Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that 48 lawyers received recognition in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Mark Petersen received a Best Lawyers® 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” award in the Litigation–Construction practice area in San Francisco. “Lawyer of the Year" awards are given to only one lawyer per practice area in each region who receives extremely high overall feedback from their peers. Mark won this award in 2021 and 2023.

Additionally, nine Farella lawyers were named in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, recognizing the exceptional careers of lawyers rising up in the legal profession.

The 48 Farella lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2025 include:

San Francisco:

• Evan L. Abrams: Trusts and Estates
• Carly O. Alameda: Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Real Estate Law
• George T. Argyris: Trusts and Estates
• Sarah Bell: Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental
• Amy B. Briggs, Insurance Law, Litigation-Insurance
• Daniel E. Cohn: Corporate Law
• James H. Colopy: Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental
• Doug Dexter: Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
• Brian P. Donnelly: Tax Law
• Elizabeth Dorsi: Litigation–Trusts and Estates
• Shanti Eagle: Insurance Law
• Jeffrey M. Fisher: Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Patent, Trade Secrets Law
• Nate Garhart: Trademark Law
• Tyler C. Gerking: Insurance Law, Litigation-Insurance
• Sarah A. Good: Litigation–Securities
• John D. Green: Insurance Law, Litigation–Insurance
• Charles “CJ” Higley: Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Robert L. Hines: Environmental Law
• Gary M. Kaplan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, Litigation–Bankruptcy
• 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
• Eugene Y. Mar: Litigation–Intellectual Property
• 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
• Christopher Rendall Jackson: Litigation–Environmental
• Cynthia R. Rowland: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Tax Law
• William J. Schlinkert: Tax Law
• Richard M. Shapiro: Construction Law, Real Estate Law
• Gregory B. Shean: Real Estate Law
• Raymond H. Sheen: Insurance Law
• Donald E. Sobelman: Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental, Litigation–Land Use and Zoning
• Holly Sutton: Employment Law–Management
• Julie Treppa: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Tax Law
• Richard Van Duzer: Construction Law
• 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
• Hons Yung: Trusts and Estates

St. Helena, CA:

• Katherine Philippakis: Real Estate Law

The nine Farella lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America include:

• Nathan Anderson: Commercial Litigation
• Cynthia Castillo: Commercial Litigation
• Carolina de Armas: Energy Law
• Linda Sobczynski Gilleran: Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental
• Hilary Krase: Commercial Litigation
• Greg LeSaint: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Thomas Pardini: Litigation–Patent
• Dan M. Porter: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Jamie E.S. Talt: Labor and Employment Law–Management

Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America is based on comprehensive peer-review surveys of other top lawyers in the same metropolitan and practice areas. The Best Lawyers accolades recognize the top 5% of legal talent in private practice throughout the United States.

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 focused on the wine industry.

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