One Hundred Fourteen O’Melveny Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers in America ® 2026
August 21, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK—August 21, 2025— One hundred fourteen O’Melveny lawyers across 49 practices have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®. O’Melveny received a total of 194 rankings, and 47 lawyers were listed in two or more categories.
The guide named O’Melveny partners Apalla U. Chopra, Katie Coleman, Peter Friedman, Travis Sales, and Darin Snyder, senior counsel Laura Burson, and special counsel Jeffrey Fisher as “Lawyers of the Year” for receiving the highest peer feedback in a specific practice area and geographic region.
O’Melveny counsel Waqas A. Akmal, Cailey Cavanaugh, Zachary L. Dekel, Austin Elder, Caitlin Gernert, Vino Jayaraman, Emma Jones, Michael M. Klotz, Edward H. Osher, Brian Quinn, Max Rothman, Rebecca Shore, Kyle Terao, Miriam R. Vranderic, Andrew Weisberg, and associate Alexis Fasig were honored with the publication’s “Ones to Watch” distinction, which recognizes lawyers who have been in private practice fewer than 10 years.
Recognition by Best Lawyers ® is based on peer review, with a methodology designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
The following O’Melveny lawyers are recognized in the 2026 guide, with multiple category winners noted accordingly:
Waqas A. Akmal
Ana Alfonso
John Anaipakos
Danny Ashby (2)
Shannon Barrett
Jeff Baxter
Will S. Becker
Robert Blashek
T. Hale Boggs
Daniel Bookin (3)
James Bowman
Brian Boyle
Sharon Bunzel
Laura Burson (3)
Bradley J. Butwin
Cailey Cavanaugh (2)
Martin S. Checov
Apalla U. Chopra (4)
Ryan Cicero
Matthew W. Close
Katie Coleman (5)
Lindsay Conner
Kyle Davis
Zachary L. Dekel
George Demos
Jorge deNeve
Maria DiConza
Scott Drake (3)
Timothy Durst (5)
Mark Easton
David Eberhart (2)
Austin Elder
Alexis Fasig (2)
Jeffrey Fisher (2)
Andrew Frackman
Peter Friedman (3)
Andrew Geist (3)
Caitlin Gernert (5)
Richard B. Goetz
Howard Goldwasser
Steven Grossman (2)
Julian Gurule
Jonathan Hacker
Benjamin B. Hallmark (2)
Michael Hamilton
Arthur Hazlitt
Howard E. Heiss (2)
Gregory Jacob (2)
Jack Jacobsen (2)
Wayne Jacobsen
Vino Jayaraman (2)
Garrett Johnston
Emma Jones (3)
Evan M. Jones
Aparna B. Joshi
Adam Karr
David Kelley (2)
David Kirman
Michael M. Klotz
Glen Lim
Russell McGlothlin
Kelly McTigue (2)
Craig Menden
Malcolm Montgomery
Luc Moritz
Jeff Norton
Phillip G. Oldham (5)
Steven J. Olson
M. Randall Oppenheimer
Edward H. Osher (2)
Amy S. Park (3)
Lisa B. Pensabene (2)
Daniel Petrocelli (2)
Robert Plesnarski
Anna Pletcher (2)
Brian Quinn
John J. Rapisardi (2)
Whit Roberts (2)
Eric Rothenberg
Max Rothman (2)
Travis Sales (2)
Mark A. Samuels (3)
Hassen Sayeed
Jason Schumacher
Denise Scofield (5)
Nexus Sea
Ryan Sears (2)
Rebecca Shore
Paul Sieben
Robert Siegel
Luann Simmons
Benjamin Singer
David Smith
Darin Snyder (4)
Sabrina H. Strong
Louis R. Strubeck (2)
Stephen Sullivan
Jennifer Taylor
Kyle Terao (3)
Henry C. Thumann
Steven Torello (2)
Michael Tubach (2)
Rex D. VanMiddlesworth (4)
Meaghan VerGow
Miriam R. Vranderic (4)
Doug Wabner (2)
Steve Warren
Andrew Weisberg
Greg Wilkes
Kimberly Williams (2)
Brett J. Williamson (2)
Michael Yoder (3)
Geoff Yost
Andrew Young
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Brandon Jacobsen
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
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bjacobsen@omm.com
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