Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders - USA 2025

Who’s Who Legal has ranked BRG professionals in WWL Thought Leaders – USA 2025, a guide that features practitioners “at the apogee of the US legal market.” 

• Manuel Abdala is regarded as “one of the best in the business” in the arbitration, energy, and mining spaces.  

• Mark Abernathy stands out for “his deep expertise in the healthcare sector,” with respondents noting that “he presents extremely well as an expert witness in depositions and testimony.” 

• Rosa Abrante-Metz is “a brilliant economic expert” with “a very strong reputation in the market.” 

• Robin Cantor is “a highly reputed expert with over thirty years of experience handling complex claims across a wide range of sectors.” 

• Andrew Crain “explains matters really well and clearly” and is “truly amazing.” 

• Santiago Dellepiane is a “highly esteemed expert with exceptional experience in business valuations and damages assessments for clients in both regulated and non-regulated industries.” 

• Richard Fultineer “works in a great fashion and staffs matters with the right expertise.” 

• Christopher Goncalves is “a strong and reliable expert” who “boils down very complex economics issues to digestible fundamentals.” 

• Laura Hardin is “an outstanding expert who ranks in the very top tier of our research this year for her ‘excellent work in extremely complex cases’ and ‘accessible approach’ with clients.” 

• Henry Kahwaty impresses market sources with his “strong analytical and verbal skills” and “excellent economic modelling” on complex disputes.  

• David Kaplan “brings an innovative and detailed approach to economic damages in the litigation setting.” 

• James Langenfeld “knows his way around agency practice and the economics underlying antitrust law.”  

• Robert Lewis is identified as a “consummate construction expert” “thanks to his vast experience providing design and scheduling analysis in arbitration proceedings.”  

• David Scheffman has “worked on a number of seminal cases and is well-regarded in the market.” 

• Matt Schroeder can “explain complicated technical processes to non-technical lawyers and clients.” 

• Michael Seelhof has “unparalleled experience in the banking sector.” 

• Pablo Spiller is “is one of a kind and has a unique vision for developing quantum analysis.” 

• Jeffery Stec amasses applause for his “ability to communicate his vast knowledge in ways that judges and juries understand.” 

• Executive Chairman David Teece is “internationally renowned for his wealth of experience assisting clients across economic, financial and business matters.” 

• Gregory Thaler is “an insurance specialist whose first-rate practice encompasses property and business interruption claims arising from major natural disasters.” 

• Cleve Tyler is “a highly sophisticated and experienced antitrust economist” who does “excellent work, and does so efficiently.” 

• Brad Wolf “quickly and effectively identifies what issues really matter in a dispute,” is “a truly great expert and leader in his field,” and is “always in high demand.”