San Diego’s Best Law Firms 2024
Kirby & Kirby
Kirby & Kirby is known as San Diego’s premier litigation firm. The firm handles professional negligence litigation, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, partnership disputes, intellectual litigation, insurance disputes, franchise litigation, employment law/wrongful termination, contract disputes, and banking issues. For more than 30 years, Michael L. Kirby has been involved in civil litigation, trying more than 50 jury trials throughout his career and obtaining total recoveries in excess of $275 million as lead counsel. His expertise is extensive and covers a variety of practice areas that involve business, partnerships, real estate and investor disputes. He has received multiple Outstanding Trial Lawyer awards. Jason M. Kirby has represented hundreds of clients in litigation cases throughout Southern California. His primary practice includes business and real estate litigation and he has handled almost every type of civil case during his career.
RJS Law
RJS Law is a comprehensive law firm dedicated to addressing personal, small business, and corporate tax issues with both the IRS and California state tax authorities. The firm collaborates closely with its clients to secure the best possible outcomes for their tax issues, minimizing potential liabilities and collection actions. RJS Law often represents clients during audits, assists in removing liens, levies and wage garnishments, negotiates installment agreements or Offers of Compromise, litigates in Tax Court and shields clients from possible criminal tax investigations or prosecutions. The firm has forged strong relationships with numerous agencies including the Employment Development Department, State Board of Equalization, Department of Justice – Tax Division and the U.S. Attorneys’ offices nationwide to leverage these connections for optimal client success. RJS Law values maintaining an outstanding reputation by advocating for its clients with dedication and integrity, earning significant recognition in the San Diego community and continuing its success.
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman & Swanson (GCS3)
CGS3 is a premier law firm exclusively serving the commercial real estate industry. The firm was founded in San Diego in 2013 by five longtime partners of Big Law, quickly gaining a reputation as one of California’s leading commercial real estate law firms. It is at the vanguard of a new generation of highly specialized law firms, attracting top legal talent from both large corporate firms and senior in-house positions. Offering a value-oriented and flexible approach, CGS3 pairs high-caliber lawyering with practical street smarts and solid business sense, with the aim of always exceeding client expectations. Now celebrating its eleventh anniversary, it has played a key role in some of the region’s most high-profile transactions, from record-setting retail, life science and office leasing deals to complex commercial sales and acquisitions and high-profile litigation. The firm has extensive experience across all industries within the commercial real estate sector: office, retail, multifamily residential, hospitality industrial, life science and others.
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Manatt has deep roots in the region and has long represented significant clients in the industries and companies driving San Diego’s thriving economy, including real estate, technology, health care, and land use, among others. CEO and Managing Partner Donna Wilson spent formative years of her career clerking for Judge David Thompson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Diego, and San Diego Office Leader and Partner Randy Grossman served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, prosecuting federal crimes throughout San Diego and Imperial counties immediately before joining Manatt. Grossman’s arrival signaled the official unveiling of Manatt’s San Diego office. Manatt’s roster of clients and team of talented dealmakers and top-tier litigators have established the firm’s reputation as a go-to advisor for clients navigating the challenges and opportunities in the region. Manatt’s longstanding and high-impact litigation work in San Diego also extends the firm’s commitment to pro bono efforts.
Harvest LLP
Harvest LLP Harvest Law is a premier boutique commercial real estate firm practicing across the United States. With a team of entrepreneurial big law veterans and offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Rancho Cucamonga, Harvest represents institutional real estate owners in the purchase, sale, leasing, financing and development of commercial real estate. Harvest’s practice areas span the breadth of the commercial real estate spectrum and includes purchase and sale, commercial leasing, construction and development finance and joint venture work, land use, litigation and dispute resolution, workouts and hotel and property management. Founded in 2022, Harvesdt has embraced a deliberate and thoughtful strategy towards growth. Harvest team members are chosen for their exceptional skills and depth of knowledge in various aspects of real estate law Harvest holds its lawyers to the pillars of diligence, trust, transparency and honesty. The San Diego team is active in the community, including NAIOP, ICSC, CREW and Inland Action.