2011

Sep. 21, 2011

Top 100

From the mortgage crisis to the Gulf oil spill to virtually every major intellectual property dispute, California lawyers are playing leading roles. But they don't just clean up big messes. They secure funding and regulatory approval for cutting-edge developments in water, energy, technology and biotechnology that are the promise of the future. We aim for this list to be a kaleidoscope of the California legal scene. There are divorce attorneys and public finance lawyers, prosecutors and criminal defenders and much, much more. We reviewed hundreds of nominations from members of the legal community and from our own editors and reporters to compile this list. It is never an easy task - the list isn't long enough - but it is fun. Read on. We know you'll enjoy learning about these people as much as we did.