Thirty-nine of Manatt’s professionals were named to this year’s Super Lawyers list in the organization’s Northern California and Southern California publications. Of those, 27 were recognized on the 2020 Super Lawyers lists, while 12 individuals were named on the 2020 Rising Stars lists.
Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of attorneys from more than 70 practice areas and determines its rankings through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Only the top 5 percent of outstanding lawyers are rated by Super Lawyers, while no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers under 40 years old or who have practiced for fewer than 10 years are selected as Rising Stars.
Manatt’s 2020 recognitions include:
Northern California
Super Lawyers
- Jill Dodd, estate planning and personal representation partner and leader
- Barry Lee, financial services litigation and enforcement partner
- Richard McDerby, venture capital / emerging companies partner
Rising Stars
Southern California
Super Lawyers
- Keith Allen-Niesen, Manatt Real Estate partner
- Michael Berger, Appellate senior counsel
- Lindsay Conner, Manatt Entertainment partner and Leader
- Michelle Cooke, intellectual property protection and enforcement partner and leader
- Craig de Recat, litigation partner
- Peter Duchesneau, environmental litigation partner
- John Gatti, Manatt Entertainment litigation partner
- Gary Gilbert, Manatt Entertainment senior partner
- Timi Hallem, Manatt Real Estate partner
- Susan Hori, land use partner
- Ivan Kallick, bankruptcy partner
- Barry Landsberg, healthcare litigation partner
- John Libby, investigations and white collar defense partner and leader
- Craig Moyer, Manatt Energy and Environmental partner and leader
- Tom Muller, Manatt Real Estate senior counsel
- Scott Pearson, Manatt Financial Services partner
- Gregory Pimstone, healthcare litigation partner and leader
- Lee Phillips, Manatt Entertainment senior partner
- Robert Platt, litigation partner
- Craig Rutenberg, litigation partner
- Brad Seiling, litigation partner
- Benjamin Shatz, appellate partner
- Martin Steere, Manatt Real Estate partner
- Sophia Yen, Manatt Entertainment partner
Rising Stars
- W. Joseph Anderson, Manatt Entertainment senior attorney
- Maura Gierl, litigation associate
- Alexandra Krasovec, TCPA compliance and class action defense associate
- Dieu Nguyen, corporate and finance associate
- Brandon Reilly, privacy and data security partner
- Alison Weinberg-Fahey, Manatt Real Estate associate
- Grace Winters, Manatt Real Estate partner
- Jessica Wood, intellectual property protection and enforcement associate
- Brandon Young, government and regulatory partner