Best Lawyers in California, United States for Litigation - Real Estate
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Michael J. Gleason is an AV-rated trial and appellate lawyer with over 20 years of experience handling key areas of business litigation, including consumer class action defense, California’s Proposition 65, product liability, fraud, real estate, escrow, and title insurance. He serves as Partner-in-Charge of Hahn Loeser’s San Diego office, is founder of the firm’s Proposition 65 defense group, and a member of the San Diego Litigation Team, which is ranked among the Top Tier P...
John Murphy focuses his practice on eminent domain, inverse condemnation and other complex real estate trials. He represents a wide variety of public agencies, corporations, and landowners. Mr. Murphy and his firm have earned its clients over $275 Million in eminent domain awards over the past six years. His firm has won arguably the highest condemnation awards in the State in each of the past four years. Its 2017 judgment against the County of San Bernardino totals $48 Million. He has been c...
Lee A. Dresie is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Real Estate. Lee A., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lee A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Sammy Daboussi is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Real Estate. Sammy, who practices law in Newport Beach, California, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sammy is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jonathan Kintzele is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Real Estate and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Jonathan, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jonathan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Chris has been with the Newport Beach office for six years and joined the firm just after becoming licensed. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a major in Political Science. He then attended Law School at Pepperdine, where he also completed his ADR certificate at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Chris’ practice with the firm focuses on complex civil litigation, including construction defect, general liability, and insurance coverage. Chris defe...
Ms. Salata is an associate attorney in BWB&O’s Los Angeles office. She previously worked in-house as a corporate paralegal while attending Loyola Law School. During her time at Loyola, Ms. Salata was on the board of the Evening Student Bar Association for all four years and received the Dean’s Services Award for doing so. Ms. Salata volunteered to do pro bono work in the sentencing and post-conviction area, submitting a clemency petition for a federal inmate. She was also the ...
Kirsi Luther joined the firm in 2022, following five years of service to the federal judiciary. Kirsi first served as an extern and clinical intern for then-Chief Judge Dana L. Christensen of the District of Montana. Following law school, Kirsi went on to clerk for the Honorable Judge Christensen for two years. From 2021 to 2022, she clerked for the Honorable Sidney R. Thomas of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Kirsi earned her law degree from the University of Montan...
Angelo Z. Perillo is an associate attorney practicing in the San Diego office of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara. Mr. Perillo graduated from the University of California, Riverside in May 2012, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, with an emphasis in Law and Society. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in May 2016 and was admitted to the California Bar in June 2017. During law school, Mr. Perillo was heavily involved in the Student Bar Association, where he serv...
Christina A. Matian is a Partner practicing in the San Diego office of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara. Ms. Matian graduated from San Diego State University in December 2015, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. She graduated from California Western School of Law in April 2019 and was admitted to the California Bar in November 2019. During law school, Ms. Matian was a member of the California Western Law Review and International Law Journal. Ms. Matian is originally ...
Caroline Lutz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Real Estate. Caroline, who practices law in Fresno, California, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caroline is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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