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Kent L. Richland

6420 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90048
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Firm

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP


Years In Practice


Phone Number (310) 859-7811

Kent Richland has been an appellate lawyer since he graduated from UCLA Law School in 1971.   In 1983, Kent was one of the founding partners of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, LLP.

Kent has been lead appellate counsel in hundreds of appeals.  He has argued in state and federal appellate courts across the country, including many high-profile cases in both the California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.  He gained national prominence in 2006 for his United States Supreme Court argument in Marshall v. Marshall, in which he successfully represented the late Anna Nicole Smith.

Kent is a frequent lecturer and author on appellate law topics and is co-author, with Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline of the California Court of Appeal, of West’s California Litigation Forms B Civil Appeals and Writs.  He has served as president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers and multiple terms as president of the California Supreme Court Historical Society.  He was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America.

Among the honors he has received are the California Lawyer Magazine’s California Lawyer of the Year award in both 2007 and 2010, Best Lawyers’ Los Angeles Appellate Lawyer of the Year Award in 2015, multiple years’ recognition by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the top 100 lawyers in California, multiple years’ recognition as one of the top 100 Southern California Superlawyers and recognition by Chambers USA as one of five “Band One” appellate lawyers in California.

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Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Kent L. Richland
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Appellate Practice, Los Angeles (2015)
  • Life Fellow - American Bar Foundation
  • Named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California by Daily Journal (2007, 2010)
  • Twice Chosen "A California Lawyer Magazine Attorney of the Year" (2007, 2011)
  • Chosen a California Attorney of the Year by The San Francisco Recorder (2010)
  • Named in Chambers and Partners USA (chambersandpartners.com) as a Tier 1 Appellate Litigator
  • Who's Who In American Law (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
  • Southern California Super Lawyers (Appellate) (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • Named in The Best Lawyers in America (Appellate Law) (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Best Lawyers' 2015 Los Angeles Appellate Practice "Lawyer of the Year"
Education
University of California - Los Angeles, J.D.
Graduated 1971
University of California - Berkeley, AB
Graduated 1968
Contact Details and Office Locations
6420 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90048
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