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06.07.12

Manatt Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2012 Guide

Chambers USA announced today that it has named 19 Manatt lawyers and 10 of the firm’s practices in its 2012 list of the country’s best lawyers and law firms.Each year, Chambers USA identifies and ranks leading lawyers for business in the United States based on in-depth, objective ...


06.01.12

National Law Journal Ranks Manatt a Top-20 Firm for Women Lawyers

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, has been recognized as one of the top 20 firms in the National Law Journal’s 2012 Female Scorecard, which assigns NLJ 250 law firms a “Women In Law” score and ranking based on female lawyer counts. Manatt, which is currently ranked No. 132 by ...


05.31.12

American Lawyer Ranks Manatt in Top Ten Percent of U.S. Law Firms for Diversity

Manatt appears near the top of The American Lawyer’s 2012 Diversity Scorecard, ranking 23rd out of 233 surveyed U.S. law firms.  The firm’s percentage of minority lawyers for 2011 was 20.6 percent, far outpacing the national average of 13.6 percent.“A commitment to diversity ...


05.30.12

The Legal 500 Recognizes Manatt Practices Among Top in Nation

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, has garnered six national practice area rankings in the newly released 2012 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Two Manatt partners, Robert D. Belfort and Linda A. Goldstein, were also recognized as “Leading Lawyers” in their areas. To compile the ...


03.23.12

Manatt’s Advertising Practice a Finalist for 2012 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence

The national Advertising, Marketing & Media practice of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, has been named a finalist for the Chambers USA 2012 Awards for Excellence. The awards honor outstanding law firms and lawyers across the United States, reflecting "both preeminence in key practice ...


11.30.11

AMEC Honors Manatt as Media & Entertainment Law Firm of the Year

Manatt has been named the recipient of the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel’s (AMEC’s) 2011 Law Firm of the Year Award. AMEC, the leading trade association serving general counsel and business affairs attorneys at major media and entertainment companies, will honor ...


11.01.11

Manatt Practices Ranked Among Top in Nation by U.S. News

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers have released the 2011 - 2012 “Best Law Firms” rankings, marking the second edition of this highly anticipated annual analysis, with Manatt scoring four Tier 1 national rankings and 24 metropolitan designations.The rankings are presented in tiers ...


10.17.11

Learning Rights Law Center Honors Manatt for Pro Bono Victory

Manatt received the Breaking Education Barriers Award from the Learning Rights Law Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education equity. CBS-Los Angeles reporter Randy Paige presented Manatt with the award at the Center’s Cause for Celebration event, held October 15 in Marina del ...


10.10.11

LABJ Recognizes Manatt Partners as Top M&A Attorneys

Manatt partners Gordon M. Bava and David M. Grinberg have been recognized as two of the city’s Top 40 M&A Lawyers in the October 10 Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in L.A. Law” report. For 2011, the annual report focused exclusively on ...


10.07.11

Best Lawyers Recognizes Manatt Partners as “Lawyers of the Year”

The Best Lawyers in America recognized Manatt partners Thomas D. Phelps, Michael M. Berger, Daniel B. Higgins, and L. Peter Parcher for inclusion in its “Lawyers of the Year” list. The organization designated only one attorney from their previously announced Best Lawyers list in each ...