Thought Leaders - USA

Lexology Index Thought Leaders: USA brings together the insight, expertise and wisdom of some of the USA's foremost lawyers and experts in a single report.

Through interviews with the practitioners themselves, Lexology Index Thought Leaders: USA aims to shine a light on what puts these practitioners at the pinnacle of the US legal market. They are worthy of special mention owing not only to their expertise and experience advising on significant and cutting-edge matters, but also their ability to innovate and inspire. Their experience and understanding of the legal world and their unique insights into the area will no doubt be illuminating and instructive to a wide spectrum of readers, whether clients, corporate counsel, established practitioners, those starting out in the law, or anyone with an interest in the practice of law at the very highest level.

Research methodology

The Lexology Index research process starts with qualitative analysis; we gather first-hand experience of working with nominees in the industry or practice area, and ground it with continuous quantitative analysis of a range of relevant data points to ensure a rigorous evaluation framework, consistently applied.

We canvas recommendations and feedback from corporate counsel or other clients who have worked closely with the nominees, as well as from eminent private practitioners. But we know opinions are subjective: we also build and exploit datasets to corroborate and challenge market feedback and ensure our recommendations are rooted in and supported by detailed data.

Our research team, building on 25 years of market experience, brings those data points together to create a market assessment which companies and referring law firms use daily to select the right external counsel or expert for the matter in hand.

Read more about our research methodology here.

Leading firms

Lexology Index does not rank firms or sets, only individual practitioners. The chart below shows the firms and sets home to the most listed practitioners in this year’s guide.