Farella Braun + Martel is proud to have 50 lawyers listed in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™.

Four Farella lawyers received Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” awards. Only one attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

• San Francisco: David Lazerwitz for Natural Resources Law, John Green for Litigation-Insurance, and Mark Petersen for Litigation-Construction
• Santa Rosa: Katherine Philippakis for Real Estate Law

45 Farella lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2023:

San Francisco:

• Carly O. Alameda: Appellate Practice; Real Estate Law
• George T. Argyris: Trusts and Estates
• Jerome I. Braun: Appellate Law
• Amy B. Briggs, Insurance Law; Litigation-Insurance
• Daniel E. Cohn: Corporate Law
• James H. Colopy: Environmental Law; Litigation–Environmental
• Adam C. Dawson: Construction Law
• Doug Dexter: Employment Law–Management; Litigation–Labor and Employment
• Brian P. Donnelly: Tax Law
• Frank E. Farella: Corporate Law
• Jeffrey M. Fisher: Litigation–Patent; Trade Secrets Law
• Tyler C. Gerking: Insurance Law
• Sarah A. Good: Litigation–Securities
• Neil A. Goteiner: Commercial Litigation
• John D. Green: Insurance Law; Litigation-Insurance
• Charles “CJ” Higley: Real Estate Law
• Robert L. Hines: Environmental Law
• William P. Keane: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Karen P. Kimmey: Commercial Litigation
• Said C. Kordestani: Tax Law
• David J. Lazerwitz: Energy Law, Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law
• Matthew J. Lewis: Corporate Law
• Winston Liaw: Litigation–Intellectual Property; Litigation–Patent
• Chris Locke: Environmental Law; Litigation–Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Eugene Y. Mar: Litigation–Patent
• Thomas B. Mayhew: Commercial Litigation
• Mary E. McCutcheon: Insurance Law
• Dirk Mueller: Real Estate Law
• Mark Petersen: Arbitration; Litigation – Construction, Mediation
• Anthony D. Ratner: Real Estate Law
• Cynthia R. Rowland: Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law
• William J. Schlinkert: Tax Law
• Richard M. Shapiro: Real Estate Law
• Gregory B. Shean: Real Estate Law
• Raymond H. Sheen: Insurance Law
• Stephanie P. Skaff: Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation–Patent; Trade Secrets Law
• Donald E. Sobelman: Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
• Julie Treppa: Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law
• Richard Van Duzer: Construction Law; Litigation–Construction
• Anthony P. Vecino: Trusts and Estates
• Steven L. Vettel: Land Use and Zoning Law
• Erica Villanueva: Insurance Law
• Mark Weaver: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Douglas R. Young: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation–Antitrust; Litigation–Securities

St. Helena, CA:

• Katherine Philippakis: Real Estate Law

Five Farella lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• Ashley Breakfield: Land Use and Zoning Law
• Elizabeth Dorsi: Commercial Litigation
• Kelly M. Matayoshi: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law–Management; Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
• Janice W. Reicher: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Rebecca Stephens: Litigation–Labor and Employment

Best Lawyers awards are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 29^th edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas. For the third year, the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards highlight the esteemed careers of lawyers rising up in the legal profession.