Friedman Kaplan Recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2025 Guide

June 18, 2025

Friedman Kaplan is pleased to announce that the firm is recognized in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States, with rankings in three categories: general commercial disputes, corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense – advice to corporates, and corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense – advice to individuals. In the latter category, white collar practice co-head Mary Mulligan is individually recognized by The Legal 500 as a leading partner for the second straight year.

In its recognition of Friedman Kaplan’s white collar capabilities on a national level in both its “advice to corporates” and “advice to individuals” categories, The Legal 500 highlighted testimonial that the team is “professional, efficient, and thorough” and its “collaboration, communication, and responsiveness are exemplary.” In addition to including Mary Mulligan in its leading partner listing, the directory also recognized practice co-head Eric Corngold, Mala Ahuja Harker, Tim Haggerty, Rahul Agarwal, and Bonnie Baker in its editorial.

The Legal 500 praises the firm’s “outstanding and talented lawyers” and “broad disputes expertise” in ranking Friedman Kaplan in its national general commercial disputes listing. Sources commented that “the FK team is staffed with excellent attorneys from top to bottom, each with a different set of helpful strengths” and with “unsurpassed ability to learn a new industry, dissect the issues and provide helpful and insightful legal guidance for the present as well as future possible issues.” Partners Anne Beaumont, Mala Ahuja Harker, Jeffrey Wang, Jason Rubinstein, Eric Seiler, John Orsini, Edward Friedman, Philippe Adler, Elizabeth Bierut, and Robert Lack were all individually noted for their commercial disputes work in the directory’s commentary.

The Legal 500 analyzes the capabilities of law firms around the world through a comprehensive research process based on a number of criteria, including feedback from clients, interviews, firm submissions, and a team of experienced researchers. More information about the directory’s selection methodology can be viewed here. (No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.)