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The Best Lawyers in America 2017 Names Apalla Chopra Los Angeles Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2016
The annual guide highlighting the nation's top practitioners selected 45 O’Melveny lawyers for inclusion
LOS ANGELES ─ August 15, 2016 ─ O’Melveny and its lawyers are well-represented in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The annual guide highlighting the nation's top practitioners selected 45 O’Melveny lawyers for inclusion and named Apalla Chopra Best Lawyers’ 2017 Los Angeles Employment Law - Management “Lawyer of the Year.”
Twenty-eight O'Melveny lawyers have been named to The Best Lawyers in America for 10 or more years: Seth Aronson, Robert Blashek, Daniel H. Bookin, Martin S. Checov, George Davis, Walter E. Dellinger, George C. Demos, Robert N. Eccles, Steven L. Grossman, Wayne S. Jacobsen, Evan M. Jones, David A. Krinsky, Carolyn June Kubota, Ben H. Logan, Martin “Kelly” McTigue, Heather Meeker, Christopher C. Murray, Richard G. Parker, Daniel Petrocelli, John Rapisardi, Eric B. Rothenberg, Mark A. Samuels, Michael J. Schiavone, Richard Shutran, Henry C. Thumann, Suzzanne S. Uhland, Steve Warren, and Michael G. Yoder. Notably, Bookin, Eccles, Logan, Murray, and Thumann have all been on the list for more than two decades.
Best Lawyers lists reach a large and targeted audience. In addition to BestLawyers.com, the lists appear on more than 260,000 Bloomberg Terminals worldwide and are featured in more than 50 major metropolitan magazines, business journals, and newspapers, including The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Corporate Counsel magazine.
Here is a full list of O’Melveny attorney, including the year they were first listed and for how long they have been on the Best Lawyers list.
CENTURY CITY, CA
Robert Blashek (2006) [10]
Tax Law
Steven L. Grossman (2006) [10]
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Christopher C. Murray (1995) [20]
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Daniel Petrocelli (2006) [10]
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Stephen Scharf (2010) [5]
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
LOS ANGELES, CA
Seth Aronson (2006) [10]
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Litigation - Securities
Apalla U. Chopra (2010) [5]
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Richard Goetz (2012) [5]
Insurance Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Evan M. Jones (2006) [10]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Carolyn June Kubota (2008) [10]
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Ben H. Logan III (1995) [20]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Martin J. McTigue (2008) [10]
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Luc Moritz (2015)
Tax Law
Mark A. Samuels (2007) [10]
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Patent Law
Robert Siegel (2013) [5]
Employment Law - Management
Stephen H. Warren (2006) [10]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Mark Wood (2009) [5]
Insurance Law
SILICON VALLEY
Warren T. Lazarow (2012) [5]
Venture Capital Law
Heather J. Meeker (2008) [10]
Copyright Law
Information Technology Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
NEW YORK, NY
Bradley J. Butwin (2013) [5]
Commercial Litigation
Timothy M. Clark (2013) [5]
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
George A. Davis (2007) [10]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Howard E. Heiss (2010) [5]
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John J. Rapisardi (2007) [10]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Eric B. Rothenberg (2008) [10]
Environmental Law
Michael J. Schiavone (2006) [10]
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Richard Shutran (2006) [10]
Project Finance Law
NEWPORT BEACH, CA
George C. Demos (2006) [10]
Health Care Law
Jay Herron (2011) [5]
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Wayne S. Jacobsen (2001) [15]
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David A. Krinsky (2007) [10]
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michael G. Yoder (2006) [10]
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Daniel H. Bookin (1995) [20]
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Martin S. Checov (2006) [10]
Insurance Law
Darin Snyder (2014)
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Michael Tubach (2013) [5]
Antitrust Law
Suzzanne S. Uhland (2006) [10]
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
WASHINGTON, DC
Walter E. Dellinger III (2006) [10]
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Robert N. Eccles (1995) [20]
Litigation - ERISA
Jonathan D. Hacker (2010) [5]
Appellate Practice
Peter M. Friedman (2014)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Jeffrey W. Kilduff (2013) [5]
Commercial Litigation
Richard G. Parker (2006) [10]
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation
Ian T. Simmons (2010) [5]
Litigation - Antitrust
Henry C. Thumann (1989) [25]
Commercial Litigation
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Julie Fei
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
213.430.7792
jfei@omm.com
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