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Three Umberg/Zipser Partners Once Again Selected for Inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America”

  • August 17, 2015
Best Lawyers in AmericaOrange County’s Umberg Zipser LLP is pleased to announce that partners Carole Reagan, Tom Umberg and Dean Zipser have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (c) 2016.

Orange County’s Umberg/Zipser is pleased to announce that partners Carole Reagan, Tom Umberg and Dean Zipser have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016.

  • Carole was selected in the field of Litigation – Intellectual Property and has been on the “Best Lawyers” list since 2013.
  • Tom was selected for Commercial Litigation and has been on the list since 2008.
  • Dean, who was first named to Best Lawyers in 2008, was selected for five categories: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Litigation – Real Estate. (Dean previously was named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Orange County Lawyer of the Year in Bet-the-Company Litigation.)

“It’s an honor for each of us to be recognized by our fellow lawyers for our litigation experience and expertise,” said Zipser. “We’ve been practicing together in Orange County for more than 20 years and are proud to have had the opportunity to represent so many great companies, individuals, and public agencies.”

As noted on the Best Lawyers website: “Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.”

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    • Nasser Khateeb
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    • Marcus S. Quintanilla
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