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WH / Recognition

Noticed, occasionally, for the right reasons

We do not chase directories, and we do not rent badges. When the trial bar's observers notice the work, we record it here — with the source, the year, and the matter that earned it.

Every recognition below is invented, from fictional publications, for this sample website. This page exists to show how a firm can present real accolades with restraint — sourced, dated, and free of badge clutter.

  1. 2026

    Litigation Boutique of the Year — finalist

    The Metropolitan Counsel Review — a fictional publication

    One of five firms shortlisted following the firm's defense verdict in a $1.2B fraud trial and its contested plan-confirmation win for an $800M noteholder group.

  2. 2025

    Trial Firm to Watch

    The Advocates' Almanac — a fictional publication

    Recognized for taking three commercial matters to verdict or award in a twelve-month span with partner-led teams of four or fewer lawyers.

  3. 2025

    Eleanor C. Hayes — Enforcement Lawyer of the Year, shortlist

    Gotham Law Weekly — a fictional publication

    Cited for securing the no-action close of a two-year formal SEC investigation of a public-company chief executive.

  4. 2024

    Verdict of the Year — commercial category

    The Litigation Ledger — a fictional publication

    For the $412M trade-secret verdict and permanent injunction won for a fuel-cell developer after a three-week federal jury trial.

  5. 2024

    Marcus J. Westbrook — Trial Lawyer Hall, inducted

    The Metropolitan Counsel Review — a fictional publication

    Career recognition for more than twenty commercial verdicts as lead counsel across three decades.

  6. 2023

    Restructuring Litigation Team of the Year

    The Litigation Ledger — a fictional publication

    For the $175M fraudulent-transfer recovery secured for a post-confirmation litigation trust after a nine-day trial.

How we treat recognition

A shortlist is not a verdict, and a plaque never cross-examined anyone. We list recognitions because clients reasonably ask; we date and source each one because that is how evidence is presented. What we are proudest of lives on the results page.

The house rule

“If the award costs money to display, it isn't an award — it's an ad.”

— firm operating principles, §7

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