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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is continually recognized as a leading law firm. Recent honors include:
- MS&K is one of just 20 law firms from across the U.S. to be named to the National Law Journal’s 2011 Midsize Hot List.
- In its Best Law Firms 2011-2012, U.S. News ~ Best Lawyers ranked MS&K nationally in Tier 1 for Entertainment, Motion Pictures & Television and Music, in Tier 2 for Copyright Law and Employment Law (management), and in Tier 3 for Labor Law (management), Intellectual Property Litigation and Trusts & Estates Law. MS&K was also ranked in Tier 1 (Los Angeles) for Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment Law and Labor Law (both management), Entertainment Law (motion pictures & television and music), Immigration, Labor & Employment Litigation, Nonprofit/Charities Law, and Trusts & Estates Law; in Tier 2 (Los Angeles) for Corporate Law, Trusts & Estates Litigation, and Tax Law; and Tier 2 (Washington, D.C.) for Copyright Law and Intellectual Property Litigation.
- Seven MS&K Partners were recognized among the top attorneys in the U.S. in their respective areas of practice in Chambers USA 2011: Charitable Sector, Class Action Defense, Entertainment & New Media, Entertainment Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Tax and Trusts & Estates. In addition, two of the firm’s practice groups, Labor & Employment and Entertainment & New Media Litigation, were recognized as among the best in the nation.
- MS&K was named a “Go-To Law Firm for the Nation’s Top 500 Companies” for Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment by General Counsels at Fortune 500 companies surveyed by American Lawyer Media in 2011.
- MS&K was recognized among the “Leading Tax Law Firms, Domestic Tax: West Coast,” by the 2012 Tax Directors Handbook, noting expertise in tax planning, dispute resolution and employee benefits.
- Legal 500 recognized MS&K’s Intellectual Property & Technology and Tax Practice Groups, and a number of the firm’s Partners, in its 2011 guide to the Best Law Firms and Lawyers in the United States. Intellectual Property Litigator Russell Frackman was selected as one of only six “Leading Lawyers” nationwide.
- 16 MS&K attorneys, from 12 different practice areas, were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012, which also recognized MS&K Labor & Employment Co-Chair William Cole as the 2012 Los Angeles Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year.
- 24 MS&K attorneys, from ten different practice areas, were selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers 2011, which recognizes the top 5% of lawyers. Nine MS&K attorneys were selected as 2011 Southern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers. Five MS&K attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 New York Super Lawyers.
- MS&K is proud to be recognized among the Top Game Law Firms providing legal services in the areas of video games, new media and interactive entertainment by Interactive Age, a global business journal of interactive entertainment (2011).
- Karin Pagnanelli, Co-Chair of MS&K’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, was named as one of the 2011 “Top 100 Women Lawyers” and “Top 75 Women Litigators” in California by the Daily Journal, for her aggressive and successful representation of leaders in the video game, software, internet and new media areas.
- MS&K Partner Russell Frackman was named to the Daily Journal’s 2011 list of “75 Leading Intellectual Property Litigators” in California, for his industry-changing victories on behalf of recording companies and enforcement of copyrights on the internet.
- The Daily Journal also named MS&K Labor & Employment Practice Co-Chair William Cole, and Partners Samantha Grant and Adam Levin, to its 2011 “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” list, which honors 75 leading labor & employment litigators and regulatory specialists in California.
- The Hollywood Reporter named MS&K Partners Russell Frackman and Adam Levin among the “litigation specialists” on its 2011 Power Lawyers: Top 100 Outside Counsel list.
- William Cole, Co-Chair of MS&K’s Labor & Employment Practice, and Labor & Employment Partner Adam Levin were named to Human Resource Executive’s 2011 list of the “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Lawyers.”
- Susan Kohn Ross, Co-Chair of MS&K ‘s International Trade Practice was named among the “International Who’s Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers” by Who’s Who Legal in 2011.
- MS&K Trusts & Estates attorney Nahla Rajan was selected by the National Law Journal for its 2011 list of “The Minority 40 Under 40.” Ms. Rajan was recognized by the NLJ for her experience in trusts and estates dispute resolution and other litigation, as well as her active involvement in increasing diversity at MS&K and in the legal profession.
- The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Ofer Lion as one of "Five Associates to Watch in 2012," recognizing his achievements as a tax attorney specializing in the nonprofit sector.
- MS&K Entertainment & New Media attorney, Harold Friedman, was selected by the Los Angeles Business Journal for its 2011 list of “8 over 80,” and was the only attorney named to the list.
- Ranked among the top law firms nationally for Trademark Litigation and Copyright expertise (nationally and regionally/West) by Euromoney's Managing IP Magazine 2010 World IP Survey.
- "The Outstanding Media and Entertainment Law Firm of the Year" by The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (2009)
- "Top Trademark Law Firm," by Intellectual Property Today.
- A "Go-To Law Firm for the Nation's Leading Technology Companies" by In-House Law Departments at the Leading Technology Companies.
- A "Go-To Law Firm for Leading Financial Service Companies" by American Lawyer Media
- Among "The World's Premier Tax Law Firms" by Legalease UK
- "50 Biggest Law Firms in California" by California Lawyer
MS&K attorneys have also been honored and recognized in the following:
- "The Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade" by the National Law Journal
- "California's Ten Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade" by the Daily Journal
- “Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal
- “Top 10 California Entertainment IP Litigators” by the Daily Journal
- The “Top 50 Attorneys Under 45” by Intellectual Property Law & Business
- "Top 50 Women Lawyers in Southern California" by Law & Politics
- “Top 100 Attorneys” by Worth Magazine
- “California Lawyer Attorney of the Year” by California Lawyer
- “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” by Beverly Hills Bar Association
- “The Best Lawyers in America” by Los Angeles Magazine
- “Top Labor & Employment Attorneys” by Los Angeles Business Journal
- “500 Leading Lawyers in America” by Lawdragon
- “Who’s Who Legal: California” by Law Business Research, Ltd.
