Los Angeles, CA (November 21, 2011) — The 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America, an annual referral directory of the legal profession, includes 22 California-based Greenberg Traurig attorneys top-listed across a number of practice areas. The firm’s California offices are located in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Additionally, the firm ranked No. 1 for most attorneys listed in the directory for the fifth consecutive year. Founded in 1983, Best Lawyers lists attorneys based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 25,000 leading attorneys cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.
The Greenberg Traurig California attorneys recognized, the year they were first listed and their corresponding category/practice area(s) include:
- Michael H. Goldstein (2005) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy, Los Angeles
- William J. Goines (2007) - Commercial Litigation, East Palo Alto
- Frank E. Merideth (2007) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Intellectual Property, Los Angeles
- Jeff E. Scott (2010) - Commercial Litigation, Los Angeles
- Raymond Lee (2011) - Corporate Law, Irvine
- Wayne R. Gross (2011) - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Irvine
- James Nelson* - Employment Law-Management, Sacramento
- Daniel H. Black (2009) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television, Los Angeles
- Vincent H. Chieffo (2010) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Media Law, Los Angeles
- Jay L. Cooper (1987) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law - Music, Los Angeles
- Steven M. Katleman (2009) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television, Los Angeles
- Richard I. Leher (2008) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law - Music, Los Angeles
- Alan U. Schwartz (2008) - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television, Los Angeles
- Gene Livingston (2009) - Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Litigation-Environmental, Sacramento
- James Mattesich (2010) - Government Relations Practice, Sacramento
- Ian C. Ballon (2001) - Information and Technology Law; Technology Law, Los Angeles/East Palo Alto
- G. Michelle Ferreira (2011) - Litigation and Controversy-Tax; Tax Law, San Francisco
- Franklin D. Ubell (2010) - Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent; Patent Law, Irvine
- Gregory F. Hurley (2009) - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Irvine
- Jeffrey C. Joy (2008) - Tax Law, Irvine
- Sanford C. Presant (2008) - Tax Law, Los Angeles
- Lawrence H. Heller (2007) - Trusts and Estates, Los Angeles
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.