Shartsis Friese Recognized by Best Law Firms
Across a Wide Range of Practice Areas for 2024

San Francisco, November 2, 2023 – Shartsis Friese LLP has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms® nationally in six practice areas and regionally in 12 practice areas.  In addition to the firm rankings, 23 attorneys have been recognized individually by the annual “Best Lawyers in America” survey for 2024.

“It’s very gratifying to see so many of our core practices recognized for excellence by Best Law Firms,” said Neil Koren, Managing Partner.  “The firm has never been stronger – we have exceptional lawyers and diverse, elite practice groups that continue to evolve and grow to meet the needs of our clients.”

The firm received national recognition for Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Trust & Estates.  Three practice areas – Tax Law, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation-Securities – are new to the list.

The firm received eight First Tier rankings in the San Francisco Metro area, including Bet the Company Litigation and Insurance Law, as well as the six areas recognized nationally.

According to Best Lawyers®, firms included in the 2024 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking in Best Law Firms® on a national and/or metropolitan scale signals a unique credibility within the industry. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews that is supported by proprietary algorithmic technology to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

Shartsis Friese LLP received the following rankings in the 2024 Best Law Firms®:

  • National Tier 2
    • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
  • National Tier 3
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Litigation – Securities
    • Real Estate Law
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Metropolitan Tier 1
    • San Francisco
      • Bet-the-Company Litigation
      • Commercial Litigation
      • Insurance Law
      • Litigation – Trusts & Estates
      • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
      • Real Estate Law
      • Tax Law
      • Trusts & Estates Law
    • Metropolitan Tier 2
      • San Francisco
        • Litigation – Securities
      • Metropolitan Tier 3
        • San Francisco
          • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
          • Environmental Law
          • Litigation – Intellectual Property

#   #   #

About Shartsis Friese

 Founded in San Francisco in 1975, Shartsis Friese LLP has more than 70 lawyers. We designed our firm to provide premium quality legal work, but with more personal service, lower billing rates, and more efficient staffing than larger firms.  Over the past 48 years we have carefully assembled top legal talent to create elite practice groups best suited to serving dynamic companies and sophisticated individuals.  Our extremely low turnover creates continuity and institutional knowledge for our clients’ benefit. 

 We have achieved excellent results for our clients in major local, national, and international litigation; we provide world-renowned representation of investment managers and investment funds; we handle real estate transactions around the United States for many of the most dynamic companies in the country; we handle a broad range of tax matters including state and federal tax disputes; we represent high net worth families in managing their personal wealth and estates; and we counsel a wide variety of companies and individuals in business, securities, and intellectual property transactions.  For more information visit www.sflaw.com.