Recognition

LAS–ELC Attorneys and Board Members named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2011

Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney and Director of the Disability Rights Program, was recognized by Super Lawyers this past July. She was cited as being “an outstanding lawyer who has attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.” Claudia was among the top 50 Women lawyers who received the highest point totals in the 2011 Northern California Super Lawyer nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. Senior Staff Attorneys Michael T. Gaitley, Director of Community Legal Services, and Christopher Ho, Director of National Origin, Immigration, and Language Rights Program, were also honored by Super Lawyers this year.

Additionally, LAS–ELC Vice President of the Board of Directors and Board Member since 1993, Elizabeth J. Cabraser was listed among the top 10 lawyers in Northern California. In total, twenty-eight members of the LAS–ELC Board of Directors were listed among the top lawyers.

We warmly congratulate Claudia, Mike, Chris, and all the LAS–ELC Board Members listed in the publication and we are very proud to have them in our community.

See the Superlawyers publication

2011 LAS–ELC Board of Directors members honored by Super Lawyers

  • Elizabeth J. Cabraser – Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
  • Douglas J. Clark – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Linda M. Dardarian – Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
  • Daniel Feinberg – Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.
  • James M. Finberg – Altshuler Berzon LLP
  • Scott A. Fink – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Kevin M. Fong – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • John R. Foote – Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Simon J. Frankel – Covington & Burling LLP
  • David F. Gross – DLA Piper
  • Kirke M. Hasson – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Kenneth G. Hausman – Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin
  • William N. Hebert – Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP
  • Christopher T. Heffelfinger – Berman DeValerio
  • Aaron Kaufmann – Hinton, Alfert, Sumner & Kaufmann
  • Joshua G. Konecky – Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP
  • Barry S. Levin – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • Steven R. Lowenthal – Farella Braun + Martel LLP
  • George M. Newcombe – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Richard R. Patch – Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
  • Donn P. Pickett – Bingham McCutchen LLP
  • Laurence F. Pulgram – Fenwick & West LLP
  • James A. Quadra – Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP
  • Mary Jo C. Shartsis – Shartsis Friese LLP
  • Bruce L. Simon – Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny, LLP
  • Darin Snyder – O’Melveny & Myers LLP
  • Lenard G. Weiss – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  • Steven G. Zieff – Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP