Christine Lepera Named to Forbes' 2026 "America's Top Lawyers" List
MSK congratulates Christine Lepera for being named to Forbes' 2026 "America's Top Lawyers" list.
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The legal industry has long preserved a well-established order, with reputations painstakingly built over decades and remarkable continuity at the top. Change within the profession traditionally occurs at the speed water carves rock, but as tectonic plates have shifted globally, law is, today, an industry in motion.
The forces driving these changes are formidable: geopolitical volatility, an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, rapidly emerging technologies and clients whose problems and expectations are growing more demanding and sophisticated. Faced with these exigencies, the profession is racing to expand capabilities, deepen industry expertise and position themselves for an unpredictable future.
Against that backdrop, Forbes has identified the leading dealmakers, litigators, advisers and strategists—at firms of all sizes—who stand apart in an extraordinarily competitive field. America’s Top Lawyers 2026 honors those who are defining modern legal excellence. They are the Swiss Army knife of legal counsel, upgraded to tackle next-gen challenges while remaining client-centered.
As in years past, we identified this year's honorees through a rigorous, multi-stage process—evaluating, scoring and internally debating elite candidates identified through nominations, desk research, peer recommendations and editorial review. The Top Lawyers list recognizes a wide range of practitioners from dealmakers to trial lawyers, strategists, and advisors from across the spectrum. America’s Top Lawyers of 2026 are united not by a particular practice, pedigree or path to success, but by the caliber of their work, the trust they engender and the results they deliver for clients.
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