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PAST TOP GUN WINNERS
Every year, local trial lawyers are commemorated for their remarkable achievements at OCTLA's annual Top Gun Trial Lawyer of the Year Awards Program. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional trial skills, commitment to their clients, and dedication to the principles of legal ethics and preserving access to the civil justice system. As a result, these attorneys have obtained outstanding results on behalf of the clients that they represented. OCTLA is proud to recognize the accomplishments of the following distinguished members of the legal community.
PERSONAL INJURYChris Mears ‘95 Mark Robinson, Jr. ‘96 Vern Hunt ‘97 Byron Rabin ‘98 Jay Horton ‘99 James Di Cesare ‘00 Gary Chambers ‘01 James Traut ‘02 Eric Traut ’03 Jeoffrey Robinson ’04 Wylie Aitken ’05 Jeffrey Milman ‘06 Jeffrey Sheldon ’07 Darren Aitken ’08 Ron Schwartz ’09 Chris Mears ‘10 Chris Purcell ’11 Doug Vanderpool ’12 William Shapiro ‘13 Brian Brandt ‘14 Greg Rizio '15 H. Gavin Long '16 Mark Robinson, Jr. '17 Keith Bruno '18 Keith Bruno '19 Chris Purcell '20 Ricardo Echeverria '21 William Shapiro '22 Eric Traut '23 Arash Homampour '24 Greyson Goody '25
PRODUCT LIABILITYRamon Lopez ’03 Brian Chase ’04 Jack Veth ’05 Brian Chase ‘14 Gregory Bentley '16 Arash Homampour '18
ELDER ABUSEKimberly Valentine ‘08 Nigel Burns ‘14 Richard Donahoo '17
CONSUMER AWARENESSTony Saavedra ‘12 |
BUSINESS LITIGATIONMichele Reinglass ’95 Wylie Aitken ‘96 Thomas Malcolm ‘97 Donald L. Morrow ‘98 Howard Harrison ‘99 Daniel Callahan ‘00 Andrew Guilford ‘01 William Hanley ’02 Gerald Klein ’03 Daniel Callahan ’04 Jim P. Mahacek ’05 Steven Silverstein ’06 Gary Waldron ’07 Jennifer Keller ’10 William Crosby ’11 Theresa Barta ‘13
EMPLOYMENT LAWJosephine Tucker '01 William Crosby '02 Michelle Reinglass '04 Lisa Maki '06 John 'Jack' Girardi '10 Mohamed Eldessouky '21 Bijan Darvish ' 23
CLASS ACTIONSteven Young ‘13
CIVIL RIGHTSShawn McMillan ‘07 Angel Carrazco '18 Annee Della Donna '22
PREMISE LIABILITYBrian McCormack '17
CRIMINAL LAWPaul Meyer '95 John Barnett '96 Rodger Carey '97 Allan Stokke '98 Gary Pohlson '99 Jennifer Keller '00 |
MEDICAL MALPRACTICEDaniel Hodes ’02 Thomas Weaver ‘03 Sean Burke ’05 Daniel Hodes ’06 Larry Eisenberg ’07 Richard Cohn ’08 Sean Burke ‘09 Kimberly Valentine‘11 John Adams ‘13 Sean Burke ‘14 Heather Higson ‘14 Jerry Gans '15 Daniel Hodes '16 Janice Mulligan '18 Steven Hillyard '21 Richard Cohn '22 Dan Hodes '23 Jason Argos '24 Keith Bruno & Nick Rowley '25
INSURANCE BAD FAITHJohn Adams, III ‘12 Ricardo Echeverria '24
LEGAL MALPRACTICEMark Wilson '19
MASS TORTSSharon Arkin ‘04 Anne Andrews ‘05 Mark Robinson, Jr. ‘06 Ray Boucher ‘08
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCEGerald Klein ’09 H. Gavin Long '20
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTDaniel Callahan ‘12 Anne Andrews '15 Robert Simon '16 Jennifer Johnson '20 Frank Valdez '21 Jeffrey Ehrlich '23 John Manly '24 William Shapiro '25 |
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