McManis Faulkner, a leading Northern California trial firm, has received five “Metropolitan Tier One Rankings” in Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms®” 2025 edition. The firm earned Tier One designations in the categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – First Amendment, Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Litigation – Real Estate in the San Jose metropolitan area.
“We are trial lawyers through and through, and this listing confirms it, once again. We couldn’t be prouder that our colleagues and peers in the profession see our team as trial law leaders, in large part because that’s exactly what our founders set out to do more than 50 years ago – and, of course, that is still what we deliver for our clients,” said Elizabeth Pipkin, managing partner of McManis Faulkner.
McManis Faulkner was also honored in the categories of Litigation – Trusts and Estates (Tier Two) and Criminal Defense – White Collar (Tier Three) in San Jose. In addition to the overall firm rankings, James McManis, William Faulkner, Elizabeth Pipkin, and Tyler Atkinson were recently selected for inclusion in Best Law Firms’ companion publication, Best Lawyers in America, with Abimael “A.J.” Bastida and Hilary Weddell recognized as Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2025.
Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms®” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their fields, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. Achieving “Tier One” and other rankings signifies a quality law practice and breadth of legal experience and knowledge in the recognized areas.
About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in the inclusion of more than 125,000 leading lawyers from more than 23,000 firms in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
About McManis Faulkner
A San Jose, California based trial firm, provides a full range of litigation services, representing both corporations and individuals through trial and appeal. The firm handles a wide range of litigation, including business, civil rights, class actions, criminal, employment, family, general civil, intellectual property, personal injury, probate, and professional negligence. With experienced, well-trained trial lawyers and staff, McManis Faulkner prides itself on its ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.