Michelle Doolin and Wendy Lazerson Named to Daily Journal’s 2026 “Top Women Lawyers” List

Sidley partners Michelle Doolin and Wendy Lazerson have been named to Daily Journal’s 2026 “Top Women Lawyers List.” The annual Top Women Lawyers list honors women lawyers in all practices of law, who have made a difference to their clients, their firms, and their profession.

Michelle Doolin, the global co-leader of Sidley’s Consumer Class Actions practice, is a nationally recognized class action and commercial litigator who represents leading retail, consumer products, and technology companies in their most high-stakes disputes. She has a distinguished track record defending companies in consumer protection, privacy, employment, and product-related class actions across the country. Michelle regularly handles high-stakes commercial litigation matters, with particular depth in nationwide and statewide class actions filed in California.

Wendy Lazerson is the former co-chair of Sidley’s Labor and Employment international practice group and a partner in Sidley’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Clients turn to Wendy to handle their most challenging matters regardless of venue, due to her reputation as a thoughtful, pragmatic, and strategic thinker. Wendy’s skills in the courtroom and in arbitration have led to successful outcomes for employers and company executives in litigation and arbitrations involving class actions and single plaintiff cases regarding theft of trade secrets, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, wage and hour, and other workplace disputes.