LMG Life Sciences Americas is delighted to reveal the 2025 shortlist, honoring the law firms, legal departments, and individual practitioners leading the way in the life sciences industry across the United States, Canada, and Brazil.
This year's finalists represent the pinnacle of legal innovation and sector-specific excellence in areas including regulatory, IP, corporate, product liability, and more.
Winners will be announced on September 4, 2025 during a gala event at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
Each shortlisted nominee was selected following a comprehensive research process that included firm submissions, market feedback, and independent analysis by the LMG Life Sciences research team.
For questions regarding our research process, please contact Jose Martinez.
For more information regarding the gala event and how to further promote your success, please contact George Reeves.
Now without further ado…
Preview of the 2025 shortlist categories for intellectual property:
Firm awards
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Fenwick & WestFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & DunnerFish & RichardsonO'Melveny & MyersPaul HastingsVenableWilmerHale
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ArentFox SchiffGoodwin ProcterGreenberg TraurigKnobbe MartensWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Bookoff McAndrewsFenwick & WestFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & DunnerMarshall Gerstein & BorunMorrison FoersterSterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
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Fish & RichardsonGroombridge Wu Baughman & StonePaul HastingsSterne Kessler Goldstein & FoxVenable
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DesmaraisFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & DunnerFish & RichardsonKnobbe MartensRothwell Figg Ernst & ManbeckSterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
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DesmariasFish & RichardsonGibson Dunn & CrutcherGoodwin ProcterLatham & WatkinsPaul HastingsWilliams & Connolly
Individual Awards
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Jeff Oelke, Fenwick & WestJames Monroe, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & DunnerMartina Tyreus Hufnal, Fish & RichardsonCharlotte Jackson, Gibson Dunn & CrutcherLisa Pensabene, O'Melveny & Myers
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W. Chad Shear, Cooley
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Christy Lea, Knobbe Martens
Siegmund Gutman, Mintz
Daralyn Durie, Morrison Foerster -
Sanya Sukduang, Cooley
William Raich, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins
E. Anthony Figg, Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
David Berl, Williams & Connolly
Amy Wigmore, WilmerHale -
Sailesh Patel, ArentFox SchiffBetsy Flanagan, CooleyKenneth Schuler, Latham & WatkinsMichael Abernathy, Morgan Lewis & BockiusSteven Horowitz, Sidley Austin
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Anthony Fitzpatrick, Duane Morris
Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter
Charles Sanders, Latham & Watkins
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
William Lee, WilmerHale -
Keith Hummel, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Katherine Helm, Dechert
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Jane Love, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Arlene Lee Chow, Latham & Watkins
Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings
David Bassett, WilmerHale -
John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Corrin Drakulich, Fish & Richardson
William Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius -
Michael Kane, Fish & RichardsonMegan Raymond, Groombridge Wu Baughman & StoneNaveen Modi, Paul HastingsJohn Molenda, SteptoeWilliam Solander, Venable
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Imron Aly, ArentFox SchiffDaryl Wiesen, Goodwin ProcterScott Bornstein, Greenberg TraurigCarol Pitzel Cruz, Knobbe MartensT.O. Kong, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Jin Liu, Dickinson WrightVicki Norton, Duane MorrisDaniel Becker, Fenwick & WestChristopher Bolten, Greenberg TraurigSabing Lee, Knobbe MartensCatherine Polizzi, Morrison FoersterGargi Talukder, Orrick Herrington & SutcliffeLorna Tanner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
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Elizabeth Shah, Bookoff McAndrewsJonathan Bockman, Morrison FoersterJoseph Hynds, Rothwell Figg Ernst & ManbeckEldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & FoxDaniel Young, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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William R. Boudreaux, Barnes & Thornburg
Katherine Neville, Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Christopher Betti, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Li-Hsien Rin-Laures, RinLaures -
David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig
Kristin Connarn, Hogan Lovells
Rebecca McNeill, McNeill
Kathleen Williams, Nutter McClennen & Fish
Fangli Chen, Proskauer
Heather DiPietrantonio, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks -
Margaret Brivanlou, Ballard SpahrDavid Kappos, Cravath Swaine & MooreKaren Mangasarian, Hailey GuilianoGregory A. Morris, O'Melveny & MyersZ Ying Li, Steptoe
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Scott Marty, Ballard Spahr
David Weingarten, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
J Kevin Gray, Fish & Richardson
Dr. Kristen Grüneberg, Grüneberg and Myers
Tom Cowan, Knobbe Martens
Mary Henninger, McNeill -
Alice Ho, Arnold & PorterPaul Chang, Dickinson WrightSarah Jack, Fish & Richardson
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