Category: Awards

Los Angeles Business Journal Names Deborah Fox to 2023 List of Women of Influence: Attorneys

The Los Angeles Business Journal named Deborah Fox, the Chair of Meyers Nave’s statewide First Amendment and Trial & Litigation Practice Groups, to its 2023 list of “Women of Influence: Attorneys”. The feature profiles women who “have been recognized for exceptional legal skill and achievement across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership as evidenced by the highest professional and ethical standards, and for contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.”

The LABJ noted that Deborah “is one of California’s leading experts on First Amendment issues. She has expertise with cases involving the convergence of First Amendment, land use, and zoning laws. She is highly sought-after for high-impact litigation and crisis management and her constitutional work typically involves complex cases with overarching social justice components.” Deborah’s recent work with statewide ramifications was highlighted along with her role on Meyers Nave’s Executive Committee.

Learn more about Deborah and her practice.

View the LABJ’s 2023 Women of Influence: Attorneys.

Southern California Super Lawyers Names Five Meyers Nave Attorneys to 2023 List

Five Meyers Nave attorneys have been named to the 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list, which appeared in the January 2023 issue of Southern California Super Lawyers magazine.

The Meyers Nave lawyers ranked include:

Only up to five percent of the lawyers in California are named to the Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Los Angeles Business Journal Names Amrit Kulkarni to 2023 List of Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys

The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Amrit Kulkarni, the Chair of the firm’s Land Use, Environmental Law, and Transportation and Infrastructure practice groups, to its 2023 list of “Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys.” The feature profiles “minority attorneys considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene while serving as trusted advisors in the Los Angeles area.”

Amrit was noted as a “California infrastructure heavyweight, providing transaction and litigation counsel on many of the state’s and Los Angeles area’s highest profile, most complex, and sometimes controversial commercial and urban development projects.”

The LABJ highlighted Amrit’s experience serving local, state and national clients involved in the development of airports, passenger transit systems, freight rail networks, ports, highways, water resources, mixed-use residential developments, university campus expansions, and a wide range of commercial and industrial facilities. Amrit also provides transactional counsel during a project’s planning, development and implementation phases, as well as litigation expertise when clients need to defend or challenge a project.

Learn more about Amrit and his practice.

View the LABJ’s 2023 List of Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys.

Catherine Carlisle Named One to Watch in the Commercial Litigation Category by Best Lawyers

Of counsel Catherine Carlisle was recently named a lawyer to watch by Best Lawyers in the Commercial Litigation category.

The Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in America. Learn more about Cathy and her background.

Eight Meyers Nave Attorneys Recognized as 2023 “Best Lawyers in America”

Meyers Nave proudly announces that eight of our attorneys are recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Their legal expertise and professional accomplishments reflect the high regard of numerous Meyers Nave practices, including eminent domain, environmental law, land use, litigation, municipal law and natural resources law. Their recognitions also demonstrate Meyers Nave’s reputation for excellent client work from attorneys in each of our offices throughout California.

We congratulate the following attorneys on their 2023 Best Lawyers rankings:

Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is based on nomination, voting and evaluation by peers in the same practice area and geographic region. Best Lawyers® assesses the information and checks each attorney’s status with local bar associations. Lawyers do not pay to be included.  First published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is regarded as a definitive guide to excellence in the legal profession.

 

Meyers Nave Northern California Attorneys Receive 2022 “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” Recognition

Meyers Nave proudly announces that nine attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2022 “Northern California Super Lawyers” list and the 2022 “Northern California Rising Stars” list. Published in Super Lawyers Magazine, only up to five percent of the lawyers in California are named to the Super Lawyers list and up to 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

We congratulate our attorneys for this important recognition of their legal expertise and professional accomplishments in both their geographic region and their areas of specialty.

Super Lawyers

Rising Stars

About Super Lawyers®: Super Lawyers evaluates attorneys from firms of all sizes in more than 70 practice areas throughout the United States. Super Lawyers selects lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers Magazine, publisher of the lists, is distributed to attorneys and ABA-accredited law schools.

Deborah Fox Selected as a Top Women Lawyer by the Daily Journal

Meyers Nave proudly announces that the Daily Journal selected Principal Deborah J. Fox to its 2022 list of “Top Women Lawyers” in California. The Daily Journal award article features Deborah’s expertise with First Amendment issues, land use litigation and crisis management. The list honors women lawyers who have made a difference to their clients, their firms and their profession.

Super Lawyers Distinguishes Meyers Nave Lawyers in San Diego

Meyers Nave is pleased to announce our attorneys have been listed as 2022 “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” in San Diego. Published in Super Lawyers Magazine, only up to five percent of the lawyers in California are named to the Super Lawyers list and only up to 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

The recognitions demonstrate Meyers Nave’s highly regarded expertise in numerous areas of law including Labor & Employment, Employment Litigation, Business Litigation, and General Litigation. We congratulate our team for this important recognition of their legal expertise and professional accomplishments in their geographic region and their areas of specialty. Our distinguished lawyers include:

Super Lawyers

Janice Brown, Principal – Top 25 Women San Diego Super Lawyers (2017, 2018, and 2022); Super Lawyer – (1) Employment Litigation: Defense, (2) Employment & Labor: Employer and (3) Business Litigation (2007-2022)

Suzanne Roten, Senior Of Counsel – (1) Employment Litigation: Defense and (2) Employment & Labor: Employer (2019-2022)

Arlene Yang, Principal – (1) Employment & Labor: Employer, (2) Employment Litigation: Defense and (3) General Litigation (2017-2022)

Rising Stars

David Middleton, Associate – (1) Employment & Labor: Employer

Meyers Nave Named Tier 1 “Best Law Firms” in Oakland for Two Practice Areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 2022

Meyers Nave proudly announces that our statewide Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law practice groups have been recognized as Tier 1 among “Best Law Firms” in the metropolitan Oakland, California region by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 2022. The ranking process requires a Firm to have at least one attorney who is recognized in the current edition of the Best Lawyers in America, and Meyers Nave is proud to announce that six of our attorneys are recognized as “Best Lawyers” in their fields. The “Best Law Firms” ranking process also includes a confidential evaluation survey completed by clients, professional references and peer attorneys. Data is also collected from “Best Lawyers” ballots and the information that each law firm provides about the strengths of its areas of expertise. The quantitative and qualitative data is then combined into an overall Tier score for each firm.

Meyers Nave congratulates its Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law Practice Groups on this important recognition.

Best Law Firms in America by US News-Best Law Firms Report

Metropolitan Tier 1, Environmental Law (Oakland, 2020-2022)
Metropolitan Tier 1, Natural Resources Law (Oakland, 2015-2022)

Six Meyers Nave Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” in 2022

Meyers Nave proudly announces that six of our attorneys are recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Their legal expertise and professional accomplishments reflect the high regard of numerous Meyers Nave practices, including eminent domain, environmental law, land use, litigation, municipal law and natural resources law. Their recognition also demonstrates Meyers Nave’s reputation for excellent client work from attorneys in all of our offices throughout California.

We congratulate the following attorneys:

Brenda Aguilar-Guerrero, Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation, 2020-2022
John Bakker, Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, 2020-2022
Shaye Diveley, Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law, 2011-2022
Amrit Kulkarni, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning, 2018-2022
Adam Lindgren, Municipal Law, 2016-2022
Shiraz Tangri, Litigation-Environmental, 2015-2022

Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is based on nomination, voting and evaluation by peers in the same practice area and geographic region. Best Lawyers® assesses the information and checks each attorney’s status with local bar associations. Lawyers do not pay to be included. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers® “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” First published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is regarded as a definitive guide to excellence in the legal profession.