Benchmark Litigation 2025 Honors 15 WTO Lawyers

Denver: Benchmark Litigation recognized 15 Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell (WTO) partners in its 2025 edition. Benchmark once again ranked the firm in Nationwide Product Liability and Recall and named the firm “Highly Recommended”—the highest ranking—for Dispute Resolution in Colorado. 

Lawyers were ranked in categories including “Litigation Stars,” “Future Stars,” “Labor and Employment Stars,” “National Practice Area Star,” and “40 and Under Hot List.”

Benchmark refers to its annual rankings as the “definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers.” The rankings are based on interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists, and clients as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments, according to the guide.

Litigation Stars
•    Carolyn Fairless 
•    Hugh Gottschalk 
•    Kevin Kuhn
•    Ray Martin – also named a Labor and Employment Star
•    Craig May 
•    Habib Nasrullah 
•    Michael O’Donnell
•    Michael Williams – also named a National Practice Area Star

Future Stars
•    Katie Reilly
•    Marissa Ronk – also named to 40 and Under Hot List 
•    Kara Rosenthal
•    Jessica Scott – also named a Labor and Employment Star
•    Joel Neckers
•    Andrew Unthank
•    Andrew H. Myers 

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell lawyers have taken more than 1,100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award and 300 appeals to opinion all across the nation, with exceptional results for our clients. 
Established in 1998, WTO today numbers more than 110 trial lawyers and litigators. The firm represents sophisticated clients in high-stakes civil trials, appeals, and related litigation ranging from complex commercial to class actions to catastrophic torts.