OCBA Members Recognized as 2018 Best Lawyers in 44 Categories

The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 350 times as Best Lawyers for 2018 in 44 categories.

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Its methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Congratulations to all the Best Lawyers of 2018! To search Best Lawyers for all regions and categories, click here.

BEST LAWYERS 2018
*As it appeared in the 2018 Southern California Best Lawyers*

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Michelle A. Reinglass, Michelle A. Reinglass
• Troy Duane Roe, Judicate West
• John Leo Wagner, Judicate West

 

ANTITRUST LAW

• Juan C. Basombrio, Dorsey & Whitney
• John S. Gibson, Crowell & Moring

 

APPELLATE PRACTICE

• Joseph P. Busch, Grobaty & Pitet
• Richard A. Derevan, Snell & Wilmer 
• Blaine H. Evanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• John B. Sganga, Knobbe Martens
• Mary-Christine Sungaila, Haynes and Boone

 

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW

• Dean A. Demetre, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
• John B. Hurlbut, Rutan & Tucker 
• David J. McCarty, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
• Thomas D. Phelps, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
• Alan Steven Wolf, The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation
• Dennis Wong, Dorsey & Whitney
• Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser

 

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

• Steven J. Katzman, Bienert, Miller & Katzman
• David J. McCarty, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
• Ronald Rus, Brown Rudnick

 

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

• Darren O'Leary Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Richard A. Derevan, Snell & Wilmer 
• Richard J. Grabowski, Jones Day
• Andra Barmash Greene, Irell & Manella
• Michael T. Hornak, Rutan & Tucker 
• John B. Hurlbut, Rutan & Tucker 
• Donald L. Morrow, Paul Hastings
• William S. O'Hare, Snell & Wilmer 
• Ronald Rus, Brown Rudnick 
• Michael G. Yoder, O’Melveny & Myers
• Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW

• Lawrence B. Cohn, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
• Robert C. Funsten, Brown Rudnick 

 

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

• Darren O'Leary Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn
• Evan Borges, Greenberg Gross 
• Daniel J. Callahan, Callahan & Blaine
• Glenn D. Dassoff, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
• Brian M. Daucher, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Gregory L. Dillion, Newmeyer & Dillion
• Douglas J. Dixon, Hueston Hennigan
• Mark Erickson, Haynes and Boone
• David B. Ezra, Berger Kahn
• Todd G. Friedland, Stephens Friedland
• Richard J. Grabowski, Jones Day 
• Steven T. Graham, Snell & Wilmer 
• Alan A. Greenberg, Greenberg Gross
• Andra Barmash Greene, Irell & Manella
• Mona Z. Hanna, Michelman & Robinson
• Michael T. Hornak, Rutan & Tucker 
• John B. Hurlbut, Rutan & Tucker 
• Jennifer L. Keller, Keller/Anderle
• Alan J. Kessel, Pepper Hamilton
• Daniel J. Kessler, Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George
• Gerald A. Klein, Klein & Wilson 
• Daniel M. Livingston, Payne & Fears
• Marc S. Maister, Irell & Manella
• Aaron J. Malo, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Christopher H. McGrath, Paul Hastings
• Joel S. Miliband, Brown Rudnick 
• Donald L. Morrow, Paul Hastings
• Thomas F. Newmeyer, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Sean P. O'Connor, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• William S. O'Hare, Snell & Wilmer 
• Kathleen O. Peterson, Cates Peterson
• Mark D. Peterson, Cates Peterson
• Ronald I. Raether, Troutman Sanders
• Jeffrey H. Reeves, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 
• Ronald Rus, Brown Rudnick 
• Randall A. Smith, Brown Rudnick 
• John B. Stephens, Stephens Friedland 
• Todd C. Theodora, Theodora Oringher
• Thomas J. Umberg, Umberg Zipser 
• Mark B. Wilson, Klein & Wilson
• Mark W. Yocca, The Yocca Law Firm
• Michael G. Yoder, O’Melveny & Myers 
• Carol Sherman Zaist, Newmeyer & Dillion  
• Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser 

 

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW

• F. Scott Jackson, Jackson Tidus

 

CONSTRUCTION LAW

• Kenneth W. Curtis, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
• Gregory L. Dillion, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Joseph A. Ferrentino, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Richard H. Glucksman, Chapman, Glucksman, Dean, Roeb & Barger
• John A. O’Hara, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Thomas F. Newmeyer, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Steven A. Nichols, Rutan & Tucker 
• Mary A. Salamone, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

 

CONSUMER LAW

• D. Edward Hays, Marshack Hays

 

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW

• Sean P. Flynn, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE LAW

• Keith P. Bishop, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis 
• William Tolin Gay, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker

 

CORPORATE LAW

• Ellen S. Bancroft, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Curt C. Barwick, McConnell, Dunning & Barwick
• Keith P. Bishop, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
• Thomas G. Brockington, Rutan & Tucker 
• William Tolin Gay, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker 
• Christopher D. Ivey, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth 
• Raymond A. Lee, Greenberg Traurig
• Michael G. McKinnon, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 

 

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE

• Kay Anderle, Keller/Anderle 
• John D. Barnett, Law Office of John D. Barnett
• Jennifer L. Keller, Keller/Anderle 
• Paul S. Meyer, Law Office of Paul S. Meyer
• James D. Riddet, Bienert, Miller & Katzman 
• Allan H. Stokke, Corrigan Welbourn & Stokke

 

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR

• Kay Anderle, Keller/Anderle 
• John D. Barnett, Law Office of John D. Barnett 
• Thomas H. Bienert, Bienert, Miller & Katzman 
• Wayne R. Gross, Greenberg Gross
• John C. Hueston, Hueston Hennigan 
• Jennifer L. Keller, Keller/Anderle 
• Paul S. Meyer, Law Office of Paul S. Meyer 
• James D. Riddet, Bienert, Miller & Katzman 
• H. Dean Steward, H. Dean Steward
• Allan H. Stokke, Corrigan Welbourn & Stokke 

 

ELDER LAW

• Fay Blix, The Law Office of Fay Blix 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

• Pamela L. Andes, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
• Alan N. Bick, Bick Law
• Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi Keese
• Robert D. Thornton, Nossaman

 

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW

• Robert K. Sall, Sall Spencer Callas & Krueger, A Law Corporation

 

FAMILY LAW

• Robert A. Benavente, Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente
• Steven Ernest Briggs, Law Offices of Steven E. Briggs
• Dale Castle, Castle & Monarch
• Judith Anne Curtin, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin 
• Robert P. Des Jardins, Des Jardins & Haapala
• Michael H. Gazin, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin
• Saul M. Gelbart, Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente 
• Gary S. Gorczyca, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin 
• Laurence A. Kutinsky, The Law Offices of Laurence A. Kutinsky
• Mark E. Minyard, Minyard Morris
• Michael A. Morris, Minyard Morris 
• James R. Parke, Holstrom, Block & Parke
• Gerald J. Phillips, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin 
• John R. Schilling, Law Offices of John R. Schilling
• Jason M. Schwartz, Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente 
• Philip G. Seastrom, Seastrom & Seastrom
• Lonnie K. Seide, Minyard Morris 
• Thomas P. Stabile, Stabile & Moshtael
• Eleanor Ann Stegmeier, Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente 
• Jacqueline A. Whisnant, Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin 

 

FRANCHISE LAW

• Elizabeth M. Weldon, Snell & Wilmer 

 

HEALTH CARE LAW

• Brian M. Daucher, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 

 

IMMMIGRATION LAW

• David Hirson, David Hirson & Partners
• Monica E. Lukoschek, US Immigration Law Group
• Richard M. Wilner, Wilner & O’Reilly

 

INSURANCE LAW

• Jeffrey M. Dennis, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Gregory L. Dillion, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• David B. Ezra, Berger Kahn 
• Kyle D. Kring, Kring & Chung Attorneys
• Lance A. LaBelle, LaBelle Arbitration and Mediation
• Terrence R. McInnis, Troutman Sanders
• Bonnie T. Roadarmel, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Craig S. Simon, Berger Kahn 
• Sherman M. Spitz, Berger Kahn 
• J. Kelby Van Patten, Payne & Fears

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

• James S. Azadian, Enterprise Counsel Group
• Brian M. Daucher, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• James W. Geriak, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Andra Barmash Greene, Irell & Manella
• Michael T. Hornak, Rutan & Tucker 
• Richard K. Howell, Rutan & Tucker 
• Mark J. Itri, McDermott Will & Emery
• Joseph F. Jennings, Knobbe Martens 
• Jennifer L. Keller, Keller/Anderle 
• Howard J. Klein, Klein, O’Neill & Singh
• Donald L. Morrow, Paul Hastings
• Steven Nataupsky, Knobbe Martens 
• William S. O'Hare, Snell & Wilmer 
• Kenneth G. Parker, Haynes and Boone
• Joseph W. Price, Snell & Wilmer 
• Joseph R. Re, Knobbe Martens 
• Carole E. Reagan, Umberg Zipser 
• Lester Savit, One
• John B. Sganga, Knobbe Martens 
• Franklin D. Ubell, Lapple Ubell IP Law
• Lynda Zadra-Symes, Knobbe Martens
• Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser 

 

INTERNATIONAL MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Numan J. Siddiqi, Brown Rudnick 

 

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

• Dwight L. Armstrong, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
• Tiffanny Brosnan, Snell & Wilmer 
• James P. Carter, Jackson Lewis
• Robert Dominick Coviello, Law Office of Robert D. Coviello
• William M. Crosby, William M. Crosby, Attorney at Law
• Tamara I. Devitt, Haynes and Boone
• Marie D. DiSante, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger 
• Daniel F. Fears, Payne & Fears 
• Timothy M. Freudenberger, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger
• Wayne A. Hersh, Littler Mendelson
• Michael A. Hood, Jackson Lewis 
• Richard K. Howell, Rutan & Tucker 
• Christy D. Joseph, Snell & Wilmer 
• Robert J. Kane, Stuart Kane
• Stephen C. Kimball, Sessions & Kimball
• Karl R. Lindegren, Fisher & Phillips 
• Daren H. Lipinsky, Brown Rudnick 
• Bruce D. May, Stuart Kane 
• James L. Morris, Rutan & Tucker 
• Robert A. Naeve, Jones Day 
• Rafael G. Nendel-Flores, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
• James L. Payne, Payne & Fears
• John M. Polson, Fisher & Phillips
• Michelle A. Reinglass, Michelle A. Reinglass 
• Michael C. Robinson, Robinson Employment Law
• R. Craig Scott, Scott & Whitehead 
• Don D. Sessions, Sessions & Kimball 
• Eric C. Sohlgren, Payne & Fears
• Vince M. Verde, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart 
• Keith A. Watts, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart 
• Nancy R. Whitehead, Scott & Whitehead
• Gabrielle M. Wirth, Dorsey & Whitney 

 

LAND USE & ZONING LAW

• Hans Van Ligten, Rutan & Tucker 

 

LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW

• Kevin Desantis, Dunn Desantis Walt & Kendrick
• H. Gilbert Jones, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith

 

LEVERAGE BUYOUTS AND PRIVATE EQUITY LAW

• Keith P. Bishop, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

 

LITIGATION – REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY)

• Wayne R. Gross, Greenberg Gross

 

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS

• Wylie Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Kevin F. Calcagnie, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Allan F. Davis, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Timothy M. Freudenberger, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger 
• Cynthia L. Garber, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi Keese 
• Mona Z. Hanna, Michelman & Robinson
• Gregory F. Hurley, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Jeffrey L. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Mark P. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Leigh A. White, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger 

 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

• Sean M. Burke, Law Offices of Sean M. Burke
• Christopher J. Day, Day, Day & Brown
• Mark V. Franzen, Carroll, Kelly, Trotter, Franzen, Mckenna & Peabody
• Daniel Martin Hodes, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• Margaret M. Holm, Sedgwick
• Richard T. Lobl, Law Office of Richard T. Lobl

 

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW

• William Tolin Gay, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
• Michael G. Yoder, O’Melveny & Myers 

 

MUNICIPAL LAW

• Sonia R. Carvalho, Best Best & Krieger

 

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION

• Ashleigh E. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Christopher R. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Darren O'Leary Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Wylie Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Jeffrey S. Behar, Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar
• Troy A. Brenes, Brenes Law Group
• Allan Craig Brown, Day, Day & Brown 
• Sean M. Burke, Law Offices of Sean M. Burke 
• Allan F. Davis, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Christopher J. Day, Day, Day & Brown 
• Gregory G. Brown, Brown & Charbonneau
• Kevin F. Calcagnie, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Daniel J. Callahan, Callahan & Blaine 
• Jason M. Caruso, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Jason D. Cohn, Cohn & Swartzon
• Richard Cohn, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Brian Doster Chase, Bisnar Chase
• Eric Dubin, Dubin Law Firm
• Matthew D. Easton, Easton & Easton
• W. Douglas Easton, Easton & Easton 
• Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi Keese
• Samer S. Habbas, Samer Habbas & Associates
• Daniel Martin Hodes, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• H. Gilbert Jones, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
• Candice S. Klein, Panish Shea & Boyle
• Kevin G. Liebeck, Hodes Milman & Liebeck
• Brian J. McCormack, Callahan & Blaine
• Jeffrey A. Milman, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• John A. Montevideo, DiMarco Araujo Montevideo
• Keith Philip More, Bentley & More
• Michael A. Penn, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Gregory G. Rizio, Rizio Law Firm
• Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Jeoffrey L. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Mark P. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Thomas A. Schultz, Panish Shea & Boyle 
• William Shapiro, Law Offices of William D. Shapiro
• Sherman M. Spitz, Berger Kahn 
• Edward Susolik, Callahan & Blaine 
• Todd C. Theodora, Theodora Oringher
• Eric V. Traut, Traut Firm 
• James R. Traut, Traut Firm 
• Michelle M. West, Robinson Calcagnie 

 

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

• Darren O'Leary Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Christopher R. Aitken, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Kevin F. Calcagnie, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Jason M. Caruso, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Brian Doster Chase, Bisnar Chase
• Richard Cohn, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Jason D. Cohn, Cohn & Swartzon
• Allan F. Davis, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Matthew D. Easton, Easton & Easton
• Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi Keese
• Daniel Martin Hodes, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• Casey R. Johnson, Aitken Aitken Cohn 
• Kevin G. Liebeck, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• Jeffrey A. Milman, Hodes Milman & Liebeck 
• Keith Philip More, Bentley & More 
• Randolph T. Moore, Snell & Wilmer 
• Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie
• Jeoffrey L. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Mark P. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Thomas A. Schultz, Panish Shea & Boyle
• James R. Traut, Traut Firm
• Michelle M. West, Robinson Calcagnie 
• Scot D. Wilson, Robinson Calcagnie 

 

PROFRESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW

• Kevin Desantis, Dunn Desantis Walt & Kendrick

 

REAL ESTATE LAW

• Jason H. Anderson, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
• Randall M. Babbush, Rutan & Tucker 
• Eve A. Brackmann, Stuart Kane 
• Michael Cucchissi, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Gregory L. Dillion, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Steve Edwards, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips 
• Joseph A. Ferrentino, Newmeyer & Dillion  
• Michael A. Hill, Garrett Stiepel Ryder
• Donald J. Hamman, Stuart Kane 
• John B. Hurlbut, Rutan & Tucker 
• Kyle S. Kawakami, Irell & Manella
• Brent R. Liljestrom, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Sonia A. Lister, Jackson Tidus
• Daniel M. Livingston, Payne & Fears
• Creighton D. Mills, Snell & Wilmer 
• Scott A. Morehouse, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• John C. Murphy, Murphy & Evertz
• Thomas F. Newmeyer, Newmeyer & Dillion 
• Mark D. Peterson, Cates Peterson 
• Anthony W. Pierotti, Haynes and Boone
• Kenneth A. Ryder, Garrett Stiepel Ryder 
• Bruce C. Stuart, Stuart Kane 
• Serge Tomassian, Tomassian, Throckmorton & Inouye
• Gary A. Waldron, Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin
• Mary K. Westbrook, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons
• Daniel Winton, Daniel K. Winton
• Dean J. Zipser, Umberg Zipser 

 

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW

• Ellen S. Bancroft, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
• Keith P. Bishop, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
• Christopher H. McGrath, Paul Hastings
• James J. Scheinkman, Snell & Wilmer 
• Meryl L. Young, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

 

TAX LAW

• Jeffrey C. Joy, Greenberg Traurig
• Michael J. Karlin, Karlin & Peebles
• Paul Frederic Marx, Rutan & Tucker 
• George T. Mooradian, Baker & Hostetler
• Carol P. Schaner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
• A. Lavar Taylor, Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor
• Roburt J. Waldow, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

 

TRADE SECRETS LAW

• Albin H. Gess, Snell & Wilmer 
• Michael T. Hornak, Rutan & Tucker
• Howard J. Klein, Klein, O’Neill & Singh 

 

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

• Fay Blix, The Law Office of Fay Blix
• Randolph B. Godshall, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 
• Timothy J. Kay, Snell & Wilmer
• Margaret G. Lodise, Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise
• William S. O'Hare, Snell & Wilmer
• Michael V. Vollmer, Law Office of Michael V. Vollmer
• Michelle West, Michelle West

 

WATER LAW

• Richard G. Montevideo, Rutan & Tucker
• Paul N. Singarella, Latham & Watkins

 

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