Rutan & Tucker lawyers are experienced and highly regarded experts, delivering sophisticated and superior client service and value in a wide-range of practice areas, markets and industries. Our lawyers enjoy what they do and appreciate the opportunity to help our clients achieve their goals. We recruit new lawyers from more than 30 top law schools nationwide. Many of our lawyers graduated with law school honors, including Order of the Coif, law review, or moot court, or held judicial clerkships prior to joining the firm. Many of our lawyers hold significant leadership positions in philanthropic, community and professional organizations.

Our lawyers have skill sets that are both broad and deep, with significant emphasis on working with clients to develop cost-effective solutions consistent with client goals. We use technology in all aspects of our practice and welcome collaboration with client in-house counsel, management or other resources to help clients manage their legal budget.

For many decades Rutan & Tucker has distinguished itself as the largest full-service law firm in Orange County, and today, our practice extends to Northern California through our Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and nationwide.

Rutan & Tucker represents a broad spectrum of clients in many markets and industries including, for example, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, publicly traded companies, technology companies, private equity and venture capital funds, real estate developers and financers, construction companies, agricultural enterprises, cities and other public entities, hospitality companies, public/private partnerships, aerospace and defense contractors, educational institutions, family-owned businesses, individuals, non-profit organizations and pro bono clients.

We assist our clients with a wide-range of transactional, litigation, government, financial, intellectual property, real estate, employment, tax and international matters and can readily and efficiently bring expertise in each of these areas to bear on specific issues.

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Michael Adams
Randall M. Babbush
Alan Fenstermacher
Roger F. Friedman
Richard K. Howell
Jeremy Jungreis
Patrick D. McCalla
Edson K. McClellan
William F. Meehan
Jeffrey T. Melching
Richard G. Montevideo
Lisa Neal
Steven A. Nichols
Ronald Oines
Alisha Patterson
John Ramirez
Ira G. Rivin
Michael Rubin
JR Sechrist
Brian Sinclair
Maria Stearns
Brandon Sylvia
Hans Van Ligten
Matthew Francois
David P. Lanferman

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The following are Rutan & Tuckers California Rising Stars ranked by Super Lawyers of California for 2023:

Kathryn Domin
Sayuri Espinosa
Alan Fenstermacher
Kelly Galligan
Peter Hering
Lucas Hori
Sarah Kruszona
Samantha Papuchis
Amy Pfeifer
Briana Richmond
Adrianna Rubino
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Ashley Vernick
Bryan Wilbert
Meredith Williams

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Mike Adams
Alex Angulo
Hope Case
Matt Francois
Patrick Munoz
Maria Stearns