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Big Wins From Coast to Coast

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Founder Michael S. Burg discusses how Burg Simpson’s lawyers secured major verdicts in some of the nation’s most unique cases in 2019.

Tribal Sovereignty or Discrimination?

Janice Zhou

The Indian Child Welfare Act was designed to help keep Native American children from being adopted outside their tribes. Now it’s under threat.

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No Challenge Too Big

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How Easton & Easton has had one of its most successful years.

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A Cohesive Team

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How Bentley & More LLP advocate for their clients

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Fighting for Justice

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Frantz Law Group and how they get compensation for their clients

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A Record Settlement

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The catastrophic injury of a 12-year-old inspired the lawyers of Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn to take on a tree-fall case that, six years later, made Califor

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Gibson Dunn Adds Private Equity Partners Abtin Jalali and Chris Harding in San Francisco

Mass Tort, Product Liability Trial Lawyer Kevin C. Mayer Joins Norton Rose Fulbright in California

David Rudd Joins Husch Blackwell - Firm Launches Salt Lake City Office With New M&A Partner

Rimon Law Welcomes Intellectual Property Attorney Dr. Dale Rieger as Partner in Its San Diego Office

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Two Corporate Finance Partners in San Francisco

Sheppard Mullin Adds Appellate and Commercial Litigator David Schwarz in Century City

Locke Lord’s Nina Huerta Reelected President of Mexican ‎‎American Bar Foundation

Barnes & Thornburg Adds Expansive Life Sciences Patent Group

Real Estate Attorney James Benjamin Joins Ireland Stapleton

Mayer Brown Strengthens Litigation Capabilities with Double Partner Hire in Los Angeles

Gibson Dunn Adds M&A Partner David C. Lee in Orange County

Jack Schaedel Joins FordHarrison's Los Angeles Office as Partner

Litigation Partner Joshua Lerner Joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco

Ireland Stapleton Adds Real Estate Attorney Ryan Wilcox

Greenberg Traurig Bolsters Labor & Employment Practice in California with Addition of Timothy Long

Eversheds Sutherland Continues US Expansion with New California Office

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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Orange County, California

Garrick A. Hollander

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Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2015

  • Location:

    Orange County, California
  • Practice Area
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Boise, Idaho

Kevin J. Beaton

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Stoel Rives LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2005

  • Location:

    Boise, Idaho
  • Practice Areas
    Environmental Law | Litigation - Environmental | Water Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Michael J. Golden

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Walther Bennett Mayo Honeycutt P.C.
  • Recognized Since: 2005

  • Location:

    Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Practice Areas
    Family Law | Family Law Mediation
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Janice M. Ahern

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AhernLaw PC
  • Recognized Since: 2006

  • Location:

    Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Practice Area
    Real Estate Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Phoenix, Arizona

Edwin C. Bull

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Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
  • Recognized Since: 2003

  • Location:

    Phoenix, Arizona
  • Practice Areas
    Land Use and Zoning Law | Real Estate Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Phoenix, Arizona

James A. Fassold

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Tiffany & Bosco P.A.
  • Recognized Since: 2014

  • Location:

    Phoenix, Arizona
  • Practice Area
    Litigation - Trusts and Estates
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Theresa W. Parrish

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Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin, & Robb P.A.
  • Recognized Since: 2009

  • Location:

    Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Practice Areas
    Commercial Litigation | Employment Law - Management | Litigation - Banking and Finance | Litigation - Labor and Employment | Litigation - Real Estate
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Los Angeles, California

Sean C. Feller

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2013

  • Location:

    Los Angeles, California
  • Practice Area
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Boise, Idaho

Paul M. Boyd

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Stoel Rives LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2006

  • Location:

    Boise, Idaho
  • Practice Areas
    Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Denver, Colorado

Joan H. McWilliams

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McWilliams Mediation Group Ltd
  • Recognized Since: 2005

  • Location:

    Denver, Colorado
  • Practice Areas
    Arbitration | Family Law Mediation
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Denver, Colorado

Buck S. Beltzer

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Beltzer Bangert & Gunnell LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2017

  • Location:

    Denver, Colorado
  • Practice Areas
    Construction Law | Litigation - Construction
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - San Francisco, California

Rachel S. Brass

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2013

  • Location:

    San Francisco, California
  • Practice Areas
    Antitrust Law | Litigation - Antitrust
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Los Angeles, California

Douglas M. Fuchs

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2013

  • Location:

    Los Angeles, California
  • Practice Areas
    Commercial Litigation | Criminal Defense: White-Collar | Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) | Litigation - Securities
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Denver, Colorado

Valerie M. Sullan

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Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
  • Recognized Since: 2014

  • Location:

    Denver, Colorado
  • Practice Areas
    Litigation - Construction | Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Orange County, California

Leigh A. White

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Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2016

  • Location:

    Orange County, California
  • Practice Area
    Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
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Lawyer of the Year
(2020) - Reno, Nevada

William A. S. Magrath II

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McDonald Carano LLP
  • Recognized Since: 2009

  • Location:

    Reno, Nevada
  • Practice Areas
    Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation | Construction Law | Litigation - Construction