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Farella Braun + Martel Attorneys Named to 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

July 7, 2023 Announcement

Thirty-eight Farella Braun + Martel lawyers were named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists of top attorneys in Northern California for 2023.

2023 Farella Northern California Super Lawyers:

  • Carly Alameda – Business Litigation
  • Amy Briggs – Business Litigation
  • James Colopy – Environmental Litigation
  • Doug Dexter – Employment
  • Shanti Eagle – Insurance Recovery
  • Jeffrey Fisher – Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Tyler Gerking – Insurance Recovery
  • Sarah Good – Securities Litigation
  • Neil Goteiner – Business Litigation
  • Robert Hines – Environmental
  • Gary Kaplan – Bankruptcy: Business
  • William Keane – White Collar Crime Defense
  • Karen Kimmey – Business Litigation
  • David Lazerwitz – Energy & Resources
  • Chris Locke – Environmental Litigation
  • Mary McCutcheon – Insurance Recovery
  • Mark Petersen – Business Litigation
  • Anthony Ratner – Real Estate
  • Janice Reicher – White Collar Crime Defense
  • Cynthia Rowland – Nonprofit Organizations
  • Raymond Sheen – Insurance Recovery
  • Donald Sobelman – Environmental Litigation
  • Richard Van Duzer – Construction Litigation
  • Anthony Vecino – Estate Planning & Probate
  • Steven Vettel – Land Use/Zoning
  • Erica Villanueva – Insurance Recovery
  • Douglas Young – White Collar Crime Defense
     

2023 Farella Northern California Rising Stars:
 

  • Nathan Anderson – Business Litigation
  • Aviva Gilbert - White Collar Crime Defense
  • Drew Goodwin – Business/Corporate
  • Hilary Krase – White Collar Crime Defense
  • Kelly Matayoshi – Business Litigation
  • Thomas Pardini – Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Daniel Porter – Tax
  • Christopher Rendall-Jackson – Environmental Litigation
  • Linda Sobczynski – Environmental Litigation
  • Rebecca Stephens – Employment
  • John Ugai – Environmental Litigation
     

Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex commercial, civil, and criminal litigation. Clients seek our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.

Contact:
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433/[email protected]

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