TK OCBA Members Named Best Lawyers 2020 Lawyer of the Year

The OCBA is proud to share that 28 OCBA members were named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for 2019.

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Its methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one attorney is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.

Congratulations to all the Best Lawyers 2019 Lawyer of the Year, as well as to all the Best Lawyers in each category! To search Best Lawyers for all regions and categories, click here.

Best Lawyers 2019 Lawyer of the Year

• Michelle A. Reinglass, ADR Office of Michelle A. Reinglass, Arbitration
• Dean A. Demetre, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Banking and Finance Law
• Jeffreu M. Reisner, Irell & Manella LLP, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Michael G. Yoder, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Paul S. Meyer, Paul S. Meyer APC, Criminal Defense: General Practice
• John C. Hueston, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
• Dwight L. Armstrong, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory Natsis, Employment Law - Management
• Philip G. Seastrom, Seastrom Seastrom & Tuttle, Family Law
• Richard M. Wilner, Wilner & O'Reilly APLC, Immigration Law
• Terrence R. McInnis, Troutman Sanders LLP, Insurance Law
• Jeffrey T. Thomas, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Litigation - Antitrust
• Oscar Garza, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Mary A. Salamone, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd & Romo PLC, Litigation - Construction
• David B. Ezra, Berger Kahn, Litigation - Insurance
• Daniel F. Fears, Payne & Fears LLP, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Richard M. Sherman Jr., Irell & Manella LLP, Litigation - Real Estate
• Timothy M. Freudenberger, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Brian Doster Chase, Bisnar | Chase Trial Lawyers LLP, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Sean M. Burke, Sean M. Burke, APC, Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
• John B. Sganga Jr., Knobbe Martens, Patent Law
• Eric Dubin, Dubin Law Firm, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Mark P. Robinson Jr., Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Anthony W. Pierotti, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Real Estate Law
• Ellen S. Bancroft, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Albin H. Gess, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Trade Secrets Law
• Susan L. Heller, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Trademark Law
• Joseph W. Price Jr., Snell & Wilmer LLP, Trademark Law
• Michael V. Vollmer, Murtaugh Treglia Stern & Deily LLP, Trusts and Estates