Los Angeles—Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that 22 of its attorneys across all three offices have been included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2024 list. In addition, 16 attorneys have been included in the “Ones to Watch” edition, which recognizes lawyers who have achieved outstanding professional excellence earlier in their careers.
Best Lawyers also named Gordon Schaller as “Lawyer of the Year” for Trusts and Estates in Orange County. Only a single lawyer in a specific practice area and designated region are honored each year.
Best Lawyers is based on a comprehensive peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of top lawyers evaluate the legal abilities of other lawyers within their practice areas.
The 23 JMBM attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America 2024 and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles
Rod S. Berman – Trademark Law
William F. Capps – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bradford S. Cohen – Tax Law
Neil C. Erickson – Trusts and Estates
Vincent Farhat – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Stanley M. Gibson – Litigation – Patent
Timothy Lappen – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Guy Maisnik – Real Estate Law, Leisure and Hospitality Law
Robert E. Mangels – Commercial Litigation
Marianne S. Martin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Burton Mitchell – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Benjamin M. Reznik – Land Use and Zoning Law
David A. Sudeck – Real Estate Law
Seth Weissman – Real Estate Law
San Francisco
L. Randolph Harris – Tax Law
Robert B. Kaplan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Martin H. Orlick – Real Estate Law
Kerry Shapiro – Environmental Law
Bennett G. Young – Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Orange County
Mark S. Adams – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
Gregory S. Cordrey – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Gordon A. Schaller – Trusts and Estates, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
The 16 JMBM attorneys included in the “Ones to Watch” list and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles
Neill E. Brower – Land Use and Zoning Law
Brandon Chock – Real Estate Law
Julia Consoli-Tiensvold – Land Use and Zoning Law
Trevor Countryman – Real Estate Law
Megan Ferkel Earhart – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Daniel Freedman – Land Use and Zoning Law
Caleb A. Gilbert – Real Estate Law
Matthew J. Landa – Trusts and Estates
Lara R. Leitner – Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law
Lauren T. McKnight – Real Estate Law
Ryan D. Schiedermayer – Commercial Litigation
Andrew K. Steenbock – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Vatche Zetjian – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
San Francisco
Taylor N. Burras – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Stuart K. Tubis – Civil Rights Law
Orange County
Irina Rospotnyuk – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
About JMBM
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP is a full-service law firm committed to providing clients with outstanding results. From our offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Orange County, we serve our clients’ needs worldwide. For more information about our attorneys and our services, visit JMBM.com.
About Best Lawyers in America®
Best Lawyers in America® is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public.