Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.
2017 SURVEY RESULTS LOS ANGELES Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Best Lawyers peer-reviewed listings are now published in almost 70 countries around the world, and our presence has grown substantially in the international legal community. INLAND EMPIRE COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAW OFFICE OF TERRY BRIDGES Terry D. Bridges REID & HELLYER David G. Moore VARNER & BRANDT Brendan W. Brandt
CORPORATE LAW BEST BEST & KRIEGER George M. Reyes VARNER & BRANDT Bruce D. Varner
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE BLUMENTHAL LAW OFFICES Virginia M. Blumenthal GROVER PORTER Grover L. Porter MILLIGAN, BESWICK, LEVINE & KNOX C. Patrick Milligan
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR BLUMENTHAL LAW OFFICES Virginia M. Blumenthal GROVER PORTER Grover L. Porter LAW OFFICE OF STANLEY W. HODGE Stanley W. Hodge MILLIGAN, BESWICK, LEVINE & KNOX C. Patrick Milligan
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW ROTH CARNEY Richard D. Roth*
ENERGY LAW BEST BEST & KRIEGER Arthur L. Littleworth, Michelle Ouellette
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BEST BEST & KRIEGER Arthur L. Littleworth**, Michelle Ouellette**
HEALTH CARE LAW DARRASLAW Frank N. Darras RAYNES ERICKSON Jeffrey S. Raynes
INSURANCE LAW
LAW OFFICE OF TERRY BRIDGES Terry D. Bridges (EM, LE*, LM) VINCENT NOLAN MEDIATION Vincent P. Nolan (EI)
LAND USE & ZONING LAW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW
ABBIE MALINIAK Abbie P. Maliniak DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Dennis S. Diaz FENTON LAW GROUP Henry R. Fenton MUNICIPAL LAW GIBSON DUNN Mel Levine BEST BEST & KRIEGER GLASER WEIL FINK HOWARD AVCHEN John E. Brown, Stephen P. Deitsch & SHAPIRO NATURAL Robert M. Hertzberg LUNDY & BOOKMAN RESOURCES LAW HOOPER, Linda Randlett Kollar BEST BEST & KRIEGER IUNGERICH & SPACKMAN Arthur L. Littleworth, Michelle Paul J. Spackman Ouellette LAW OFFICE OF JOHN D. HARWELL PERSONAL INJURY John D. Harwell LITIGATION MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY Terese A. Mosher Beluris, J. Peter LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM D. Rich SHAPIRO William D. Shapiro (P) SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LEGAL ETHICS EXPERT Kenneth Yood G. Dana Hobart (P) ORINGHER LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH THEODORA Arthur Robert Chenen James C. Packer (D, P) RAYNES ERICKSON Jeffrey S. Raynes (P) REBACK, MCANDREWS, KJAR, WARFORD & STOCKALPER Robert K. Warford (D)
RAYNES ERICKSON Jeffrey S. Raynes (P) REBACK, MCANDREWS, KJAR, WARFORD & STOCKALPER Robert K. Warford (D) REID & HELLYER David G. Moore (D) ROSE, KLEIN & MARIAS Dennis J. Sherwin (P) SHERNOFF BIDART ECHEVERRIA Michael J. Bidart (P), Ricardo Echeverria (P), William M. Shernoff (P) WELEBIR TIERNEY James F. Tierney III (P), Douglas F. Welebir (P)
REAL ESTATE LAW REID & HELLYER David G. Moore* THE LAW OFFICES OF FRANK J. DELANY Frank J. Delany
TAX LAW
ALFRED KLEIN WATER LAW Alfred Klein (LM) BEST BEST & KRIEGER GEOFFREY H. HOPPER & ASSOCIATES Arthur L. Littleworth Geoffrey H. Hopper (LM, LU)
LOS ANGELES
ROSE, KLEIN & MARIAS Robert I. Vines (C)
LOS ANGELES
BEST BEST & KRIEGER Stephen P. Deitsch
MIRAU, EDWARDS, CANNON, LEWIN DARRASLAW & TOOKE Frank N. Darras John K. Mirau LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH TAYLOR, SIMONSON & WINTER James C. Packer Marshall W. Taylor* SHERNOFF BIDART ECHEVERRIA Michael J. Bidart**, Ricardo TRUSTS AND ESTATES Echeverria**, William M. Shernoff** SLOVAK BARON EMPEY MURPHY & PINKNEY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW H. Neal Wells III
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ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES D. NAYLOR Charles D. Naylor NIXON PEABODY Robert B. Yoshitomi
ADVERTISING LAW HARDER MIRELL & ABRAMS Douglas E. Mirell SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Robert A. Darwell
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ADR SERVICES Ralph O. Williams III (A, M) DEBORAH ROTHMAN Deborah J. Rothman (A, M) FACTOR MEDIATION & ARBITRATION Max Factor III (A, M) FIELDS MEDIATION Janet Rubin Fields (M) FIRST MEDIATION CORPORATION Jeffrey Lee Krivis (M), Mariam Zadeh (M) JAMES N. ADLER MEDIATION & ARBITRATION James N. Adler (M) JAMS Richard Chernick (A, M), Kenneth C. Gibbs (M), Steven J. Stone (M), Dickran M. Tevrizian (M) JEFFREY G. KICHAVEN COMMERCIAL MEDIATION Jeffrey G. Kichaven (M)
JUDICATE WEST Michael Dean Moorhead (M), Eugene Charles Moscovitch (M) KAUFER MEDIATION SERVICES Laurel G. Kaufer (M) LES WEINSTEIN ADR SERVICES Les J. Weinstein (A) MADIGANADR Denise R. Madigan (M) MEHTA & MANN Steven G. Mehta (M) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Richard R. Mainland (A) SETTLE IT NOW DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES Victoria Pynchon (M) WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER Patrick M. Kelly (A)
ANTITRUST LAW BLECHER COLLINS PEPPERMAN & JOYE Maxwell M. Blecher** GIBSON DUNN Daniel G. Swanson** IRELL & MANELLA Alexander F. Wiles** JONES DAY Jeffrey A. LeVee* KAYE SCHOLER Aton Arbisser** LAW OFFICE OF DARRYL SNIDER Darryl Snider* MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON Ronald L. Olson*, Bradley S. Phillips PERKINS COIE Charles H. Samel* SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Joseph F. Coyne, Jr.
APPELLATE PRACTICE AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Rex S. Heinke BAKER & HOSTETLER Thomas D. Warren BARNES & THORNBURG L. Rachel Lerman BENEDON & SERLIN Gerald M. Serlin DEGANI & GALSTON Orly Degani, Katharine Galston DENNIS A. FISCHER Dennis A. Fischer EDWARD J. HOROWITZ Edward J. Horowitz GIBSON DUNN Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Theane Evangelis, Blaine H. Evanson GRASSINI, WRINKLE & JOHNSON Roland G. Wrinkle GREINES, MARTIN, STEIN & RICHLAND Timothy T. Coates, Robin Meadow, Robert A. Olson, Marc J. Poster, Kent L. Richland, Martin Stein, Cynthia E. Tobisman
HORVITZ & LEVY Peter Abrahams, David M. Axelrad, Peder K. Batalden, Frederic D. Cohen, Curt Cutting, Jon B. Eisenberg, David S. Ettinger, Steven S. Fleischman, Daniel J. Gonzalez, Barry R. Levy, Jason R. Litt, Lisa Perrochet, John A. Taylor, Jr., Mitchell C. Tilner, S. Thomas Todd, H. Thomas Watson IRELL & MANELLA Gregory R. Smith KENDALL BRILL & KELLY Laura W. Brill LAW OFFICE OF BARRY FISCHER Barry Fischer LAW OFFICE OF BRUCE ADELSTEIN Bruce Adelstein LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT S. GERSTEIN Robert S. Gerstein LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Roy G. Weatherup LIGHTFOOT STEINGARD & SADOWSKY Michael J. Lightfoot MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz MARK A. HART Mark A. Hart MORRISON & FOERSTER Dan E. Marmalefsky, Miriam A. Vogel MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON Daniel P. Collins, Michael R. Doyen, Bradley S. Phillips, Fred A. Rowley, Jr. PINE PINE FREEMAN TILLET Norman Pine RICHARDS, WATSON & GERSHON Mitchell E. Abbott SCHONBRUN SEPLOW HARRIS & HOFFMAN Paul L. Hoffman SEYFARTH SHAW James M. Harris TARLOW & BERK Barry Tarlow
ART LAW IRELL & MANELLA Steven E. Thomas NIXON PEABODY Sarah Erickson Andre, Thaddeus J. Stauber WITHERS BERGMAN Christine Steiner
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BANKING AND FINANCE LAW ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Pauline M. Stevens (B) BUCHALTER NEMER Anthony R. Callobre (B), Robert J. Davidson (B) GIBSON DUNN Dennis B. Arnold (B), Linda L. Curtis (B), Cromwell R. Montgomery (B) HARRY C. SIGMAN Harry C. Sigman (B)
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS ASTERISKS: *A single asterisk indicates lawyer is listed in litigation. **Two asterisks indicate a lawyer is listed in both litigation and nonlitigation categories. Alternative Dispute Resolution A Arbitration M Mediation Banking & Finance Law B Banking & Finance R Financial Service Regulation M Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Corporate Governance & Compliance Law C Compliance G Governance Entertainment Law F Film/Movies M Music T Theater Intellectual Property T Trademark C Copyright P Patent IP* Litigation – Intellectual Property International Arbitration C Commercial G Government Labor & Employment EI Employment Law – Individuals EM Employment Law – Management LE Labor & Employment LM Labor Law – Management LU Labor Law – Union Legal Malpractice Law Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Medical Malpractice Law Personal Injury Product Liability Litigation Professional Malpractice P Plaintiffs D Defendants Securities / Capital Markets Law S Securities / Capital Markets R Securities Regulation Workers’ Compensation Law C Claimants E Employers FIRMS IN SLATE BOXES INDICATE PROFILED FIRM/LAWYER WITH CORRESPONDING PAGE NUMBER