More than 200 OCBA Members Recognized By Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers Los Angeles has released its 2014 peer-reviewed list, and the OCBA is pleased to announce that 203 of its members have been recognized! Scroll down to see which of your colleagues made the cut, or click here to review the full listings.

Lawyers of the Year
Alphabetical By Category

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hon. John Leo Wagner (Ret.), Judicate West

Appellate Practice
Richard A. Derevan, Snell & Wilmer

Banking & Finance Law
Dean A. Demetre, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
Paul J. Couchot, Winthrop Couchot
Oscar Garza, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser

Construction Law
Michael G. Long, Largo Concrete, Inc.

Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
William J. Kopeny, Appellate Law Office of William J. Kopeny

Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Paul S. Meyer, Law Office of Paul S. Meyer

Family Law
Gerald J. Phillips, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin

Intellectual Property Law
John B. Sganga, Jr., Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Franklin D. Ubell, Greenberg Traurig

Labor & Employment Law
Dwight L. Armstrong, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Daniel F. Fears, Payne & Fears
Karl R. Lindegren, Fisher & Phillips

Medical Malpractice Law
Sean M. Burke, Law Offices of Sean M. Burke

Personal Injury Litigation
H. Gilbert Jones, Jr., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith

Product Liability Litigation
Darren O. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn

Real Estate Law
Joseph A. Ferrentino, Newmeyer & Dillion
Mary K. Westbrook, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons

Trusts & Estates
Randolph B. Godshall, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Paul Frederic Marx, Rutan & Tucker

Best Lawyers Los Angeles 2014
Christopher R. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn
Darren O. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn
Wylie Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn
Russell G. Allen, Law Office of Russell G. Allen
Pamela L. Andes, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Dwight L. Armstrong, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Randall M. Babbush, Rutan & Tucker
Ellen S. Bancroft, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
John D. Barnett, Law Office of Barnett & Barnett
Curt C. Barwick, McConnell, Dunning & Barwick
Donna R. Bashaw, McGonigle & Hunsaker
Juan C. Basombrio, Dorsey & Whitney
David Joseph Baziak, Baziak & Steevens
Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., Bienert, Miller & Katzman
Keith P. Bishop, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Fay Blix, The Law Office of Fay Blix
David M. Bosko, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Steven Ernest Briggs, Law Offices of Steven E. Briggs
Thomas G. Brockington, Rutan & Tucker
Tiffanny Brosnan, Snell & Wilmer
Bruce B. Brunda, Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker
Sean M. Burke, Law Offices of Sean M. Burke
Joseph P. Busch III, Grobaty & Pitet
Kevin F. Calcagnie, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shaprio Davis
Daniel J. Callahan, Callahan & Blaine
James P. Carter, Paul Hastings
Richard Cohn, Aitken Aitken Cohn
Vincent M. Coscino, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Paul J. Couchot, Winthrop Couchot
Robert D. Coviello, Law Office of Robert D. Coviello
Thomas J. Crane, Rutan & Tucker
Frank Cronin, Snell & Wilmer
William M. Crosby, Attorney at Law
Michael Cucchissi, Newmeyer & Dillion
Judith Anne Curtin, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
Glenn D. Dassoff, Paul Hastings
Christopher J. Day, Day, Day & Brown
Marcello F. De Frenza, Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder
Dean A. Demetre, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Richard A. Derevan, Snell & Wilmer
Robert P. Des Jardins, Des Jardins & Haapala
Gregory L. Dillion, Newmeyer & Dillion
Jessica Dorman-Davis, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley
Jack M. Earley, Law Offices of W. Douglas Easton
W. Douglas Easton, Law Offices of W. Douglas Easton
Steve Edwards, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Drew M. Emmel, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Mark D. Erickson, Haynes & Boone
Daniel F. Fears, Payne & Fears
R. Scott Feldmann, Baker & Hostetler
Joseph A. Ferrentino, Newmeyer & Dillion
Mark V. Franzen, Carroll, Kelly, Trotter, Franzen, McKenna & Peabody
Alan J. Friedman, Irell & Manella
Eric J. Fromme, Rutan & Tucker
D. Bryan Garcia, Callahan & Blaine
Oscar Garza, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
William T. Gay, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Michael H. Gazin, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
Saul M. Gelbart, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
James W. Geriak, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
David H. Gibbs, Chapman University
John S. Gibson, Crowell & Moring
Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi | Keese
Randolph B. Godshall, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Jeffrey Golden, Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok
Hon. Martha K. Gooding, formerly with Jones Day
Gary S. Gorczyca, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
Richard J. Grabowski, Jones Day
Steven T. Graham, Snell & Wilmer
Alan A. Greenberg, Greenberg Gross
Andra Barmash Greene, Irell & Manella
Wayne R. Gross, Greenberg Gross
D. Edward Hays, Marshack Hays
Wayne A. Hersh, Littler Mendelson
David Hirson, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy
Daniel Martin Hodes, Hodes Milman Liebeck Mosier
Margaret M. Holm, Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols
Michael A. Hood, Jackson Lewis
Michael T. Hornak, Rutan & Tucker
John C. Hueston, Irell & Manella
John B. Hurlbut, Jr., Rutan & Tucker
Gregory F. Hurley, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Stuart P. Jasper, Jasper & Jasper
H. Gilbert Jones, Jr., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
Christy D. Joseph, Snell & Wilmer
Jeffrey C. Joy, Greenberg Traurig
Steven J. Katzman, Bienert, Miller & Katzman
Kyle S. Kawakami, Irell & Manella
Timothy J. Kay, Snell & Wilmer
Jennifer L. Keller, Keller Rackauckas
Harris Edwin Kershnar, Attorney at Law
Alan J. Kessel, Pepper Hamilton
Jeffrey G. Kichaven, Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation
Stephen C. Kimball, Sessions & Kimball
Howard J. Klein, Klein, O'Neill & Singh
William J. Kopeny, Appellate Law Office of William J. Kopeny
Laurence A. Kutinsky, The Law Offices of Laurence A. Kutinsky
Raymond A. Lee, Greenberg Traurig
Hon. John Leo Wagner (Ret.), Judicate West
Karl R. Lindegren, Fisher & Phillips
Daniel M. Livingston, Payne & Fears
William N. Lobel, Lobel, Neue & Till LLP
Richard T. Lobl, Law Office of Richard T. Lobl
Margaret G. Lodise, Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise
Michael G. Long, Largo Concrete, Inc.
Ramon Rossi Lopez, Lopez McHugh
Marc S. Maister, Irell & Manella
Don W. Martens, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Alan H. Martin, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Paul Frederic Marx, Rutan & Tucker
David J. McCarty, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Brian J. McCormack, Callahan & Blaine
James J. McDonald, Jr., Fisher & Phillips
Steven A. McHolm, Snell & Wilmer
John P. McKay, McKay, DeLorimier & Acain
David Meckler, Latham & Watkins
Paul S. Meyer, Law Office of Paul S. Meyer
Joel S. Miliband, Brown Rudnick
Jon G. Miller, Littler Mendelson
Mark E. Minyard, Minyard Morris
Richard G. Montevideo, Rutan & Tucker
Keith Philip More, Berman More Gonzalez
James L. Morris, Rutan & Tucker
Michael A. Morris, Minyard Morris
Donald L. Morrow, Paul Hastings
John C. Murphy, Murphy & Evertz
Robert A. Naeve, Jones Day
Thomas F. Newmeyer, Newmeyer & Dillion
William S. O'Hare, Snell & Wilmer
Sean A. O'Keefe, O'Keefe & Associates Law Corp.
James R. Parke, Minyard Morris
James L. Payne, Payne & Fears
Kathleen O. Peterson, Law Office of Kathleen O. Peterson
Thomas D. Phelps, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Gerald J. Phillips, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
Anthony W. Pierotti, Irell & Manella
Alexander S. Polsky, JAMS
John M. Polson, Fisher & Phillips
Joseph W. Price, Jr., Snell & Wilmer
Kay Rackauckas, Keller Rackauckas
Daniel L. Rasmussen, Payne & Fears
Joseph R. Re, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Carole E. Reagan, Umberg Zipser
Jeffrey H. Reeves, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Michelle A. Reinglass, Michelle A. Reinglass
James D. Riddet, Stokke & Riddet
Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shaprio Davis
Jeoffrey L. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shaprio Davis
Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shaprio Davis
Troy Duane Roe, Judicate West
Arthur S. Rose, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Ronald Rus, Brown Rudnick
Kenneth A. Ryder, Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder
Robert K. Sall, Sall Spencer Callas & Krueger ALC
Carol A. Salmacia, DiCaro, Coppo & Popcke
Nanette D. Sanders, Ringstad & Sanders
Scott Santagata, Weisz & Santagata
James J. Scheinkman, Snell & Wilmer
John R. Schilling, Law Offices of John R. Schilling
Ronald B. Schwartz, Law Offices of Ronald B. Schwartz
R. Craig Scott, Scott & Whitehead
Philip G. Seastrom, Seastrom & Seastrom
Lonnie K. Seide, Minyard Morris
Don D. Sessions, Sessions & Kimball
John B. Sganga, Jr., Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
William D. Shapiro, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shaprior Davis
Richard M. Sherman, Jr., Irell & Manella
Paul N. Singarella, Latham & Watkins
Gary J. Singer, O'Melveny & Myers
Evan D. Smiley, Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok
Randall A. Smith, Brown Rudnick
Eric C. Sohlgren, Payne & Fears
Thomas P. Stabile, Stabile & Cowhig
Eleanor Ann Stegmeier, Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente
H. Dean Steward, Attorney at Law
Henry R. Stiepel, Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder
Allan H. Stokke, Stokke & Riddet
Philip E. Strok, Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok
Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila, Snell & Wilmer
Edward Susolik, Callahan & Blaine
A. Lavar Taylor, Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor
Stephen R. Thames, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Todd C. Theodora, Theodora Oringher
Robert D. Thornton, Nossaman
Serge Tomassian, Tomassian, Throckmorton & Inouye
Hon. John K. Trotter, Jr. (Ret.), JAMS
Franklin D. Ubell, Greenberg Traurig
Thomas J. Umberg, Umberg Zipser
Michael V. Vollmer, Law Office of Michael V. Vollmer
Harry "Hap" Weitzel, Pepper Hamilton
H. Neal Wells III, Slovak Baron & Empey
Michelle West, Law Offices of Michelle West
Mary K. Westbrook, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons
Mitchell L. Wexler, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy
Jacqueline A. Whisnant, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
Marc J. Winthrop, Winthrop Couchot
Gabrielle M. Wirth, Dorsey & Whitney
Alan Steven Wolf, The Wolf Firm, ALC
Dennis Wong, Dorsey & Whitney
Mark W. Yocca, The Yocca Law Firm
Michael G. Yoder, O'Melveny & Myers
Meryl L. Young, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Dean J. Zipser, Umberg ZipserReturn