SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 9, 2015 — Sixteen attorneys from the Northern California offices (Sacramento, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley) of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are included in the 2015 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers & Rising Stars.
Northern California Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. According to Super Lawyers, attorneys are selected “using a rigorous, multistage process in which peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research.”
The following Greenberg Traurig attorneys were recognized in Northern California as either Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in their specified area of practice:
Super Lawyers
- Ian C. Ballon, Intellectual Property Litigation. Shareholder in both the firm’s Silicon Valley and Los Angeles offices.
- Marc R. Baluda, Business & Corporate. Shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office.
- Charles S. Birenbaum, Labor & Employment. Chair, Northern California and shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office.
- Nicholas A. Brown, Intellectual Property Litigation. Shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office.
- G. Michelle Ferreira, Tax. Managing shareholder of the firm’s San Francisco office.
- William J. Goines, Business Litigation. Managing shareholder of the firm’s Silicon Valley office.
- Kurt A. Kappes, Business Litigation. Co-managing shareholder of the firm’s Sacramento office.
- Gene Livingston, Legislative & Government Affairs. Chair of the firm’s Proposition 65 Practice and shareholder in the Sacramento office.
- James M. Mattesich, Environmental. Shareholder in the firm’s Sacramento office.
- James M. Nelson, Labor & Employment. Chair, Sacramento Labor and Employment Practice and shareholder in the firm’s Sacramento office.
Rising Stars
- Sarah E. Barrows, Intellectual Property Litigation. Of counsel in both the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
- Koray J. Bulut, Labor & Employment. Shareholder in both the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
- Anthony J. Cortez, Government Relations. Litigation and Regulatory attorney in the firm’s Sacramento office.
- Courtney A. Hopley, Tax. Of counsel in the firm’s San Francisco office.
- Bradley R. Marsh, Tax. Shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office.
- Alejandro Ruiz, Tax. Shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office.