Los Angeles—Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that 18 of its attorneys across all three offices have been included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2022 list. In addition, 5 attorneys have been included in the second ever “Ones to Watch” edition which recognizes lawyers earlier in their careers who have achieved outstanding professional excellence.
Best Lawyers also named Rod Berman as “Lawyer of the Year” for Trademark Law in Los Angeles and 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 18 JMBM attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 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 David A. Sudeck – 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 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 “Ones to Watch” list and the areas in which they are honored are:
Los Angeles Daniel Freedman – Land Use and Zoning Law 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
About JMBM 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 jeffer.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.