Benchmark Litigation has named Hallie Levin and Sonal Mehta to its 2025 list of the Top 250 Women in Litigation, recognizing their continued excellence in high-stakes litigation and leadership in the legal profession. The annual list honors women litigators who have earned consistent praise from clients and peers and have played key roles in some of the most impactful litigation matters in recent history.
This marks Mehta’s ninth consecutive year and Levin’s sixth consecutive year on the prestigious list. Levin was also named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 list of the Top 10 Women in Litigation, her second consecutive year receiving that honor. Benchmark Litigation named Mehta to its Top 10 Women in Litigation list in 2021 and 2022.
Levin is Co-Chair of WilmerHale’s global Trial Practice and a seasoned trial lawyer who serves as lead counsel on high-stakes commercial disputes in federal and state courts and arbitral tribunals. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is consistently recognized by Chambers USA for her leading commercial litigation practice. Most recently, Levin was recognized by Benchmark Litigation in 2024 as the General Commercial Litigator of the Year and a Top 100 Trial Attorney. She was also recognized as a Litigation Star from 2021 to 2024. She has twice been named The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week.
Mehta is Vice Chair of WilmerHale’s Litigation/Controversy Department and Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Palo Alto office. She has nearly 25 years of experience across all aspects of trial and appellate practice, including federal jury and bench trials, state court jury and bench trials, international arbitrations, and appeals before the federal and California appellate courts. Her practice spans complex cases across substantive areas of the law, including antitrust, commercial, class action, false advertising, IP (patent, copyright, trade secret), privacy, and government-facing litigation, among others.
She is regularly recognized by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week column, and has been repeatedly recognized by Benchmark Litigation for her achievements including California IP Litigator of the Year, San Francisco Attorney of the Year across practice areas, and Litigation Star in addition to her Top 10 Women in Litigation recognitions.