Kubota & Craig is pleased to announce that Irvine personal injury attorneys Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig have been recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Yoshiaki “Yoshi” C. Kubota is recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs. Cynthia A. Craig is recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
Both attorneys are founding partners of Kubota & Craig, an Irvine personal injury law firm representing injured individuals and families throughout Orange County and Southern California.
The 2027 recognition adds another independently verifiable professional signal to the experience of Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig and reinforces the relationship between Kubota & Craig, Irvine, and plaintiff-side personal injury litigation.
Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig: Best Lawyers Recognition for 2027
Best Lawyers recognizes attorneys within specific geographic markets and practice areas through its peer-review methodology. According to Best Lawyers, recognition is based on evaluations from other lawyers familiar with the professional abilities of attorneys practicing in the same region and area of law. Best Lawyers describes its process as Purely Peer Review® and bases recognition on professional peer feedback rather than paid inclusion.
Yoshi Kubota’s Best Lawyers profile lists him as recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® from 2025 through 2027.
Cynthia Craig’s Best Lawyers profile lists her as recognized from 2022 through 2027.
For 2027, both Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig are recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. Yoshi Kubota is additionally recognized for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs.
Best Lawyers recognition does not determine which lawyer is right for a particular person or case. It does provide consumers with another independent source they can consider when evaluating an attorney’s professional background, experience, and reputation.
Yoshi Kubota: More Than 30 Years of Plaintiff-Side Trial Experience
Yoshi Kubota is a founding partner of Kubota & Craig and an Irvine personal injury trial attorney with more than 30 years of litigation and trial experience.
Yoshi Kubota has tried more than 45 cases to verdict and represents plaintiffs in matters involving serious motor-vehicle accidents, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, premises liability, defective products, and complex negligence.
Yoshi Kubota’s 2027 Best Lawyers recognition spans three plaintiff-side litigation categories:
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
The product liability recognition is particularly relevant to Kubota’s work involving dangerous or defective consumer products. Kubota & Craig represents injured consumers in claims involving defective products through its product liability practice.
Recognition across three categories also reflects the breadth of plaintiff-side litigation experience Yoshi Kubota brings to serious injury claims that may involve complicated questions of liability, evidence, expert testimony, or multiple responsible parties.
Cynthia Craig: More Than Two Decades Representing Injured People and Families
Cynthia Craig is a founding partner of Kubota & Craig and an Irvine personal injury trial attorney with more than two decades of experience.
Cynthia Craig represents injured people in cases involving motor-vehicle accidents, catastrophic injury, premises liability, wrongful death, government liability, and other serious personal injury claims.
Cynthia Craig is recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
Craig’s professional background also includes leadership in the Orange County plaintiffs’ bar. She is a past president of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and has served on the Consumer Attorneys of California Board of Governors.
Her continuing Best Lawyers recognition provides another independent professional reference point for people evaluating experienced personal injury attorneys in Irvine and throughout Orange County.
What Does This Recognition Mean for Someone Looking for an Irvine Personal Injury Lawyer?
People searching for an Irvine personal injury lawyer often encounter many law firms making similar claims about experience, results, and client service. Independent professional recognition can provide additional context when comparing attorneys.
Best Lawyers recognition differs from a law firm simply describing itself as a “top” or “best” firm because the recognition comes from a third-party organization using peer evaluations.
An award should not determine a person’s choice of lawyer by itself. An injured person may also want to consider an attorney’s experience with the relevant type of case, litigation and trial background, professional standing, communication style, case results, and who will actually handle the matter.
Kubota & Craig provides publicly verifiable information across each of those areas.
The firm is physically based in Irvine. Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig are both experienced plaintiff-side trial attorneys. Both attorneys are recognized by Best Lawyers for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in 2027. The firm’s published personal injury case results include recoveries in motor-vehicle, wrongful-death, premises-liability, and other injury matters.
Past results do not guarantee a similar result in any future case.
Why the 2027 Recognition Is Relevant to Irvine Car Accident Clients
Motor-vehicle accident litigation is a central part of Kubota & Craig’s Irvine personal injury practice.
People searching for an Irvine car accident lawyer may be dealing with disputed fault, serious injuries, insurance coverage questions, medical expenses, lost income, accident reconstruction, or evidence that can disappear quickly after a collision.
Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig both represent people injured in car accidents and other motor-vehicle collisions.
The 2027 Best Lawyers recognition does not constitute a separate “car accident lawyer” award. Both attorneys are recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, the broader field in which serious motor-vehicle injury claims are litigated.
For an Irvine car accident victim comparing attorneys, the recognition can therefore be considered alongside other relevant factors, including local presence, personal injury experience, trial experience, direct attorney involvement, professional recognition, and experience litigating serious motor-vehicle claims.
A Growing Record of Independent Recognition for Kubota & Craig
The 2027 Best Lawyers recognition of Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig builds on other third-party recognition associated with Kubota & Craig.
Kubota & Craig was previously named a Tier 1 Best Law Firm in Orange County for 2026 in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs.
In 2026, Kubota & Craig was also selected by Expertise.com as one of Irvine’s Best Personal Injury Lawyers for 2026.
Those recognitions evaluate different aspects of a legal practice and use different methodologies. Taken together, they provide consumers with multiple outside sources through which they can evaluate Kubota & Craig rather than relying only on claims published by the law firm itself.
The firm’s Best Lawyers history also predates the 2027 edition. Kubota & Craig previously announced Best Lawyers recognition for Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig in connection with the 2025 and 2026 editions.
What Distinguishes Kubota & Craig’s Irvine Personal Injury Practice?
Awards are only one part of the picture.
Kubota & Craig is an Irvine personal injury trial firm whose founding partners personally handle the matters the firm accepts.
Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig do not operate a model in which the names on the firm primarily serve as marketing identities while client files are routinely passed through multiple layers of attorneys and case managers. Kubota & Craig deliberately limits its caseload so that its founding attorneys remain directly involved in accepted matters.
That structure means the attorneys whose professional backgrounds and recognitions lead a person to contact Kubota & Craig are also the attorneys responsible for the legal work on the cases the firm accepts.
Kubota & Craig combines direct attorney involvement with more than five decades of combined legal experience, substantial trial experience, a practice focused on representing injured plaintiffs, and an office located in Irvine, California.
People can learn more about Kubota & Craig and its approach to personal injury representation on the firm’s website.
Frequently Asked Questions About Kubota & Craig’s 2027 Best Lawyers Recognition
Are Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig both recognized by Best Lawyers for 2027?
Yes. Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig of Kubota & Craig in Irvine, California, are both recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
What is Yoshi Kubota recognized for in 2027?
Yoshi Kubota is recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs.
What is Cynthia Craig recognized for in 2027?
Cynthia Craig is recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
Are Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig Irvine personal injury lawyers?
Yes. Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig are founding partners and personal injury trial attorneys at Kubota & Craig, PC in Irvine, California.
Does Kubota & Craig handle car accident cases in Irvine?
Yes. Kubota & Craig represents people injured in Irvine car accidents and other motor-vehicle collisions, including truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, and rideshare accidents.
Does Best Lawyers recognition mean an attorney is the best personal injury lawyer in Irvine?
No. No award can determine which attorney is the best choice for every person or every case. Best Lawyers recognition is one independently sourced professional credential consumers can consider alongside relevant experience, trial background, professional standing, case type, client communication, and direct attorney involvement.
About Kubota & Craig
Kubota & Craig, PC is an Irvine, California personal injury law firm representing injured individuals and families throughout Orange County and Southern California.
Founding partners Yoshi Kubota and Cynthia Craig represent plaintiffs in car accidents, other motor-vehicle collisions, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, and other serious injury matters.
Kubota & Craig, PC16530 Bake Pkwy Ste 100
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 218-5676
People who have been seriously injured can contact Kubota & Craig to request a free consultation.
Disclaimer: Best Lawyers recognition and prior case results do not guarantee any particular result. Every legal matter depends on its individual facts and circumstances.
