Awards Received by Firm
2007, Most Highly Regarded Firms: California 2007 - Franchise
2009, Most Highly Regarded Firms: California 2009 - Franchise
2021 San Francisco Business Times-Largest Greater Bay Area Law Firms, BZBM ranked number 59
2021 Avvo Rating 9.6 (Darryl A. Hart)
2021 Avvo Rating 9.8 (Marco L. Quazzo)
2021 Avvo Rating 9.9 (Patrick M. Ryan)
2021 Avvo Rating 8.9 (W. Paul Schuck)
2021 Avvo Rating 10.0 (Benjamin K. Riley)
1979-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Stephen T. Cox)
1998-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Andrew H. Schwartz)
2004-2005, Franchise Times-Legal Eagle (Charles G. Miller)
2009, Franchise Times-Legal Eagle (Charles G. Miller).
2011-2017, Franchise Times-Legal Eagle (Charles G. Miller).
2000-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Martin I. Zankel, Emeritus Counsel, Retired)
2008-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Richard T. Tarrant, Retired)
2001-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Marco L. Quazzo)
2005-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (John “Jack” F. McLean)
2004-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (J. Thomas Hannan)
1978-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (John J. Bartko)
1978-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Charles G. Miller)
1998-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars. (Robert H. Bunzel)
1998-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Benjamin K. Riley)
2000-2021 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars (Louise Ann Fernandez)
2020 San Francisco Business Times-Largest Greater Bay Area Law Firms, BZBM ranked number 60
2018 San Francisco Business Times-75 Largest Greater Bay
Area Law Firms, BZBM
ranked number 74
2017 San Francisco Business Times-Law
Firms in the Greater Bay Area, BZBM ranked number
72
10/26/2016 San Francisco Daily Journal-Top Boutiques in California
2008-2021 Who's Who Legal-Global Leader, Franchise (Charles G. Miller)
2015-2021 Who's Who Legal-Global Leader, Franchise (Darryl A. Hart)
2014-2021 Who's Who Legal-Global Leader, Franchise (C. Griffith Towle)
4/25/2011, Recorder Supplement-Top Verdicts 2010, California’s Million
Dollar
Verdicts, Vectren Communication Services.
The State Bar of California Legal Specialization, Legal Specialists in Franchise and Distribution Law-Charles G. Miller, C. Griffith Towle and Darryl A. Hart
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating, 5 Stars For the Law Firm
2005-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (John J. Bartko)
2005-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Robert H. Bunzel)
2006–2010 Northern California Super Lawyers (Stephen T. Cox)
2004–2021 Southern California Super Lawyers (Louise Ann Fernandez)
2012-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Joel R. Hall)
2018 Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Alden K. Lee)
2004, 2006-2012, 2015-2017, 2019–2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Marco L. Quazzo)
2013–2019 Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Stephen C. Steinberg)
2019–2021 Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Hector Suarez)
2013–2021 Northern
California Super Lawyers (C. Griff Towle)
2013-2021 Best Lawyers (John J. Bartko)
2013-2021 Best Lawyers (Robert H. Bunzel)
2016-2021 Best Lawyers (Louise Ann Fernandez)
2016-2021 Best Lawyers (Charles G. Miller)
2021 Best Lawyers (Benjamin K. Riley)
2009 Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Patrick M. Ryan)
2009-2021 Ranked in Chambers (Charles G. Miller for Franchising - USA - Nationwide)
2018 Number 3 in the Top 100 Verdicts published 6/2019 by The National Law Journal
2004-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Benjamin K. Riley)
2012 Fortune Top Ranked Law Firms based on AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Ratings
2010-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Patrick M. Ryan)
2019-2021 Ranked in Chambers (Benjamin K. Riley for Intellectual Property: Trade Secret, Trademark and Copyright Litigation; and High Net Worth
Private Wealth Disputes, including Trust and Estate Litigation)
2005-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Charles G. Miller)
2013-2021 Northern California Super Lawyers (Brian A. E. Smith)
2008 Law Technology News (LTN) Award for the “Most Innovative Use of Technology during a Trial.”