Lawdragon Names Morgan Lewis Lawyers to Its Hall of Fame and 2027 500 Leading Litigators List

PHILADELPHIA, September 30, 2026: Lawdragon has inducted Morgan Lewis partners April Nelson Ross and Grace Speights into its Hall of Fame and named them, along with 22 other Morgan Lewis lawyers, to its 2027 500 Leading Litigators in America list.

April and Grace, both resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office, were recognized by Lawdragon for their “remarkable contributions to the legal profession.”

In announcing its Leading Litigators list, Lawdragon stated that “the U.S. trial bar is without peer throughout the world, and these are its stars.”

The Morgan Lewis lawyers named to the 2027 list are:

• Harvey Bartle, Philadelphia: Product Liability, White Collar, Investigations
• J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Philadelphia: Commercial Litigation, including Class Actions, Product Liability, Antitrust, Securities
• Brady Edwards, Houston: Product Liability, Mass Tort
• R. Brendan Fee, Philadelphia: Antitrust Litigation
• Wendy West Feinstein, Pittsburgh: Class Action, Product Liability, Mass Tort
• Kelly L. Gibson, Philadelphia: Securities Litigation, Enforcement
• Nagwa Hultquist, Washington, DC: Product Liability, Asbestos Litigation, Class Actions
• Michael Kenneally, Washington, DC: Appellate, Investigations, Administrative Law
• Molly Moriarty Lane, San Francisco: Commercial Litigation, Class Actions
• John P. Lavelle, Jr., Philadelphia: Crisis Management, Complex Litigation, Product Liability
• Randall Mark Levine, Washington, DC: Product Liability, Mass Tort, Environmental, Class Actions
• Stacey Anne Mahoney, New York: Antitrust Litigation
• Kelly A. Moore, New York: White Collar, Investigations, Criminal Defense, Litigation
• Arjun P. Rao, Century City: Class Actions, Financial Services, Investigations
• Ali Razai, Orange County: IP Litigation
• Steven A. Reed, Philadelphia: Commercial Litigation, including Antitrust, Securities, Mass Tort, M&A
• Harry T. Robins, New York: Antitrust M&A, Litigation
• Brian C. Rocca, San Francisco: Antitrust & Complex Litigation
• April N. Ross, Washington, DC: Product Liability, Mass Tort, Class Actions
• David L. Schrader, Los Angeles: Complex Litigation, Product Liability, Mass Tort
• Scott T. Schutte, Chicago: Complex Litigation, including Class Actions, Insurance Recovery
• Eric W. Sitarchuk, Philadelphia: White Collar, Investigations, Litigation
• Grace E. Speights, Washington, DC: Complex Litigation, especially Workplace, Class Actions
• Yardena R. Zwang-Weissman, Los Angeles: Environmental, Mass Tort, Product Liability, Class Actions

Read the full Lawdragon announcement.