Darrell Cochran, PCVA Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers® Lists

By Darrell Cochran Law

Darrell Cochran and 12 other of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 Best Lawyers® lists. Ten attorneys have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and three attorneys have been included in the 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list.

Elizabeth P. Calora received a 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” award in Seattle for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs. The “Lawyer of the Year” designation is awarded to only a single lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area.

Cochran was named for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.

The other firm attorneys named in the 2024 The Best Lawyers in America are:

  • Michael T. Pfau – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Thomas B. Vertetis – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Jason P. Amala – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Ian M. Bauer – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Elizabeth P. Calora – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Colleen Durkin Peterson – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Kevin M. Hastings – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Christopher E. Love – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Steven T. Reich – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list includes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The attorneys included in the 2024 list are:

  • Mallory C. Allen – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Anelga Doumanian – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Vincent Nappo – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 116,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers has received more than 17 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America is considered a singular honor.

Lawyers included in the Best Lawyers lists are divided by geographic region and practice area. They are reviewed by their peers and undergo an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.