38 Lieff Cabraser Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers Listings

The Best Lawyers in America has announced its 2025 recognition of “outstanding attorney leaders” in the U.S., a list that we are proud to note includes thirty-eight Lieff Cabraser lawyers. The publication’s 31st edition spotlights the top 5% of private practicing attorneys in the U.S., and is based on more than 23 million peer evaluations. This newest edition recognizes 79,116 lawyers across 150 different practice areas.

Best Lawyers also continues their new-in-2021 “Ones to Watch” list, recognizing attorneys “earlier in their careers” for outstanding professional excellence. We are happy to announce that the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch includes fifth-time listings for Kevin Budner, Melissa Gardner, Sean Petterson, and Tiseme Zegeye, third-time listings for Jallé Dafa and Andrew Kaufman, and second-time listings for Michael Levin-Gesundheit and Reilly Stoler. In addition, Michelle Lamy joins the list as a first-time “One to Watch” for 2025.

The complete list of Lieff Cabraser’s 2025 Best Lawyers and their recognition categories is below.

San Francisco

Donald C. Arbitblit – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Katherine Lubin Benson – “Litigation – Securities”
William Bernstein – “Litigation – Antitrust” and “Consumer Protection Law”
Elizabeth J. Cabraser – “Consumer Protection Law,” “Litigation – Securities,” “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs,” “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Lin Y. Chan – “Antitrust Law and Litigation – Antitrust”
Kelly M. Dermody – “Employment Law – Individuals” and “Litigation – Labor and Employment”
Nimish R. Desai – “Qui Tam Law”
Eric B. Fastiff – “Litigation – Antitrust”
Brendan P. Glackin – “Litigation – Antitrust”
Lexi J. Hazam – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Qui Tam Law”
Richard M. Heimann – “Bet-the-Company Litigation,” “Consumer Protection Law,” “Litigation – Antitrust,” “Litigation – Securities,” “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
Bruce Leppla – “Litigation – Securities”
Sarah R. London – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
Robert J. Nelson – “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs” and “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Phong-Chau G. Nguyen – “Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – 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

Edward A. Baker – “Qui Tam Law”
Paulina do Amaral – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
Steven E. Fineman – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
Wendy R. Fleishman – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Rachel Geman – “Employment Law – Individuals”
Jason L. Lichtman – “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Annika K. Martin – “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Kelly McNabb – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Jonathan D. Selbin – “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Daniel E. Seltz – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”

Nashville

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

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Kevin R. Budner – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs,” “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Jallé Dafa – “Labor and Employment Law – Employee”
Melissa Gardner – “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs” and “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Andrew Kaufman – “Appellate Practice,” “Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs”
Michelle Lamy – “Antitrust Law”
Michael Levin-Gesundheit – “Labor and Employment Law – Employee,” “Labor and Employment Law – Management,” “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs”
Sean A. Petterson – “Commercial Litigation”
Reilly Stoler – “Commercial Litigation”
Tiseme Zegeye – “Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs”