The below 2026 rankings of Leading Los Angeles White-Collar Criminal Law & Government Investigations Lawyers ranks the top white collar criminal defense law attorneys in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area specializing in the defense of white-collar criminal law, and government investigations matters. These leading Los Angeles White Collar Crime Defense attorneys have been peer-recognized for their exceptional expertise, courtroom skills, and client outcomes across the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Preeminent
Doug Axel, Sidley Austin
Bob Dugdale, Kendall Brill & Kelly
John Heuston, Heuston Hennigan
Gary Lincenberg, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Nina Marino, Kaplan Marino
James Spertus, Spertus Landes & Josephs
David Willingham, King & Spalding
Leading
Manuel Abascal, Latham & Watkins
Terry Bird, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Vickie Chou, Heuston Hennigan
Reuven Cohen, Cohen Williams
Ben Gluck, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Gordon Greenberg, McDermott Will & Emery
Nicola Hanna, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
John Hanusz, Hanusz Law
Kevin Lally, Buchalter
Stephen Larson, Larson LLP
Jennifer Lieser, Kaplan Marino
Janet Levine, Kendall Brill & Kelly
Vince Marella, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Ronald Nessim, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Hilary Potashner, Larson LLP
David Scheper, Winston & Strawn
Brian Sun, Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Christine Adams, Adams Duerk & Kamenstein
Jean-Claude Andre, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Joseph Axelrod, Latham & Watkins
Sara Azari, Azari Law
Alyssa Bell, Cohen Williams
John Berry, Munger Tolles & Olson
Jim Bowman, O’Melveny & Myers
Mark Byrne, Byrne & Nixon
Jeffrey Chemerinsky, Kendall Brill & Kelly
Hailyn Chen, Munger Tolles & Olson
Jon Dean, Sidley Austin
Lisa Demsky, Munger Tolles & Olson
Rachel Fiset, RFZ Law
Ryan Fraser, Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams
Doug Fuchs, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Grant Gelberg, Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg
Melinda Haag, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Joshua Hamilton, Latham & Watkins
Dana Howard, Larson LLP
Maya James, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Adam Kamenstein, Adams Duerk & Kamenstein
Richard Kaplan, Kaplan Marino
John Keker, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Aaron May, Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg
Ariel Neuman, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim
Jan Nielson Little, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Christopher Pelham, Norton Rose Fulbright
Vicki Podberesky, Andrues/Podberesky
Naeun Rim, Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Joshua Robbins, Buchalter
Brandon Roker, McDermott Will & SchulteÂ
John Spiegel, Munger Tolles & Olson
Daniel Suvor, O’Melveny & Myers
Steven Taylor, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Matthew Umhofer, Unhofer Mitchell & King
Melissa Weinberger, Law Offices of Melissa A Weinberger
Debra Wong Yang, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jennifer Williams, Summa LLP
Michael Zweiback, Larson LLP