Palm Springs Life Celebrates Top Lawyers With Reception at the Red Barn

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Palm Springs Life honored its 2024 Top Lawyers with a lively celebration at Red Barn featuring craft cocktails, gourmet bites, and well-deserved recognition.

by | Jul 7, 2025

Jessica DeSilva, Ben Kogus, Walter Clark, and Geri Clark.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID CROTTY

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Each year, Palm Springs Life honors the region’s most trusted legal professionals with its annual Top Lawyers list. In 2024, more than 200 attorneys across the Coachella Valley earned the distinction after a careful screening process verified their credentials, active status, and standing with The State Bar of California.

To celebrate their monumental achievement, Palm Springs Life invited the 2024 Top Lawyers to the recently reopened (and redesigned) Red Barn in Palm Desert for cocktails and bites served by La Fe Wine Bar. Palm Springs Life marketing director Kevin O’Grady introduced Red Barn owner Cyrus Tahmasebi, who welcomed attendees, further congratulating the legal eagles. Attorneys received framed certificates, and DJ Ay-lex Song played music to keep the night lively.

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Palm Springs Life Top Lawyers.

Cyrus Tahmasebi, Mackenzie Walencewicz, Courtney Hegge, and Elyse Woodforde

Jason Dabareiner and Sharon Dabareiner. 

Cyrus Tahmasebi. 

James Rogan and Joshua Mulligan. 

Jessica DeSilva and Ben Kogus. 

Lori Sanford, Philip Klatchko, and Linda Klatchko. 

Kevin O’Grady and Walter Clark.

Marc Levine and David Grey.

Robert Gilliland and Philip Klatchko.

La Fe Wine Bar chef Pina and owner German Samoya.

DJ Ay-Lex Song.

Tracy and David Darrin.

Sheldon Real and Don Derrick.

Sal Bommarito and Rhona Kauffman.

Palm Springs Life marketing director Kevin O’Grady, Linda Klatchko, Palm Springs Life editor-in-chief Emily Chavous Foster, and Phillip Klatchko.

Sharon Dabareiner, Charles Gallagher, and Jason Dabareiner.

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