Which Biglaw attorneys are most beloved by general counsel for their superior client service? Thanks to a new ranking, we’re about to find out.
The BTI Consulting Group set out to find which lawyers handled in-house client service with ease, adding them to their annual list of “all-stars.” To compile the ranking, between November 2025 and July 2026, BTI spoke with more than 350 in-house decision-makers at large organizations with over $700 million in annual revenue.
More than 250 attorneys were named to this year’s list, but which firms do they hail from? According to BTI, these are the firms where at least five lawyers were named as “all-stars” by in-house clients:
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- Latham & Watkins — 11
- Gibson Dunn — 8
- Orrick — 8
- Husch Blackwell — 6
- King & Spalding — 6
- Cooley — 5
- Mayer Brown — 5
- Morgan Lewis — 5
The following firms had at least four lawyers named as “all-stars” by in-house clients:
Arnold & Porter
Eversheds Sutherland
Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Kilpatrick
Littler
Morrison & Foerster
Reed Smith
Sidley
Skadden
Sullivan & Cromwell
Venable
With 256 lawyers named to the all-star list, just three were mentioned by more than one client. Which lawyers received the highest honors? Those lawyers are Moez M. Kaba of Hueston Hennigan, Sy Damle of Latham & Watkins, and Chris Willis of Troutman Pepper.
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Congratulations to Latham, Gibson Dunn, Orrick, Husch Blackwell, King & Spalding, Cooley, Mayer Brown, and Morgan Lewis for leading the pack on being client service all-stars, and an even bigger congratulations to the attorneys who were named by more than one client. You’ve proven yourselves to be outstanding when it comes to making corporate clients happy, and that’s worth celebrating.
Clients Name 256 Attorneys Delivering the Absolute Best Client Service [Mad Clientist / BTI Consulting Group]
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