Top Attorneys 2011

Academic

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

California Western School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Corporate Litigation

Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer LLP

Cooley LLP

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

Duane Morris LLP

Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez LLP

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

DLA Piper

Foley & Lardner LLP

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

Latham & Watkins LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Corporate Transactional

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Sony Electronics Inc.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

DLA Piper LLP

Websense, Inc.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

American Assets Trust Inc.

Criminal

Law Offices of Kerry L. Armstrong, APLC

Cooley LLP

Law Offices of Linda R. Brown

San Diego County Office of the Public Defender

Law Offices of G. Cole Casey, APLC

Michael C. Harkness APLC

Law Offices of Alex Landon

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Law Offices of Paul H. Neuharth Jr., APC

Law Office of Charles Sevilla

Estate Planning/Probate & Trust

Bolander Law Group

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney

Brierton, Jones & Jones LLP

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Law Offices of Elise Streicher

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

DLA Piper

Family

Jones Barnes LLP

ABC Family Law

Hargreaves & Taylor LLP

Law Offices of Judith Klein

Hargreaves & Taylor LLP

Lowenstein Brown APLC

Moore, Schulman & Moore APC

The Law Offices of Richard M. Renkin, APLC

Stassinopoulos & Schweitzer, APLC

Stocks & Colburn

Insurance

The Law Offices of Dorn G. Bishop APC

Dunk & Associates

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Mowbray Law Firm

Osborne & Nesbitt LLP

Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Klinedinst PC

Schonfeld, Bertsche, Preciado & Mahady, LLP

Tyson & Mendes

Intellectual Property Litigation

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie LLP

Fish & Richardson PC

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

San Diego IP Law Group LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Jones Day

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Cooley LLP

Fish & Richardson PC

Lewis Kohn & Fitzwilliam LLP

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Intellectual Property Transactional

Perkins Coie LLP

AlbertDhand LLP

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

Fish & Richardson PC

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

IP Legal Advisors PC

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC

Fish & Richardson PC

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Broadcom Corporation

Labor & Employment

Andrews Lagasse Branch & Bell LLP

Jones Day

Foley & Lardner LLP

Gordon & Rees LLP

Law Offices of George L. de la Flor

Schor & Freeland LLP

Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz

Littler Mendelson

Wilson Turner Kosmo, LLP

Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Municipal & Government

Office of County Counsel

Christensen & Spath LLP

California Office of the Attorney General

Best Best & Krieger

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System

California Department of Justice

Dependency Legal Group of San Diego Minor's Counsel Office

California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

California Department of Justice

Christensen & Spath LLP

Personal Injury/Property Damage

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

Estey & Bomberger

Casey, Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt & Penfield, LLP

Gomez Trial Attorneys

Law Offices of Robert Hamparyan

Harris Personal Injury Lawyers

Hosey & Bahrambeygui LLP

The Huver Law Firm

The Gomez Law Firm

Law Offices of Virginia C. Nelson

White Oliver Amundson & Gallagher

Real Estate & Construction Litigation

Marks, Finch, Thornton & Baird LLP

Law Offices of Christopher Barnette

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Mazzarella Caldarelli LLP

Finch, Thornton & Baird LLP

Law Office of Thomas M. Finrow

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

McKenna Long & Aldridge

Silldorf & Levine LLP

Bruckner & Walker, LLP

Real Estate & Construction Transactional

Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP

Dentons US LLP

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden PC

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Duane Morris LLP

Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

Fisch, Spiegler & Ginsburg APLC

Peterson & Price, APC

Law Office of Justin White

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Larrabee Albi Coker LLP

Duane Morris LLP

Gordon D. Cruse APLC

Neil, Dymott, Frank, McFall & Trexler APLC

Coast Law Group LLP

Potter Handy, LLP

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP

Schoville & Arnell LLP

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC

2011 Winner

Michael C. Harkness

Michael C. Harkness APLC

Education

Law School/Year: California Western School of Law, 1995

College/Year: Miami University (Ohio), 1991

Bar Admissions

California Supreme Court, Southern District of California

Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Major Cases

Having handled virtually every type of criminal case imaginable, from DUI to RICO to murder, my career highlight (so far) occurred following a nearly five-week jury trial, when my client was acquitted outright of double murder and kidnapping charges.

Professional Background

While a student at CWSL, I received the Best Advocate Award at the NITA National Mock Trial Competition. After graduating from CWSL in 1995, I went to work for the San Diego Office of the Public Defender, where I gained invaluable trial experience. In 1997, I started my own solo practice (which continues today), where I specialize in criminal defense.

Professional Affiliations

San Diego County Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association