Twenty-four Groom attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. This year’s recognitions span four practice areas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Healthcare, Litigation – ERISA, and Tax Law – reinforcing Groom’s national leadership in these highly complex and regulated fields. In addition, two of the firm’s attorneys received the prestigious Lawyer of the Year designation: Louis T. Mazawey for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Lars Golumbic for Litigation – ERISA, both in Washington, D.C.
The Best Lawyers® distinction is based entirely on rigorous peer-review methodology, designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical and practice areas. The Lawyer of the Year award, in particular, is presented to a single attorney per practice and region who received the highest peer feedback, making it one of the publication’s most selective and respected accolades.
The following Groom lawyers were named to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America® list:
Lawyer of the Year
- Louis T. Mazawey – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
- Lars Golumbic – Litigation – ERISA (Washington, DC)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- David Ashner (Ones to Watch)
- Jon Breyfogle*
- Jim Cole
- Elizabeth Thomas Dold
- Elizabeth Drake
- Douglas W. Ell*
- Jennifer Eller*
- Rina Fujii (Ones to Watch)
- Lars Golumbic*
- Joanne Jacobson
- Christine Keller
- Michael Kreps
- David Levine*
- Scott Mayland (Ones to Watch)
- Louis T. Mazawey*
- Seth Perretta
- Michael Prame
- George Sepsakos
- Christy Tinnes
- George Tsai
- Brigen Winters
Health Care Law
- Jessica Winslow (Ones to Watch)
Litigation – ERISA
Tax Law
- David Ashner (Ones to Watch)
- Elizabeth Thomas Dold
- Louis T. Mazawey*
*Indicates at least 10 years of inclusion in the Best Lawyers® publication.
Specializing in all aspects of benefits, health and retirement law, Groom Law Group, Chartered was founded in the wake of a landmark regulatory development—the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Today, with over 90 attorneys practicing in the field, Groom has the largest ERISA and benefits practice in the United States, solving complicated legal issues for a variety of clients in finance, retirement, health care, and the public sector. Informed by decades of experience, Groom’s widely-recognized litigation practice maneuvers the complex, dynamic landscape of employer, health, and pension-related litigation to successfully represent clients in federal and state courts, arbitrations, and government investigations across the country.
