January 17, 2024: Procopio Partner Mary Salamone has been recognized by her peers as a 2024 Super Lawyer for Southern California (Orange County and Los Angeles). This is her third straight year earning the recognition.

Mary counsels public and private construction industry clients on alternative project delivery methods, competitive bidding, contract drafting, project management and contract administration, scheduling and delay issues, lost productivity, differing site conditions, change orders for added scope, cost overruns, mechanics lien, stop payment notice and bond rights, risk management, claims resolution, and more. She represents a wide array of large contractors, subcontractors, and designers, as well as counties, municipalities and other governmental agencies both in California and nationally. Mary has handled multimillion-dollar disputes on high profile, complex construction projects, achieving favorable settlements and judgments on behalf of her clients. She is based in Procopio’s Orange County office.

Mary is routinely recognized for her legal skills and accomplishments. She has ben ranked a Top Construction Law Attorney by Chambers USA for more than a decade; on the Best Lawyers® list since 2018 for Construction Law and Litigation-Construction and twice named a Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year for Construction Litigation in the United States; and has held a Martindale Hubbell® AV Preeminent rating for more than twenty years.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

Thomson Reuters announces Super Lawyers and Rising Stars throughout the year in various geographic regions. In 2023, dozens of Procopio attorneys were recognized in Southern California, San Diego, Northern California and the Southwest. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state of California are named a Super Lawyer.

Procopio attorneys and practice groups are routinely named to various legal rankings lists, including Chambers and Partners®, Martindale-Hubbell®, Best Lawyers® and Best Law Firms®. Earlier this year Procopio was certified for the third straight year by Diversity Lab as a Mansfield Plus firm for actively advancing attorneys of color, LGBTQ+ and lawyers with disabilities to leadership roles. Procopio has for seven straight years scored highly on the Law360 Diversity Snapshot and the American Lawyer magazine Diversity Scorecard.