Los Angeles—Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP (JMM) is pleased to announce that 17 of its attorneys across all three offices have been included in the Best Lawyers in America® list for the year 2021. In addition, 4 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 17 JMM 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
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
Burton Mitchell – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Benjamin M. Reznik – Land Use and Zoning 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
Gregory S. Cordrey – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Gordon A. Schaller – Trusts and Estates, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
The 4 JMM attorneys included in the inaugural “Ones to Watch” list and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles
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
Stuart K. Tubis – Civil Rights Law
The attorneys based in our Los Angeles and Orange County offices were also featured in the 2021 edition of Southern California’s Best Lawyers, a supplemental Best Lawyers® publication.
About JMM
Jeffer Mangels & 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 JMM.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.