24 Attorneys from Downey Brand selected as The Best Lawyers in America© 2021

August 20, 2020

Two selected as 2021 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”


Downey Brand is pleased to announce that 24 of our attorneys were selected to The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, including two who were also named 2021 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers in America© recognizes attorneys for outstanding accomplishments in their specialized practice areas. Best Lawyers in America© are drawn from confidential, peer-reviewed surveys completed by thousands of other notable attorneys.

Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” recognizes a single attorney from each practice area within a specific metropolitan area that is held in high esteem among voting attorneys. Two Downey Brand attorneys were named 2021 Best Lawyers® “Lawyers of the Year” for the Sacramento region: partner Silvio Reggiardo III for Tax Law and Of Counsel Stephen J. Meyer for Bet-the-Company Litigation.

Here are Downey Brand’s Best Lawyers in America© honorees:

  • David R.E. Aladjem – Water Law
  • Dan L. Carroll – Energy Law
  • Andrew L. Collier – Commercial Litigation
  • Joseph G. De Angelis – Corporate Law; Tax Law
  • James L. Deeringer – Trusts and Estates
  • Jamie P. Dreher – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Jay-Allen Eisen – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Matthew W. Ellis – Corporate Law
  • Janlynn R. Fleener – Commercial Litigation
  • Jeffrey S. Galvin – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • R. Dale Ginter – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Steven H. Goldberg – Litigation – Environmental
  • Nicole E. Granquist –Environmental Law
  • Christian L. Marsh – Natural Resources Law; Water Law
  • Mary J. Martinelli – Family Law
  • Daniel J. McVeigh – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Stephen J. Meyer – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental
  • Kevin M. O’Brien – Environmental Law; Water Law
  • Kelly L. Pope – Commercial Litigation
  • Silvio Reggiardo III –Tax Law
  • Scott L. Shapiro – Water Law
  • Michael J. Thomas – Commercial Finance Law
  • Melissa A. Thorme – Water Law
  • William R. Warne – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants