One Hundred O’Melveny Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers in America ® 2024
August 17, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK—August 17, 2023—One hundred O’Melveny lawyers across 48 practice areas have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®. O’Melveny received a total of 157 rankings and 36 lawyers were listed in two or more categories.
The guide named O’Melveny partners Timothy Durst, Jeffrey Fisher, Phillip Oldham, and Michael Yoder as “Lawyers of the Year” for receiving the highest peer feedback in a specific practice area and geographic region.
O’Melveny counsel Waqas Akmal, Christopher Cash, Cailey Cavanaugh, Zachary Dekel, Austin Elder, Craig Gibson, Nick Hendrix, Vino Jayaraman, Michael McMillin, Edward Osher, Brian Quinn, Andrew Weisberg, and Megan Whisler, and associates Alexis Fasig and Christina Marti 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 2024 guide, with multiple category winners noted accordingly:
Waqas Akmal
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 (2)
Bradley J. Butwin
Christopher B. Cash
Cailey Cavanaugh (2)
Martin S. Checov
Apalla U. Chopra (3)
Ryan Cicero
Matthew W. Close
Katie Coleman (3)
Lindsay Conner
Zachary Dekel
George Demos
Maria DiConza
Scott Drake (2)
Michael Dreeben (2)
Timothy Durst (6)
Michelle Earley
David Eberhart (2)
Austin Elder
Alexis Fasig
Jeffrey Fisher (2)
Andrew Frackman
Peter Friedman (2)
Andrew Geist (3)
Craig A. Gibson
Richard B. Goetz
Steven Grossman (2)
Jonathan Hacker
Benjamin B. Hallmark (2)
Michael Hamilton
Howard E. Heiss (2)
Nick Hendrix (3)
Gregory Jacob
Jack Jacobsen (2)
Wayne Jacobsen
Vino Jayaraman
Garrett Johnston
Evan Jones
Aparna B. Joshi
David Kirman
Christina Martin (2)
Russell McGlothlin (2)
Michael McMillin
Kelly McTigue (2)
Luc Moritz
Jeff Norton
Phillip G. Oldham (5)
Steven J. Olson
Edward H. Osher
Amy S. Park (3)
Lisa Pensabene
Mark Peterson
Daniel Petrocelli (2)
Robert Plesnarski
Anna Pletcher
Brian Quinn
John J. Rapisardi (3)
Whit Roberts (2)
Eric Rothenberg
Travis Sales
Mark A. Samuels (3)
Hassen Sayeed
Jason Schumacher
Nexus Sea
Ryan Sears
Paul Sieben
Luann Simmons (2)
Benjamin Singer
David Smith
Darin Snyder (3)
Sabrina Strong
Louis R. Strubeck (2)
Damali Taylor
Jennifer Taylor
Henry C. Thumann
Steven Torello (2)
Michael Tubach (2)
Rex D. VanMiddlesworth (4)
Meaghan VerGow
Doug Wabner (2)
Steve Warren
Andrew Weisberg
Megan Whisler (2)
Greg Wilkes
Kimberly Williams
Brett J. Williamson
Michael Yoder (4)
Geoff Yost
Andrew Young
About O’Melveny
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Contact:
Brandon Jacobsen
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
+1 213 430 8024
bjacobsen@omm.com
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