Awards.
Selected rankings from independent legal directories. We do not pay for editorial placements; rankings shown are research-based. Disclosed for completeness · ranking is one signal among several.
Continuous Band 1 ranking · Litigation: General Commercial · New York · 2018 — 2025.
Individually-ranked attorneys across Chambers, Legal 500, and Best Lawyers (current edition).
Margaret S. Westbrook · Chambers Star Individual · Litigation: General Commercial (NY).
- AW-01Chambers USA2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
Band 1 · Litigation: General Commercial · New York
Eight-year band-1 ranking. Margaret Westbrook ranked individually as a Star Individual since 2021.
- AW-02Chambers USA2019 — 2025
Band 2 · Securities · Litigation · National
Daniel Hayes ranked Band 2 for Securities Litigation; Hayes + Mendes co-ranked at Band 3 since 2022.
- AW-03Legal 500 US2020 — 2025
Tier 1 · Dispute Resolution · Litigation: M&A and Corporate Governance
Tier-1 ranking for the Delaware Chancery practice; J. Park ranked Leading Lawyer for M&A litigation in 2024 and 2025.
- AW-04Benchmark Litigation2023 · 2024 · 2025
Highly Recommended · New York Litigation Boutique of the Year (finalist)
Three consecutive finalist nominations for the Boutique of the Year category. Two attorneys named to the Under-40 Hot List.
- AW-05U.S. News — Best Lawyers2017 — 2025
National Tier 1 · Commercial Litigation · Securities Regulation · M&A Law
Nine-year national tier-1 ranking across commercial-litigation, securities-regulation, and M&A practices.
- AW-06Law3602022 · 2024
Securities Group of the Year (finalist)
Two finalist nominations recognizing the firm's defendant-side securities-class-action practice.
