advertising Law
• Partner Christopher Flynn- Health Care Law
• Partner Laura Foggan- Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
• Partner Daniel Forman - Government Contracts
• Partner Kent Gardiner - Antitrust Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Senior counsel Peter Gray- Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
• Partner Thomas Hanusik- Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Securities, Securities Regulation
• Partner Philip Inglima- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Securities Regulation
• Partner Shawn Johnson- Antitrust Law
• Partner Ian Laird - International Arbitration - Commercial, International Arbitration - Governmental
• Senior counsel Thomas Lorenzen- Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
• Partner Kris Meade- Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Partner Kirsten Nathanson- Litigation - Environmental
• Partner Anthony Provenzano- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Partner Preston Pugh - Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Partner Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas - Energy Law, Utilities Law
• Partner Jeffrey Snyder- International Trade and Finance Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

Chicago

• Partner Gang Chen - Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Joshua James - Commercial Litigation
• Counsel Emily Kappers - Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Counsel Andrew McElligott - Intellectual Property Law
• Counsel Adam Sussman - Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Counsel Elaina Valtierra-Doherty - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Denver

Los Angeles

New York

Washington, D.C.

The Best Lawyers in Americalists are compiled annually based on a peer-review evaluation in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. To view the full methodology, visit here.

Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry, and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex regulatory and policy, litigation, transactional, and intellectual property issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service, as well as its comprehensive programs and initiatives to advance the professional and personal development of all members of the Crowell community.