Press Release

Buchalter is pleased to announce over 80 of the Firm's lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the purpose of highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. For the 2024 edition, millions of votes were analyzed to identify the top legal talent, as identified by their peers. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Buchalter would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2024 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• Betty Carter Arkell - Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Venture Capital Law
• Paul S. Arrow - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Farhad Bahar - Banking and Finance Law
• Terese A. Mosher Beluris - Administrative / Regulatory Law and Health Care Law
• Peter G. Bertrand - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Jean L. Bertrand - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Stephen Best - Construction Law and Litigation - Construction
• Amber Bevacqua-Lynott - Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Bernard D. Bollinger, Jr. - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Shaleen D. Brewer - Commercial Litigation and Corporate Law
• William S. Brody - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• J. Craig Cartwright - Real Estate Law
• Harry W.R. Chamberlain II - Appellate Practice
• Arthur Chinski - Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Shawn M. Christianson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• L. David Connell - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Matthew S. Covington - Real Estate Law
• Mark T. Cramer - Commercial Litigation
• Frank X. Curci - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Technology Law
• Robert J. Davidson - Banking and Finance Law
• Kirsten J. Day - Real Estate Law
• Benjamin C. Deming - Commercial Litigation
• Caroline R. Djang - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• James K. Dyer, Jr. - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Corporate Law
• David J. Elkanich - Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Douglas P. Farr - Commercial Litigation
• Brian C. Fish - Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law
• Manuel Fishman - Real Estate Law
• Jeffrey G. Frank - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Real Estate Law
• Terry G. Freeman - Banking and Finance Law
• Jeffrey K. Garfinkle - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jason E. Goldstein - Insurance Law
• Alicia Guerra - Environmental Law and Land Use and Zoning Law
• Julian Gurule - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• J. David Hitchcock - Real Estate Law
• Glenn Hotchkiss - Commercial Litigation
• Gregg D. Josephson - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Daniel P. Larsen - Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Robert Collings Little - Appellate Practice
• Leah C. Lively - Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Carol K. Lucas - Health Care Law
• Kevin Lytle - Real Estate Law
• Catherine Maness - Commercial Litigation
• Chris M. Mason - Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Monica Mazzei - Family Law
• Damaris L. Medina - Health Care Law
• Robert J. Miller - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Cecilia O'Connell Miller - Litigation - Insurance
• Joshua Mizrahi - Commercial Litigation
• Laura L. Nichols - Trusts and Estates
• Jon Olafson - Employment Law - Management
• Jay L. Paxton - Real Estate Law
• Valerie Bantner Peo - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Claudia K. Powers - Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law
• George W. Pratt - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Douglas R. Prince - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, and Real Estate Law
• Josh M. Robbins - Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Litigation - Securities
• Christopher J. Rogers - Corporate Law
• Mary H. Rose - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Health Care Law
• Keven M. Rowe - Real Estate Law
• C. Jean Ryan - Tax Law
• Joel G. Samuels - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Michael J. Sandmire - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• John M. Schultz - Native American Law
• Steve Segal - Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Andrew H. Selesnick - Health Care Law
• Michael W. Shackelford - Corporate Law
• Nora Sheriff - Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
• Thomas M. Sherwood - Real Estate Law
• Buzzi L. Shindler - Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Real Estate
• Scott O. Smith - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Steven M. Spector - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bryn C. Spradling - Corporate Law
• Lawrence B. Steinberg - Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Douglas C. Straus - Real Estate Law
• Bradley P. Thoreson - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate, and Real Estate Law
• Pamela Kohlman Webster - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Paul M. Weiser - Real Estate Law
• Vincent Whittaker - Commercial Litigation
• Eric C. Wilhelm - Real Estate Law
• Marcus J. Williams - Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Robert Alan Zadek - Banking and Finance Law and Equipment Finance Law