WilmerHale Lawyers Named Among the 2027 Best Lawyers in America®, Four Recognized as Lawyers of the Year

WilmerHale Lawyers Named Among the 2027 Best Lawyers in America®, Four Recognized as Lawyers of the Year

Recognition

Best Lawyers in America® has recognized four WilmerHale partners with five 2027 Lawyer of the Year awards, and the publication recognized a total of 101 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: 

  • Lillian Brown – Corporate Governance Law 
  • Matthew Kulkin – Derivatives and Futures Law 
  • Molly Fox – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
  • Joseph Mueller – Litigation (Intellectual Property) and Litigation (Patent) 

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 2027 edition recognizes more than 80,000 attorneys across 151 practice areas, encompassing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The WilmerHale lawyers listed below have been selected for inclusion in the 2027 edition:

Boston:  

A. William Caporizzo 

Amy Segal 

Andrew Danford

Daniel Halston 

Dominic Massa 

Douglas Burton 

Emily Whelan 

Felicia Ellsworth 

George Varghese 

H. David Gold 

Hal Leibowitz 

John Butts 

John Hobgood 

Jordan Hirsch 

Joseph Mueller 

Kevin Prussia 

Kimberly Wethly 

Laura Schneider 

Lisa Pirozzolo 

Louis Tompros 

Mark Ford 

Mark Fleming 

Mark Matuschak 

Meghan Walsh 

Michael Summersgill 

Molly Fox 

Steven Barrett 

Stuart Falber 

Thomas Ward 

Timothy Silva 

Timothy Perla 

Vinita Ferrera 

William Lee

 

Denver: 

Benjamin Fernandez 

Michael Kaplan 

Mindy Sooter

 

Los Angeles:  

Christopher Casamassima 

David Marcus 

James Dowd

 

New York: 

Amy Doberman 

Anjan Sahni 

Boyd Johnson 

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

 

Palo Alto: 

Judith Hasko 

Mark Selwyn 

Sonal Mehta

 

San Francisco: 

Michael Mongan 

Michael Mugmon 

Peggy Otum

 

Washington DC: 

Amy Kreiger Wigmore 

Andre Owens 

Andrew Shipley 

Arianna Evers 

Barry Hurewitz 

Benjamin Powell 

Brenda Lee 

Bruce Manheim Jr. 

Charles Speth 

Christopher Cestaro 

Christopher Davies 

Christopher Babbitt 

Ciara Baker 

Daniel Volchok 

David Ross 

David Cavanaugh 

David Bowker 

Franca Harris Gutierrez 

Howard Shapiro 

Jamie Gorelick 

Jason Chipman 

Jennifer Milici 

Joel Green 

Kelly Dunbar 

Kimberly Parker 

Kirk Nahra 

Leon Greenfield 

Lillian Brown 

Matthew Kulkin 

Matthew Martens 

Michael Leotta 

Perry Lange 

Robert Kimmitt 

Ronald Machen 

Ronald Meltzer 

Seth Waxman 

Swain Wood 

Thomas Saunders 

Thomas Mueller 

Tommy Beaudreau 

William McLucas 

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