Lawdragon has included Yetter Coleman LLP partners Susanna Rychlak Allen, Robert Woods, and Tyler Young, and associate Shannon Smith in its 2025 500 X – The Next Generation guide.
Now in its third year, the 500 X guide honors lawyers who are shaping the future of the profession. This select group is recognized for bringing creativity, dedication and fresh perspectives to their practices while helping clients navigate complex, high-stakes challenges.
Allen is a versatile commercial litigator known for her strategic judgment and ability to lead teams through fast-moving, high-pressure matters. Her experience includes representing energy companies in high-stakes business disputes, technology clients in antitrust matters and litigation trusts in bankruptcy-adjacent proceedings.
Smith represents clients in complex commercial and energy litigation, with trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts. She has been involved in high-stakes cases involving contract disputes, trade secret claims, antitrust litigation and legal malpractice defense.
Woods is an accomplished litigator who focuses on high-stakes disputes in the oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience handling royalty, lease termination, and environmental contamination cases, and is nationally ranked in oil and gas litigation by Chambers USA.
Young focuses on complex civil and antitrust litigation, representing clients in cases involving monopolization, price-fixing and government investigations. He has extensive experience on both sides of the v. in business-to-business litigation and has defended companies and senior executives in high-profile matters before the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.