Manatt Receives Top Rankings by Best Lawyers in 2027 Best Law Firms Guide

Manatt’s national and local practices again earned top rankings in this year’s Best Law Firms Guide from Best Lawyers.  

Best Lawyers ranks each law firm through a rigorous evaluation that combines qualitative and quantitative data. The process draws on client and professional reference evaluations, peer review by leading attorneys, interviews with industry leaders and additional firmographic information submitted by the firms. 

The Firm’s ranked practices are:  

National Tier 1

  • Advertising Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law

National Tier 2

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

National Tier 3

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Trusts and Estates

Regional Tier 1

Albany

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law

Boston

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Chicago

  • Health Care Law

Los Angeles

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Advertising Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Energy Law
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Environmental Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law

New York City

  • Advertising Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Health Care Law

Orange County

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

San Diego

  • Commercial Litigation

San Francisco

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.

  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Regional Tier 2

Boston

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Los Angeles

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

New York City

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Real Estate Law

Orange County

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

San Diego

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

San Francisco

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Leisure and Hospitality Law

Washington, D.C.

  • Real Estate Law

Regional Tier 3

Boston

  • Appellate Practice

Los Angeles

  • Leisure and Hospitality Law

San Diego

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation

San Francisco

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.

  • Employment Law - Management