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06/05/2026

We’re thrilled to introduce the 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation.

Each of these lawyers have followed their dreams in the law and ultimately inspired us all with their exemplary work in areas spanning personal injury to M&A to civil rights – all in fewer than 15 years of practice.

Says our founder, Katrina Dewey: “The law belongs to us all. Let’s take a moment to appreciate those who will carry it forward.”

Firms whose next-generation lawyers are highlighted on the LDX guide include:

Beasley Allen
Beck Redden
Blank Rome
Bracewell
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Freshfields
Hecker Fink
Moore & Van Allen
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul, Weiss
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Susman Godfrey
Weil
Willkie
Winston Taylor

Spotlit in our introduction are Daniela Mondragón of Wright Close, Christina Lee of Keker Van Nest and Ernesto Alvarez of Zehl Associates.

https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2026-06-05-the-2026-lawdragon-x-the-next-generation

Daniela Mondragón of Wright Close, Christina Lee of Keker Van Nest and Ernesto Alvarez of Zehl & Associates are among this year's LDX honorees.

06/04/2026

This week, Lawdragon co-founder John Ryan attended the New York Press Club’s Annual Awards and Installation Dinner, where he received a Spot News Award for his coverage of the 9/11 case on Guantanamo Bay.

John has been covering the case on the ground in Gitmo for the last decade, and continues to do so on the Lawdragon website. He recently published a book on the topic: "America’s Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay."

Congratulations, John!

View all the winners: https://www.nypressclub.org/see-list-of-2026-winners-of-the-new-york-press-club-award-tickets-available-for-awards-dinner/

06/02/2026

In the past nine years, Macie Franklin, a senior partner at CenterPeak, has placed more than 125 law firm partners in new roles and helped a dozen firms open new offices. Each of those moves is founded on trust.

“Lateral moves are often among the most significant professional decisions a partner will make, and there is a great deal of trust involved in that process,” Franklin explains:

https://www.lawdragon.com/legal-consultant-limelights/2026-06-02-centerpeak-macie-franklin-on-finding-the-intersection-of-talent-and-strategy

Franklin has spent nearly a decade helping the industry's elite partners chart their paths.

05/29/2026

We’re honored to introduce an inaugural guide: The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in Maritime, Admiralty & The High Seas.

This guide honors the lawyers whose expertise ranges across the water – from piracy to international disputes, offshore energy and superyachts, cruise ship injuries to ship finance.

Firms highlighted in the first edition of this guide include:

Blank Rome
Freehill Hogan & Mahar
HFW
Hill Dickinson
Phelps Dunbar
SBSB
Squire Patton Boggs

Pictured are Sally Qin of BakerHostetler, Luke M. Reid of Blank Rome and Eric Daniel of Thompson Hine.

View the full guide: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2026-05-29-the-2026-lawdragon-500-leading-lawyers-in-maritime-admiralty-the-high-seas

Sally Qin of BakerHostetler, Luke Reid of Blank Rome and Eric Daniel of Thompson Hine are among the honorees in this inaugural guide.

05/22/2026

We’re honored to introduce The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators – our fifth-edition guide to the minds behind the complex global disputes that continue to develop as our world compresses.

Says our CEO, Katrina Dewey: “The Global Litigators featured here dazzle with their fluency in law, language and global business alongside their commitment to the rule of law as a framework for addressing differences.”

Some of the standout firms represented in this guide include:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Freshfields
Gibson Dunn
Hogan Lovells
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Quinn Emanuel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Squire Patton Boggs
White & Case

Pictured are Ace Ankomah of Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, Monica Carss-Frisk KC of Blackstone Chambers, and David Pinsky of Covington & Burling.

View the full guide: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2026-05-22-the-2026-lawdragon-500-leading-global-litigators

Ace Anan Ankomah of Bentsi-Enchill Letsa & Ankomah, Monica Carss-Frisk KC of Blackstone Chambers and David Pinsky of Covington are among this year's honorees.

05/21/2026

You’ve seen the story in the headlines: Elon Musk recently took on OpenAI and its Big Law team in a multibillion-dollar fight over her company’s for-profit conversion.

The firm behind Musk: boutique powerhouse MoloLamken, LLP.

Founded on the belief that “high-stakes litigation doesn’t require size,” the team gives a behind-the-scenes look into the rigorous litigation, which they’re set to pursue further: https://www.lawdragon.com/news-features/2026-05-21-built-for-trials-like-this

The trial team from MoloLamken represented Elon Musk in the recent multibillion-dollar fight over OpenAI's for-profit conversion.

05/20/2026

Over the last 20 years, CenterPeak Senior Partner Josh Dull has helped elite global law firms add partners in far-flung international markets ranging from London, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Bogota and Mexico City to major U.S. markets like New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte and Atlanta. He has also represented high-profile candidates in Milan, Madrid and Paris.

Within that relationship with the “global elite,” Dull has formed a highly personal practice based on helping partners find the right place for them: https://www.lawdragon.com/legal-consultant-limelights/2026-05-20-centerpeak-recruiter-josh-dull-helps-law-firms-field-all-star-talent

Over the last 20 years, he's built a powerful international recruiting practice.

05/20/2026

“People love dirt in the South," says Andrea Nixon. "The first thing my dad would do if he could save up some pocket change was buy some land."

A partner in the structured finance group at Cadwalader, Nixon's career now centers on financing that land – to the tune of billion-dollar deals. With a sharp analytical perspective and a reputation as a closer, she represents banks in some of the most complex lending transactions in the market: https://www.lawdragon.com/lawyer-limelights/2026-05-19-the-closer-andrea-nixon-and-the-art-of-making-it-make-sense

A partner in the structured finance group at Cadwalader, she represents banks in some of the most complex lending transactions in the market.

05/18/2026

After years of litigation, Boies Schiller Flexner and co-counsel recently secured a staggering $425.7M jury verdict in a privacy case against Google. But for partners James Lee and Mark Mao – litigators who have built their practices at the forefront of privacy, technology and complex class actions – their years of work on Rodriguez v. Google was not just about proving liability. In a landscape defined by evolving technology and layered disclosures, it tested whether foundational privacy principles still hold.

"At the end of the day, however complex the facts, it still comes down to a basic expectation of privacy – and whether it was violated," says Lee.

They discuss what was at stake in the case, as well as the philosophy and mechanics behind taking on a tech giant: https://www.lawdragon.com/news-features/2026-05-18-breaking-new-ground-with-the-oldest-law-on-the-books-bsf-takes-on-google-and-wins

James Lee and Mark Mao were the architects behind a privacy case that turned on whether Google had continued to collect user data even after users took steps to turn it off.

05/15/2026

We’re honored to introduce The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading Immigration Lawyers.

These lawyers bring a vast span of skills and expertise – representing multinational corporations in their global mobility needs, advocating for family-based immigrant applications and specializing in EB-5 for investment and business.

Recognized firms include:

BAL
Foster
Fragomen
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Stone Grzegorek
WR Immigration

Pictured are Edward Ramos of Kurzban Kurzban, Morgan Bailey of Mayer Brown and Mariana Ribeiro of Gunster.

View the full guide: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2026-05-15-the-2026-lawdragon-100-leading-immigration-lawyers

Edward Ramos of Kurzban Kurzban, Morgan Bailey of Mayer Brown and Mariana Ribeiro of Gunster are among this year's honorees.