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