Ranking and Awards
While it’s not in our nature to boast, we do in fact have much to celebrate. Murphy Austin was awarded Tier One ranking in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers/Best Law Firms reports for excellence in construction law (2010-2012 and 2019) and real estate law (2014-2019) and in Commercial Litigation (2018 and 2019). We were also named in Fortune magazine's Top Ranked Law Firms™ by Martindale-Hubbell®.
Murphy Austin has received the honor and distinction of having nine attorneys recognized in the 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists and three lawyers named to the 2019 Best Lawyers in America. Additionally, real estate partner Russell Austin was selected by Sacramento County Bar Association as the Distinguished Attorney of the Year and named to the 2016-2018 Top 100: Northern California Super Lawyers and the 2015-2018 Top 25: Sacramento Super Lawyers lists. Russell was named Best Lawyers Sacramento Real Estate Lawyer of the Year in 2010. Construction partner Michael Schoenfeld was named Best Lawyers’ Sacramento Construction Lawyer of the Year in 2015, 2017, and 2019.
SCBA's Distinguished Attorney of the Year
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate (2017)
Top 100 list: Northern California Super Lawyers
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate (2016-2018)
Top 25 list: Sacramento Super Lawyers
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate (2015-2018)
Northern California Super Lawyers
- Russell J. Austin, Commercial Real Estate (2005-2018)
- Dennis R. Murphy, Employment and Labor (2005, 2006, and 2011-2018)
- Lisa D. Nicolls, Construction Litigation (2013-2018)
- D. Michael Schoenfeld, Construction Litigation (2007-2018)
- V. Blair Shahbazian, Construction Litigation (2013-2018)
Rising Stars
- John G. Monley, Real Estate (2018)
- Aaron B. Silva, Employment and Labor (2013-2018)
- B.J. Susich, Business/Corporate (2012-2018)
- R. Brooks Whitehead, Business/Corporate (2015-2018)
Best Lawyers in America
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate Law (1997-2019)
- Dennis R. Murphy, Commercial Litigation (2014-2019)
- D. Michael Schoenfeld, Construction Law and Litigation (2007-2019)
Best Lawyers' Sacramento Construction
Lawyer of the Year
- D. Michael Schoenfeld, Construction Law and Litigation (2015, 2017, 2019)
Best Lawyers' Sacramento Real Estate
Lawyer of the Year
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate Law (2010)
Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
- Russell J. Austin, Real Estate (2015-2019), Business/Corporate (2018-2019)
- Jeffrey W. Curcio, Tax (2018)
- Scott E. Galbreath, Employee Benefits (2015-2017)
- Suzanne E. Hennessy, Real Estate (2019), Health Care (2019)
- Lexi P. Howard, Real Estate (2019)
- Steve A. Lamon, Construction Litigation (2016)
- Dennis R. Murphy, Employment and Labor (2015, 2016, 2018-2019)
- Lisa D. Nicolls, Construction Litigation (2015-2019)
- Michael R. O'Neil, Anti-Trust (2016-2017)
- D. Michael Schoenfeld, Alternative Dispute Resolution (2016), Construction and Construction Litigation (2015-2019)
- Kenneth I. Schumaker, Construction (2016)
- V. Blair Shahbazian, Construction Litigation (2015, 2018-2019)
- J. Michael Stusiak, General Litigation (2019)
- B.J. Susich, Securities and Corporate Finance (2016), Business/Corporate (2019)
Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar
- Russell J. Austin (2013-2018)
- Donald E. Brodeur (2013)
- Dennis R. Murphy (2013-2014)
- Catherine M. Oh (2016)
- D. Michael Schoenfeld (2017)
- V. Blair Shahbazian (2016, 2018)
- B.J. Susich (2018)
Sacramento Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honorees
- Aaron B. Silva (2016)
- B.J. Susich (2011)