Press Release

14 Attorneys from the Wagner Law Group to Be Recognized in 2026 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America©

Issued by The Wagner Law Group P.C.

Aug. 21, 2025

We are delighted to share that 14 of our attorneys, nearly one-third of the firm, will be recognized as Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, in practice areas that include Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment, and Labor Law – Management. These exceptional attorneys are Marcia Wagner, the firm’s founder and Managing Director, Thomas E. Clark Jr., Partner and the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Oringer, Partner and the firm’s General Counsel, and Partners Harold Ashner, David Gabor, Russell Gaudreau, Jr., Israel Goldowitz, Evelyn A. Haralampu, Eric R. Keller, Johanna L. Matloff, Mark Poerio, Lee Polk, Linda Rosenzweig and Roberta Casper Watson (also recognized as ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” in Tampa, FL).

The Best Lawyers in America© is widely regarded as a respected reference guide to legal excellence. Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based solely on confidential peer review. The rigorous methodology utilized for recognition is designed to capture the consensus of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of colleagues within the same country and legal practice area. Best Lawyers® employs a sophisticated and transparent survey process that is tailored to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services provided by attorneys. The Best Lawyers in America© recognizes the top 5% of private practicing lawyers in the United States and is commonly used by consumers in need of legal services to identify the most qualified attorneys based on legal expertise, ethical standards, and professionalism. The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© will be distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

The Wagner Law Group has also been nationally ranked, as well as locally ranked in Boston and Washington, D.C., as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law in Best Lawyers’® most recently published “Best Law Firms®” list. Firms that receive this ranking are recognized for professional excellence with consistently high ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signifies a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

The Wagner Law Group

The Wagner Law Group is a nationally recognized practice in the areas of ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation, which includes the distinct areas of Fiduciary Compliance, Retirement Plans, ESOPs, Executive Compensation & Nonqualified Plans, Welfare Benefit Plans, PBGC, Taft-Hartley Trusts and Retiree Medical Trusts™. The firm’s practice areas also include Employment, Labor & Human Resources, Investment Management, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, HIPAA, Privacy & Security, Expert Witness, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legislative, Regulatory & Policy Services, Tax Exempt Organizations, Litigation, Independent Fiduciary Services, Trusts & Estates, Probate and Family Law, Real Estate Law, Cybersecurity Law and Ethics Resources.

The Wagner Law Group continues to be dedicated to the highest standards of integrity, excellence and thought leadership, and is considered to be the nation’s preeminent ERISA and employee benefits law firm. Now with 48 attorneys in nine offices, it provides unparalleled legal advice to its clients, including large, small and nonprofit corporations as well as individuals and government entities nationwide and in several foreign countries. The firm’s attorneys combine decades of experience in their fields of practice and include those who are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and have been annually named to prestigious Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers® and Chambers USA lists. The Wagner Law Group is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Tier 1 National Best Law Firm in the areas of ERISA and employee benefits, is ranked in the latest edition of Chambers USA, and has the largest number nationwide of Fellows of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, an invitation-only organization of nationally recognized employee benefits lawyers. It is certified as a woman-owned and operated business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and is listed among the largest woman-owned businesses in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal.

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