Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 178 attorneys from WilmerHale in its 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. This accolade spotlights emerging lawyers whose exceptional contributions are increasingly being noticed by their peers. To qualify for the list, attorneys must have been in private practice for five to ten years.
The following WilmerHale lawyers were named to the list based on extensive peer-review:
Boston:
Simona Altshuler
Laila Ameri
Emily Andersen
Zaki Anwar
Renna Ayyash
Megan Barriger
Scott Bertulli
Rachel Bier
Alexander Bloom
James Bor-Zale
Sofie Brooks
Michael Brown
Erin Bruynell
Alison Burton
Adam Camiel
Robyn Casper
Benjamin Conery
Timothy Cook
Michael Crafts
Annaleigh Curtis
Dai-Phuc Do
Robert Donoghue
Sarah Frazier
Nina Garcia
Deric Geng
Christopher Hamilton
Eric Hawkins
Sharon Kathleen Hogue
Jocelyn Keider
Benjamin Kelsey
Marissa Lalli
Madeleine Laupheimer
Samuel Leifer
Michael Lenzi
Lauren Leonard
Stephanie Lin
Jessica Lisak
Christina Luo
Katherine Mackey
Margaux Malasky
George Manley
Myles McDonagh
Charlotte Mostertz
Yavor Nechev
Holly Ovington
Disha Patel
Erika Schutzman
Michaela Sewall
Tyler Shearer
Labdhi Sheth
Allyson Slater
Robert Kingsley Smith
Claire Specht
Andrew Stauber
Denise Tsai
Jacob Tuttle Newman
Benjamin Unger
Rama Attreya Vine
Simon Williams
Denver:
Margarita Botero
Christopher Cherry
Sydney Donovan
Arielle Herzberg
Peter Kurtz
Jana Lama
Zachary Lass
William Myer
Samantha Picans
Hannah Santasawatkul
Los Angeles:
Francine Bendat
Derek Gosma
Lauren Ige
Vikram Iyer
Kelsey McGregor
Katie Moran
Michael Morillo
Henry Nikogosyan
Alix Pisani
Cristina Salcedo
Mitchell Santos
Sherene Tagharobi
Joshua Vittor
New York:
Judd Abramson
Ian Acker
Rishita Apsani
Keun Young Bae
Hira Baig
Emily Barnet
Seferina Berch
Cynthia Bi
Zachary Blair
Elizabeth Brasher
Thomas Bredar
Masha Bresner
Charles Bridge
Emily Brody-Bizar
Alyssa R. Budihas
Ryan Chabot
Sean C. Chang
Maura Douglas
Gillian Farrell
Martha Ferson
Olivia Greene
Scott Greene
Claire Guehenno
Gideon Hanft
Sara Hershman
Joanna Howard
Meghan Kaler
Michael Katz
Leigh Krafchek
Andrew Langworthy
Victoria Lee
Ashley Lherisson
Natalie Li
Lauren Lifland
Brittany Llewellyn
Laura Macro
Sara Maldonado
Sarah Matchett
Andres Navedo
Molly Nelson
Barish Ozdamar
Katharine Patterson
Victoria Peluso
Ryanne Perio
Gabriel Rosanio
Kelsey Russell
Taylor Solomon
Andrea Sorrentino
Thomas White
Alyson Zureick
Palo Alto:
Dimitry Lensky
Scott Scharf
San Francisco:
Shannon Morrissey
Tessa Opalach
Washington DC:
Brett Atanasio
Claire Bergeron
Philip Beshara
Julia Bonner
Robin Burrell
Colleen Campbell
Charles Cox, Jr.
Elizabeth D'Aunno
Rochella Davis
Thaddeus Eagles
Zachary Enos
Bryce Freeman
Monte Frenkel
Emily Gomez
Amy Gopinathan
Jeffery Habenicht
Bobby Gene Hampton
Stephanie Hartmann
Steven Horn
Ali Jessani
Charles Johnson
Allante Keels
Jonathan Knight
Daniel Martin
Caitlin McGough
Akkad Moussa
John O'Toole
Andres Salinas
Allison Schultz
Elliot Shackelford
Alex Tucker Stewart
Samuel Strongin
Chastity Threadcraft
Anderson To
Jon Weingart
Reid Whitaker
Jason Wilson
Derek Woodman
Jonathan Wright
Nora Xu
David Yin
Jamie Yood