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Rankings: California Powerhouses

  • October 10, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Munger Tolles & Olson

    Founded 55 years ago in Los Angeles, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP reflects the state where it got its start, focusing on industries and legal matters that drive the California economy, representing big-name clients in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and approaching litigation with cutting-edge creativity that reflects both those fields.

  • October 09, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Lieff Cabraser

    When large groups of plaintiffs are up against giants of industry in energy, automotive or tech, they look to Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, which since last year has helped pull in more than $15 billion for U.S. vehicle owners in the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emissions scandal.

  • October 05, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Keker Van Nest & Peters

    Longtime California trial staple Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP found success for a wide range of clients this year, winning a nationwide injunction against a presidential executive order, defending Arista Networks in a groundbreaking copyright suit and resolving a feud between two prominent San Francisco philanthropists.

  • October 04, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Irell & Manella

    Irell & Manella LLP's attorneys shone in the past year as they created a new legal argument that could change the landscape for certain copyright litigation, generated a pair of successful constitutional challenges to a farming labor law, and protected a client's newest AIDS drug treatments.

  • October 03, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped high-profile corporate, tech and sports clients secure multiple billion-dollar deals and legal victories in 2017, locking in a new arena for the Golden State Warriors and representing Uber in its ongoing fight against a putative class of 385,000 drivers.

  • October 02, 2017

    California Powerhouse: Coblentz

    When California sports teams with championship arena dreams need legal advice on how to knock it out of the park on their new park, they know to call Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, who earlier this year landed the Los Angeles Clippers as yet another major league client.

  • October 01, 2017

    California Powerhouses Innovate With Tech-Oriented Clients

    In California, as the world's most famous innovators blur the lines between sectors like media and tech and create new industries with new legal problems, nimble firms with the ability to be as creative as their clients at solving problems locally and globally rose above the rest.

  • February 17, 2017

    Debating Anti-Rebate And Inducement Laws In Washington

    Last month, the Washington state Senate introduced a bill that would amend its anti-rebate and inducement laws to allow insurers to offer free goods and services. Supporters argue that Washington is the only state in the country to force consumers to pay for technology that is free everywhere else, while opponents have expressed concern for fair competition, say Shawn Hanson and Crystal Roberts of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

  • July 26, 2016

    4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms

    All litigation powerhouses boast talented trial lawyers, but the 20 firms at the top of their game don't just rely on their litigators. Here, we talk about the four traits that led the elite of the Litigation Powerhouses to become the go-to firms for bet-the-company cases.

  • July 26, 2016

    5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops

    Five relatively small but fearsome law firms landed a spot on Law360's 2016 list of 50 Litigation Powerhouses after they laced up their gloves and brought the pain in their fights for clients, winning some of the biggest cases over the past year.

  • July 26, 2016

    Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation

    Historic, precedent-setting wins in class action litigation. Jaw-dropping jury verdicts in courts across the country. Victories in the smartphone wars. Dramatic upsets on appeal. Law360's Litigation Powerhouses leveraged their deep legal talent to score remarkable wins for their clients over the past year, landing them a spot on our inaugural ranking of the top firms for litigation.

  • June 10, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Wilson Sonsini

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, which laid down roots in Silicon Valley before the world's technology startup hub had earned its name, has built a reputation over the past five decades as the go-to firm for helping companies get off the ground and soar to new heights, whether it's taking cloud storage provider Box Inc. public or guiding Netflix Inc. on its $1.5 billion senior notes offering.

  • June 09, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Sidley Austin

    By helping Bank of America Corp. dodge a California class action over the way it processes millions of automated clearinghouse transactions, winning cases for major corporations like Metagenics Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., and deftly handling transactional matters in real estate, Sidley Austin LLP has earned a spot on Law360’s list of California Powerhouses.

  • June 08, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Sheppard Mullin

    With roots in California that stretch back to the Roaring '20s, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has not let its growing presence far beyond the Golden State's shores stop it from maintaining its place at the front of the pack in the state's ever-competitive legal market, notching numerous high-stakes litigation victories and guiding multimillion-dollar transactions for its clients. 

  • June 05, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Orrick

    Having recently celebrated its sesquicentennial, it's clear that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has deep roots in the Golden State, dating back nearly to when the original 49ers earned their name. The firm has grown from a fledgling three-man partnership to a global law firm making its mark in California's technology, energy and finance industries.

  • June 04, 2015

    California Powerhouse: O'Melveny & Myers

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's clout in the technology and entertainment spaces, including its defeat last year of a $6.7 billion class action against client Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has not only earned the firm an "overwhelming amount of new business" in 2015, according to a managing partner, it's made the 130-year-old firm an undisputed heavy hitter in the California market.

  • June 03, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster LLP once again ranks as a top firm in California, notching major legal victories and transactions in the last year that include an intellectual property win for technology giant Yahoo Inc. and significant deals by companies such as SoftBank Corp. and Saba Software Inc.

  • June 02, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Loeb & Loeb

    When waves of dreamers were making their way to California's shores, as fishermen traversed the ocean from Japan, film directors crossed the Mississippi River and oil magnates hunted for new holes to drill, Joe and Eddie Loeb were already setting up shop, pitching their legal wares to the newcomers who would become the foundation of what Los Angeles is today.

  • May 29, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP enjoyed a banner year in 2014 representing clients in multibillion-dollar mergers and IPOs, including Botox maker Allergan Inc. in a headline-grabbing $66 billion takeover by white knight Actavis PLC, and in high-profile litigation that ran the gamut from securities to antitrust and intellectual property.

  • May 28, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Jones Day

    Jones Day's deep roots in California provide the foundation of a regional power while its global reach enables expansion to new frontiers, advantages evidenced by the wide gamut of work the firm manages, spanning from historic bankruptcies to landmark litigation and global megadeals.

  • May 27, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Irell & Manella

    Irell & Manella LLP, which began as a two-man tax firm in World War II-era Los Angeles servicing the stars of television's Golden Age, has since grown into a formidable national firm that prides itself on its litigation and transactional expertise in a broad range of practice areas.

  • May 26, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Greenberg Glusker

    A modestly sized firm with only one office, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP didn't expect to provide representation in one of the most salacious storylines of 2014. But after highly publicized racist remarks made by former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Greenberg Glusker deftly handled the team's record-breaking $2 billion sale by his wife, a longtime client.

  • May 22, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Farella Braun & Martel

    Since its inception in 1962 as a California-centric three-attorney boutique, Farella Braun & Martel LLP has grown into a Bay Area institution, helping steer big-name clients from across the country in transactions and litigation revolving around the state's ever-growing technology, renewable energy, winemaking and intellectual property sectors.

  • May 21, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn

    With its deep California roots and penchant for tackling high-stakes matters, Gibson Dunn has helped shape the Golden State economy and legal landscape by notching landmark trial victories, blazing a trail in appellate work and steering multibillion-dollar transactions.

  • May 20, 2015

    California Powerhouse: Cox Castle & Nicholson

    Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP was launched in Los Angeles in the late 1960s by three young attorneys whose small firm wasn't supporting their real estate practice, and in the decades since, it has built from the ground up with developers, builders and investors in California while staying true to its foundation, becoming one of the state's preeminent real estate-focused firms.

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