Manatt has once again been ranked among the nation’s leading law firms in Chambers’ 2025 USA Guide. The Firm and its professionals were profiled in 22 categories, with two practices and three individuals being newly ranked for the first time. Additionally, eight professionals received Band promotions, three of which were to Band 1, while the Firm received two Band promotions for its practices and maintained its Band 1 recognition for Healthcare in New York.
In total, 41 Manatt professionals received rankings in their respective fields. Bill Bernstein and Robert Belfort maintained their Band 1 Healthcare rankings in New York, while Greg Pimstone maintained his Band 1 ranking for Healthcare in California. Barry Landsberg was promoted to a Band 1 Healthcare ranking in California, and Lynn Cadwalader was promoted to a National Band 1 ranking in Leisure & Hospitality, while Susan Hori was promoted to a Band 1 ranking in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in California. Joan Lukey and Marty Murphy once again received Band 1 rankings in Massachusetts in the categories of Litigation: General Commercial and Litigation: White Collar Crime and Investigations, respectively.
Additionally, Anne Karl was ranked for the first time in Healthcare in New York; Andrew Satenberg was ranked for the first time in Labor & Employment in California; and Joan Lukey was ranked for the first time in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations category in Massachusetts. The Firm received first-time rankings for its Cannabis Law and its Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations) practices.
Manatt’s 2025 rankings are:
National:
- Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (Promoted to Band 3)
- Cannabis Law (New Ranking: Band 4)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations) (New Ranking: Band 4)
- Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) (Band 4)
- FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (Band 4)
- FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending (Band 3)
- Healthcare: The Elite (Band 3)
- Leisure & Hospitality (Band 4)
- Privacy and Data Security: Healthcare (Band 2)
California:
- Healthcare (Band 2)
- Labor & Employment: The Elite (Band 4)
- Litigation: Appellate (Band 2)
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Band 3)
- Media & Entertainment: Transactional (Band 3)
- Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (Band 2)
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Band 2)
California – Northern:
- Real Estate (Band 3)
California – Southern:
- Real Estate (Band 4)
District of Columbia:
- Healthcare (Band 5)
Illinois
- Healthcare (Band 4)
Massachusetts:
- Litigation: General Commercial (Promoted to Band 3)
New York:
- Healthcare (Band 1)
Individuals Ranked in Chambers’ 2025 USA Guide:
- Keith Anderson – Healthcare (Illinois) (Band 4)
- Nathaniel Bach – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (California) (Up and Coming)
- Deborah Bachrach – Healthcare (New York) (Band 5)
- Sharon Bauman – Labor & Employment (California) (Band 5)
- Robert Belfort – Healthcare (New York) (Band 1)
- Bill Bernstein – Healthcare (New York) (Band 1)
- Jesse Brody – Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (National) (Band 3)
- Jordan Bromley – Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (California) (Band 2)
- Lynn Cadwalader – Leisure & Hospitality (National) (Promoted to Band 1)
- Blair Cantfil – Healthcare (District of Columbia) (Band 4)
- Paul Carr-Rollitt – Healthcare (California) (Band 4)
- Victor De la Cruz – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (California) (Band 3)
- Jeffrey Edelstein – Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (National) (Band 4)
- Anita Famili – Cannabis Law (National) (Band 3); Real Estate (California: Southern) (Band 5)
- Clay Gantz – Real Estate (California: Northern) (Band 4)
- Gary Gilbert – Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (California) (Band 2)
- Susan Hori – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (California) (Promoted to Band 1)
- Esra Hudson – Labor and Employment (California) (Band 5)
- Anne Karl – Healthcare (New York) (New Ranking: Band 5)
- Deborah Kelly – Labor and Employment (District of Columbia) (Band 2)
- Barry Landsberg – Healthcare (California) (Promoted to Band 1)
- Joan Lukey – Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts) (Band 1); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts) (New Ranking: Band 4)
- Joanna McCallum – Litigation: Appellate (California) (Band 4)
- Robert Jacobs – Media and Entertainment: Litigation (California) (Band 3)
- Sarah Moses – Media and Entertainment: Litigation (California) (Up and Coming)
- Marty Murphy – Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts) (Promoted to Band 2); Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Massachusetts) (Band 1)
- Peter Olberg – Healthcare (New York) (Band 4)
- Scott Pearson – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (National) (Band 4); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations) (National) (Band 3)
- Helen Pfister – Healthcare (New York) (Promoted to Band 2)
- Lee Phillips – Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (California) (Band 3)
- Gregory Pimstone – Healthcare (California) (Band 1)
- Brandon Reilly – Privacy and Data Security: Healthcare (National) (Up and Coming)
- Naeun Rim – Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (California) (Promoted to Band 4)
- Lisa Rosaya – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (New York) (Band 2)
- Andrew Satenberg – Labor & Employment (California) (New Ranking: Band 6)
- Randi Seigel – Healthcare (New York) (Promoted to Band 4)
- Benjamin Shatz – Litigation: Appellate (California) (Band 2)
- Megan Thibert-Ind – Healthcare (Illinois) (Band 4)
- Jacqueline Wolff – Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York) (Band 5)
- Sophia Yen – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (California) (Band 2)
- Po Yi – Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (National) (Promoted to Band 3)
See the full list of Manatt’s rankings here.