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2014


Oct. 15, 2014

Top Boutiques

Our goal with this inaugural issue devoted to legal boutiques was to honor firms that truly embody the meaning: do one thing and do it exceptionally well. We talked to lawyers around the state about the firms they thought stand out. It wasn't long before the cream rose to the top. In conversation after conversation, the same names were mentioned. While this survey is by no means scientific, it gives readers a good idea of who are regarded by their peers as the marquee boutiques.


In This Issue:

Silicon Legal Strategy PC

San Francisco, Santa Monica | Corporate, M&A, Financing

Riordan & Horgan

San Francisco | Civil and criminal appeals

Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP

San Francisco | Land use, environmental and natural resources law

Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP

Santa Monica, New York | Immigration

Tafapolsky & Smith LLP

San Francisco, Los Angeles | Immigration

Horvitz & Levy LLP

Encino | Appellate

Scheper Kim & Harris LLP

Los Angeles | Litigation

Caldwell Leslie & Proctor PC

Los Angeles | Litigation

Miller Barondess LLP

Los Angeles (Century City) | Litigation

Keker & Van Nest LLP

San Francisco | Litigation

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Palo Alto, Washington, D.C. | Intellectual property law

Keller Rackauckas LLP

Irvine | Litigation

Durie Tangri LLP

San Francisco | Litigation

Silverstein & Pomerantz LLP

San Francisco, Denver | State and local tax controversies

Niddrie, Fish & Addams LLP

San Diego | Appellate

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno and San Diego | Public sector labor and employment law

Wood LLP

San Francisco | Litigation-related tax issues

Esner, Chang & Boyer

Pasadena, Walnut Creek | Appellate

Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill LLP

Los Angeles | Bankruptcy, restructuring, commercial law

Agility IP Law LLP

Menlo Park | Patent, intellectual property litigation

Owen, Wickersham & Erickson PC

San Francisco | Trademark, copyright

Christie, Parker & Hale LLP

Glendale, Irvine | Intellectual property

Fish & Tsang LLP

Irvine, Redwood City | Intellectual property law

Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

Fresno, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose (headquarters) | Intellectual Property

Weaver Schlenger Mazel LLP

San Francisco | Immigration

Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP

San Francisco | Environmental Law

Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP

Los Angeles | Land use and land use litigation

Clean Tech Law Partners PC

San Francisco | Clean Technology

Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez PC

Los Angeles, Honolulu | Tax controversy, criminal tax matters

Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP

Los Angeles | Bankruptcy

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Wilmington, DE | Bankruptcy, corporate restructuring

Fortis General Counsel LLP

El Segundo, Aliso Viejo, San Mateo, San Jose | Corporate, M&A, Licensing

Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP

San Francisco | Fund Formation

Osborn McDerby LLP

San Francisco | Corporate, M&A, Financing

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP

Redwood City, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston | Emerging technology companies and venture capital firms

Carothers, DiSante & Freudenberger LLP

Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego | Labor and employment

Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP

Glendale, New York, Washington, D.C. | Labor and employment

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, Costa Mesa, Portland, Seattle, Denver | Patent law specialists

Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP

Menlo Park | Patent litigation

Remy Moose Manley LLP

Sacramento | Environmental, land use, planning and zoning

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP

San Francisco Environmental/Land Use

Clarence Dyer & Cohen LLP

San Francisco | Litigation

Browne George Ross LLP

Los Angeles, San Francisco | Litigation