Category: Announcements

Each year the Daily Journal, California’s leading legal publication, selects 20 law firms across the State as a “Top Boutique.”  This year, Lewis & Llewellyn earned a spot on the coveted list—the only firm selected in Northern California for complex litigation.  The Daily Journal recognized Lewis & Llewellyn’s success in handling complex business disputes, as well as the firm’s niche practice bringing civil lawsuits on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse.  This is the second time the firm has been included on the elite list, the first being in 2017.

See the Daily Journal’s full article on the firm below.

Last week, Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys, released its 2020 rankings.  Lewis & Llewellyn is pleased to have once again been recognized as one of the few “Recommended Firms” in both San Francisco and California—meaning Benchmark deems the firm a “leader” in both markets.  Additionally, Marc Lewis was named as a Labor & Employment Star, with an emphasis on his burgeoning employee mobility practice.  And Paul Llewellyn was named as a Benchmark Litigation Star, a category which Benchmark identifies as the preeminent litigation practitioners in the U.S. 

Lewis & Llewellyn is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Super Lawyers.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.  Ryan Erickson, Evangeline Burbidge, Nick Saenz, Becca Furman and Nathalie Fayad were all selected as Rising Stars, limited to just 2.5% of California attorneys.  And Marc Lewis and Paul Llewellyn were named as California Super Lawyers, a recognition limited to just 5% of the profession.

Additionally, Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys, recently selected partners Ryan Erickson and Evangeline Burbidge to be part of its 40 & Under Hot List.  Based on extensive peer and client review, and case evaluation, the list seeks to identify the country’s most talented litigators under the age of 40.

In a recent arbitration, a Lewis & Llewellyn team led by partners Nick Saenz and Paul Llewellyn defended one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers facing a multi-million-dollar damages claim for alleged fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and interference with contractual relations, among other causes of action.  After successfully obtaining the dismissal of the Claimant’s interference claim, the case proceeded to a multi-day evidentiary hearing.  Following the hearing, Lewis & Llewellyn secured a complete defense victory, with the arbitrator ordering the Claimant to cover a substantial portion of our client’s costs. 

At Lewis & Llewellyn, we understand what is required to prevail against a powerful and well-funded institution or corporation.  As a firm, we have also chosen to put our litigation expertise toward a cause that we feel passionately about: the epidemic of sexual abuse and assault.  Through our agile and aggressive litigation tactics, we have recovered millions of dollars on behalf of our sexual abuse clients and, in the process, driven changes at institutions and corporations throughout the country that will help protect others from sexual abuse.  As part of those efforts, we recently obtained a settlement of $2.75 million in connection with an alleged sexual assault.  Lewis & Llewellyn will continue to advocate vigorously on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse.