Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

United States 2025

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Metro Rankings

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Individuals recognized in Best Lawyers

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Year founded: 1965

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Overview

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Manatt is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm known for quality and an extraordinary commitment to clients. We are keenly focused on specific industry sectors, providing legal and consulting capabilities at the very highest levels to achieve our clients’ business objectives.

Our groundbreaking approach—bringing together legal services, advocacy and business strategy—differentiates us from our competitors and positions us to provide a unique and compelling value proposition. We strive to be essential to our clients.

From our roots in banking, entertainment and government, our clients are from industries as diverse as healthcare, financial services, media, technology, retail and consumer products, real estate, and energy. Our practice mix and deep understanding of the industries that drive the U.S. and global economies benefit clients as we resolve complex and potentially enterprise-threatening disputes, help finance their operations and expand their businesses, and navigate the maze of law and regulation governing virtually all commercial activity.

Our strong presence in America’s most important business markets enables us to address and exceed client expectations. Our largest offices are strategically located in Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Orange County, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Boston and San Diego. Our offices in Sacramento and Albany—the capitals of California and New York—provide connections to government decision makers and to solutions that are unavailable from our competitors.

Beyond this energizing work, we are deeply committed to diversity, to public service, to involvement in the communities we serve and to excellence in all we do.

Rankings

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is nationally ranked in 23 practice areas and metro ranked in 44 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 1

Tier 1 for Advertising Law

Tier 1 for Appellate Practice

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Metro Rankings

Albany

Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice

Boston

Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

About Our Clients

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Aetna
AT&T
Blue Shield of California
DIRECTV
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Macerich
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Siemens
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.
Toyota Motor Sales (USA)

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 1

Tier 1 for Advertising Law

Tier 1 for Appellate Practice

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Tier 1 for Financial Services Regulation Law

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 1 for Land Use and Zoning Law

Tier 1 for Litigation - Real Estate

Tier 1 for Tax Law

Tier 2

Tier 2 for Banking and Finance Law

Tier 2 for Corporate Law

Tier 2 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Tier 2 for Energy Law

Tier 2 for Entertainment Law - Music

Tier 2 for Environmental Law

Tier 2 for Litigation - Environmental

Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 2 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Tier 2 for Natural Resources Law

Tier 2 for Real Estate Law

Tier 2 for Securities / Capital Markets Law

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Regional Rankings

Albany

Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice

Boston

Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 2 for Appellate Practice

Tier 2 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 2 for Employment Law - Individuals

Tier 3 for Criminal Defense: General Practice

Tier 3 for Litigation - First Amendment

Tier 3 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Chicago

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 2 for Nonprofit / Charities Law

Los Angeles

Tier 1 for Administrative / Regulatory Law

Tier 1 for Advertising Law

Tier 1 for Appellate Practice

Tier 1 for Banking and Finance Law

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Tier 1 for Energy Law

Tier 1 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Tier 1 for Entertainment Law - Music

Tier 1 for Environmental Law

Tier 1 for Financial Services Regulation Law

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 1 for Litigation - Environmental

Tier 1 for Litigation - Health Care

Tier 1 for Litigation - Land Use and Zoning

Tier 1 for Litigation - Real Estate

Tier 1 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Tier 1 for Natural Resources Law

Tier 1 for Real Estate Law

Tier 1 for Securities / Capital Markets Law

Tier 1 for Tax Law

Tier 2 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Tier 2 for Corporate Law

Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 2 for Land Use and Zoning Law

Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property

Tier 2 for Utilities Law

Tier 3 for Insurance Law

Tier 3 for Leisure and Hospitality Law

Tier 3 for Litigation - Bankruptcy

New York City

Tier 1 for Advertising Law

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 2 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 2 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Tier 3 for Real Estate Law

Orange County

Tier 1 for Banking and Finance Law

Tier 1 for Corporate Compliance Law

Tier 1 for Real Estate Law

Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 2 for Land Use and Zoning Law

San Francisco

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Tier 1 for Land Use and Zoning Law

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Tier 1 for Nonprofit / Charities Law

Tier 1 for Real Estate Law

Tier 1 for Tax Law

Tier 2 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Tier 2 for Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.

Advertising Law
Antitrust Law
Appellate Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Consumer Protection Law
Copyright Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Energy Law
Energy Regulatory Law
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Entertainment Law - Music
Environmental Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Government Contracts
Government Relations Practice
Health Care Law
Insurance Law
International Trade and Finance Law
Labor Law - Management
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patent Law
Privacy and Data Security Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tax Law
Trademark Law
Trusts and Estates
Venture Capital Law

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP has 87 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.

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Client Comments

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