50 Farella Lawyers in 2023 The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™; 4 Lawyer of the Year Awards
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 29th 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.
