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Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP is proud to congratulate San Francisco partner Laurie Hepler for being recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as the 2026 Lawyer of the Year for San Francisco Appellate Practice.

The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 edition recognized 13 GMSR lawyers for Appellate Practice:  Kent Richland, Robin Meadow, Cindy Tobisman, Ted Xanders, Laurie Hepler, Alana Rotter, Tim Coates, Bob Olson, David Hackett, Jeff Raskin, Gary Wax, Jeff Gurrola, and Joseph Bui.

It also recognized 8 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Appellate Practice:  Laura Lim, Stefan Love, Marco Pulido, Tina Kuang, Hayley MacMillen, Kent Toland, Kylie Reynolds, and Alex Chemerinsky.

GMSR lawyers were also recognized for their notable experience in:

• Insurance Law (Ted Xanders, Laurie Hepler, Robert Olson and David Hackett),
• Real Estate Law (Robin Meadow),
• Trusts and Estates (Robin Meadow and Alana Rotter),
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates (Alana Rotter and Kylie Reynolds),
• Land Use and Zoning Law (Tim Coates)
• Administrative / Regulatory Law (Hayley MacMillen); and
• Bet-the-Company Litigation (Robin Meadow and Kent Richland).

Best Lawyers’® peer-review methodology “is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area.”