One Hundred Eight O’Melveny Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers in America ® 2025
August 15, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK—August 15, 2024—One hundred eight O’Melveny lawyers across 49 practices have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®. O’Melveny received a total of 168 rankings, and 36 lawyers were listed in two or more categories.
The guide named O’Melveny partners Brian Boyle, Apalla Chopra, Benjamin Hallmark, Russell McGlothlin, and Robert Siegel as “Lawyers of the Year” for receiving the highest peer feedback in a specific practice area and geographic region.
O’Melveny counsel Waqas Akmal, Cailey Cavanaugh, Peter D’Agostino, Zachary Dekel, Austin Elder, Craig Gibson, Nick Hendrix, Vino Jayaraman, Emma Jones, Michael Klotz, Michael McMillin, Edward Osher, Brian Quinn, Max Rothman, and Andrew Weisberg, and associates Alexis Fasig and Christina Martin 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 2025 guide, with multiple category winners noted accordingly:
Waqas A. Akmal
John Anaipakos
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
Bradley J. Butwin
Cailey Cavanaugh (2)
Martin Checov
Apalla U. Chopra (3)
Ryan Cicero
Matthew W. Close
Katie Coleman (3)
Lindsay Conner
Peter D’Agostino
Zachary L. Dekel
George Demos
Maria DiConza
Scott Drake (3)
Timothy Durst (5)
David Eberhart (2)
Austin Elder
Alexis Fasig (2)
Jeffrey Fisher
Andrew Frackman
Peter Friedman (2)
Andrew Geist (3)
Craig A. Gibson
Richard B. Goetz
Steven Grossman (2)
Julian Gurule
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
Emma Jones (2)
Evan M. Jones
Aparna B. Joshi
Adam Karr
David Kelley (2)
David Kirman
Michael M. Klotz
Christina A. Martin (2)
Russell McGlothlin (2)
Michael McMillin
Kelly McTigue (2)
Malcolm Montgomery
Luc Moritz
Greta L. Nightingale
Jeff Norton
Phillip G. Oldham (5)
Steven J. Olson
Edward H. Osher
Amy S. Park (3)
Lisa B. Pensabene (3)
Mark Peterson
Daniel Petrocelli (2)
Robert Plesnarski
Anna Pletcher
Brian Quinn
John J. Rapisardi (3)
Whit Roberts (2)
Eric Rothenberg
Max Rothman
Travis Sales
Mark A. Samuels (3)
Hassen Sayeed
Jason Schumacher
Denise Scofield
Nexus Sea
Ryan Sears
Paul Sieben
Robert Siegel
Luann Simmons
Benjamin Singer
David Smith
Darin Snyder (3)
Sabrina H. Strong
Louis R. Strubeck (2)
Stephen Sullivan
Jennifer Taylor
Henry C. Thumann
Steven Torello (2)
Michael Tubach (2)
Rex D. VanMiddlesworth (4)
Meaghan VerGow
Doug Wabner (2)
Steve Warren
Andrew Weisberg
Greg Wilkes
Kimberly Williams (2)
Brett J. Williamson
Michael Yoder (3)
Geoff Yost
Andrew Young
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Contact:
Brandon Jacobsen
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
+1 213 430 8024
bjacobsen@omm.com
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