Celebrating Excellence: Greg Bentley Inducted into the OCTLA Hall of Fame
Celebrating Excellence: Greg Bentley Inducted into the OCTLA Hall of Fame
As anticipation builds for this year’s Annual Top Gun Awards Dinner, excitement is brewing around one particularly distinguished honoree — Greg Bentley, founding partner of Bentley & More LLP, who will be inducted into the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA) Hall of Fame.
A Storied Career of Honors and Impact
Greg Bentley’s career is marked by consistent excellence, earning him recognition across numerous prestigious legal organizations.
- 2012: Named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of the Inland Empire.
- 2013: Honored as Local Government Trial Lawyer of the Year by OCTLA, and also won the Jennifer Brooks Trial Lawyer of the Year award through the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association.
- 2014: Awarded Consumer Attorney of the Year by Consumer Attorneys of California.
- 2016: Garnered the highly coveted OCTLA Top Gun Trial Lawyer of the Year for Products Liability, for securing a landmark $1.9 million jury verdict in the Ries v. VapCigs case—an unprecedented verdict against an e-cigarette distributor/wholesaler in the United States Plaintiff Magazine Advocate Magazineverdictvideos.com.
Beyond awards, Greg Bentley has been included in leading legal forums and publications:
- Super Lawyer, Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California, and Top 100 Plaintiff Lawyers (various years up to at least 2016) Plaintiff Magazinecal-abota.org.
- Recognized as a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) — where he held leadership positions including President of the Riverside/San Bernardino chapter Plaintiff Magazinecal-abota.org.
- Daily Journal’s “Top Plaintiff Lawyers in Southern California” (2022), and selected among 2026’s Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year, and 2025 Super Lawyers, ranking in the Top 50 in Orange County and Top 100 in Southern California Bentley & More LLP.
The Hall of Fame Honor
This year, Greg Bentley receives one of OCTLA’s highest honors — induction into the Hall of Fame, a recognition reserved for those whose careers reflect sustained excellence, leadership, and profound contributions to consumer advocacy and civil justice. His body of work, ‘first-of-its-kind’ litigation outcomes, and decades-long dedication to trial advocacy eminently qualify him for this distinction Instagramcal-abota.org.
Looking Ahead: The Top Gun Awards Dinner
The Annual Top Gun Awards Dinner—a highlight of the OCTLA calendar—is not only where the Hall of Fame inductees are celebrated, but where the legal community honors those whose trial work has left a lasting legacy. Greg Bentley’s induction places him among an elite group whose legal prowess has shaped state and national jurisprudence.
Share Your Congratulations!
We encourage readers, colleagues, and clients to join us in congratulating Greg Bentley on this stellar achievement. His steadfast pursuit of justice continues to inspire practitioners across the legal spectrum.