The Best Lawyers in America: 19 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Named to 2018 Listings

Legal peer-review publication The Best Lawyers in America has announced its 2018 listing of outstanding attorney leaders in the U.S., a list that we are proud to announce includes 19 Lieff Cabraser lawyers. The publication’s 24th edition spotlights the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the U.S. and is based on more than 7.4 million peer evaluations. This newest edition recognizes lawyers across 140 different practice areas.

In addition to the 19 attorneys named as Best Lawyers, three firm partners received standout individual recognition: Kelly Dermody was named a Lawyer of the Year for Employment Law – Individuals for San Francisco; Lexi Hazam was named a Lawyer of the Year for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs for San Francisco, and Richard Heimann was named a Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Securities for San Francisco.

Lieff Cabraser’s 2018 Best Lawyers attorneys and their respective recognition categories are:

San Francisco

• Donald C. Arbitblit “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
• William Bernstein “Litigation – Antitrust”
• Elizabeth J. Cabraser “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs,” “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs,” and “Consumer Protection Law”
• Kelly M. Dermody “Employment Law – Individuals” and “Litigation – Labor and Employment”
• Nimish R. Desai “Qui Tam Law”
• Eric B. Fastiff “Litigation – Antitrust”
• Lexi J. Hazam “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Qui Tam Law”
• Richard M. Heimann “Bet the Company Litigation,” “Litigation – Antitrust,” “Litigation – Securities,” and “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
• Joy A. Kruse “Litigation – Securities”
• Robert L. Lieff “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
• Robert J. Nelson “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs” and “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
• Michael W. Sobol “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
• Fabrice N. Vincent “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”

New York

• Paulina do Amaral “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
• Steven E. Fineman “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
• Rachel Geman “Employment Law – Individuals”
• Jonathan D. Selbin “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”

Nashville

• Kenny S. Byrd “Consumer Protection Law,” “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs,” and “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
• Mark P. Chalos “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”

Congratulations to all!