Kaplan Hecker & Fink and Partner Sean Hecker Make Benchmark Litigation’s USA Awards Shortlist

NEW YORK, NY, January 28, 2022 – Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP is pleased to announce that Benchmark Litigation has shortlisted the firm for “Boutique Firm of the Year” and named partner Sean Hecker has been shortlisted for White Collar/Investigations “Litigator of the Year.” Winners will be announced in New York on March 24, 2022.

Kaplan Hecker was named "Boutique Firm of the Year" in 2020 and 2021, and has already been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as one of the “Top Boutiques” in the country for 2022.  The firm has also been included in Benchmark's list of “Highly Recommended Law Firm – New York” firms, the publication’s highest ranking.

Kaplan Hecker & Fink founding partner Roberta (“Robbie”) Kaplan said: “We are honored to once again be considered for Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Boutique Firm of the Year’. To have won this award in the past and to be considered again is evidence of the impact and the results we get for clients.  And speaking of results, I cannot think of another lawyer whose abilities should be more widely recognized than Sean Hecker. He is an outstanding partner, friend, and lawyer who is masterful in the courtroom.” 

Kaplan Hecker’s managing partner Julie Fink also remarked, “Since our founding, we have fostered a strong internal culture that has led to our continued growth and success. I am thrilled to see the firm acknowledged again by Benchmark Litigation and for Sean Hecker to be on the list of top white collar litigators.  He is without a doubt one of the most talented trial lawyers practicing today.”

Sean Hecker earned Benchmark Litigation’s “Impact Case of the Year” in 2019 with his “rare” acquittal at trial in a market manipulation in 2019.