2026 Edition

The Power 100

Ranked by editorial judgment of influence, relationships, and networking value. How we rank.

Showing 100 of 100

1

Mike Papantonio

Senior partner

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Veteran trial lawyer with national pharmaceutical and environmental litigation experience and extensive MTMP visibility.

OpioidsPFAS/C8environmental torts
2

Christopher Seeger

Founding partner

Seeger Weiss

New York / New Jersey · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer with extensive court-appointed leadership experience across mass torts and class actions involving pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and sports injuries.

3M earplugsNFL concussionVolkswagen
3

Mark Lanier

Founder / trial lawyer

The Lanier Law Firm

Houston, TX · Litigation leaders

Prominent plaintiff trial lawyer whose product liability verdicts and trial teaching give him influence beyond his own docket.

Talcpharmaceutical and medical device trials
4

Perry Weitz

Co-founding member

Weitz & Luxenberg

New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Co-founded a major plaintiff firm combining asbestos, environmental, drug, and device litigation with national co-counsel relationships.

Asbestosenvironmentaldrug and device portfolios
5

Watts Law Firm

Base not verified · Litigation leaders

Trial lawyer with decades of complex mass tort and environmental litigation experience; current MTMP biography emphasizes wildfire litigation and large plaintiff portfolios.

LahainaCampTubbs
6

Jayne Conroy

Named partner

Simmons Hanly Conroy

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Leads complex plaintiff litigation involving opioids, products, environmental claims, and abuse, with extensive national leadership and trial experience.

OpioidsDePuy PinnacleVolkswagen
7

Bryan Aylstock

Founding partner

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Founding AWKO partner with pharmaceutical and device MDL leadership experience, including 3M earplugs and Depo-Provera.

3M earplugsDepo-Proverapelvic mesh
8

Brian Barr

President

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Firm president with pharmaceutical, environmental, and national mass tort leadership experience.

3M earplugsXareltoCamp Lejeune
9

Andy Birchfield

Mass Torts Section head

Beasley Allen

Montgomery, AL · Litigation leaders

Leads Beasley Allen’s mass tort practice and helped develop the section after joining in 1996.

Vioxxpharmaceutical productsproduct liability
10

Cason Carter

Founder & CEO

Broughton Partners

Savannah, GA · Referral & case acquisition

Leads a case acquisition business connecting plaintiff firms with retained claimants and litigation partners; Broughton identifies Goldwater Law Firm as its originating firm.

Mass tort acquisitionintakereferral-firm connections
11

John Morgan

Founder & attorney

Morgan & Morgan

Orlando, FL · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Founder of a large national plaintiff firm with reach across injury litigation and mass torts.

National injury and mass tort portfolios
12

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

San Francisco, CA · Litigation leaders

Longstanding plaintiff leader in class actions and complex proceedings involving consumer harms, products, and environmental disasters.

Consumer class actionsharmful productsenvironmental litigation
13

Steve Nober

Founder, president & CEO

Consumer Attorney Marketing Group

Woodland Hills, CA · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads CAMG’s legal marketing business with direct response and multichannel acquisition capabilities.

TVdigitallegal advertising
14

Beasley Allen

Montgomery, AL · Litigation leaders

Product liability lawyer with talc MDL co-lead experience and work involving Vioxx and pelvic mesh.

Talc MDL 2738Vioxxpelvic mesh
15

Weitz & Luxenberg

New York, NY / Cherry Hill, NJ · Litigation leaders

Experienced drug and medical device lawyer with federal and state leadership roles.

ExactechJUULopioids
16

Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann

Birmingham managing partner; mass tort co-chair

DiCello Levitt

Birmingham, AL · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer with leadership spanning infant formula, hair relaxer, paraquat, social media harms, public clients, and civil rights.

NEC/infant formulahair relaxerparaquat
17

Michael London

Founding partner

Douglas & London

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Co-founded a plaintiff firm focused on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, with multiple national lead and liaison roles.

YazPradaxaZyprexa
18

James Onder

Founder & attorney

OnderLaw

St. Louis, MO · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Founder of a plaintiff firm with a substantial talc docket and product liability practice.

Talcproduct liabilitydrug/device claims
19

Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Attorney / litigation leader

Motley Rice

Base not verified · Litigation leaders

Represents individuals, communities, and public clients in toxic tort and product cases.

Hair relaxer MDL 3060Essureparaquat
20

Sharon Boothe

Vice president of programs

Mass Torts Made Perfect

Base not verified · Industry connectors

Oversees MTMP conferences and webinars, with additional Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, TrialSchool, and NLVA roles.

MTMP programsTrialSchoolNLVA relationships
21

Aimee Wagstaff

Founder / trial attorney

Wagstaff Law Firm

Denver, CO · Litigation leaders

Mass tort trial lawyer associated with the first federal Roundup bellwether; focuses on product liability and national coordinated litigation.

Roundupdrug/device mass torts
22

R. Brent Wisner

Managing partner

Wisner Baum

Los Angeles, CA · Litigation leaders

Product liability trial lawyer known for Roundup litigation and pharmaceutical cases.

Rounduppharmaceutical products
23

Hunter Shkolnik

Founding partner; trial practice leader

Napoli Shkolnik

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Trial lawyer with pharmaceutical, environmental, and opioid litigation experience, including major plaintiff proceedings and discovery leadership.

Opioidsenvironmental contaminationdrug/device claims
24

Napoli Shkolnik

New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Plaintiff lawyer with mass tort, pharmaceutical, medical malpractice, and complex litigation experience.

Pharmaceuticalsproduct liabilitycomplex plaintiff litigation
25

Fibich Leebron Copeland & Briggs

Houston, TX · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer with Paragard and Suboxone lead roles and hair relaxer steering committee work described in her MTMP biography.

ParagardSuboxonehair relaxer
26

Trent Miracle

Partner; mass tort managing member

Flint Cooper Cohn Thompson & Miracle

Illinois · Litigation leaders

Leads a mass tort practice involving pharmaceuticals, devices, and abuse claims, with co-lead roles described by MTMP.

TepezzaSuboxonetestosterone therapy
27

Richard Arsenault

Trial attorney / firm leader

Neblett, Beard & Arsenault

Alexandria, LA · Litigation leaders

Experienced plaintiff lawyer and complex litigation educator with Actos and DePuy Pinnacle leadership and trial experience.

ActosDePuy Pinnaclepharmaceutical/device MDLs
28

Gary Douglas

Founding partner / trial attorney

Douglas & London

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Trial lawyer focused on products and environmental toxic torts, including PFAS/C8 trials and scientific case development.

PFAS/C8AFFFpharmaceutical causation
29

Michelle Parfitt

Senior partner; mass tort section head

Ashcraft & Gerel

Washington, DC · Litigation leaders

Drug and device plaintiff lawyer with national steering committee experience, talc co-lead work, and medical science expertise.

Talcpharmaceutical and medical device litigation
30

Ed Scanlan

Founder & CEO

Bridge Legal

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Legal technology entrepreneur who previously founded Total Attorneys; Bridge combines workflow technology, intake, and support for high-volume plaintiff litigation and funders.

Mass tort workflowsintakelegal technology
31

Bob Goldwater

Founder / attorney

Goldwater Law Firm

Arizona · Referral & case acquisition

Plaintiff lawyer whose firm serves as the originating law firm in Broughton’s acquisition model.

Mass tort originationretained claimant portfolios
32

Andrew Van Arsdale

Attorney / industry speaker

Reciprocity Industries

San Diego, CA · Referral & case acquisition

Attorney known for institutional abuse representation and connecting claimants with legal representation; speaks about intake risk and client quality.

Scouting abuseinstitutional sexual abuseintake
33

Jeff Huff

Founder

American Law Firm Capital

Scottsdale, AZ · Funding & banking

Legal funding entrepreneur with multiple law firm finance businesses and longstanding mass tort financing experience.

Law firm lendingmass tort portfolio funding
34

Susan Jones Knape

Founder & president

A Case for Women

Dallas, TX · Marketing & claimant audiences

Built a women-focused legal advocacy and acquisition organization after serving as Baron & Budd’s CMO.

Women-focused tort outreachlegal educationclaimant acquisition
35

Kevin White

CEO & founder

Whitehardt

Nashville, TN · Marketing & claimant audiences

Co-founded a legal advertising agency serving local injury firms and national mass tort campaigns.

TVmultichannel legal advertisingnational tort campaigns
36

Jacob Malherbe

Founder & CEO

Mass Tort Ad Agency; formerly X Social Media

Winter Garden, FL · Marketing & claimant audiences

Legal advertising entrepreneur focused on digital plaintiff mass tort acquisition; the company rebranded from X Social Media in 2025.

Facebook/Instagram advertisingtort originationcampaign economics
37

George Young

Founder & CEO

CASE Legal Media

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads CASE Legal Media and Sequoia Media Group, with experience in media buying, advertising strategy, and client acquisition.

Mass tort advertisingintakecase work-up
38

Business Funding Group

Plainview, NY · Funding & banking

Co-founded BFG and leads its legal lending division, arranging financing for plaintiff practices.

Law firm financelending brokeragestructured financing
39

Seth Katz

Shareholder; mass tort/class action practice head

Burg Simpson

Base not verified · Litigation leaders

Leads drug, device, and class action work with prior experience at Seeger Weiss and as a New York prosecutor.

East Palestine derailmentdrug/device litigationclass actions
40

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Board-certified civil trial attorney focused on mass torts and product liability, including recent hernia mesh trial work.

Hernia meshpharmaceutical and product liability
41

Taft

Cincinnati, OH · Litigation leaders

Environmental attorney associated with decades of PFAS litigation and advocacy involving contaminated drinking water.

PFOA/PFASDuPontenvironmental exposure
42

Arthur Luxenberg

Co-founding member

Weitz & Luxenberg

New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Co-founded W&L and helps direct the operational and preparatory work supporting its plaintiff litigation platform.

Asbestosplaintiff firm operationsnational portfolios
43

Seeger Weiss

New York / New Jersey · Litigation leaders

Mass tort and class action lawyer with trial, discovery, and expert development experience.

3M earplugsopioidstestosterone
44

Jonathan Orent

Trial lawyer

Motley Rice

Rhode Island · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer working on mesh, GLP-1, and social media harms, with leadership, trial, and electronic discovery experience.

Atrium C-QUR MDL 2753Bard meshGLP-1
45

Eric Holland

Founder / trial lawyer

Holland Law Firm

St. Louis, MO · Litigation leaders

Trial lawyer with product liability, railroad, and complex litigation experience, including talc trials and national leadership.

TalcRemingtonrailroad/FELA
46

Tor Hoerman

Owner / founder

TorHoerman Law

Edwardsville, IL · Firm leaders & originating counsel

Founded a pharmaceutical and injury practice after leading pharmaceutical work at the Simmons firm.

Pharmaceutical and product liability portfolios
47

Ryan Anderson

Co-founder & CEO

Filevine

Salt Lake City, UT · Technology, AI & data

Former plaintiff litigator who co-founded a legal case management and AI platform; prior practice included injury, mass tort, and employment matters.

Case managementworkflowlegal AI
48

Gary Goldberg

Executive vice president of mass torts

ARCHER

Houston, TX · Settlement & litigation support

Leads mass tort business development and client/project management involving settlement administration, liens, data systems, and qualified settlement funds.

Settlement administrationliensQSFs
49

Business Funding Group

Plainview, NY · Funding & banking

Finance executive overseeing BFG strategy, with prior healthcare company and investment banking leadership.

Law firm lending strategyfinancing relationships
50

Sebastian Westerby

CEO & co-founder

Tort Experts

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Legal marketing entrepreneur with a law background focused on lead and retained-case acquisition for plaintiff firms.

Mass tort acquisitiondigital campaigns
51

Social Media Victims Law Center

Pacific Northwest · Litigation leaders

Founded a firm focused on social media harms alongside a broader product liability practice, with asbestos and consumer litigation experience.

Social media harmsAI chatbot harmsasbestos
52

Laura Baughman

Drug/device litigation attorney

Weitz & Luxenberg

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Joined W&L in 2023 with nearly three decades of litigation experience; current profile emphasizes emerging drug/device and exposure matters.

DupixentCamp LejeuneAbbott Freestyle Libre
53

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Complex litigation lawyer with substantial research, briefing, and bellwether support experience.

ActosDePuy PinnacleBiomet
54

Tina Bullock

Attorney / firm leader

Bullock Legal Group

Base not verified · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer focused on children’s rights and technology-related harms, including video game addiction and school district litigation.

Video game addictionchildren’s digital harms
55

Top Class Actions

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Founded a consumer-facing class action and settlement information platform connecting readers with settlements and plaintiff attorneys.

Consumer educationclass action audienceslegal leads
56

SimplyConvert

Base not verified · Intake & conversion

Built an intake platform from operational needs at TorHoerman Law; current company team page lists her as founder and CEO.

Automated qualificationintakereferrals
57

Andy Rogers

Chief revenue officer

Shield Legal

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads revenue and business development at a legal case acquisition provider focused on mass tort acquisition and growth.

Mass tort case acquisitionsalesclient strategy
58

Andrew Sagliocca

Vice chairman, CEO & president

Esquire Bank

Jericho, NY · Funding & banking

Leads a bank serving contingency-fee law firms, with prior banking and accounting experience.

Contingency-fee firm bankingcreditlitigation finance
59

Amicus Capital Group

Base not verified · Funding & banking

Legal finance entrepreneur focused on contingency-firm cash flow, with Themis Capital and law firm advisory experience.

Litigation financesettlement financefirm cash flow
60

Counsel Financial

Base not verified · Funding & banking

Leads a specialist legal finance company serving law firms through lending and underwriting.

Law firm lendingcontingency-practice finance
61

Paul Myers

CEO & chairman

Advocate Capital

Base not verified · Funding & banking

Leads a case expense financing provider; joined as CFO in 2002 and participates in credit underwriting and firm strategy.

Case expense financingAdvoTraccontingency firm capital
62

Andrew Woltman

Managing director & co-founder

Statera Capital

Chicago, IL · Funding & banking

Litigation finance professional responsible for investment selection, fund operations, investor relations, and general counsel duties.

Commercial litigation fundinginvestment underwriting
63

Paul Leavy

Leadership team member

All Tort Solutions

Coral Gables, FL / Summit, NJ · Marketing & claimant audiences

ATS leadership professional with financial services sales and growth experience; company provides mass tort marketing, intake, and claimant acquisition.

Mass tort lead generationintakeacquisition
64

Brian Beck

Typhon founder; acquisition-announcement CEO

Typhon Interactive / Factua’s Nexus7Media

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Founded the digital legal marketing business associated with InjuryClaims.com; a 2025 announcement identifies its acquisition by Factua’s Nexus7Media.

Legal digital acquisitionInjuryClaims.com
65

Ralph Sutton

Founder & CEO

Validity Finance

New York, NY · Funding & banking

Litigation finance leader with trial practice and investment experience, including Credit Suisse litigation funding and Bentham’s U.S. business.

Commercial litigation financelegal investment strategy
66

DiCello Levitt

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Plaintiff litigator focused on electronic discovery and data systems, with discovery leadership in hair relaxer and infant formula litigation.

Hair relaxerNEC/infant formulaESI
67

Yvonne Flaherty

Plaintiff litigation attorney

Lockridge Grindal Nauen

Minneapolis, MN · Litigation leaders

Drug, device, and consumer litigation lawyer with consolidated case leadership, class trial experience, and electronic discovery work.

Drugs/devicesconsumer defectssports betting harms
68

Zoe Littlepage

Trial lawyer

Littlepage Booth Leckman

Base not verified · Litigation leaders

Product liability trial lawyer with historical leadership in hormone replacement therapy and Rezulin, plus trial teaching experience.

Hormone replacement therapyRezulinproduct trials
69

Michael Kelly

Trial lawyer

Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger

San Francisco, CA · Litigation leaders

Experienced plaintiff trial lawyer associated with wildfire resolution and the first DePuy ASR trial.

WildfiresDePuy ASRcatastrophic injury
70

Robert Hammers

Attorney / firm founder

Hammers Law Firm; MTMP lists Schneider Hammers

Atlanta, GA · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff lawyer with complex product litigation experience, including IVC filters, following an earlier defense practice.

Cook IVC filters MDL 2570Cordis filters
71

Sarah Doles

Mass tort attorney

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Federal mass tort and class action lawyer with extensive judicial clerkship experience before joining LP.

Federal mass tortsclass actions
72

Bill Cash III

General counsel

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Firm general counsel with litigation and federal court experience, providing a connection into governance and firm operations.

General counsellitigationgovernmental clients
73

Jeff Gaddy

Shareholder

Levin Papantonio

Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders

Mass tort shareholder with recent work on Washington State opioid litigation against grocery-chain pharmacies.

Opioidspublic entity litigation
74

Joseph Belluck

Founding partner

Belluck Law

New York, NY · Litigation leaders

Asbestos and mesothelioma lawyer who previously represented New York State in tobacco litigation; co-founded the firm with Jordan Fox in 2002.

Asbestosmesotheliomatobacco litigation
75

Bailey & Glasser

Madison County, IL / Missouri · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff trial lawyer with products, abuse, employment, and mass tort experience, including talc claimant representation in J&J bankruptcy proceedings.

Talc bankruptcysexual abuseproduct liability
76

Jason Goldstein

Senior litigation counsel, mass torts

Parker Waichman

New York · Litigation leaders

Mass tort lawyer with GLP-1 and Exactech steering committee work and trial experience involving DePuy Pinnacle and talc.

GLP-1ExactechElmiron
77

Kelsey Stokes

Trial lawyer

Stokes & Hobbs; MTMP also lists Lanier

Houston, TX · Litigation leaders

Plaintiff trial lawyer with hernia mesh leadership and trial experience; current MTMP materials show two firm affiliations.

Hernia meshmedical device litigation
78

Chris Dore

Chief strategy officer

Bridge Legal

Base not verified · Funding & banking

Plaintiff lawyer and litigation funder working on Bridge’s investments in high-volume consumer litigation and relationships with firms and funders.

Mass tortmass arbitrationsingle event
79

Jay Madheswaran

Founder & CEO

Eve

San Mateo, CA · Technology, AI & data

Leads a plaintiff-focused AI company, with prior AI and technology experience at Facebook, Rubrik, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Plaintiff AIcase preparationdocument analysis
80

Rami Karabibar

Co-founder & CEO

EvenUp

San Francisco, CA · Technology, AI & data

Leads a plaintiff legal AI company providing case preparation and personal injury workflow tools.

Plaintiff AIcase preparationinjury workflows
81

James Nix

Co-founder & chief product officer

Pattern Data

Charlotte, NC · Technology, AI & data

Leads product and complex litigation implementations, with prior data science and predictive analytics experience at Garretson Resolution Group.

AI document reviewclaims processingsettlement frameworks
82

Jay Deubler

Chief revenue officer

Supio

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Commercial leader at a legal AI provider and MTMP speaker on AI’s impact on case lifecycle speed and outcomes.

Legal AIdocument analysiscase lifecycle
83

Daniel Bilotti

Senior vice president of delivery

Filevine

Salt Lake City, UT · Technology, AI & data

Oversees delivery of legal technology and automated workflows, following Army JAG and technology operations roles.

Practice workflowslegal researchdeadline intelligence
84

Jamie Falgout

Director of partnerships

Eve

San Mateo, CA · Technology, AI & data

Partnerships leader at a plaintiff-focused legal AI provider, with an MTMP speaking role in the AI case lifecycle program.

Plaintiff AIlegal technology partnerships
85

Jon Parisi

Vice president of sales

Tavrn

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Technology sales leader overseeing Tavrn’s sales organization and strategy for AI-powered plaintiff case preparation.

AI case preparationlegal technology
86

David Garcia

Vice president, mass tort settlement/lien operations

Epiq

Beaverton, OR; company contact office · Settlement & litigation support

Oversees mass tort settlement administration and lien resolution, including program design, budgets, quality assurance, and database systems.

Settlement administrationlien resolutiondata systems
87

Joseph Mangano

Director of market development

TransUnion

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Works with plaintiff firms on identity, data quality, claimant diligence, and communications.

Identity verificationdata hygieneclaimant communications
88

Nathaniel Bradley

CEO & director

Datavault AI

Base not verified · Technology, AI & data

Technology executive and inventor with data, advertising, accessibility, and cybersecurity experience; speaks about claim tokenization.

Data technologyclaim tokenization discussion
89

Maria Monroy

Co-founder & president

LawRank

San Diego, CA · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads a legal SEO agency and speaks about law firm branding and websites.

Legal SEObrandingdigital growth
90

IMG Legal / International Media Group

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads a legal advertising business specializing in mass tort and motor vehicle acquisition.

Mass tort marketingclaimant acquisition
91

Matt Spiegel

Founder & CEO

Lawmatics

San Diego, CA · Intake & conversion

Former criminal defense lawyer who founded legal software businesses; Lawmatics provides marketing automation, intake, and relationship management.

Legal CRMintakemarketing automation
92

Igor Selizhuk

Chief technology officer

SmartAdvocate

Melville, NY · Technology, AI & data

Leads technology at a plaintiff case management provider working on AI-assisted document tools and integrated workflows.

Plaintiff case managementworkflowAI tools
93

Ted DeBettencourt

Co-founder; operations & growth

Juvo Leads

Catawba, NC; company contact office · Intake & conversion

Co-founded a lead capture provider combining live chat, calls, forms, and SMS; oversees operations and growth.

Live chatlead capturelegal intake
94

Howard Knaster

Named company business contact

Intake Desk

Fort Lauderdale, FL; company office · Intake & conversion

Named contact for Intake Desk in public MTMP exhibitor materials across multiple years.

Outsourced legal intakeconversion
95

Lexitas

Houston, TX · Settlement & litigation support

Leads a technology-enabled litigation services provider; became CEO in January 2025 as Gary Buckland moved to chairman.

Recordsreportinglitigation support
96

Donna Jones

President; director of associate & client experience

Advocate Capital

Base not verified · Funding & banking

Legal finance executive focused on client education, staff development, and firm relationships, with board and credit committee participation.

Case expense financelaw firm relationships
97

Heather Shanahan

Director of vendor services

Mass Torts Made Perfect

Base not verified · Industry connectors

Manages MTMP vendor services and serves as the public contact for sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities.

MTMP exhibitorssponsorsvendor relationships
98

Denny Newberry

Chief strategy officer

CASE Legal Media

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Leads agency assets, resources, and strategy, including acquisition tools and campaign profitability initiatives.

Acquisition strategyintakecampaign infrastructure
99

Glen Sorenson

Chief revenue officer

CASE Legal Media

Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences

Business development and revenue leader with advertising, management, sales, and client relationship experience.

Case acquisitionagency partnerships
100

Jack Newton

CEO & founder

Clio

Vancouver, BC · Technology, AI & data

Co-founded a legal cloud and AI platform supporting practice management and a broad technology integration ecosystem.

Practice managementlegal AIintegrations