Benchmark Litigation US West Coast shortlist 2020 – San Francisco
After a successful debut in 2019, Benchmark Litigation is hosting its second awards ceremony on the West Coast to meet the rising demand for California-specific award categories and also provide certain jurisdictional 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 2019.
The ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 5 2020 at The St Regis in San Francisco.
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 27 at The Pierre 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
Holland & Hart
Moye White
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
Husch Blackwell
Kutak Rock
Nevada
Bailey Kennedy
Campbell & Williams
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
New Mexico
Modrall Sperling
Rodey Law
North Dakota
Maring Williams Law Office
Vogel Law Firm
Zuger Kirmis & Smith
Oklahoma
Crowe & Dunlevy
GableGotwals
Hall Estill
McAfee & Taft
Oregon
Davis Wright Tremaine
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
Reid Collins & Tsai
Reynolds Frizzell
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
Susman Godfrey
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
Susman Godfrey
Willenken
Los Angeles Attorney of the Year
Theodore Boutrous, Gibson Dunn
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
John Hueston, Hueston Hennigan
Daniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & Myers
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
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
Sonal Mehta, WilmerHale
Bahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto Litigation
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins
Douglas Young, Farella Braun & Martel
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
Spencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Koji Fukumura, Cooley
Silicon Valley Firm of the Year
Cooley
Goodwin
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Reichman Jorgensen
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
Michael Scarborough, Sheppard Mullin Hampton & Richter
Marc Seltzer, Susman Godfrey
Daniel Swanson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins
California – Bankruptcy Litigation Firm of the Year
Keller & Benvenutti
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Proskauer
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Bankruptcy Litigation Attorney of the Year
Peter Benvenutti, Keller & Benvenutti
Michael Firestein, Proskauer
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
Venable
California – Entertainment Litigation Attorney of the Year
Scott Edelman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
Martin Katz, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Robert Klieger, Hueston Hennigan
Ekwan Rhow, Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
California – Environmental/Land Use Litigation Firm of the Year
Allen Matkins Gamble Leck Mallory & Natsis
Glaser Weil
O’Melveny & Myers
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
California – Environmental/Land Use Attorney of the Year
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
Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings
Sonal Mehta, WilmerHale
Michael Rhodes, Cooley
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
California – Labor & Employment Litigation Firm of the Year
Altshuler Berzon
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Glaser Weil
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
California – Labor & Employment Litigation Attorney of the Year
Cathy Conway – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Kelly Dermody – Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Theane Evangelis – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Lynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Tracey Kennedy, Sheppard Mullin
Michele Maryott – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
Joseph Tabacco, Berman Tabacco
California – Securities Litigation Firm of the Year
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Alto Litigation
Cooley
O'Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
California – Securities Litigation Attorney of the Year
Seth Aronson, O’Melveny & Myers
Spencer Burkholz, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Koji Fukumura, Cooley
Ekwan Rhow, Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Bahram Seyedin-Noor, Alto Litigation
California – White-Collar Crime Litigation Firm of the Year
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Alto Litigation
Cooley
Huang Ybarra Gelberg & May
Hueston Hennigan
California – White-Collar Crime Litigation Attorney of the Year
Brian Hennigan – Hueston Hennigan
John Hueston – Hueston Hennigan
Gary Lincenberg – Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Thomas Zaccaro - Paul Hastings
California – Trial Firm of the Year
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Hueston Hennigan
Keker Van Nest & Peters
Susman Godfrey
California – Trial Lawyer of the Year
Patricia Glaser, Glaser Weil
John Hueston, Hueston Hennigan
Jennifer Keller, Keller/Anderle
Daniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & Myers
Ekwan Rhow, Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
California – National Firm of the Year
Cooley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Susman Godfrey