McKool Smith earned top rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA, which highlights the firm as a leader in commercial litigation, intellectual property, and securities litigation. In addition, 19 of the firm’s attorneys are individually recognized for excellence in their respective practice areas.
McKool Smith is recognized as one of the nation’s leading firms for intellectual property and commercial litigation. The firm also received Band 1 rankings in Texas for both intellectual property and commercial litigation, as well as a Band 1 ranking in New York for securities litigation representing institutional plaintiffs. Finally, the firm earned a Band 2 ranking as a leading for firm for commercial litigation in California.
The firm's Chambers USA ranked lawyers include:
- Gary Cruciani: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Christopher Johnson: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation (New York)
- Lew LeClair: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Dan Levy: White Collar and Government Investigations (New York)
- Warren Lipschitz: Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Alan Loewinsohn: Trial Lawyers and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Robert Manley: Trial Lawyers and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Nicholas Mathews: Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Michael Miguel: Insurance: Policy Holder (California)
- Josh Newcomer: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Steven Pollinger: Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Hugh Ray: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
- Steven Rizzi: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
- Robert Scheef: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation (New York)
- David Schiefelbein: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation (New York)
- John Sparacino: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
- Courtney Statfeld: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation (New York)
- Jennifer Truelove: General Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Alan Whitehurst: Intellectual Property Litigation (Washington, D.C.)
Chambers USA is compiled by Chambers and Partners, a London-based publisher of guides to the world's leading law firms and lawyers. To compile the 2026 edition, researchers conducted more than 10,000 interviews with attorneys and business leaders from across the U.S.
