Category: Awards

Congratulations to our exceptional team of attorneys at Meyers Nave who have been named to the 2025 San Diego Super Lawyers list!

The Meyers Nave lawyers ranked include:
• Nadia Bermudez – Employment Litigation
• Janice Brown – Employment Litigation

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.

We are proud to have these talented attorneys on our team, delivering top-tier legal counsel to our clients.

Congratulations to our exceptional team of attorneys at Meyers Nave who have been named to the 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers and Southern California Rising Stars lists!

The Meyers Nave lawyers ranked include:

• Deborah Fox – Constitutional Law
• Nicole Hoeksma Gordon – Environmental
• Amrit Kulkarni – Environmental Litigation
• Margaret Moore Sohagi – Environmental
• R. Tyson Sohagi – Environmental
• Kiana Amiri-Davani – Environmental Litigation

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.

We are proud to have these talented attorneys on our team, delivering top-tier legal counsel to our clients.

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 2025 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 LA region.”

Amrit was noted as a standout leader with the “ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks such as CEQA, NEPA and zoning laws, while balancing environmental, legal and business priorities.”

The LABJ highlighted that Amrit has been instrumental in the success of transformational infrastructure and urban development projects across California. His most recent work includes the ocV!be, DisneyLandForward and continued work for the Los Angeles World Airports and BNSF Railway. He advised on the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark, LA Metro’s rail expansion, and the modernization of LAX.

Learn more about Amrit and his practice.

View the LABJ’s 2025 List of Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys.

We are excited to announce that Deborah Fox has once again been recognized as one of the Top Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal. This prestigious award highlights Deborah’s exceptional legal acumen and continued commitment to excellence. We are beyond proud to have such a remarkable attorney and person on our team.

Deborah’s contributions not only elevate our firm but inspire future generations of women in law. Congratulations, Deborah, on this well-deserved honor!

Meyers Nave is pleased to announce that Deborah J. Fox, has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2023 “Top 100 Lawyers,” a prestigious list that honors and recognizes “the best lawyers in California based on their legal accomplishments, professional reputation, and contributions to the legal community.”

As Principal of the Meyers Nave Trial and Litigation practice group, Deborah handles high-stakes litigation and crisis management around controversial matters at the intersection of law and societal evolution. She has built a reputation as a go-to attorney for sensitive political issues that attract intense media attention and elevated public scrutiny, helping to shape California’s legal landscape and confirming her as one of the state’s top lawyers.

Daily Journal subscribers can read the full article here.

Meyers Nave is proud to have four lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and one lawyer recognized in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® 2024 editions.

Their legal expertise and professional accomplishments reflect the high regard of numerous Meyers Nave practices, including commercial litigation, eminent domain, employment law, 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 2024 Best Lawyers rankings:

• Janice P. Brown, Employment Law – Management/Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Catherine L. Carlisle, Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch)
• Shaye Diveley, Environmental Law/Natural Resources Law
• Amrit S. Kulkarni, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Adam U. Lindgren, Municipal Law

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.