Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) – San Francisco – Current Rankings

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The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused San Francisco Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater San Francisco & Bay Area 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.

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Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 7 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Fred Alvarez	Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass	Doyle’s ranking record: Fred Alvarez
Erin Connell	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Doyle’s ranking record: Erin Connell
Lynne Hermle	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Doyle’s ranking record: Lynne Hermle
Judith Droz Keyes	Davis Wright Tremaine	Doyle’s ranking record: Judith Droz Keyes
Laura Maechtlen	Seyfarth Shaw	Doyle’s ranking record: Laura Maechtlen
Leila Narvid	Payne & Fears	Doyle’s ranking record: Leila Narvid
Eric Akira Tate	Morrison Foerster	Doyle’s ranking record: Eric Akira Tate

Leading

Leading: 27 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Wendy Brenner	Cooley	Doyle’s ranking record: Wendy Brenner
Koray Bulut	Goodwin Procter	Doyle’s ranking record: Koray Bulut
Wilder Clements	Clements Employment Law PC	Doyle’s ranking record: Wilder Clements
Rose-Ellen Fairgrieve	Fairgrieve Law Office	Doyle’s ranking record: Rose-Ellen Fairgrieve
Michael Farbstein	Farbstein & Blackman	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Farbstein
John Fish Jr	Littler Mendelson	Doyle’s ranking record: John Fish Jr
Lindsay Hutner	Greenberg Traurig	Doyle’s ranking record: Lindsay Hutner
Jane Kow	HR Law Consultants	Doyle’s ranking record: Jane Kow
Gary Lafayette	Sanders Roberts	Doyle’s ranking record: Gary Lafayette
Lisa Lawson	Lawson + Lawson	Doyle’s ranking record: Lisa Lawson
Scott Lawson	Lawson + Lawson	Doyle’s ranking record: Scott Lawson
Wendy Lazerson	Sidley Austin	Doyle’s ranking record: Wendy Lazerson
Joseph Liburt	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Doyle’s ranking record: Joseph Liburt
Jennifer Martinez	Hanson Bridgett	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Martinez
Lucky Meinz	Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton	Doyle’s ranking record: Lucky Meinz
Rachael Meny	Keker Van Nest & Peters	Doyle’s ranking record: Rachael Meny
Michele Ballard Miller	Cozen O'Connor	Doyle’s ranking record: Michele Ballard Miller
Marlene Muraco	Littler Mendelson	Doyle’s ranking record: Marlene Muraco
Alka Ramchandani-Raj	Littler Mendelson	Doyle’s ranking record: Alka Ramchandani-Raj
Jennifer Redmond	Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Redmond
Christian Rowley	Seyfarth Shaw	Doyle’s ranking record: Christian Rowley
Jamie Rudman	Sanchez Amador & Reyes	Doyle’s ranking record: Jamie Rudman
Cheryl Ann Sabnis	Vedder	Doyle’s ranking record: Cheryl Ann Sabnis
April Sun	Goodwin Procter	Doyle’s ranking record: April Sun
Lisa Barnett Sween	Jackson Lewis	Doyle’s ranking record: Lisa Barnett Sween
Gilbert Tsai	Hanson Bridgett	Doyle’s ranking record: Gilbert Tsai
Billie Wenter	Boyer Wenter	Doyle’s ranking record: Billie Wenter

Recommended: 18 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Dipanwita Deb Amar	Arnold & Porter	Doyle’s ranking record: Dipanwita Deb Amar
Eric Amdursky	O'Melveny & Myers	Doyle’s ranking record: Eric Amdursky
Brian Ashe	Seyfarth Shaw	Doyle’s ranking record: Brian Ashe
Charles Birenbaum	Greenberg Traurig	Doyle’s ranking record: Charles Birenbaum
Melissa Powar Clarke	Payne & Fears	Doyle’s ranking record: Melissa Powar Clarke
Adam Fiss	Littler Mendelson	Doyle’s ranking record: Adam Fiss
Michele Haydel Gehrke	Reed Smith	Doyle’s ranking record: Michele Haydel Gehrke
Carla Hartley	McLaughlin & Stern	Doyle’s ranking record: Carla Hartley
Malcolm Heinicke	Munger Tolles & Olson	Doyle’s ranking record: Malcolm Heinicke
Stephen Hirschfeld	Hirschfeld Kraemer	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Hirschfeld
Zachary Hutton	Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton	Doyle’s ranking record: Zachary Hutton
Michael Laurenson	Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Laurenson
Andrew Livingston	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Livingston
Cheryl Orr	Faegre Drinker	Doyle’s ranking record: Cheryl Orr
David Reis	Arnold & Porter	Doyle’s ranking record: David Reis
Gary Siniscalco	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Doyle’s ranking record: Gary Siniscalco
Jeffrey Wohl	Nilan Johnson Lewis	Doyle’s ranking record: Jeffrey Wohl
Babak Yousefzadeh	Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton	Doyle’s ranking record: Babak Yousefzadeh

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The 2026 rankings of leading Employer Lawyers in the San Francisco & Bay Area, identified by fellow San Francisco Employment Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.

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The 2026 rankings of leading Employer Lawyers in the San Francisco & Bay Area, identified by fellow San Francisco Employment Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.

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