August 21, 2025 (San Diego/Orange County/Silicon Valley/Las Vegas/Scottsdale/Washington, D.C.) – Dozens of Procopio attorneys from all six of our markets have been named to the 2026 Best Lawyers® and Ones to Watch® lists, with three partners named to the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” list. Our 65 attorneys were recognized in more than forty distinct legal practices.
The Best Lawyers in America lists are compiled annually through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers provide confidential nominations and feedback, and according to Best Lawyers represents the top 5% of attorneys in the United States.
The three Procopio attorneys recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” are:
- Partner and Labor & Employment practice leader Marie Burke Kenny for Labor Law-Management
- Partner and Litigation practice leader Paul Tyrell for Bet-the-Company-Litigation
- Partner David Zachry for Family Law
Below are Procopio’s Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch, grouped into nine broad categories of law. Attorneys named to the Ones to Watch list are in italics.
Commercial Litigation
- Partner Anthony J. Dain: Appellate Practice (San Diego)
- Partner Kendra J. Hall: Appellate Practice (San Diego)
- Partner and Privacy and Cybersecurity practice leader Elaine Harwell: Commercial Litigation and Consumer Law (San Diego)
- Partner Gerald P. Kennedy: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation-Bankruptcy (San Diego)
- Partner Michael R. Kiesling: Litigation-Real Estate and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Partner Maria Pum: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy (San Diego)
- Partner Rebecca Reed: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
- Partner William Smelko: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation-Bankruptcy (San Diego)
- Partner Sean M. Sullivan: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
- Partner Frederick K. Taylor: Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
- Partner and Litigation team leader Paul A. Tyrell: Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation (San Diego)
- Partner Edward C. Walton: Commercial Litigation, and Admiralty and Maritime Law (San Diego)
- Special Counsel Lianlian Wu (One to Watch): Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Construction Law
- Senior Counsel Jeffery A. Garofalo: Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Construction Law (Las Vegas)
- Partner Jeffrey Hood: Construction Litigation (San Diego)
- Of Counsel Katherine Knudsen: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Of Counsel David Kuhlman: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Partner Scott Omohundro: Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Partner and Construction Law practice leader Laurence R. Phillips: Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Partner Craig A. Ramseyer: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
- Partner Timothy E. Salter: Construction Law and Litigation-Construction (San Diego)
Corporate Law
- Partner John C. Lee: Corporate Law (San Diego)
- Managing Partner Dennis J. Doucette: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Venture Capital Law (San Diego)
- Partner William W. Eigner: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (San Diego)
- Partner and Mergers & Acquisitions practice co-leader Jason Femrite: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law (San Diego)
- Partner and Mergers & Acquisitions practice co-leader Paul Johnson: Corporate Law (San Diego)
- Partner Merrick Wadsworth (One to Watch): Corporate Governance and Compliance Law (San Diego)
Family Law
Intellectual Property
- Partner Victor Felix: Litigation-Intellectual Property (San Diego)
- Senior Associate Raph Kim (One to Watch): Intellectual Property Law, Life Sciences Practice, Patent Law (Washington, D.C.)
- Associate Kendrick Lam (One to Watch): Intellectual Property Law, and Patent Law (Silicon Valley)
- Associate Blake Winn (One to Watch): Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law (Orange County)
Labor & Employment Law
- Associate Eva Adel (One to Watch): Labor and Employment Law-Employee (San Diego)
- Partner and Labor & Employment Law practice leader Marie Burke Kenny: Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, and Litigation-Labor and Employment (San Diego)
- Partner Gina Miller: Litigation-Labor and Employment (Orange County)
- Partner Wendy L. Tucker: Litigation-Labor and Employment, and Employment Law-Individuals (San Diego)
Native American Law
- Of Counsel Glenn M. Feldman: Gaming Law and Native American Law (Arizona)
- Partner and Native American practice leader Kerry K. Patterson: Gaming Law, Native American Law, and Real Estate Law (San Diego)
- Senior Associate Racheal White Hawk (One to Watch): Native American Law (San Diego)
Procopio attorneys and practice groups are routinely named to various legal rankings lists, including Chambers and Partners®, Martindale-Hubbell®, and Super Lawyers®. Dozens of its practiced areas are recognized by U.S. News-Best Law Firms®. Procopio is also recognized for diversity by Law360 and American Lawyer Magazine and is certified by Diversity Lab as a Mansfield Rule Plus law firm.
