Cox Castle Selected as 2024 "Law Firm of the Year" in: Land Use & Zoning Law by Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms"

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®, nationally in 7 practice areas and regionally in 11 practice areas.

In addition, the firm has been named the national 2024 "Law Firm of the Year" in:

• Land Use and Zoning Law

Firms included in the 2024 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be considered for this milestone achievement, at least one lawyer in the law firm must be recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Achieving a tiered ranking in Best Law Firms® on a national and/or metropolitan scale signals a unique credibility within the industry. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews that is supported by proprietary algorithmic technology to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

Receiving a tier designation represents an elite status, integrity and reputation that law firms earn among other leading firms and lawyers. The 2024 edition of  Best Law Firms® includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan-based practice areas. Additionally, one "Law Firm of the Year" was named in each nationally ranked practice area.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP received the following rankings in the 2024 Best Law Firms®:

• National Tier 1
  • Environmental Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law
• National Tier 2
  • Litigation - Environmental
• National Tier 3
  • Construction Law
  • Energy Law
• Regional Tier 1
  • Los Angeles
    • Construction Law
    • Environmental Law
    • Land Use & Zoning Law
    • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
    • Real Estate Law
  • Orange County
    • Real Estate Law
  • San Francisco
    • Environmental Law
    • Land Use & Zoning Law
    • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
    • Natural Resources Law
    • Real Estate Law
• Regional Tier 2
  • Los Angeles
    • Litigation - Environmental
    • Litigation - Insurance
  • Orange County
    • Land Use & Zoning Law
    • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
  • San Francisco
    • Energy Law
    • Litigation - Environmental
    • Litigation - Real Estate
• Regional Tier 3
  • Los Angeles
    • Insurance Law

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About Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP was founded in Los Angeles in 1968, with the goal of providing superior and comprehensive legal services to businesses, institutions, and individuals in all aspects of the real estate, finance, and construction industries. Cox, Castle & Nicholson is now one of the largest full-service law firms specializing in real estate in the United States, and has over 130 transactional and litigation attorneys in our Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Francisco offices.

We have substantial expertise in matters involving land and improved property acquisitions and dispositions; joint ventures; single and multi-family residential development; land use, entitlement and regulatory compliance (including coastal commission and condemnation); office, industrial, retail and mixed-use development, leasing and management; commercial lending and institutional investment; loan workouts and financial restructuring; construction; resort and hospitality; labor and employment; risk management and insurance; environmental compliance; renewable energy and natural resources; and tax and estate planning.

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About Best Law Firms®
Best Law Firms® is the most credible rankings of exceptional law firms, rooted in a rigorous, peer-to-peer, industry-driven evaluation. Achieving a tiered ranking in Best Law Firms signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Ranked firms, presented in three tiers, are recognized on a national and metro-based scale. The reputation earned over the past 14 years and a future-focused commitment to innovation provides legal professionals with an elevated stature, validation and confidence that comes from being part of, and working with, a Best Law Firms honored practice.

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About Best Lawyers®
Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review research and accolades company in the legal profession. Best Lawyers compiles extensive recognitions by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate the work of their fellow legal professionals within their local market and specialty. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.