LOS ANGELES, August 15, 2024 – Ellis George LLP is proud to have four lawyers awarded in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Partner Eric M. George, who has been included for the second year in a row, was recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property in The Best Lawyers in America®. In Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Partner Christopher T. Berg has been selected for Criminal Defense: General Practice; Senior Counsel Elizabeth J. Carpenter has been selected for Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; and Associate Keian Vahedy has been selected for Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.
George is a nationally-recognized attorney – as a counselor, civil litigator, and trial lawyer. His practice spans a broad array of complex and often high-profile disputes. George also has extensive appellate experience, including oral arguments before the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California Court of Appeal.
Berg is a trial lawyer with a decade’s worth of experience in all aspects of litigation. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, white collar criminal defense, and government investigations. He has represented multinational companies, senior executives, and other entities in a wide variety of circumstances, including pre-litigation conflict resolution, class actions, arbitrations, investigations, and prosecutions in state and federal court.
Carpenter represents clients in complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, including breach of contract, products liability, and high stakes business disputes. She is passionate about representing her client’s interests, working diligently to analyze case merits, minimize risk, and propel favorable resolutions to complex legal matters.
Vahedy is a trial attorney and experienced litigator at Ellis George LLP, where he focuses on representing individuals and businesses in high stakes commercial litigation, business and employment disputes, and general liability matters. He has represented clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies related to commercial contract disputes, unfair business practices, employment violations, developer and owner liability, products liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters.
About Ellis George LLP:
Ellis George LLP is recognized as one of the top litigation and trial firms in the country, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C. Whether plaintiff or defendant, individual, Fortune 500 corporation or entrepreneur, clients call upon Ellis George when seeking litigation counsel of the highest quality, creativity, dedication, and ethics.
