Goodell DeVries is pleased to announce that 10 of the firm's lawyers and 3 of its practices have been selected for the Chambers USA 2025 guide for Maryland.
The firm is ranked for Insurance (Band 1), Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2), and Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Band 1). Once again, Goodell DeVries is the only law firm to receive a Band 1 ranking in Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense for Maryland.
Here is the complete list of firm lawyers selected for recognition in the Chambers USA 2025 Maryland guide:
Richard M. Barnes
Litigation: General Commercial (Maryland), Band 4
Kamil Ismail
Insurance (Maryland), Band 2
Kelly Hughes Iverson
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 2
Shannon M. Madden
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 2
Thomas V. Monahan, Jr.
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 2
K. Nichole Nesbitt
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 2
Marianne DePaulo Plant
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 2
James Phelan Robinson
Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Maryland), Band 3
Derek Stikeleather
Litigation: Appellate (Maryland), Band 1
Linda S. Woolf
Insurance (Maryland), Band 1
Litigation: General Commercial (Maryland), Band 3
Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world's leading lawyers. Chambers' 200 Research Analysts provide unique insight into complex areas of law in different jurisdictions. Chambers conducts tens of thousands of interviews a year with in-house counsel and third-party experts, such as barristers and accountants, delivering detailed insight into providers of legal services. An overview of their methodology can be viewed here.
Law firms and individual lawyers are ranked in bands from 1 (the highest) through 6 (the lowest), and being ranked in any band is a significant achievement. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, and commitment.
