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NEW YORK, November 7, 2025: Morgan Lewis has received 14 practice rankings and 32 individual lawyer recognitions in the 2025 edition of Legal Media Groups (LMGs) guide, an annual guide that honors law firms and lawyers for outstanding work in life sciences. The firm was also recognized at the 13th annual LMG Americas Life Sciences Awards, which reward top life sciences practitioners and law firms across a range of jurisdictions and key practice areas--regulatory, IP, financial and corporate, and non-IP litigation and enforcement--following a rigorous research process and interviews with leading lawyers from the field.
The Morgan Lewis practice rankings and individual lawyer recognitions are as follows:
PRACTICE RANKINGS
Antitrust
Corporate
FDA: Medical Device
FDA: Pharmaceutical
General Patent Litigation
Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation
Licensing & Collaboration
Mergers & Acquisitions
Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement
Patent Prosecution
Patent Strategy & Management
Product Liability
Venture Capital
White Collar/Government Investigations
LIFE SCIENCES STARS
Michael Abernathy, General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation
Stephen Altieri, Ph.D., Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management
Louis Beardell, Jr., Patent Strategy & Management
Jacqueline Berman, FDA: Medical Device, FDA: Pharmaceutical
Christopher Betti, Ph.D., General Patent Litigation, Patent Strategy & Management
Michele Buenafe, FDA: Medical Device
J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Antitrust, Product Liability
Jack Dodds, White Collar/Government Investigations
Suzanne Filippi, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
Natalie Georges, Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement
David Glazer, Corporate, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
Dennis Gucciardo, FDA: Medical Device
Eric Kraeutler, General Patent Litigation
Alan Leeds, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jeffry Mann, Ph.D., Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management
Scott Memmott, White Collar/Government Investigations
Steven Navarro, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
John Pease, White Collar/Government Investigations
Benjamin Pensak, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
Esther Phu, Licensing & Collaboration
Ali Razai, General Patent Litigation
Steven Reed, Antitrust
Kathleen Sanzo, FDA: Medical Device, FDA: Pharmaceutical (Hall of Fame)
David Schwartz, Venture Capital
Eric Sitarchuk, White Collar/Government Investigations
Mark Stein, Corporate, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital
Julio Vega, Corporate, Venture Capital
Amanda Williamson, General Patent Litigation
Howard Young, White Collar/Government Investigations
Partner Natalie Georges and associate Esther Phu were further recognized as 2025 Rising Stars.
At the in September, the firm was shortlisted in the Life Cycle Firm of the Year category, while three lawyers were shortlisted in individual categories: partner Mike Abernathy was a finalist in the General Patent Litigator of the Year - Midwest category; partner Christopher Betti was shortlisted in the Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year - Midwest category; and partner Michele Buenafe was a finalist in the Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device category.
