August 17, 2023 (San Diego/Orange County/Silicon Valley/Las Vegas/Scottsdale/Washington, D.C.) – All six locations in which Procopio has offices—San Diego, Orange County, Silicon Valley, Scottsdale, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C.—boast attorneys named to either the Best Lawyers in America® or Ones to Watch® lists for 2024. A total of 80 Procopio attorneys in nearly four dozen practice areas have been recognized this year, with thirteen recognized for the first time.

The Best Lawyers in America lists are compiled annually through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers provide confidential nominations and feedback.

Two Procopio partners were honored by their peers with “Lawyer of the Year” awards, a designation given to only a small percentage of Best Lawyers recipients:

• Partner and Management Committee Member Craig Ramseyer was recognized for Construction Law and Litigation-Construction. This is the third time he has achieved this recognition.
• Of Counsel Glenn Feldman was recognized for Native American Law. This is the fifth time he has been recognized in this category; he has also been named a Lawyer of the Year for Gaming Law twice.

Below are this year’s 53 Procopio Best Lawyers. Attorneys new to the list are in italics.

• Managing Partner John D. Alessio: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Real Estate (San Diego)
• Partner Richard D. Barton: Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Dana Bessenecker: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Of Counsel David C. Boatwright: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Family Law Group Leader Michele B. Brown: Family Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Tax Team Leader Robert J. Brown: Real Estate Law and Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Paul E. Burns: Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, and Patent Law (Arizona)
• Partner Amy Cannon: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Senior Counsel Steven Casselberry: Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (Orange County)
• Partner Michael Changaris: Tax Law and Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Anthony J. Dain: Appellate Practice (San Diego)
• Partner Susan L. Daly: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Business & Technology Team Leader Dennis J. Doucette: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (San Diego)
• Partner William W. Eigner: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (San Diego)
• Partner Victor Felix: Litigation-Intellectual Property (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Glenn M. Feldman: Gaming Law and Native American Law (Arizona)
• Partner Renee M. Gabbard: Trusts and Estates (Orange County)
• Senior Counsel Jeffery A. Garofalo: Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Construction Law (Las Vegas)
• Partner Theodore J. Griswold: Land Use and Zoning Law (San Diego)
• Partner Kendra J. Hall: Appellate Practice (San Diego)
• Partner, Privacy Officer and Privacy & Cybersecurity Group Leader Elaine Harwell: Commercial Litigation and Consumer Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Management Committee Member Enrique Hernandez-Pulido: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Jeffrey Hood: Construction Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner and Intellectual Property Litigation Team Leader J. Christopher Jaczko: Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Patent (San Diego)
• Partner and Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Joint Ventures Group Co-Leader Paul Johnson: Corporate Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Brian Kennedy: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner Gerald P. Kennedy: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Management Committee Member Marie Burke Kenny: Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, and Litigation-Labor Law and Management (San Diego)
• Partner Michael R. Kiesling: Litigation-Construction and Litigation-Real Estate (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Katherine Knudsen: Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Todd E. Leigh: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Michael E. Lyon: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner, Life Sciences Group Leader and Licensing & Technology Transactions Group Co-Leader Jeff Morton: Biotechnology and Life Sciences (San Diego)
• Partner and Management Committee Member S. Todd Neal: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs (San Diego)
• Partner and Health, Education and Government Team Leader Adriana Ochoa: Municipal Law (San Diego)
• Partner Scott Omohundro: Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Partner and Native American Team Leader Kerry K. Patterson: Gaming Law, Native American Law, and Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Construction Group Leader Laurence R. Phillips: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Partner and Management Committee Member Craig A. Ramseyer: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Partner Mary A. Salamone: Construction Lawand Litigation-Construction (Orange County)
• Partner and Construction Team Leader Timothy E. Salter: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Partner Craig P. Sapin: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Jon Schimmer: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Real Estate Group Leader Jeff Stoke: Land Use and Zoning Law, and Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Sean M. Sullivan: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner and Tax Group Leader Eric D. Swenson: Litigation & Controversy: Tax and Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Privacy & Cybersecurity Group Co-Leader Frederick K. Taylor: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner and Labor & Employment Group Leader Wendy L. Tucker: Employment Law-Individuals and Labor Law-Management (San Diego)
• Partner and Litigation Team Leader Paul A. Tyrell: Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner and Aviation and Marine Group Co-Leader Edward C. Walton: Admiralty and Maritime Law (San Diego)
• Of Counsel and Deputy General Counsel Raymond Wright: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner David M. Zachry: Family Law (San Diego)
• Partner Juan Pablo G. Zaragoza: Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, and Trusts and Estates (San Diego)

In addition, 27 Procopio attorneys were named to the Ones to Watchlist. Attorneys new to the list are in italics.

• Associate Paloma Armella Álvarez: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Trent J. Andrews: Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Zagros S. Bassirian: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner David Crawford: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Ashley Fasano: Labor & Employment Law-Management, and Litigation-Labor and Employment (San Diego)
• Brett Garrison: Intellectual Property Law, Life Science Practice, and Litigation-Patent (Washington, D.C.)
• Ashley R. Genser: Family Law and Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation (San Diego)
• Helen Goldstein: Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Arizona)
• Nicholas Kawuka: Labor and Employment Law-Management (San Diego)
• Raph Kim: Intellectual Property Law (Washington, D.C.)
• Rosie Kim: Intellectual Property Law and Native American Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Shai Larkin: Venture Capital Law and Entertainment and Sports Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate John Y. Lee: Real Estate Law and Tax Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate John C. Miles: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Sara Neva: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Associate Andrew S. Parsons: Securities/Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law (San Diego)
• Eric A. Plourde: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants (San Diego)
• Steve Serna: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Jack Shaw: Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Intellectual Property (Silicon Valley)
• Associate Sarah L. Taylor: Family Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Paul M. Tyson: Construction Law (San Diego)
• Partner Raúl Villarreal Garza: Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Michelle J. Wells: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Associate Racheal White Hawk: Native American Law (San Diego)
• Special Counsel L. Reza Wrathall: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Associate Lianlian Wu: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner Andrew X. Yocopis: Real Estate Law (Scottsdale)

Procopio attorneys and practice groups are routinely named to various legal rankings lists, including Chambers and Partners®, Martindale-Hubbell®, and Super Lawyers®. Dozens of its practiced areas are recognized by U.S. News-Best Law Firms®. Procopio is also recognized for diversity by Law360 and American Lawyer Magazine and is certified by Diversity Lab as a Mansfield Rule Plus law firm.