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® list for the year 2021. In addition, 6 attorneys have been included in the inaugural "Ones to Watch" edition which recognizes lawyers earlier in their careers who have achieved outstanding professional excellence.
Best Lawyers also named Timothy Lappen as "Lawyer of the Year" for Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law in Los Angeles. 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 22 JMBM attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles
Rod S. Berman – Trademark Law
Rachel Capoccia – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Bradford S. Cohen – Tax Law
Neil C. Erickson – Trusts and Estates
Vincent Farhat – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Barry V. Freeman – Banking and Finance Law
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
Burton Mitchell – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Benjamin M. Reznik – Land Use and Zoning Law
San Francisco
David Cincotta – Land Use and Zoning Law
Bridget McInerney Harris – Trusts and Estates
L. Randolph Harris – Tax Law
Robert B. Kaplan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Martin H. Orlick – Real Estate Law
Richard A. Rogan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Kerry Shapiro – Environmental Law
Bennett G. Young – Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Orange County
Gregory S. Cordrey – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Gordon A. Schaller – Trusts and Estates, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
The 6 JMBM attorneys included in the inaugural "Ones to Watch" list and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles
Lauren Babst – Commercial Litigation
Matthew J. Landa – Trusts and Estates
Andrew K. Steenbock – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
San Francisco
Taylor N. Burras – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Martin P. Stratte – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Natural Resources Law
Stuart K. Tubis – Civil Rights Law
