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Farella Braun + Martel Shortlisted for 2018 Benchmark Litigation Award

January 3, 2018 Accolades

SAN FRANCISCO (January 3, 2018): Farella Braun + Martel has been nominated by Benchmark Litigation for a 2018 California law firm of the year award. Farella is among six firms from California to be shortlisted for this honor.

The nominees were chosen based upon research conducted between March and November 2017. The ceremony will be held on February 15th at The Pierre, New York.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Clients like our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. The attorneys in each practice group work cohesively in interdisciplinary teams to advance the clients’ objectives in the most effective, coordinated and efficient manner. Founded in 1962, 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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