Benchmark Litigation US West Coast shortlist 2019 – San Francisco
Benchmark Litigation is hosting its first ceremony on the West Coast. This is because there are expanded labor & employment and California-centred categories this year. It also gives state winners the option to attend a ceremony closer to their office.
For all of the litigation firm and lawyer of the year shortlists, please see below. The nominees have been chosen based upon research conducted between March and November 2018.
The ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 14 2019 at The St Regis in San Francisco.
Firms from the south and from the west, please contact José Zarza at jose.zarza@euromoneyny.com or on 212-224-3339 to reserve your place.
Midwest and north east firms, please contact Rebecca Synnott at Rebecca.Synnott@euromoneyny.com or on 212-224-3337 to reserve your place.
Please CLICK HERE to see the shortlist for the New York ceremony, which is being held on Thursday, February 28 at Essex House in New York.
STATE FIRM AWARDS
Alaska
Ashburn & Mason
Dorsey & Whitney
Squire Patton Boggs
Arizona
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Osborn Maledon
Perkins Coie
Polsinelli
Colorado
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Holland & Hart
Reilly Pozner
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Hawaii
Dentons
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Kobayashi Sugita & Goda
Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher
Idaho
Gjording Fouser
Holland & Hart
Stoel Rives
Montana
Boone Karlberg
Crowley Fleck
Goetz Baldwin & Geddes
Nebraska
Baird Holm
Kutak Rock
Nevada
Bailey Kennedy
Campbell & Williams
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
New Mexico
Modrall Sperling
Rodey Law
Sutin Thayer & Browne
North Dakota
Maring Williams Law Office
Vogel Law Firm
Zuger Kirmis & Smith
Oklahoma
Crowe & Dunlevy
GableGotwals
Hall Estill
McAfee & Taft
Oregon
Lane Powell
Markowitz Herbold
Perkins Coie
Stoll Berne
South Dakota
Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith
Heidepriem Purtell Siegel
Johnson Janklow Abdallah Reiter & Parsons
Texas
Gibbs & Bruns
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst
McKool Smith
Reynolds Frizzell
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
Utah
Ballard Spahr
Fabian VanCott
Holland & Hart
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Washington
Corr Cronin
Lane Powell
Perkins Coie
Summit Law Group
Wyoming
Davis & Cannon
Hirst Applegate
Holland & Hart
CALIFORNIA AWARDS
Los Angeles Firm of the Year
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Glaser Weil
Hueston Hennigan
Munger Tolles & Olson
Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado
Los Angeles Attorney of the Year
Theodore Boutrous, Gibson Dunn
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
John Hueston, Hueston Hennigan
Daniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & Myers
San Francisco Firm of the Year
Alto Litigation
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
Durie Tangri
Farella Braun + Martel
Keker Van Nest & Peters
San Francisco Attorney of the Year
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Bahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto Litigation
Douglas Young, Farella Braun & Martel
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins
San Diego Firm of the Year
Cooley
Fish & Richardson
Morrison & Foerster
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
San Diego Attorney of the Year
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Koji Fukumura, Cooley
Spencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Silicon Valley Firm of the Year
Cooley
Goodwin
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Silicon Valley Attorney of the Year
Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings
Lynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Stephen Neal, Cooley
Courtland Reichman, Reichman Jorgensen
California – Antitrust Litigation Firm of the Year
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Antitrust Litigation Attorney of the Year
Christopher Hockett, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gary Spratling, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Robert Rosenfeld, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Michael Scarborough, Sheppard Mullin Hampton & Richter
Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins
California – Bankruptcy Litigation Firm of the Year
Keller & Benvenutti
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Bankruptcy Litigation Attorney of the Year
Peter Benvenutti, Keller & Benvenutti
David Stern, Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern
Dean Ziehl, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
California – Entertainment Litigation Firm of the Year
Glaser Weil
Hueston Hennigan
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Entertainment Litigation Attorney of the Year
Scott Edelman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Russell Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
Martin Katz, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Robert Klieger, Hueston Hennigan
California – Environment/Natural Resources Litigation Firm of the Year
Allen Matkins Gamble Leck Mallory & Natsis
Glaser Weil
O’Melveny & Myers
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Environment/Natural Resources Litigation Attorney of the Year
David Hymer, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Matt Kline, O’Melveny & Myers
Michael Leslie, Boies Schiller Flexner
Anthony Oliva, Allen Matkins Gamble Leck Mallory & Natsis
California – Intellectual Property Litigation Firm of the Year
Cooley
Durie Tangri
Fish & Richardson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Paul Hastings
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
California – Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney of the Year
Wayne Barsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Michael Rhodes, Cooley
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
California – Labor & Employment Litigation Firm of the Year
Glaser Weil
Hunton Andrews Kurth
McNicholas & McNicholas
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Winston & Strawn
California – Labor & Employment Litigation Attorney of the Year
Lynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Michele Haydel Gehrke, Reed Smith
Roland Juarez, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Tracey Kennedy, Sheppard Mullin
Robert Siegel, O’Melveny & Myers
Kerry Garvis Wright, Glaser Weil
California – Plaintiff Firm of the Year
Berman Tabacco
Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
California – Plaintiff Attorney of the Year
Spencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Joseph Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre & Murphy
California – Securities Litigation Firm of the Year
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Alto Litigation
Cooley
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
California – Securities Litigation Attorney of the Year
Seth Aronson, O’Melveny & Myers
Koji Fukumura, Cooley
Bahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto Litigation
Spencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
California – Trial Lawyer of the Year
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
Jennifer Keller, Keller/Anderle
Stephen Neal, Cooley
Daniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & Myers
California – National Firm of the Year
Cooley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan