Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is pleased to announce that the following firm attorneys have been named to the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®: Mark J. Austin, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (Irvine); Nira F. Doherty, Municipal Law (San Rafael); Brenda Aguilar-Guerrero, Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Law (Oakland); Michelle Marchetta Kenyon, Municipal Law (Oakland); Keiko J. Kojima, Litigation - Insurance (Los Angeles); Daniel W. Maguire, Litigation - Insurance (Palm Desert); Lisa N. Maxwell, Real Estate (Oakland); Joseph M. Montes, Municipal Law (Los Angeles); Elizabeth M. Pappy, Commercial Litigation (San Jose); Eric S. Phillips, Land Use and Zoning Law (San Francisco); Rachel H. Richman, Municipal Law (Los Angeles); Anna C. Shimko, Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, and Real Estate Law (San Francisco); Eric S. Vail, Municipal Law (Riverside); and Stephen E. Velyvis, Environmental Law and Land Use and Zoning Law (San Francisco).

Burke is also pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Colleen L. Cleary, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions (San Francisco); Kara DiBiasio Martini, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law (San Francisco); Eli J. Flushman, Municipal Law (San Rafael); Gina N. Giovacchini, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Los Angeles); and Hina Gupta, Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Litigation – Environmental (San Francisco).

Burke Managing Partner John J. Welsh noted, “Burke is very proud of the growing number of Best Lawyers 2026 recognitions for Burke attorneys across a wider range of the firm’s practice areas. We remain committed to growing our offering of excellence to meet the diverse legal challenges of our clients.”

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is a California limited liability law partnership with 184 member attorneys. Our mission is to provide clients with creative, results oriented, and cost effective legal services within the complex environment in which they function. We view ourselves as problem solvers and legal strategists, not simply compliance monitors and reciters of the law. Burke has ten practice groups: Public Law; Labor and Employment Law; Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation; Construction Law; Litigation; Environmental, Land Use, and Natural Resources; Real Estate and Business Law; Insurance Coverage and Litigation; Intellectual Property; and Education Law. Each practice focuses on the professional development of member attorneys and on providing advisory services tailored to the needs of both public and private clients. With regional offices in the Inland Empire, Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Marin County, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Ventura County, as well with the added support of advanced communications technology, Burke can serve clients throughout California. For more information, please visit www.bwslaw.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/burke-williams-&-sorensen/about/?viewAsMember=true

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Burke Managing Partner John J. Welsh noted, "Burke is very proud of the growing number of Best Lawyers 2026 recognitions for Burke attorneys across a wider range of the firm’s practice areas."