Top 100 Lawyers 2022 RECAP

Letter from the Publisher

Josh Schimmels

After 11 years, we at the Los Angeles Business Journal decided to restructure our Leaders in Law event. We will now honor our esteemed Los Angeles legal professionals in two different ways moving forward, this Top 100 Lawyers event and a Corporate Counsel Awards event in October.

The 100 lawyers listed throughout this section have demonstrated exceptional legal skill and achievements across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership and contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.

In the following pages we share biographical information on these legal thought leaders and shed some additional light on some of the premier examples of business law practitioners among us today.

We hope you enjoy this special section, which contains some unique insights on what exactly it means to be a leading attorney in today’s business climate.

Top 100 Lawyers Profiles

Angela Agrusa- DLA Piper
Clifton W. Albright- Albright, Yee & Schmit, APC
Sean Andrade- Andrade Gonzalez LLP
Andrew Apfelberg- Greenberg Glusker LLP
Ryan Baker- Waymaker LLP
Adam Bass- Buchalter
Stephanie Blum- Reuben, Raucher & Blum PC
Philip Bonoli- BG Law
Erica Bose- Cox, Castle & Nicholson
Brad Brian- Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Joshua Briones- Mintz
Alexander Calfo- King & Spalding
Dan Clivner- Sidley Austin LLP
Nancy Sher Cohen- Lathrop GPM LLP
Kanika Corley- Akerman LLP Eva Davis- Winston & Strawn LLP
Paul de Bernier- Mayer Brown LLP
Mike De Vries- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
William Delgado- DTO Law
Renée Delphin-Rodriguez- Crowell & Moring LLP
David deRubertis- The deRubertis Law Firm APC
Eric Early- Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP
David Eisman- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Theane Evangelis- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Anita Famili- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Vince Farhat- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Miles Feldman- Raines Feldman
Terrence Franklin- Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise LLP
Albert Giang- King & Spalding
Patricia Glaser- Glaser Weil LLP
Christina N. Goodrich- K&L Gates LLP
David Graeler- Nossaman
Demetria L. Graves- The Graves Law Firm
Jordan Hamburger- Sheppard Mulllin
Mira Hashmall- Miller Barondess, LLP
Gary Hecker- Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP
Jane Hinton- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Craig Holden- Lewis Brisbois
Mark Holscher- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Melanie Howard- Loeb & Loeb
Nicky Jatana- Jackson Lewis
Roy Jimenez- TLD Law
Cary Jones- Snell & Wilmer
Ashley Jordan-Reed Smith LLP
Roland Juarez-Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Christianne Kerns- Hahn & Hahn LLP
Kathy Ku- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Lauren Langer- Best Best & Krieger
Stephen Larson- Larson LLP
David Lash- O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Randall S. Leff- Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Adam Levin- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Michael Lindsey- Steinbrecher & Span LLP
Guy Maisnik- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Samuel Maizel- Dentons US LLP
Neal Marder- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Nina Marino- Kaplan Marino PC
Kevin Masuda- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Byron McLain- Foley & Lardner LLP
Matthew McNicholas- McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP
Sanford Michelman- Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Elisabeth Moriarty- Greenberg Glusker LLP
Ann Marie Mortimer- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Jason Murray- Crowell & Moring LLP
Mark Neubauer- Carlton Fields
Rick Olivarez- Olivarez Madruga Law Organization
Richard Pachulski- Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
Brian Panish- Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP
Harsh Parikh- Nixon Peabody LLP
R. Rex Parris- The PARRIS Law Firm
Puya Partow-Navid- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Stacy D. Phillips- Blank Rome LLP
Alison Plessman- Hueston Hennigan LLP
Bronwyn Pollock- Mayer Brown LLP
Jennifer Post- Thompson Coburn LLP
Tim Poydenis- Goodwin
Amy Quartarolo- Latham & Watkins LLP
Andrew Raines- Raines Feldman
Elsa Ramo- Ramo Law PC
Reginald Roberts, Jr.- Sanders Roberts LLP
Maria Rodriguez- McDermott Will & Emery
Mathew Rosengart- Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Todd Scherwin- Fisher Phillips
Lauren Schneider- Lewis Roca
Larry Seymour- Latham & Watkins LLP
Dan Shallman- Covington & Burling LLP
Jason Silvera- Latham & Watkins LLP
Margaret Sohagi- The Sohagi Law Group
Randye Soref- Polsinelli
Julia Strickland- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
John N. Tedford, IV- Danning, Gill, Israel & Krasnoff, LLP
Giancarlo Urey- Davis Wright Tremaine
Belinda Vega- Venable LLP
Perrie Weiner- Baker McKenzie
Alex Weingarten- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Keith Wesley- Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP
Vanessa Widener- Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP
Stephanie Yonekura- Hogan Lovells
Emily Yukich- Fox Rothschild LLP
Raffi Zerounian- Hanson Bridgett

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