Best Lawyers® has recognized eight Sideman & Bancroft attorneys in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. The firm is particularly pleased to announce that Partner Steven Katz was selected San Francisco “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation and Controversy – Tax. Additionally, Ellen Liu was included in the inaugural “Ones to Watch” category for her Commercial Litigation work in San Francisco.
The 2021 Best Lawyers in America© list includes the following Sideman & Bancroft attorneys:
- Ian Boyd, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Jeffrey Hallam, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Ellen Kahn, Trusts and Estates
- Steven Katz, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Hilary Pierce, Trusts and Estates
- C. Jean Ryan, Tax Law
- Jay Weill, Tax Law
Each year, Best Lawyers®conducts exhaustive, peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in the inclusion of more than 67,000 lawyers, or approximately 5% of practicing lawyers in the United States.
