Hanson Bridgett Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America
August 25, 2022 (San Francisco, CA) – Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce 11 partners have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2023 list and 4 attorneys were recognized as "Ones to Watch." All honorees have been named to the list in years prior, some for 10 or more years in a row.
2023 The Best Lawyers in America
Neal Wolf - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtors Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Howard Ashcraft - Construction Law and Litigation
Alex Baghdassarian - Construction Law
David Buoncristiani - Construction Law
Paul Gordon - Health Care Litigation
Pam Kaufmann - Nonprofit/Charities Law
James Eastman - Real Estate Law
Ted Hellman - Trusts and Estates
Kristina Lawson - Land Use and Zoning Law
Claire Collins - Real Estate Law
Bill Taylor - Transportation Law
The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2023
Kate Bowles - Administrative/Regulatory Law and Health Care Law
Laura Ratcliffe - Real Estate Law
Niran Somasundaram - Commercial Litigation
Josue Aparicio - Labor and Employment Litigation
Best Lawyers awards are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas. More than 12 million evaluations were considered, including submissions from lawyers with whom they’ve opposed in court, to identify this year’s exclusive group of Best Lawyers honorees. In 2020, Best Lawyers introduced Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, and in just three short editions, this list has grown to more than 19,000 of the most elite rising legal talent in the country.