2026 Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Gibbons P.C.
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October 28, 2025
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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 2026 edition of Benchmark Litigation. The newest edition of Benchmark Litigation also lists six Gibbons attorneys in the New Jersey “Litigation Stars” category, four in the “Future Stars” category, and three in the “40 & Under – 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.” Ryan P. Goodwin, Charles S. Korschun, and Samuel I. Portnoy, Directors in the Business & Commercial Litigation Group, were listed in “Future Stars – New Jersey,” and Stephen J. Finley, Jr., Director in the Products Liability Group, was listed in “Future Stars – Pennsylvania”; “Future Stars” honors go to 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 John D. Haggerty, Kate E. Janukowicz, and Caroline E. Oks were selected to the guide’s “40 & Under” list. These attorneys have been deemed the most promising emerging talent in their respective litigation communities by peers and clients.