40 Downey Brand Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch 2023
August 18, 2022
Three selected as 2023 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”
Downey Brand is delighted to announce that 34 of our attorneys were chosen to represent The Best Lawyers in America® 2023, with three of those individuals—Jay-Allen Eisen (Sacramento) in Appellate Practice, Jeffrey Galvin (Sacramento) in Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Megan Somogyi (San Francisco) in Administrative/Regulatory Law—being recognized by the highly acclaimed “Lawyer of the Year” honor. In addition to these achievements, six attorneys were selected for the publication’s “Ones to Watch” list.
For more than 30 years, The Best Lawyers in America has acknowledged America’s top legal talent by selecting candidates who excel in their specialized practice area. Honorees are chosen through a private, peer-reviewed process completed by thousands of established attorneys.
Here are the 34 Downey Brand attorneys who were honored by The Best Lawyers in America:
- David R.E. Aladjem– Water Law
- Annie Amaral – Commercial Litigation
- Meghan Baker – Commercial Litigation
- Andrea Clark – Water Law
- Brian Cragg – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Utilities Law
- Michael Day – Energy Law, Utilities Law
- Joseph De Angelis – Corporate Law, Tax Law
- James Dreher – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Jay-Allen Eisen – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Matthew Ellis – Commercial Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Sean Filippini – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
- Janlynn Fleener – Commercial Litigation
- Jeffrey Galvin – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Steven Goldberg – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Nicole Granquist – Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
- Tyson Hubbard – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Thomas MacBride, Jr. – Communications Law, Energy Law
- Christian Marsh – Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
- Mary Martinelli – Family Law
- Scott McElhern – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Daniel McVeigh – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Stephen Meyer – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental
- Meredith Nikkel – Water Law
- Kevin O’Brien – Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
- Kathryn Oehlschlager – Environmental Law
- Kelly Pope – Commercial Litigation, Family Law
- Silvio Reggiardo III – Tax Law
- Scott Shapiro – Natural Resources Law, Water Law
- Megan Somogyi – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Regulatory Law
- James Squeri – Communications Law, Energy Law
- Michael Thomas – Commercial Finance Law
- Melissa Thorme – Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
- William Warne – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Matthew Weber – Construction Law
Here are the six Downey Brand attorneys named to the “Ones to Watch” list:
- Dustin Amrein – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
- Kristin Capritto – Business Organizations, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Brian Hamilton – Environmental Law
- Michael Laino – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Ryan Reed – Municipal Law
- Patrick Veasy – Environmental Law