92 Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation's leading lawyers each year based on a nationwide peer-review survey.
In addition to the main list, four attorneys were named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers: Edward G. Burg (Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law) in Los Angeles; Paul A. Carr-Rollitt (Health Care Law) in Los Angeles; James S. Walsh (Administrative / Regulatory Law) in Albany; and Martin F. Murphy (Bet-the-Company Litigation) in Boston.
58 Manatt attorneys were also named to Best Lawyers' 2026 "Ones to Watch" list. See that list here.
Albany, NY
Meghan K. McNamara—Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law
James S. Walsh—Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Contracts; Government Relations Practice
Boston, MA
Doug Brown—Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
Eric Gold—Health Care Law
Joan A. Lukey—Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Individuals; Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Martin F. Murphy—Bet-the-Company Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jerome B. Tichner—Health Care Law
Chicago, IL
Keith R. Anderson—Health Care Law
Linda Moroney—Health Care Law
Megan Thibert-Ind—Health Care Law
Costa Mesa, CA
Steve Edwards—Real Estate Law
Susan K. Hori—Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Kenneth B. Julian—Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jennifer J. Lynch— Land Use and Zoning Law
Thomas D. Phelps—Banking and Finance Law
Los Angeles, CA
Keith M. Allen-Niesen—Real Estate Law
W. Joseph Anderson—Copyright Law
Gordon M. Bava—Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michael M. Berger— Appellate Practice; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate
Jesse M. Brody—Advertising Law
Jordan Bromley—Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law - Music
Kathleen L. Brown—Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Edward G. Burg—Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Paul A. Carr-Rollitt—Health Care Law
Sirena Castillo—Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Steve Chiu—Insurance Law
Eric Custer—Entertainment Law - Music
Victor De la Cruz—Land Use and Zoning Law
Peter Duchesneau—Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Robert Duran—Tax Law
Anita Famili—Real Estate Law
Gary L. Gilbert—Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law - Music
Timi Anyon Hallem—Land Use and Zoning Law; Leisure and Hospitality Law; Real Estate Law
Esra A. Hudson—Commercial Litigation
Ivan L. Kallick—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
George D. Kieffer—Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Barry S. Landsberg—Appellate Practice; Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
Richard J. Maire, Jr.—Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Laurence M. Marks—Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Joanna S. McCallum—Appellate Practice
David T. Moran—Commercial Litigation
Craig A. Moyer—Energy Law; Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law
Tom Muller—Real Estate Law
L. Lee Phillips—Entertainment Law - Music
Gregory N. Pimstone—Appellate Practice; Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
Robert H. Platt—Commercial Litigation
William T. Quicksilver—Banking and Finance Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Christine Reilly—Advertising Law
Naeun Rim—Commercial Litigation
Harvey Rochman—Litigation - Real Estate
Craig S. Rutenberg—Health Care Law
Andrew L. Satenberg—Litigation - Labor and Employment
Brad W. Seiling—Commercial Litigation
Benjamin G. Shatz—Appellate Practice
George M. Soneff—Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Utilities Law
Martin E. Steere—Real Estate Law
Benjamin E. Strauss—Litigation - Real Estate
Ronald B. Turovsky—Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Charles E. Washburn, Jr.—Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
Charles Weir—Health Care Law
Sophia K. Yen—Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Bruce Zisser—Litigation - Intellectual Property
New York, NY
Deborah Bachrach—Health Care Law
Robert D. Belfort—Health Care Law
William S. Bernstein—Health Care Law
Aydin S. Caginalp—Entertainment Law - Music
Melinda J. Dutton—Health Care Law
Jeffrey S. Edelstein—Advertising Law
Ted Hunter—Real Estate Law
Anne Karl—Health Care Law
Vejay Lalla—Advertising Law; Copyright Law
Andrew Morrison—Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Peter F. Olberg—Health Care Law
Helen R. Pfister—Health Care Law
Randi Seigel—Health Care Law
Jacqueline C. Wolff—Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Po Yi—Advertising Law; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Redwood City, CA
David W. Herbst—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law
San Diego, CA
Randy S. Grossman—Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Troy Zander—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Finance Law
San Francisco, CA
Lynn K. Cadwalader—Leisure and Hospitality Law; Real Estate Law
Veronica Cerruti—Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Jill S. Dodd—Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Nonprofit / Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Clayton B. Gantz—Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
John J. Heber—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Barry W. Lee—Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Marv Pearlstein—Real Estate Law
Sigrid Waggener—Land Use and Zoning Law
Christopher L. Wanger—Commercial Litigation
Washington, DC
John Dalton—Real Estate Law
Deborah P. Kelly—Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tina Papagiannopoulos—Health Care Law