McKool Smith earned top rankings in the 2025 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 a leading law firm for intellectual property litigation nationwide. The firm is also recognized as a leading firm in Texas for commercial litigation (Band 1) and intellectual property litigation (Band 1), and as a leading firm in California for commercial litigation (Band 2). In New York, McKool Smith is recognized as a leading firm for institutional plaintiffs in securities litigation, mainly RMBS (Band 1).
The firm's Chambers USA ranked lawyers include:
- Sam Baxter: Intellectual Property Litigation (Nationwide); Trial Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas), and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Gary Cruciani: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Kirk Dillman: General Commercial Litigation (California)
- Christopher Johnson: Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation (New York)
- Chad Hummel: General Commercial Litigation (California)
- Lew LeClair: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Dan Levy: White Collar and Government Investigations (New York)
- Alan Loewinsohn: Trial Lawyers and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Robert Manley: Trial Lawyers and General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Nicholas Mathews: Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Josh Newcomer: General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
- Steven Pollinger: Intellectual Property Litigation (Texas)
- Hugh Ray: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
- 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 (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 2025 edition, researchers conducted more than 10,000 interviews with attorneys and business leaders from across the U.S.