The Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 28 PLG Lawyers including a Lawyer of the Year & Inaugural AI Ranking

We are pleased to announce that 28 PLG lawyers have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® including a Lawyer of the Year distinction which is only awarded to 1 lawyer in each area of practice and an inaugural ranking for AI. These attorneys represent a broad cross section of the firm’s practices, including administrative/regulatory, corporate, energy, immigration, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax. 

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America® list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. 

PLG would like to congratulate the following lawyers:

Washington D.C. 

• Derek Adams - Qui Tam Law (Lawyer of the Year) and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Derek is the sole recipient of the 2026 Lawyer of the Year award for Qui Tam Law

• Roberta Anderson Sutton - Insurance Law 

• Peter Asaad - Immigration Law 

• Thomas Cawley – Litigation – Intellectual Property 

• Victor Chang – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 

• Alexandra (Sasha) Field – Communications Law 

• Gregory Giammittorio – Corporate Law 

• Catherine Guttman-McCabe - Civil Rights Law 

• Mindy Herzfeld - Tax Law 

• Julia Anne Matheson - Litigation - Intellectual Property and Trademark Law 

• Susan V. Metcalfe - Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Intellectual Property 

• Michael J. Rustum - Energy Law 

• T.J. Sullivan – Health Care Law 

• John B. Watkins – Corporate Law & Mergers and Acquisitions Law 

• Edward Wender – Real Estate Law 

Denver 

• Dannon Allbee – Artificial Intelligence Law*
  • 2026 Inaugural AI ranking year by Best Lawyers 
• Steve Suneson - Corporate Law and Tax Law 

Boston 

• Anthony H. Dowling - Corporate Law and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
• Richard Kanoff - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, and Real Estate Law 
• Reza Mollaaghababa – Litigation: Intellectual Property and Patent Law 
• John J. Penny - Patent Law 

 New York 

• Senwan H. Akhtar - Corporate Law 
• Greg Gulia – Copyright Law 
• Pablo D. Hendler – Litigation: Patent and Patent Law 

Pennsylvania 

• Danielle Dietrich – Commercial Litigation and Health Care Law 

Best Lawyers in America 2025 Ones to Watch: 

• Jodi B. Arganbright - Corporate Law (Washington D.C.) 
• Gregory Watkins – Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Cleveland) 
• Edward Whang – Patent Law (New York) 

About Best Lawyers 

For over 40 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers awards are published in leading local, regional and national publications across the globe.