Firm earns multiple honors, including “Lawyer of the Year” recognition for Benjamin Reed
(Falls Church, VA) Plave Koch is proud to announce eleven of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers®, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected peer-based awards programs. The guide also honored one of the firm’s rising stars in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America category, which spotlights exceptional early-career attorneys.
Notably, the firm’s recognitions included one of Best Lawyers’® highest honors. Benjamin Reed earned special distinction as the 2027 “Lawyer of the Year” for Franchise Law in Washington, D.C. Only one lawyer is recognized in each practice area and community as the “Lawyer of the Year”.
Best Lawyers® compiles its annual list of top attorneys by conducting thousands of peer review surveys.
A full summary of this year’s rankings is as follows:
2027 Lawyer of the Year Award for Franchise Law
- Benjamin Reed
2027 Best Lawyers® Honorees for Franchise Law:
- Regina Amolsch
- Stephanie J. Blumstein
- Leslie Curran
- Marisa Faunce
- David Koch
- Michael Laidhold
- Lee Plave
- Leslie Pujo
- Benjamin Reed
- James C. Rubinger
2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America Honorees:
- Steven Torgensen – Corporate Law
This year’s Best Lawyers guide is the 33rd edition. To learn more about the methodology, click here.
About Plave Koch PLC:
Plave Koch PLC is a prominent and widely recognized U.S. franchise law firm known for combining deep experience, efficiency, and practical, business-oriented thinking to deliver specialized legal guidance in franchising, licensing, and distribution. Serving clients from emerging brands to global businesses, the firm provides strategically and commercially sound solutions, supporting clients at every stage of growth. Plave Koch attorneys offer expertise in franchise agreements, operational and financial matters, and franchise-related litigation, tailoring strategies that mitigate risk while enabling business success. As trusted partners and active members of the franchise community, Plave Koch PLC delivers advanced, innovative guidance in a constantly evolving legal landscape. Learn more at www.plavekoch.com and join the community on Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 leading lawyers globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” To learn more about Best Lawyers in America®, please visit: bestlawyers.com.
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