jennifergoddardcombsAttorney Diana P. Lytel with the law office of Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman has made the Southern California Super Lawyers list for the second year in a row.
The 2021 listing recognizes Lytel as among the top five percent of Southern California attorneys. A prominent civil litigator and criminal defense lawyer, Ms. Lytel was also named a Super Lawyer for the region in 2020, and has been on the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list since 2015.
Super Lawyers is a rating service that evaluates lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Candidates are selected by independent researchers and professional peers and cannot nominate themselves.
To obtain Super Lawyer status, attorneys are evaluated on their achievements in multiple areas including experience, honors and awards, verdicts and settlements, professional activity, education, and community service. The list provides a credible and reliable screening tool for consumers seeking high-quality legal counsel.
Lytel specializes in general litigation for businesses and individuals, professional liability, premises liability and criminal defense. She has defended a wide variety of high-profile clients, including Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, mutual funds and insurance entities.
Prior to joining Lowthorp Richards, Lytel worked in Morgan Stanley’s litigation department, served at regulatory agencies (NASD now FINRA & DBO) and held prominent roles with prestigious law firms recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and AV Rating. In addition to the Super Lawyers ranking, she holds the highest “Preeminent 5.0/5.0” AV Rating in her profession.
Ms. Lytel received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and her J.D. in 2006 from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She is actively involved in local and national legal organizations, serving as President-Elect of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and as an active board member of California Defense Counsel and Santa Barbara Women Lawyers.
Based in Oxnard for more than a century, Lowthorp Richards specializes in business, estate, family, agricultural, real estate and injury law. The firm maintains the highest possible legal rating in the national attorney directory of Martindale-Hubbell.
To contact Ms. Lytel or for more information on Lowthorp Richards, call (805) 981-8555 or visit http://www.lrmmt.com
