August 18, 2022 (San Diego/Orange County/Silicon Valley/Las Vegas/Scottsdale) – Procopio has set a number of firm records in the 2023 Best Lawyers in America® list just released, including:

• 80 attorneys recognized
• 55 named Best Lawyers
• 25 named Ones to Watch
• 22 attorneys recognized for the first time
• 48 legal practices recognized
• 15 existing honorees recognized in additional practice areas
• 5 geographic regions recognized

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 General Counsel Carole Buckner was recognized for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2019, and also holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.
• Partner Paul E. Burns was recognized for Patent Litigation. Paul has been recognized by Best Lawyers from 2007 to the present, and also holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.

This year’s 55 Procopio Best Lawyers were recognized for their legal expertise and accomplishments in nearly four dozen practice areas. Attorneys new to the list or new legal recognitions for existing honorees are in italics.

• Managing Partner John D. Alessio: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Real Estate (San Diego)
• Partner Brook Taylor Barnes: Employment Law Management (San Diego) – moved from Ones to Watch list
• Partner Richard D. Barton: Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Dana Bessenecker: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner Stephen Beuerle: Patent 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 Robert J. Brown: Real Estate Law and Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner and General Counsel Carole J. Buckner: Ethics and Professional Responsibility 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)
• Partner Michael Changaris: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Anthony J. Dain: Appellate Practice and Litigation-Patent (San Diego)
• Partner Susan L. Daly: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Capital Markets & Securities Co-Leader Dennis J. Doucette: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets 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 Enrique Hernandez-Pulido: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner J. Christopher Jaczko: Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Patent (San Diego)
• Partner Gerald P. Kennedy: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (San Diego)
• Partner 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)
• Partner Michael J. Kinkelaar: Venture Capital Law (San Diego)
• Of Counsel Todd E. Leigh: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner John C. Lemmo: Education Law, Environmental Law and Municipal Law (San Diego)
• Partner Michael E. Lyon: Real Estate Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Aviation and Marine Group Co-Leader Eli W. Mansour: Equipment Finance Law (San Diego)
• Partner Patrick W. Martin: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Adrian Martinez: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
• Partner Jeff Morton: Biotechnology and Life Sciences (San Diego)
• Partner S. Todd Neal: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs (San Diego)
• Partner Adriana Ochoa: Municipal Law (San Diego)
• Partner and Native American Group 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 Craig A. Ramseyer: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
• Partner George “Jody” L. Root, Jr.: Health Care Law (San Diego)
• Partner Mary A. Salamone: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (Orange County)
• Partner 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 and Leisure and Hospitality Law (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, 25 Procopio attorneys were named to the Ones to Watchlist. Attorneys new to the list or new legal recognitions for existing honorees 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)
• Senior Counsel John Pedro Dombrowski: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Associate Clint S. Engleson: Labor and Employment Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment (San Diego)
• Associate Anuar Estefan: Tax Law (San Diego)
• Partner Morgan Gallagher: Land Use and Zoning Law, and Litigation-Real Estate (Orange County)
• Ashley R. Genser: Family Law and Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation (San Diego)
• Nicholas Kawuka: Labor and Employment Law-Management (San Diego)
• Rosie Kim: Native American Law (San Diego)
• Senior Associate Shai Larkin: Entertainment and Sports Law (San Diego)
• Associate Julian J.G. Lean: Health Care 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)
• Associate Andrew S. Parsons: Securities/Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law (San Diego)
• Partner Eric A. Plourde: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants (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 (San Diego)
• Associate Zi Wang: Intellectual Property Law (Orange County)
• Senior Associate Michelle J. Wells: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (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®. The firm is ranked as the largest San Diego-based law firm by the San Diego Business Journal. Procopio is also ranked by Law360 as a Best Law Firm for Minority Attorneys and is Certified by Diversity Lab as a Mansfield Plus law firm.