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Top 100 Lawyers 2025

Submission dates: Oct. 15, 2024 — Jun. 2, 2025

This supplement honors the pinnacle of legal excellence in California, recognizing the most exceptional attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and impact through their work. To be eligible for this esteemed recognition, candidates must have served as lead counsel in high stakes matters. While their work may be national or global, they must be licensed to practice law and reside in California.

For the first time, we are also introducing a new category: Distinguished Counsel, which will honor long-serving leaders in the California legal community. To qualify, attorneys must have appeared on the Top 100 Lawyers list for at least 15 years, have held a license to practice law for at least 40 years, and remain actively engaged in shaping the legal profession and significant legal matters.

Please send the lawyer's hi-res headshot (1 MB) with the nominee's last name and bar number in the e-mail subject line to nominations@dailyjournal.com.

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