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Best Lawyers® provides trusted, peer-reviewed recognition of top legal professionals and helps clients find credible, experienced counsel with confidence.
For more than 40 years, our Purely Peer Review® process has set the standard for merit-based legal distinction. It is respected by lawyers and firms worldwide, with more than 13 million confidential evaluations submitted annually.
The process is highly selective, with only 5% of U.S. lawyers and 3% globally earning this honor. Rigorous bias-filtering ensures integrity and fairness.
We combine this credibility with powerful digital tools built for the realities of modern legal marketing. These tools increase the visibility of recognized lawyers and help clients identify proven legal talent. Our partnerships with more than 50 local, national and international media outlets extend our influence globally.
Our goal is to bring clarity to legal selection and build lasting trust between lawyers and those seeking legal counsel.
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In 2010, we launched Best Law Firms to recognize exceptional law firm performance. Today, Best Law Firms operates in six global markets, delivering firm-level distinction alongside individual recognition.
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Brett leads sales and client success at Best Lawyers, driving revenue through client relationships and strategic partnerships. With over 20 years in the legal industry he has held leadership roles across Fortune 500 and early-stage firms, bringing deep expertise in legal marketing, SaaS, data, and AI.
“Though Best Lawyers has been the leader in our space for over 40 years, we still operate with the energy of a much younger company. Writing this next chapter of our company history with the same team is extremely inspiring and I am grateful to continue to work with my colleagues.”
“I am proud to lead many of our partnerships. I think what sets Best Lawyers apart as an organization is that we really do take care of our own. That extends to all employees at all levels and I am living proof.”
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Advisory Board Spotlight
Carlos Creel C. is Senior Partner of Creel Abogados. Mr. Creel’s practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance, as well as in banking and finance. Mr. Creel represents public and private companies on corporate governance matters, cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances, as well as private equity firms in transactional matters. Mr. Creel advised the Mexican Government on the drafting and revisions of venture capital and securities laws and ...
Mr. Sam Eberts III is the Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings. Effective September 7, 2016, F. Samuel Eberts III was appointed as Chairperson, President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of Sequenom, Inc. F. Samuel Eberts III has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer since January 1, 2009. Prior to that time he served as Senior Vice Pr...
Stanley Twardy, Day Pitney's Managing Partner, is a leading corporate litigator. He helps clients with criminal, civil and regulatory investigations conducted by federal and state agencies. Clients have included Fortune 500 companies, their executives and others involved in federal and state criminal, regulatory and SEC investigations. Stan has argued many civil and criminal cases in federal and state appellate courts, and been counsel of record before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Manuel Galicia Romero is the Founding Partner of Galicia Abogados, SC specializes in commercial transactions and his practice focuses primarily on issues related to representation of companies and national and foreign financial institutions, counseling for lending, public loans and private securities and credits, finance leases, restructurings, structured projects, programs mortgage loans, high yield issues, exchange of public and private sector debt, advising national and foreign companies a...
Marianne D. Short was appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer in 2013. She is responsible for overseeing legal, regulatory and compliance matters across the enterprise. She has more than 35 years of courtroom experiences from her work on the court, the Dorsey firm and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.
Timur Bondaryev is Managing and Founding Partner of Arzinger, an Attorney, Head of the Real Estate and Construction, Antitrust and Competition, IP, Advertisement and Promotion practices at Arzinger. Besides, he heads Automotive, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Food and Beverages, Retail industrial practices. He has extensive experience in working at state authorities and large corporations. He was Head of Division in the Legal Department at the State Property Fund of Ukraine and Head of the Leg...
Christian has 25+ years’ transaction and real estate experience. He assists Danish and international businesses and private equity funds in their acquisition and divestiture of businesses, including real estate-related transactions as well as private equity transactions and capital market transactions. Christian has also contributed to the Danish Bar & Law Society’s guidelines on company and securities law. Christian was elected the first managing partner of the firm with effect from 2009.
Kye Sung Chung is a senior partner and is the chair of the Finance Department at Kim & Chang. Mr. Chung is also the managing partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office. His practice focuses on financial regulatory matters, corporate finance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Chung has extensive transactional experience, representing publicly and privately-held multinational and Korean companies in cross-border acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, securities offerings and fin...
Steven Wright is senior vice president and general counsel at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. A distinguished Boston-area attorney, Steve has served as lead counsel and strategic advisor for several Fortune 500 companies, addressing complex commercial, corporate, intellectual property, litigation and regulatory matters. He is named in “Best Lawyers in America” for commercial litigation, a member of Best Lawyers National Advisory Committee and a “Super Lawyer” for business and corporate law. I...
Vladimir Penkov has extensive experience in negotiating, studies, preparation of legal documents and representation of clients in various areas of commercial law, such as banking and finance, corporate law and commercial contracts, competition, privatization and foreign investment, investment management, mergers and acquisitions, project financing, procurement, licensing and know-how contracts, tax law, telecommunications & media, energy law and renewable energy.
Along with being Of Counsel at Beiten Burkhardt, Dr. Jack Schiffer is a member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. His area of activity comprises mergers & acquisitions, company, transformation and group law, management of annual general meetings, as well as private equity and alternative investments. He particularly advises his national and international clients on cross-border transactions, company law restructurings and corporate litigation. Focus industries are automotive suppl...
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2025 Mid-Year Canadian Legal Market Survey Reveals Legal Sector Perspectives on AI, Pressures Shaping Practices from The Best Lawyers in Canada Honorees Survey results accompany release of 2026 editions of the Best Lawyers awards
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2025 Mid-Year U.S. Legal Market Survey Reveals Practice Outlook, AI Impact from The Best Lawyers in America Honorees Survey results accompany release of 2026 editions of the Best Lawyers awards
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Spanish Law Firms Embrace Billing Flexibility, Yet Fall Behind on Diversity New Legal Market Report Reveals 63% of firms now offer alternative fee arrangements challenging the tradition of billable hours
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Best Lawyers® Establishes CMO Advisory Board to Guide Innovation in the Legal Marketing Industry
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Transforming legal content creation for attorneys and firms.
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Strategic counsel from legal marketing’s most experienced voices.
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by Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers introduces Artificial Intelligence Law to recognize attorneys leading the way in AI-related legal issues and innovation.
Best Lawyers’ Purely Peer Voting: Authenticity and Trust Through Decades of Tradition
by Best Lawyers
Larry A. Campagna of Chamberlain Hrdlicka met with Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer to discuss how trust and peer-review feedback are pivotal to building authentic relationships with colleagues in the legal industry.






