Berman Tabacco is grateful to have been selected by Benchmark Litigation as one of seven finalists in the Plaintiff Firm of the Year category for its Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards 2025. Benchmark Litigation, a publication of U.K.-based Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, is hosting its annual Benchmark Litigation Awards on March 11, 2026, in New York City.
For the 10th consecutive year, Benchmark Litigation has ranked Berman Tabacco as a Top Plaintiffs firm in its 2026 rankings profiling U.S. law firms. Benchmark Litigation notes that Berman Tabacco has been praised by peers as “one of the premier plaintiff shops” and that the “team at Berman Tabacco are expert litigators.” The firm was also ranked in the highest category of Highly Recommended—the 15th consecutive year that the firm has received that ranking from Benchmark.
“We are honored by Benchmark Litigation’s continued recognition of our firm and attorneys, who work as a cohesive team striving to deliver exceptional representation and counsel to our clients and the classes that they represent each and every day,” says San Francisco Partner Daniel E. Barenbaum.
In 2023, the firm was recognized as a Top 10 Plaintiffs firm (for the 7th time) and in the top category of Highly Recommended (for the 12th time). The firm was also selected by Benchmark California as a Tier 1 firm—the highest rank awarded—in its Plaintiff Work category. San Francisco Partners Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Nicole Lavallee, Todd A. Seaver, and Daniel E. Barenbaum were designated as Litigation Stars and Local Litigation Stars, and Boston partners Kathleen Donovan-Maher, Leslie Stern, and Patrick T. Egan, and Nathaniel Orenstein were designated as Massachusetts Litigation Stars.