Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley is proud of its accomplished team of lawyers.
Here is a partial list of the many accomplishments of our team members:
- 2024 Super Lawyers
- 2024 Top 50 Lawyers in America
- 2023 Outstanding CALAFCO Associate Member
- 2023 AVVO Top Rated Lawyer
- 2023 Best Lawyers in America – Municipal Law
- 2023 America’s Most Honored Lawyers
- 2023 Northern California Super Lawyer
- California Lawyer of the Year (2020) for two of the firm’s attorneys
- Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year
- Trustee, California State Bar
- President, City Attorneys Department, League of California Cities
- Top 25 Municipal Lawyers in California, Daily Journal Newspaper
- Armenian Bar Association’s “20 Under 40 Rising Stars” (2022)
- Daily Journal’s 2020 Top 40 Under 40
- Daily Journal’s 2021 Top 40 Under 40
- The Best Lawyers in America — Municipal Law (2022)
- Super Lawyer “Rising Stars” (2016)
- Super Lawyer Rating by AVVO (2015)
- Super Lawyer, Southern California in Municipal Law (2004–2005)
- Super Lawyer, Northern California in Municipal Law (2006–2020)
- Best Law Firms, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, Eleventh Edition (2021)
- California’s Top Ranked Law Firms by ALM
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating — AV
- Executive Committee Member, Legal Advocacy Committee, League of California Cities
- Chair, Municipal Law Handbook Committee, League of California Cities
- Regional Vice President, International Municipal Law Association (IMLA)
- State Chair, International Municipal Law Association (IMLA)
- William Thornton Award for Mentoring, International Municipal Law Association (IMLA)
- Fellow, International Municipal Law Association (IMLA)
- Law Clerk, Circuit Judge James R. Browning, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
- Member, Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century
- Chairman, Prop. 218 Task Force of the League of California Cities
- Chairman, Prop. 26 Task Force of the League of California Cities
- Attorney of the Year, Santa Barbara County Chapter of the California Special Districts Ass’n
- Best Lawyers, Municipal Law, Northern California 2021
- Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, Municipal Law, Northern California 2021
- Public Health Law & Policy Award of Recognition
- Recognition, Best Lawyers in America: Municipal Law (2013 —); Lawyer of the Year — Los Angeles (2016)
- Sacramento Magazine 2016 Top Lawyers
- Board President and Board Member, Northern California Lawyer Access, Inc.
- President, Nevada County Bar Association
- President, Nevada County Law Library Board of Trustees
- Contributor, Municipal Law Handbook, published by Continuing Education of the Bar
- Editor and Contributor, League of California Cities Proposition 218 Implementation Guide
- Contributor, League of California Cities Proposition 26 Implementation Guide
- Contributor, Western City Magazine
- Contributor, Public Law Journal
- Consultant, Practice under the California Environmental Quality Act, Continuing Education of the Bar
- Recognized as one of California’s Top Law Firms by Martindale-Hubbell, with 4 attorneys receiving the highest rating
- Member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a prestigious organization of fewer than 100 of the most respected appellate advocates in California
- Associate Member of the Year (2015) presented by the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCo)
- Ad Hoc Public Law Specialization Certification Committee of the League of California Cities
- International Advisory Experts 2021
