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The CLAY Awards
2013 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year

California Lawyer magazine has named 60 attorneys around the state to receive the 17th annual California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Awards. Their achievements had a significant impact in 2012. The awards recognize 27 accomplishments in 21 areas of legal practice.

The honored attorneys include prosecutors, public-interest lawyers, and attorneys from international law firms. The recipients of the CLAY Awards will be featured in the March 2013 issue of California Lawyer.

The attorneys and their achievements are briefly described in this press release.

Read the article 2013 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year, which was published in March.

Appellate Law
Damien M. Schiff
Pacific Legal Foundation
Sacramento
Bankruptcy Law
John H. Knox, Marc A. Levinson
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
San Francisco
Sacramento
Civil Rights Law
Felicia M. Gilbert
Arturo J. Gonzalez
Theodore M. Hasse
Wesley E. Overson
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Constitutional Law
David Greene
James R. Wheaton
Bryan Cave
First Amendment Project
San Francisco
Oakland
Consumer Law
Benjamin G. Diehl
Michael A. Troncoso
Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Corporate Antitrust Law
Criminal
Criminal
Criminal
Criminal
Civil: Direct Purchasers
Civil: Direct Purchasers
Civil: Indirect Purchasers
Civil: Indirect Purchasers

Peter K. Huston
Michael L. Scott
Brent C. Snyder
Heather S. Tewksbury
Richard M. Heimann
Bruce L. Simon
Joseph M. Alioto Sr.
Francis O. Scarpulla

U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division
U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division
U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division
U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny
Alioto Law Firm
Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason

San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Criminal Law
Alissa Bjerkhoel
Justin P. Brooks
Michael A. Semanchik
Jan Stiglitz
California Innocence Project
California Innocence Project
California Innocence Project
California Innocence Project
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
Criminal Law
Reema M. El-Amamy
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
Los Angeles
Criminal Law
Kevin M. Lally
Nili T. Moghaddam
Cameron L. Schroeder
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Disability Rights
Shawna Parks
Mary-Lee Kimber Smith
Sid Wolinsky
Disability Rights Advocates
Disability Rights Advocates
Disability Rights Advocates
Berkeley
Berkeley
Berkeley
Education Law
Mark C. Holscher
Kirkland & Ellis
Los Angeles
Education Law
Danielle Leonard
Jonathan Weissglass
Altshuler Berzon
Altshuler Berzon
San Francisco
San Francisco
Employment Law
Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs
Defense

Kimberly Ann Kralowec
L. Tracee Lorens
Michael Rubin
Rex S. Heinke

Kralowec Law Group
Lorens & Associates
Altshuler Berzon
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

San Francisco
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Environmental Law
Barbara B. Baird
William B. Wong
Daniel P. Selmi
Matthew D. Zinn
South Coast Air Quality Management District
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Loyola Law School
Shute Mihaly & Weinberger
Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Environmental Law
Ellen M. Peter
California Air Resources Board
Sacramento
Health Care
Susan R. Hershman
John E. Lee
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Calif.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Intellectual Property
Morgan Chu
Andrei Iancu
Irell & Manella
Irell & Manella
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Intellectual Property
Robert A. Van Nest
Keker & Van Nest
San Francisco
Land Use
Samuel P. Tepperman-Gelfant
Public Advocates Inc.
San Francisco
Litigation
Donna Bader
Jon Mitchell Jackson
Sole practitioner
Jackson & Wilson
Laguna Beach
Laguna Hills
Personal Injury
Brian J. Panish
Panish, Shea & Boyle
Los Angeles
Prison Law
Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld
John S. Durrant
Peter J. Eliasberg
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld
Paul Hastings
ACLU of Southern California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pro Bono
Jennifer E. LaGrange
Ronda J. McKaig
Matthew D. Umhofer
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Spertus, Landes & Umhofer
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Product Liability
Laurie J. Hepler
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough
San Francisco
Transactional Law
Leif B. King
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Palo Alto
Voting Rights
Barbara J. Chisholm
Danielle E. Leonard
Altshuler Berzon
Altshuler Berzon
San Francisco
San Francisco