SAN DIEGO (February 19, 2021) – Tyson & Mendes LLP announced today that Partner Susan L. Oliver was named the Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury and Litigation – Defendants in the San Diego Area.

Best Lawyers is one of the legal profession’s most respected peer-review publications, and every year recognizes one attorney in each city for their outstanding practice in a specific field.  “Lawyer of the Year” honorees are based on extremely high overall feedback within specific practice areas and metropolitan regions.

“Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the purpose of highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession.  After three decades, we are proud to continue to serve as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals worldwide,” said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer.

Oliver joined Tyson & Mendes as Partner in 2016 and joined the firm’s equity partnership in 2020.  She is a national leader in defending sexual torts, having represented school districts, non-profit organizations, and public entities in some of the most high-profile trials and complex litigation in the country.  Oliver leads a multi-attorney team handling catastrophic personal injury defense, employment practices litigation defense, and medical malpractice defense, in addition to defending sexual torts.  She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America annually since 2015 and as a “Super Lawyer” annually since 2013.  She is also listed in the “Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers.”

For more information about Tyson & Mendes, visit www.tysonmendes.com.  For more information about Best Lawyers in America®, visit www.bestlawyers.com.

About Tyson & Mendes LLP
Tyson & Mendes LLP is a nationwide, AV-rated litigation firm specializing in insurance defense.  Founded in 2002, firm principals and seasoned trial attorneys Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes have grown the firm to more than 150 attorneys defending corporations, insurance companies, and their clients in civil litigation matters throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.  The firm is most widely recognized for winning the landmark Howell v. Hamilton Meats California Supreme Court case, which forever changed the state’s litigation landscape by significantly impacting the damages a plaintiff may recover. Robert Tyson is also the author of the Amazon Bestseller Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice for All, the first playbook for the defense on how to avoid runaway jury verdicts.  For more information, visit www.tysonmendes.com.

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