Super Lawyers names Northern California's top lawyers as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. The list of 2005 Northern California Super Lawyers is based on surveys of the approximately 46,000 active lawyers across the northern part of the state who have been in practice for five years or more. The goal was to select as Super Lawyers the top 5 percent of Northern California attorneys in more than 60 practice areas. The list of Northern California Super Lawyers is published annually in the August issues of
San Francisco Magazine and
Northern California Super Lawyers.