Seventy-seven Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers each year based on a nationwide peer-review survey.
Three attorneys also received the guide’s “Lawyer of the Year” recognition, including Michael Berger in Los Angeles; Barry Lee in San Francisco; and James Lytle in Albany.
The complete 2022 list includes the following Manatt attorneys in the below categories:
Albany
James Lytle
Government Relations Practice
Health Care Law
Boston
Scott Lashway
Privacy and Data Security Law
Chicago
Keith Anderson
Health Care Law
Linda Moroney
Health Care Law
Los Angeles
Keith Allen-Niesen
Real Estate Law
Gordon Bava
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michael Berger
Appellate Practice
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Real Estate
Jeff Biederman
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Entertainment Law - Music
Jordan Bromley
Entertainment Law – Music
Kathleen Brown
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Edward Burg
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Real Estate Law
Paul Carr-Rollitt
Health Care Law
Sirena Castillo
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Lindsay Conner
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Victor De la Cruz
Land Use and Zoning Law
Craig de Recat
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Environmental
Peter Duchesneau
Litigation – Environmental
John Fogarty
Commercial Litigation
John Gatti
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Gary Gilbert
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Entertainment Law - Music
Timi Anyon Hallem
Leisure and Hospitality Law
Real Estate Law
Esra Hudson
Commercial Litigation
Robert Jacobs
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Ivan Kallick
Litigation - Bankruptcy
George Kieffer
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Barry Landsberg
Health Care Law
Litigation - Health Care
Frank LaPallo
Health Care Law
John LeBlanc
Health Care Law
Litigation - Health Care
John Libby
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Laurence Marks
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Donald Meaders
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tax Law
David Moran
Commercial Litigation
Craig Moyer
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Tom Muller
Real Estate Law
Lee Phillips
Entertainment Law - Music
Gregory Pimstone
Health Care Law
Robert Platt
Commercial Litigation
Bill Quicksilver
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Christine Reilly
Advertising Law
Anita Famili
Real Estate Law
James Schwartz
Health Care Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Brad Seiling
Commercial Litigation
Benjamin Shatz
Appellate Practice
George Soneff
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Ronald Turovsky
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Commercial Litigation
Charles Washburn
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Charles Weir
Health Care Law
Sophia Yen
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
New York
Deborah Bachrach
Health Care Law
Robert Belfort
Health Care Law
Bill Bernstein
Health Care Law
Aydin Caginalp
Entertainment Law - Music
Melinda Dutton
Health Care Law
Jeffrey Edelstein
Advertising Law
Peter Olberg
Corporate Law
Health Care Law
Helen Pfister
Health Care Law
Randi Seigel
Health Care Law
Monika Tashman
Entertainment Law - Music
Jacqueline Wolff
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Po Yi
Advertising Law
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Orange County
Steve Edwards
Real Estate Law
Susan Hori
Land Use and Zoning Law
Real Estate Law
Kenneth Julian
Corporate Compliance Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Ellen Marshall
Banking and Finance Law
International Mergers and Acquisitions
Thomas Phelps
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Silicon Valley
David Herbst
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael Polentz
Real Estate Law
San Francisco
Jill Dodd
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
Clayton Gantz
Real Estate Law
Barry Lee
Commercial Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Alvin Levitt
Tax Law
Jeff Nguyen
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Marv Pearlstein
Real Estate Law
Washington, D.C.
Robert Fabrikant
Health Care Law
Deborah Kelly
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Cindy Mann
Health Care Law
John Ray
Corporate Law
In addition to the above acknowledgements, 14 Manatt attorneys were recognized on Best Lawyer’s second annual “Ones to Watch” list. Learn more about these honorees here.