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Top Litigators & Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles
THERE ARE MANY BRILLIANT ATTORNEYS IN LOS ANGELES – MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT THAT CAN PREPARE INDIVIDUALS and businesses for any legal issue that should come up – while expertly writing the documents designed to protect their clients’ assets and livelihoods. But there is a very special breed of attorney that needs to transcend expert comprehension of the legal system – the litigator. Attorneys who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients before judges and jury have their own unique sets of skills. In this special section we have selected 50 of the very best litigators in the business. These are the lawyers you want in your corner in court. We’ve alphabetically listed this lineup of superb litigation specialists, along with some basic information about their careers, practice and some relevant recent successes they’ve achieved.
Congratulations to the attorneys who made this prestigious list!
ANGELA AGRUSA – DLA Piper
STEVEN BLEDSOE – Larson O’Brien LLP
KIMBERLY BRANSCOME – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
WILLIAM BRIGGS – Venable LLP
JOSHUA BRIONES – Mintz
RALPH CAMPILLO – Mintz
TODD A. CAVANAUGH – Yukevich | Cavanaugh
MORGAN CHU – Irell & Manella LLP
CHARLES COX – Alston & Bird
ROBYN CROWTHER – Steptoe & Johnson LLP
KARIN A. CURTIS – Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
JOHN DARLING – Hunt Ortmann
MARISSA DENNIS – Allen Matkins
RICHARD J. DOREN – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
MARK DROOKS – Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, PC
ERIC EARLY – Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP
SCOTT A. EDELMAN – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
VINCE FARHAT – Holland & Knight
MILES FELDMAN – Raines Feldman LLP
DEBORAH J. FOX – Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, PLC
MICHAEL GARFINKEL – DLA Piper
JULIE R. F. GERCHIK – Glaser Weil
JEFFREY D. GOLDMAN – Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
JUSTIN M. GOLDSTEIN – Sklar Kirsh LLP
DAVID GRAELER – Nossaman LLP
J. MIRA HASHMALL – Miller Barondess LLP
CRAIG HOLDEN – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
MARK HOLSCHER – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
JOHN C. HUESTON – Hueston Hennigan LLP
LAWRENCE ISER – Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
ROLAND JUAREZ – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
MOEZ M. KABA – Hueston Hennigan LLP
STEVEN KAUFMANN – Nossaman LLP
MARK D. KEMPLE – Greenberg Traurig LLP
ERIC KENNEDY – Buchalter, PC
DALE KINSELLA – Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
MICHAEL KUMP – Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
STEPHEN G. LARSON – KLarson O’Brien LLP
REBECCA LAWLOR – Greenspoon Marder LLP
SUSAN LEADER – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
MARK LITVACK – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
BARRY MACNAUGHTON – Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
JEFF MARGULIES – Norton Rose Fulbright
CRAIG J. MARIAM – Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
SANFORD L. MICHELMAN – Michelman & Robinson, LLP
LOUIS R. (SKIP) MILLER – Miller Barondess LLP
JOSHUA MIZRAHI – Buchalter, PC
PETER B. MORRISON – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
ANN MARIE MORTIMER – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
MICHAEL MURPHY – Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
DALE ORTMANN – Hunt Ortmann
ROBERT W. PERRIN – Latham & Watkins LLP
TIMOTHY L. PIERCE – K&L Gates LLP
MARVIN S. PUTNAM – Latham & Watkins, LLP LLP
SCOTT RAHN – RMO LLP
EUGENE P. RAMIREZ – Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
ARJUN RAO – Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
RICK RICHMOND – Jenner & Block
NICHOLAS ROWLEY – Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley
JASON D. RUSSELL – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
TONY M. SAIN – Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
CHRISTIAN SCALI – Scali Rasmussen, PC
DAVID K. SCHULTZ – Polsinelli LLP
MICHAEL A. SHERMAN – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
MATTHEW STEINBERG – Cozen O’Connor
JULIA B. STRICKLAND – Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
JEFFREY S. HORTON THOMAS – Akerman LLP
VIVIAN LEE THOREEN – Holland & Knight
CAROLYN TOTO – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
PERRIE WEINER – Baker McKenzie LLP
ALEX WEINGARTEN – Venable LLP
BART WILLIAMS – Proskauer Rose LLP
DAVID WILLINGHAM – Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
JAMES J. YUKEVICH – Yukevich | Cavanaugh
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