Daily Journal Names Daralyn Durie as Top Women Lawyer

The Daily Journal has named San Francisco partner Daralyn Durie to its 2024 list of Top Women Lawyers in California. The annual award series recognizes the successes and victories of women lawyers in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, as well as their advancements in the legal industry.

Daralyn Durie is consistently identified as one of the nation’s most successful trial lawyers, with significant experience litigating high-stakes disputes on behalf of clients in the technology and life sciences sectors. Daralyn’s exceptional track record draws from decades of experience serving as lead counsel in complex matters and securing successful outcomes in major litigation.

She is a preeminent trial lawyer with significant experience litigating high-stakes disputes on behalf of leading innovators in the technology and life sciences sectors. Daralyn’s unparalleled track record of litigating high-stakes disputes on behalf of major tech and life sciences clients has led to her receiving numerous, consistent recognitions from leading national publications.

Daralyn has been named among the Top 10 Intellectual Property Lawyers in the United States by Chambers, which reports that she is “out-of-this-world good. She has great instincts, is a great thinker and is just phenomenal.” Law 360 selected Daralyn as an Icon of IP and IP MVP, and she was listed as a Top Lawyer in California and across the United States by Benchmark Litigation, the Daily Journal, and Super Lawyers. Furthermore, Forbes named Daralyn among America’s Top 200 Lawyers of 2024.

Daralyn is the Northern California vice-chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a board member of the National Women’s Law Center, a past president of the board of directors of the Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers, a former co-chair of the Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and a court‑appointed early neutral evaluator for the Northern District of California. She also serves as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, where she teaches civil trial practice.

Profiles of all of the winning lawyers are featured in a special Top Women Lawyers issue of the Daily Journal.