Honors and Awards
Ranking

Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Honored by Benchmark Litigation 2025

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our practice groups and attorneys received the following high-level rankings and recognitions in Benchmark Litigation 2025.

Practice Group Rankings

For the eighth consecutive year, our Insurance Recovery practice group was ranked Tier 1 nationally and, earlier this year, Omid Safa was named Benchmark Litigation’s Insurance Litigator of the Year

Additionally, Blank Rome was once again recommended in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.

Individual Attorney Rankings

Commercial

New York

Craig Weiner 

  • Litigation Star

Lisa M. Coyle

  • Future Star

Michael D. Silberfarb

  • Litigation Star

Pennsylvania

Grant S. Palmer 

  • Litigation Star
Insurance

California

Mary Craig Calkins

  • Litigation Star

Linda Kornfeld

  • Litigation Star
  • Top 250 Women in Litigation

New York

Robyn L. Michaelson

  • 40 & Under List

Jeffrey L. Schulman

  • Litigation Star

Jared Zola

  • Litigation Star

Washington, D.C.

Kyle Brinkman

  • 40 & Under List

John Gibbons 

  • Litigation Star

Justin F. Lavella

  • Litigation Star

James R. Murray 

  • Litigation Star

Omid Safa

  • Future Star
  • Insurance Litigator of the Year
Mass Torts & Class Action

Washington, D.C.

Deborah Greenspan

  • Litigation Star
White Collar Crime

Washington, D.C.

William E. Lawler III

  • Litigation Star

Barry Wm. Levine

  • Litigation Star

About Benchmark Litigation

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