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Rogge Dunn’s multifaceted practice encompasses seemingly every polar opposite within civil law – representing plaintiffs and defendants, companies and individuals, in areas including employment, sports and entertainment, whistleblower and qui tam, sexual harassment and abuse, FINRA, business disputes and trade secrets. Across all those areas, he has secured more than $2B (net) for his clients in his 35-plus year career. The founder of Dallas-based trial boutique Rogge Dunn Group, PC, Dunn's diverse legal career mirrors his out-of-office passions, ranging from studying psychology to a charity mission to Kyiv, Ukraine. In and out of the office his mission remains the same: to help people. https://lnkd.in/gme_Un93 #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms

We’re honored to recognize The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. These amazing advocates find pathways to justice for investors who have been defrauded, companies who have been blocked from fair competition and consumers who have been duped by corporations, from social media to pharmaceuticals. Firms highlighted in this guide include: Berger Montague Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP McKool Smith Quinn Emanuel Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Susman Godfrey LLP Pictured are Sharon Robertson of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm and Kara Wolke of Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP. #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms #plaintifflawyer https://lnkd.in/g8BHmR6Z

Lauren Smith's path in the law is backed by a love for language and problem-solving, with degrees in Classical Languages and Government. That ingrained precision, intellectual rigor and analytical thinking led her to a career as a litigator, then in-house to the real estate sector and finally, her to role as a leading law firm partner recruiter. As a recruiter with CenterPeak LLC, Smith utilizes that vital experience to place elite partners across a range of practice areas, including M&A, private equity, real estate, antitrust, litigation and white-collar crime & investigations at elite law firms. She's made significant placements spanning Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and beyond: https://lnkd.in/e9KXFhHv #legalnews #lawfirms #legalrecruiting

We’re honored to introduce The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in South America. This extraordinary group of lawyers bring their skills in international arbitration, infrastructure development, M&A, energy finance, investigations and many other specialties to a region in the global spotlight. Pictured are Nicole Duclos of Covington & Burling LLP, Augusto Maxwell of Akerman LLP and J. Mathias von Bernuth of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. Firms listed in this guide include: Baker McKenzie Norton Rose Fulbright Rebaza Alcázar & De Las Casas Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates White & Case LLP Winston & Strawn LLP View the full guide: https://lnkd.in/eDtdzPXw #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms

Ellen Holloman's monumental career is an inextricable blend of corporate and public service work. She is a powerhouse commercial litigator for Fortune 50 companies and major financial services clients; at the same time, she has devoted thousands of hours to pro bono service shaping women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, issues of racial equity and immigration justice. In further pursuit of that work, Holloman moved to Kaplan Martin LLP in 2025. “This is the practice I always wanted,” she says. “Corporate excellence and impact work in one place, with equal time, energy and dedication to both.” https://lnkd.in/e6grqtRm #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms

With a background in both economics and the law, Sarah Johnson was uniquely poised to start a dedicated litigation investing strategy group at global investment and technology development firm The D. E. Shaw Group. Now in its ninth year, the group has thrived under Johnson’s leadership – providing not just capital and reach, Johnson says, but partnership. https://lnkd.in/emiJ5s55 #legalnews #lawfirms #lawyers #litigationfinance

Barney Balonick's wide-ranging career has always been on the attack; over 400 trials, he chased convictions as a prosecutor and made defendants pay as a business litigator. But now, he's moved to a new legal area and philosophy – one where outcomes are mapped before disputes begin. This year, Balonick opened a new tax practice, Balonick Advisory, APC – Los Angeles. He advises physicians, entrepreneurs and investors on structuring significant financial decisions before income becomes fixed and leverage disappears: https://lnkd.in/eVNhw79M #legalnews #lawfirms #lawyers #taxlaw

We are honored to introduce The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. These advisors are instrumental to a modern economy where nothing is black and white – including traditional bankruptcy lawyers, specialists in leveraged finance and restructuring, and litigators well-versed in financial litigation and distress. Featured firms include: Gibson Dunn Haynes and Boone, LLP Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Norton Rose Fulbright Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Quinn Emanuel Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Winston & Strawn LLP Pictured are Marshall Huebner of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Susheel Kirpalani of Quinn Emanuel and Debra Sinclair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. View the full list: https://lnkd.in/eNzKmZiJ #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms #bankruptcylaw

Marcel Meijer’s career is guided by the philosophy of the perpetual student – of the legal industry, and of people. As a legal recruiter for CenterPeak LLC, he excels at building relationships with high-level law firm partners and placing them with leading firms; he has played a central role in the expansion of AmLaw 100 firms across Texas since 2011: https://lnkd.in/gUXnm2_B #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms #legalrecruiting

As a labor lawyer and partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Steven Porzio approaches negotiations and labor disputes with a sense of curiosity – an approach he first found when considering a career as a car mechanic. With an uptick in union organizing and labor disruptions, that willingness to keep learning, to listen closely and to study the systems that shape disputes and inform possible solutions is vital to his work: https://lnkd.in/gZk3aC2x #legalnews #lawyers #lawfirms #laborlaw