For the second year in a row, Forbes has included Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Ben Berkowitz, Elliot Peters, and Bob Van Nest in its annual list of America’s Top Lawyers. The rankings are based on a rigorous, multi-stage process of editorial research and analysis, and the attorneys listed are “united not by a particular practice, pedigree or path to success, but by the caliber of their work, the trust they engender and the results they deliver for clients,” writes Forbes.
Berkowitz is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading litigators. A trial and appellate lawyer, he regularly serves as lead counsel in matters of national significance and “bet-the-company” cases. Ben's cases often involve billions of dollars in exposure or precedent-setting legal issues. He is best known for leading high-profile cases involving emerging technologies, data privacy, and complex business disputes. He has been selected as one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal, which described him as “a formidable trial and appellate lawyer” whose “courtroom victories have helped establish legal precedents that affect how courts interpret laws governing emerging technologies.”
CEOs, Am Law 100 law firms, and leading corporations turn to Peters in times of crisis. Having tried more than 50 commercial and criminal cases during the past three decades, he built a reputation for protecting clients when colossal damages, reputations, or even freedom hang in the balance. His cases are not confined to a practice or industry; instead, they are based on a client's need for pragmatism, storytelling, grit, and dogged advocacy. Peters is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and has been named the Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer and The Recorder, The American Lawyer's Litigator of the Week, and The Daily Journal’s Top 100 Attorneys in California.
Van Nest is among the nation’s pre-eminent trial lawyers for complex business and intellectual property litigation. Leading technology companies have entrusted him with some of the most consequential business disputes of the 21st century. He has spent his career translating technical concepts and simplifying complexity to connect with juries in trials where innovative technologies and business fortunes are at stake. Among his many honors, Van Nest is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is the 31st member inducted into the California Lawyers Association Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. He is recognized as one of the nation’s top-tier patent litigators in Chambers USA and is an inaugural member of the Daily Journal's list of pre-eminent Distinguished Counsel of California.
