Goodell DeVries is pleased to announce that twenty-one of the firm's lawyers have been named to the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and another four have been selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch for 2026.
Additionally, Derek Stikeleather was named the 2026 Baltimore Lawyer of the Year for Appellate Practice. The Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year honors are awarded to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
Recognition in Best Lawyers is based on a peer review and voting process. The results are analyzed as to professional abilities within geographic regions. This publication is used by in-house counsel to research options for outside legal expertise. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Goodell DeVries congratulates the following attorneys selected for the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Insurance Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Health Care
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Health Care
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Appellate Practice (also named Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” 2026 in this practice area)
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Construction
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Insurance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2026
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
