The following BASF members and Leader Circle firms were honored with awards by Benchmark Litigation. Award nominees were chosen based upon research conducted between March and November 2018. The inaugural West Coast Benchmark Litigation US Awards ceremony was held at the St Regis San Francisco on March 14 with a sold-out audience. Congratulations to the following winners:
- Farella Braun + Martel was named San Francisco Firm of the Year
- Cooley was named Silicon Valley Firm of the Year, as well as National Firm of the Year
- Latham & Watkins was named California Antitrust Litigation Firm of the Year
- BASF member Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins, was named California Antitrust Litigation Attorney of the Year
- O’Melveny & Myers was named California Environment/Natural Resources Litigation Firm of the Year
- Durie Tangri was named California Intellectual Property Litigation Firm of the Year
- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein was named California Plaintiff Firm of the Year
- Joseph Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, was named California Plaintiff Attorney of the Year
