Gibbons Earns Recognition in 2025 Benchmark Litigation

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Gibbons P.C. is one of only seven law firms to be listed in the first-tier “Highly Recommended” category for New Jersey in the 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation. The newest edition of Benchmark Litigation also lists six Gibbons attorneys in the New Jersey “Litigation Stars” category, one in the New Jersey “Future Stars” category, five in the “40 & Under – Northeast” category, and three in the “Labor and Employment Stars – Northeast” category.

Benchmark Litigation is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States. Firms included in the guide are chosen after six months of research that involves a comprehensive nomination process and extensive interviews with clients and peers in attorneys’ respective marketplaces. Attorneys must be consistently recommended by those clients and peers as reputable and effective litigators to earn rankings.

The six Gibbons attorneys included in the state “Litigation Stars” category, along with their areas of practice, are:

Christine A. Amalfe
Employment & Labor Law

Thomas J. Cafferty
Business & Commercial Litigation

Kim M. Catullo
Products Liability

Lawrence S. Lustberg
White Collar & Investigations

Robert K. Malone
Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights

Peter J. Torcicollo
Business & Commercial Litigation

Ms. Catullo, Chair of the Products Liability Group, was also featured among the nation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” for 2024. Samuel I. Portnoy, a Director in the Business & Commercial Litigation Group, was listed in the “Future Stars” category for attorneys who are consistently referenced by peers and clients as litigators likely to become “local litigation stars” in future Benchmark guides.

In addition, Gibbons Business & Commercial Litigation Group Directors Ryan P. Goodwin, John D. Haggerty, Kate E. Janukowicz, Charles S. Korschun, and Caroline E. Oks were selected to the guide’s “40 & Under” list for 2024. These attorneys have been deemed the most promising emerging talent in their respective litigation communities by peers and clients.

Benchmark Litigation also selected three Group Directors for its “Labor and Employment Stars – Northeast” list. They are: Christine A. Amalfe, Susan L. Nardone, and Kristin D. Sostowski.