Kubota & Craig attorneys earn 2027 Best Lawyers recognition

Kubota & Craig founders Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig were recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, adding peer-reviewed validation for the Irvine firm’s plaintiff-side personal injury practice. Kubota was honored in three categories, while Craig was recognized for personal injury litigation.

Why it matters: - The 2027 Best Lawyers recognition gives Irvine consumers an independent credential to compare when looking for a personal injury attorney. - Both founding attorneys at Kubota & Craig were recognized, which is a stronger signal than recognition for only one lawyer at the firm. - Yoshi Kubota’s three-category recognition broadens the firm’s peer-reviewed profile into product liability and mass tort/class action work.

What happened: - Yoshiaki “Yoshi” C. Kubota and Cynthia A. Craig, attorneys at Kubota & Craig, PC in Irvine, were recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. - Kubota was recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs. - Craig was recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. - The recognition was announced on August 20, 2026.

The details: - Best Lawyers uses a confidential peer-review process to identify recognized attorneys. - Best Lawyers says about 5% of U.S. lawyers receive recognition in The Best Lawyers in America®. - The organization has used a peer-review methodology for more than four decades. - Kubota has more than 30 years of litigation and trial experience and has tried more than 45 cases to verdict, according to his Best Lawyers profile. - Best Lawyers has recognized Kubota since 2025. - Craig has more than two decades of experience and has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2022. - Kubota’s practice includes serious motor-vehicle accidents, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, and complex negligence matters. - Craig’s work includes personal injury litigation, motor-vehicle accidents, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, and other complex liability matters. - Kubota & Craig says both founding attorneys personally handle every matter the firm accepts and that the firm limits its caseload to preserve direct attorney involvement. - The firm’s Best Lawyers profile also lists Tier 1 recognition in plaintiff-side personal injury and product liability litigation. - The profile reports more than $200 million in client recoveries and representative results including a $51.5 million motor-vehicle matter, a $14 million wrongful-death settlement, a $2.5 million premises-liability result, and a $2.4 million sexual-assault verdict. - Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. - Kubota & Craig represents injured individuals and families in Irvine, Orange County, and throughout Southern California. - The firm handles motor-vehicle accident cases involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, and rideshare vehicles. - The firm also handles catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, and other serious injury matters. - Kubota & Craig is based at 16530 Bake Pkwy Ste 100 in Irvine, California 92618.

Between the lines: - The Best Lawyers recognition supports the firm’s pitch that clients get direct access to experienced trial lawyers, not a high-volume intake model. - Kubota’s additional honors in product liability and mass tort/class actions suggest a broader plaintiff-side litigation profile than a standard auto-accident practice. - Craig’s continuing recognition since 2022 adds consistency to the firm’s peer-reviewed credentials. - The firm is framing independent recognition, trial history, and public case results as measurable factors for consumers comparing Irvine injury lawyers.

What’s next: - Consumers evaluating an Irvine personal injury lawyer can check attorney profiles, state licensure, practice focus, and case history alongside Best Lawyers recognition. - Kubota & Craig will likely continue using the 2027 recognition to underscore its plaintiff-side trial credentials in Irvine and Orange County. - The firm’s next public benchmark will be whether it adds future recognitions, verdicts, or other peer-reviewed honors.

The bottom line: - Kubota & Craig’s 2027 Best Lawyers recognition puts both founding attorneys on the same peer-reviewed list, with Kubota earning added honors across two more plaintiff-side litigation categories.