Irvine, CA – August 24, 2021 – Rutan & Tucker is pleased to announce that 20 attorneys have been named in the 2022 edition of the Best Lawyers in America©, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers has published its list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 65 countries. We welcome Jeffrey Melching, Alisha Patterson, John Ramirez and Dave Lanferman to the list for the first time!
In addition, Partner Kathy Jenson has been named 2022 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for her Environmental Law practice. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.
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Randall M. Babbush – Real Estate Law
Thomas G. Brockington – Corporate Law
Mark Frazier – Commercial Litigation
Richard K. Howell – Litigation: Commercial, Intellectual Property, Labor/Employment
M. Katherine Jenson –Environmental Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (Lawyer of the Year Award 2022)
Jeremy Jungreis – Water Law
Patrick D. McCalla – Real Estate Law
Edson McClellan – Employment Law – Management
Jeffrey Melching – Municipal Law
Richard Montevideo – Water Law
Steven A. Nichols – Construction Law/ Construction Litigation
Ronald Oines – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Alisha Patterson – Land Use and Zoning Law
John Ramirez – Real Estate Law
Ira Rivin – Commercial Litigation/Banking and Finance Litigation
Michael Rubin – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Brian Sinclair – Employment Law/Management
Hans Van Ligten – Land Use and Zoning Law
PALO ALTO
David Lanferman – Land Use and Zoning Law
Ash Pirayou – Government Contracts
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