27 Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP Lawyers Recognized as 2027 Best Lawyers® Award Recipients

Ranking

August 2026

Best Lawyers has named 27 Stradling lawyers to its 2027 list of Best Lawyers in America. The annual recognition of leading lawyers is based on a rigorous, national peer-review survey involving more than five million evaluations. Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. The following attorneys have been selected for inclusion:

Jason Anderson: Litigation - Real Estate

Celeste Stahl Brady: Municipal Law

Robert Briseño: Real Estate Law

Douglas S. Brown: Public Finance Law

Allison Burns: Municipal Law; Litigation - Municipal; Litigation - Environmental

Thomas P. Clark: Economic Development Law; Land Use and Zoning Law

Shawn Collins: Commercial Litigation 

Greg Cordrey: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent 

Shane Criqui: Commercial Litigation 

Jason de Bretteville: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Litigation - Securities; Qui Tam Law

Bruce Feuchter: Corporate Law

Brian Forbath: Public Finance Law

Paul Glassman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Steve Hanle: Litigation - Intellectual Property

Chris Ivey: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Karla Kraft: Commercial Litigation 

Kristin Larson: Environmental Law

Vanessa Legbandt: Economic Development Law

Kyle Leingang: Commercial Finance Law

Daniel Lorenzen: Trusts and Estates; Tax Law

Kathleen Marcus: Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation - Securities

Fred Neufeld: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Justin Owens: Commercial Litigation

Marc Schneider: Commercial Litigation

Mark Skaist: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Captial Law

Hayden Trubitt: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Robert J. Whalen: Municipal Law