15 Aug NoonanLance Attorneys Awarded 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP (NoonanLance) announced today that David L. Noonan, James R. Lance, Ethan T. Boyer, Micaela P. Banach and Sean C. Coughlin have been recognized as Best Lawyers in America® 2025, and Genevieve M. Sauter was awarded Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America by Best Lawyers, the legal profession’s most respected peer-review publication. Since the firm was founded in 2016, Best Lawyers has included NoonanLance attorneys every year as some of the nation’s leading attorneys; a recognition only awarded to the top 6% of practicing attorneys, demonstrating the outstanding reputation they have among their peers.
Founding Partner David J. Noonan has again earned a spot in Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for his exceptional work in antitrust law, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation and legal malpractice law – defendants. He plays a vital role in successfully representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex cases involving consumer class actions, antitrust claims and professional misconduct cases. Noonan was first named one of the Best Lawyers in America® in 1995 and has been included every year since.
President of the distinguished American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in San Diego and NoonanLance Founding Partner James R. Lance represents both plaintiffs and defendants. He has obtained many multi-million-dollar verdicts, judgments and settlements for commercial and personal injury plaintiffs, including a 2024 award of more than $12 million in an employment case. Lance also regularly represents defendants in high-risk commercial cases. Since 2013, his expertise in commercial, construction, real estate and legal malpractice litigation has earned him a spot on the Best Lawyers in America® list year after year.
Since 2015, Managing Partner Ethan T. Boyer has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America® by his peers for commercial litigation. Boyer dedicates his practice to resolving complex business and commercial disputes including commercial, intellectual property, real estate and product liability cases. He has tried numerous cases to verdict, in addition to handling arbitration and appeals. Boyer represents a broad range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to small business owners.
Founding Partner Micaela P. Banach has over 20 years of experience in commercial and employment litigation. This is the third year in a row that she has been placed on the list for Best Lawyers in America®. Her successful litigation results have earned her a spot on the Super Lawyers list for the past six years, including the Top 25 Women Attorneys in San Diego in 2023.
Partner Genevieve M. Sauter has been awarded Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, a recognition given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence. Sauter has tried cases in state and federal court and is renowned for her expertise in the cutting-edge topic of e-Discovery. She represents clients in practice areas including general civil, business, financial services and intellectual property litigation.
With three decades of legal practice experience, NoonanLance Of Counsel Sean C. Coughlin has successfully handled hundreds of complex business and real estate disputes in state, federal and bankruptcy courts, achieving the best results for his clients in the most efficient way possible. His work in commercial litigation and bankruptcy litigation has placed him on the Best Lawyers in America® 2025 list as well as San Diego Magazine’s Top Lawyers list since 2013.
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