Morgan Lewis Lawyers, Practices Recognized by LMG Life Sciences in 2024 Guide, Americas Awards

NEW YORK, September 24, 2024: Morgan Lewis has received 13 practice rankings and 27 individual lawyer recognitions in the 2024 edition of Legal Media Group’s (LMG) LMG Life Sciences guide, an annual guide that honors law firms and lawyers for outstanding work in life sciences. The firm was also recognized at the 12th annual LMG Americas Life Sciences Awards, which recognize top life sciences practitioners and law firms across a range of jurisdictions and key practice areas—regulatory, IP, financial and corporate, and non-IP litigation and enforcement—following a rigorous research process and interviews with leading lawyers from the field.

The Morgan Lewis practice rankings and individual lawyer recognitions are as follows:

PRACTICE RANKINGS

• Antitrust
• Corporate
• FDA: Medical Device
• FDA: Pharmaceutical
• General Patent Litigation
• Healthcare Pricing & Reimbursement
• Licensing & Collaboration
• Lifecycle
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Strategy & Management
• Product Liability
• Venture Capital
• White Collar/Government Investigations

LIFE SCIENCES STARS

• Michael Abernathy, General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation
• Stephen Altieri, Ph.D., Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management
• Louis Beardell, Jr., Patent Strategy & Management
• Jacqueline Berman, FDA: Medical Device, FDA: Pharmaceutical
• Christopher Betti, Ph.D., General Patent Litigation, Patent Strategy & Management
• Michele Buenafe, FDA: Medical Device
• J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Antitrust, Product Liability
• Jack Dodds, White Collar/Government Investigations
• Suzanne Filippi, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Dennis Gucciardo, FDA: Medical Device
• Todd Hales, Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management
• Eric Kraeutler, General Patent Litigation
• Jeffry Mann, Ph.D., Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy & Management
• Scott Memmott, White Collar/Government Investigations
• Steven Navarro, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
• John Pease, White Collar/Government Investigations
• Benjamin Pensak, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
• William Peterson, General Patent Litigation
• Steven Reed, Antitrust
• Kathleen Sanzo, FDA: Medical Device, FDA, Pharmaceutical
• David Schwartz, Venture Capital
• Eric Sitarchuk, White Collar/Government Investigations
• Mark Stein, Corporate, Licensing & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital
• Julio Vega, Corporate, Venture Capital
• Amanda Williamson, General Patent Litigation
• Howard Young, White Collar/Government Investigations

Additionally, partner Kathleen Sanzo, who has been named a Life Sciences Star by LMG every year since 2012, was named to the guide’s Hall of Fame.

At the LMG Life Sciences 2024 Americas Awards earlier this month, Morgan Lewis was named an Impact Deal of the Year winner for the firm’s representation of Merck in its $22 billion deal with Daiichi Sankyo, led by partners Alan Leeds and David Glazer. Additionally, associate Esther Phu was named a US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate.

The firm was shortlisted in the Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year, Life Cycle Firm of the Year, and Venture Capital Firm of the Year categories, while three lawyers were shortlisted in individual categories. Partner Mike Abernathy was a finalist in the General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest category; partner Christopher Betti was shortlisted in the Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest category; and partner Michele Buenafe was a finalist in the Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device category.