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Farella Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2013

August 29, 2012 Accolades

SAN FRANCISCO (August 29, 2012):  Twenty seven Farella Braun + Martel LLP attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. The Best Lawyers in America is an annual referral guide based on more than four million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Farella Braun + Martel attorneys on the Best Lawyers 2013 list:

George T. Argyris Trusts and Estates

Deborah S. Ballati Construction Law; Litigation - Construction

Jerome I. Braun Appellate Law

James A. Bruen Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action - Defendants

Fred Caspersen Trusts and Estates

John L. Cooper - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Patent

Dennis M. Cusack – Insurance Law

Adam C. Dawson – Construction Law

Scott Douglass – Construction Law

Hank Evans – Banking and Finance Law

Frank E. Farella Corporate Law

William R. Friedrich Insurance Law

Dean M. Gloster Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Neil A. Goteiner Commercial Litigation

Alan E. Harris Construction Law; Litigation - Construction

Robert L. Hines Environmental Law

William P. Keane – White Collar Criminal Defense

Chris Locke Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Mary E. McCutcheon – Insurance Law

Richard M. Shapiro – Real Estate Law

Charles M. Sink Construction Law; Litigation – Construction

Jeffrey A. Sykes – Construction Law

Deborah K. Tellier – Environmental Law

Richard Van Duzer – Litigation - Construction

Steven Vettel Land Use & Zoning Law

Brandon Wisoff – Commercial Litigation

Douglas R. Young Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Securities; White Collar Criminal Defense

Al Harris is honored as the 2013 “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Law in San Francisco. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Farella Braun + Martel represents clients throughout the United States and abroad in sophisticated business transactions and high-stakes commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Founded in 1962, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco and maintains an office in the Napa Valley focused on the wine industry. Farella Braun + Martel lawyers are known for their imaginative legal solutions, dynamism and intellectual creativity. With an unwavering service ethic and interdisciplinary team approach, the firm is committed to advancing clients' objectives in the most effective, coordinated and efficient manner. Farella Braun + Martel is a certified  green business.

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

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