Rogers Joseph O’Donnell Attorneys Recognized as 2025 California ‘Super Lawyers’
Five Rogers Joseph O’Donnell attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Super Lawyers, the prominent legal ranking published by Thomson Reuters.
The RJO attorneys selected as 2025 “Super Lawyers” in California are:
- Robert C. Goodman (Environmental Litigation)
- John G. Heller (Business Litigation)
- Patricia A. Meagher (Construction Litigation)
- Neil H. O’Donnell (Government Contracts, Construction Litigation)
- Aaron P. Silberman (Government Contracts, Construction Litigation)
Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process involves peer evaluation and independent research on firms across the country.
Goodman is the chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Group and a member of the Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Group. He represents a wide variety of clients in litigation and enforcement actions arising under federal and state environmental law. Goodman also represents clients in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in the purchase and sale of environmentally impacted property. He is admitted to practice in California and the State of Washington.
Heller focuses on trials and appeals of commercial litigation, professional liability, civil rights, insurance coverage, employment and real estate matters. He is the former Chair of the Litigation Section Executive Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association, and former member of the Bar Association’s Judiciary Committee. He is a member of the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
Meagher is of counsel and a member of the firm’s Government Contracts and Construction Practice Groups. She has more than thirty years of experience in public contracting and litigation at the federal, state and local levels. Her practice includes counseling both prime contractors and subcontractors in a wide variety of procurement matters, including commercial item acquisitions, technical data rights, submission of claims, bid protests and more.
O’Donnell has more than 50 years of experience advising clients on government contracts and construction matters at the federal, state and local levels. He has litigated cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts, the boards of contract appeals and the Government Accountability Office. O’Donnell has written and lectured on a wide variety of government contract topics and is currently on the Advisory Committee for The Government Contractor.
As co-chair of the firm’s Construction Practice Group and a member of the Government Contracts Practice Group, Silberman focuses his practice on government contracts and construction law counseling and litigation, representing contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals in the construction, defense, transportation, technology, healthcare, disaster relief, telecom and service industries. Practicing since 1992, he is a former chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Public Contract Law Section and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California’s Legal Advisory Committee.