Eighty-six Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers each year based on a nationwide peer-review survey.

Five attorneys were also named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers: Christine Reilly (Advertising Law), Donald Meaders (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law) and George Soneff (Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law) in Los Angeles; Robert Belfort (Health Care Law) in New York; and Steve Edwards (Real Estate Law) in Orange County.

Albany, NY

James Walsh
Government Relations Practice

Boston, MA

Scott Lashway
Commercial Litigation
Privacy and Data Security Law

Chicago, IL

Keith Anderson
Health Care Law

Linda Moroney
Health Care Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law

Megan Thibert-Ind
Health Care Law

Costa Mesa, CA

Steve Edwards
Real Estate Law

Susan Hori
Land Use and Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Kenneth Julian
Corporate Compliance Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Ellen Marshall
Banking and Finance Law
International Mergers and Acquisitions

Thomas Phelps
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law

Los Angeles, CA

Keith Allen-Niesen
Real Estate Law

Gordon Bava
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Michael Berger
Appellate Practice
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Real Estate

Katherine Blair
Securities / Capital Markets Law

Jordan Bromley
Entertainment Law - Music

Kathleen Brown
Administrative / Regulatory Law

Edward Burg
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Real Estate Law

Paul Carr-Rollitt
Health Care Law

Sirena Castillo
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Steve Chiu
Insurance Law

Victor De la Cruz
Land Use and Zoning Law

Craig de Recat
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Environmental

Peter Duchesneau
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Robert Duran
Tax Law

Anita Famili
Real Estate Law

John Fogarty
Commercial Litigation

Gary Gilbert
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Entertainment Law - Music

Timi Anyon Hallem
Land Use and Zoning Law
Leisure and Hospitality Law
Real Estate Law

Esra Hudson
Commercial Litigation

Robert Jacobs
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Ivan Kallick
Litigation - Bankruptcy

George Kieffer
Administrative / Regulatory Law

Sandra King
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Barry Landsberg
Appellate Practice
Health Care Law
Litigation - Health Care

Frank LaPallo
Health Care Law

John LeBlanc
Health Care Law
Litigation - Health Care

John Libby
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Laurence Marks
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Joanna McCallum
Appellate Practice

Donald Meaders
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tax Law

David Moran
Commercial Litigation

Craig Moyer
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Natural Resources Law

Thomas Muller
Real Estate Law

Lee Phillips
Entertainment Law - Music

Gregory Pimstone
Health Care Law
Litigation - Health Care

Robert Platt
Commercial Litigation

William Quicksilver
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law

Christine Reilly
Advertising Law

James Schwartz
Health Care Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law

Brad Seiling
Commercial Litigation

Benjamin Shatz
Appellate Practice

George Soneff
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Utilities Law

Ronald Turovsky
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation

Charles Washburn
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law

Charles Weir
Health Care Law

Sophia Yen
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

New York, NY

Deborah Bachrach
Health Care Law

Robert Belfort
Health Care Law

Eric Bergner
Technology Law

Bill Bernstein
Health Care Law

Aydin Caginalp
Entertainment Law - Music

Melinda Dutton
Health Care Law

Jeffrey Edelstein
Advertising Law

Ted Hunter
Real Estate Law

Anne Karl
Health Care Law

Andrew Morrison
Commercial Litigation

Peter Olberg
Corporate Law
Health Care Law

Helen Pfister
Health Care Law

Randi Seigel
Health Care Law

Monika Tashman
Entertainment Law - Music

Jacqueline Wolff
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Po Yi
Advertising Law
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Palo Alto, CA

David Herbst
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tax Law

Michael Polentz
Land Use and Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

San Francisco, CA

Jill Dodd
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates

Clayton Gantz
Real Estate Law

Barry Lee
Commercial Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Alvin Levitt
Tax Law

Craig Miller
Banking and Finance Law

Marv Pearlstein
Real Estate Law

Sigrid Waggener
Land Use and Zoning Law

Christopher Wanger
Commercial Litigation

Washington, DC

Robert Fabrikant
Health Care Law

Deborah Kelly
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Cindy Mann
Health Care Law

John Ray
Corporate Law

Fourteen Manatt attorneys were also named to the Best Lawyers in America’s 2023 “Ones to Watch” list. See that list here.