Best Lawyers in America® has listed five WilmerHale partners as 2026 Lawyers of the Year, and the publication recognized a total of 123 attorneys from the firm.
The Lawyer of the Year award is given to one lawyer per legal practice specialty and location. This year's edition includes the following WilmerHale partners:
- Benjamin Loveland – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Kimberly Wethly – Tax Law
- Lisa Pirozzolo – Litigation (Intellectual Property)
- Mark Ford – Antitrust Law
- Mindy Sooter – Litigation (Intellectual Property)
In addition, Best Lawyers in America® assembles its listings of distinguished attorneys through comprehensive peer-review surveys, wherein numerous leading lawyers confidentially assess their colleagues. The 2026 edition recognizes more than 55,000 attorneys across 140 practice areas, encompassing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The WilmerHale lawyers listed below have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition:
Boston:
Amy Segal
Benjamin Loveland
Bill Lee
Cynthia Vreeland
Cynthia Mazareas
Daniel Halston
David Gold
Dominic Massa
Douglas Burton
Emily Whelan
Felicia Ellsworth
George Varghese
Hal Leibowitz
John Butts
John Hobgood
Jonathan Wolfman
Jordan Hirsch
Joseph Mueller
Kimberly Wethly
Laura Schneider
Lisa Pirozzolo
Louis Tompros
Mark Ford
Mark Fleming
Mark Matuschak
Meghan Walsh
Michael Summersgill
Mick Bain
Molly Fox
Robert Keefe
Robert Fitzpatrick, Jr.
Sarah Hogan
Steven Barrett
Stuart Falber
Thomas Ward
Timothy Silva
Timothy Perla
Vinita Ferrera
William Caporizzo
William Paine
Denver:
Ben Fernandez
Chalyse Robinson
David Strong
Keith Trammell
Mindy Sooter
Michael Kaplan
Los Angeles:
Christopher Casamassima
David Marcus
New York:
Amy Doberman
Andrew Goldman
Anjan Sahni
Boyd Johnson
Claudio Salas
David Bassett
David Gringer
Fraser Hunter, Jr.
George Shuster, Jr.
Jay Holtmeier
Lori Martin
Meredith Cross
Michael Bongiorno
Omar Khan
Philip Anker
Preet Bharara
Robert Gunther, Jr.
Robert Boone
Robert Finkel
Roger Witten
Ross Firsenbaum
Palo Alto:
Judith Hasko
Mark Selwyn
Sonal Mehta
San Francisco:
Davina Pujari
Joshua Lerner
Kevin Muck
Michael Mugmon
Peggy Otum
Stephen Gillespie
Susan Muck
Washington DC:
Andre Owens
Andrew Shipley
Arianna Evers
Barry Hurewitz
Benjamin Powell
Brenda Lee
Brent Gurney
Charles Speth
Christopher Cestaro
Christopher Davies
Christopher Babbitt
Ciara Baker
Daniel Volchok
Danielle Morris
David Ross
David Cavanaugh
David Bowker
David Ogden
Franca Harris Gutierrez
Howard Shapiro
Jamie Gorelick
Jason Chipman
Joel Green
Kelly Dunbar
Kimberly Parker
Kirk Nahra
Leon Greenfield
Lillian Brown
Louis Cohen
Matthew Kulkin
Matthew Martens
Michael Leotta
Perry Lange
R. Scott Kilgore
Rachael Kent
Robert Kimmitt
Ronald Machen
Ronald Meltzer
Seth Waxman
Stephanie Avakian
Thomas Saunders
Thomas Mueller
Swain Wood
William McLucas