Lubin & Meyer Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2026 Edition
Best Lawyers listing represents Top 5% of Attorneys Nationwide
August 25, 2025
Best Lawyers 2026 - Boston (from left): Andrew C. Meyer, Jr., Robert M. Higgins, William J. Thompson, Krysia J. Syska, Adam R. Satin and Julie A. Davis.
BOSTON, MA — Lubin & Meyer PC, is proud to announce that six of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 edition, a prestigious peer-reviewed recognition honoring the top 5% of attorneys nationwide.
Selected to Best Lawyers® 2026:
- Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. (32 years — since 1995)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Robert M. Higgins (19 years in Best Lawyers — since 2008)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- William J. Thompson (17 years — since 2010)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Krysia J. Syska (15 years — since 2012)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Adam R. Satin (15 years — since 2012)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Julie A. Davis (Recognized since 2026)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Firm founder Attorney Meyer stated: “Our 2026 Best Lawyers honors spans three decades of consistent peer recognition — an affirmation of our firm’s long standing commitment to achieving justice in medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury litigation plaintiffs law. This recognition reflects not just individual excellence, but our collective strength as a team dedicated to delivering record-setting results and systemic improvements to patients and public safety.”
2026 Best Lawyers Honorees
Andrew Meyer has been recognized by Best Lawyers each year since its first publication in 1995. He is widely recognized as Boston’s top medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury attorney having consistently achieved numerous record-setting verdicts and settlements, including one of the largest personal injury awards in Massachusetts' history — $30 million including interest. He was recently inducted in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame inaugural class, and has been named one of Boston magazine's 150 Most Influential Bostonians three years running.
Robert Higgins has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2008. Higgins, who has the additional distinction of being named Boston’s Medical Malpractice "Lawyer of the Year" for 2025 by the peer-review rating publication, is recognized as one
of the most successful trial lawyers in Massachusetts. He has the distinction of having achieved the the state's largest medical malpractice award — a $40 million verdict for a baby brain damaged at birth.
William Thompson, who has been listed by Best Lawyers in the area of Personal Injury Litigation since 2010, also has obtained numerous multimillion dollar awards for victims of negligence and medical malpractice, including a $14 million settlement for a laboratory error, a $11.48 million jury verdict for the death of an 8-day-old twin, $10 million jury verdict for the delay in diagnosis of lung cancer, and a $8.5 million jury verdict for the family of a bicyclist hit and killed by a tractor trailer.
Krysia Syska and Adam Satin have been selected to the Best Lawyers list of medical malpractice plaintiffs lawyers since 2012 — each having achieved record-setting verdicts and settlements. For Satin this includes a $17 million verdict for elective surgery death, a $6.8 million verdict for a delay in diagnosis of kidney cancer, a $6 million verdict for family of woman who died following hernia surgery, and a $5.83 million verdict for the family of patient who died after his physician discontinued an aspirin regimen. Syska's achievements include a $5.65 million birth injury settlement for failure to properly monitor a baby during delivery, a $5 million settlement for a baby's injuries sustained when a nurse and midwife failed to properly respond to signs of fetal distress, and a $4.4 million settlement for birth injuries resulting from delivery delay.
Julie Davis is selected to the Best Lawyers list for the first time in its 2026 edition. She is a member of the legal team in the historic class-action lawsuit representing 180 women and men against the former Boston rheumatologist, Derrick Todd, MD. Her case highlights include: A $6.8 million verdict for the family of a woman who died from cardiac complications following elective hernia surgery; and a $1.6 million verdict in the case of a man who suffered kidney failure due to the administration of contrast during a CT scan.
About Best Lawyers® Recognition
Selection in The Best Lawyers in America® is based entirely on peer reviews from other top attorneys. It remains one of the most respected markers of professional excellence, integrity, and client dedication in the legal industry.
About Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer is widely regarded as New England’s most prominent medical malpractice and personal injury law firm, with a legacy of impact-driven litigation and record-setting verdicts and settlements for clients throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
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