The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused San Diego Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater San Diego legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Ellen Bronchetti, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Stacy Fode, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra PC
Danielle Hultenius Moore, Fisher Phillips
Leading
Micaela Banach, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra PC
Nadia Bermudez, Meyers Nave
Guillermo Escobedo, Jackson Lewis PC
Kelly Gemelli, Gemelli Employment Law
David Hoiles Jr, Jackson Lewis PC
George Howard Jr, Quarles & Brady LLP
Tim Johnson, Ogletree Deakins
Karimah Lamar, Littler Mendelson PC
Christopher Olmsted, Ogletree Deakins
Fred Plevin, Quarles & Brady LLP
Brandon Saxon, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Spencer Skeen, Ogletree Deakins
Leonid Zilberman, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
Recommended
Harvey Berger, Berger & Williams LLP
Edwin Boniske, Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
William Browning, Klinedinst PC
Lauren Bushman, Fisher Phillips
Thomas Daugherty, Klinedinst PC
Jesse Ferrantella, Ogletree Deakins
Kashif Haque, Aegis Law Firm PC
Matthew Holder, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Robert Murphy, Jackson Lewis PC
Brooke Nevels, Nevels Nichols LLP
Christopher Nichols, Nevels Nichols LLP
John Nordlund, Jackson Lewis PC
Aaron Olsen, Fisher Phillips
Christopher Rowlett, Perez Vaughn & Feasby Inc
Seana Scholtemeyer, Klinedinst PC
Sam Sherman, TencerSherman LLP
Phillip Stephan, Meyers Nave
Cynthia Stratton, Stratton & Green ALC
Timothy Williams, Berger & Williams LLP