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2015 Top 20 Under 40 - plus 5 associates to watch


Jan. 28, 2015

Top Under 40

The editors of the Daily Journal reviewed more than 300 nominations to find just 20 lawyers for this list - plus 5 associates to watch.


In This Issue:

Bryan M. Sullivan

Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McCray LLP | Los Angeles | litigation, corporate: entertainment, real estate | Age: 39

Benjamin B. Au

Caldwell Leslie & Proctor PC | Los Angeles | white collar defense; complex civil litigation | Age: 37

Christopher T. Casamassima

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | Los Angeles | complex business disputes | Age: 39

Daniel S. Robinson

Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis Inc. | Newport Beach | plaintiffs’ catastrophic personal injury, medical product liability, class actions | Age: 38

Michelle L. Visser

Ropes & Gray LLP | San Francisco | litigation: business and securities | Age: 35

Britt K. Strottman

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson APLC | Oakland | litigation: pipeline safety and white collar investigations | Age: 39

Lindsay R. Sparks

Paul Hastings LLP | Costa Mesa | corporate: finance | Age: 38

Michael J. Shipley

Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Los Angeles | commercial litigation with a focus on securities, M&A disputes, entertainment and white collar criminal defense | Age: 39

Michael A. Penn

Aitken Aitken Cohn | Santa Ana | litigation: plaintiffs personal injury | Age: 38

Erica L. Reilley

Jones Day | Los Angeles | appellate | Age: 39

John F. Querio

Horvitz & Levy LLP | Encino | appellate: arbitration, anti-SLAPP | Age: 37

Spencer R. Lucas

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP | Los Angeles | litigation: plaintiffs personal injury | Age: 36

Rubina H. "Ruby" Kazi

McManis Faulkner | San Jose | civil litigation | Age: 37

Bradford B. Kuhn

Nossaman LLP | Irvine | real estate: land use, eminent domain, valuation | Age: 34

Katherine K. Huang

Huang Ybarra Singer & May LLP | Los Angeles | commercial disputes | Age: 39

Haim Zaltzman

Latham & Watkins LLP | San Francisco and Menlo Park | Corporate: technology, energy and healthcare financings | Age: 37

Michael A. Brown

Fenwick & West LLP | San Francisco | M&A, securities and financing | Age: 34

Jonathan Benloulou

Proskauer Rose LLP | Century City | mergers & acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, corporate governance, securities law | Age: 35

Robert G. Marasco

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP | San Diego | litigation: health care, white collar criminal defense | Age: 39

Reid Mullen

Keker & Van Nest LLP | San Francisco | litigation: intellectual property | Age: 35

Dawn Sestito

O'Melveny & Myers LLP | Los Angeles | Business disputes | Age: 39

Bethany W. Kristovich

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | Los Angeles | litigation: media & entertainment and legal malpractice | Age: 36

William V. O'Connor

Morrison Foerster LLP | San Diego and Los Angeles | litigation, regulatory: aviation | Age: 38

Mehdi Khodadad

Cooley LLP | Palo Alto | technology and life sciences | Age: 39

Joshua Hill

Sidley Austin LLP | San Francisco | white collar defense; complex commercial litigation | Age: 39