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Top 50 law firms in Los Angeles County.


Top 50 Law Firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County

Ranked by number of attorneys in Los Angeles County Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Name/Address O,Melveny & Myers 400 S. Hope St. Los Angeles 90071-2899 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 333 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90071 Latham & Watkins 555 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90071 Finley, Krumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey 9100 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities.  90212 Irell & Manella 1800 Avenue of the Stars #900 Los Angeles 90067 Paul, Hasting Hasting (hā`stĭng), fl. last half of 9th cent., leader of the Vikings, called Hasting the Pirate. He ravaged the coasts of France, Spain, and Italy, went into Morocco, plundered in the south of France, and took a fleet to England late in Alfred's reign. , Janofsky & Walker 555 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90071 Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonestead 201 Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries.  90406 Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel, Silbert 2049 Century Park E. Los Angeles 90067 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton 333 S. Hope St. Los Angeles 90071 Mitchell Mitchell, city (1990 pop. 13,798), seat of Davison co., SE S.Dak.; inc. 1881. Mitchell is a trade, distribution, and shipping center for a dairy and livestock area. , Silberg, Knupp 1377 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles 90064 Buchalter, Nemer, Fields, Chrystie, & Younger 700 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90017 Lilick McHose & Charles 725 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles 90017 Loeb & Loeb 1000 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90017 Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists.

Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking.
, Lewis & Bockius 801 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90017 Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips 11355 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles 90064 McKenna, Conner & Cuneo 3435 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90010 Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue 355 S. Grand Ave. #3000 Los Angeles 90071 Lewis, D' Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard 261 S. Figueroa St. #300 Los Angeles 90012 Adams, Dunque & Hazeltine 523 W. Sixth St. Los Angeles 90014 Sidley & Austin 2049 Century Park E. Los Angeles 90067 McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea 600 Wilshire Blvd. LOs Angeles 90017 Musick, Peeler, & Garrett One Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90017 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 300 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90071 Munger, Tolles & Olson 355 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90071 Tuttle & Taylor 355 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 9007-3101 Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger 1900 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles 90067 Shea & Gould 1800 Avenue of the Stars #500 Los Angeles 90067 Brobeck, Pheger & Harrison 441 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90017 Cox, Castle, & Nicholson 2049 Century Park E. Los Angeles 90067 Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodward, Quinn, & Rossi 707 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90017 Ball, Hunt, Brown & Baerwitz 4525 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90010 Graham & James 725 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles 90017 Shield & Smith 1055 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90017 Burke The name Burke (from Irish Gaelic de Burca, of Norman origin). In English the meaning of the name Burke is "fortified hill." See also Berkley. Places
Australia
  • Shire of Burke, Queensland, a Local Government Area
, Williams & Sorensen 624 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90017 Kindel & Anderson Anderson, river, Canada
Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic
 555 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90071 Morrison & Foerster 333 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90071 Macdonald, Halsted Hal·sted , William Stewart 1852-1922.

American surgeon who developed the use of cocaine in anesthesiology and proposed the use of rubber gloves during surgery.
, Laybourne 725 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles 90017 Parkinson Par·kin·son , James 1755-1824.

British physician who gave (1817) a comprehensive description of paralysis agitans, or Parkinson's disease, and was the first to recognize (1812) perforation of the appendix as a cause of death in appendicitis.
, Wolf, Lazar & Leo Leo, in astronomy
Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
 1900 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles 90067 Jeffer, Mangels mangels

Beta vulgaris; called also mangel-wurzel.
 & Butler 1900 Avenue of the Stars Los Angneles 90067 Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian 333 S. Hope St. Los Angeles 90071 Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley 700 S. Flower St. Los Angeles 90017 Richards Rich·ards , Dickinson Woodruff 1895-1973.

American physician. He shared a 1956 Nobel Prize for developing cardiac catheterization.
, Watson & Gershon 333 S. Hope St. Los Angeles 90071 Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett 515 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles 90071 Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman 9601 Wishire Blvd. Beverly Hills 90210 Alschuler, Grossman & Pines 1880 Century Park E. Los Angeles 90067 Knapp, Petersen & Clarke 70 Universal City Plaza City Plaza is a shopping mall in historic downtown St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.

This shopping plaza features heritage architecture and a European small shop ambience. It is home to BITNETS, the award winning technology business, other upscale offices and boutique-style shops.
 #400 Universal City 91608 Ervin, Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
 & Jessup 9401 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills 90212 Lyon Lyon
 English Lyons

City (pop., 1999: city, 445,452; metro. area, 1,348,932), east-central France. Located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, it was founded as the Roman military colony Lugdunum in 43 BC (see
 & Lyon 611 W. Sixth st. Los Angeles 90017 Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz 9465 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills 90212 Kirtland & Packard 626 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90017 Year estab. 1885 1890 1934 1968 1939 1951 1937 1951 1927 1908 1947 1930 1908 1873 1965 1956 1893 1979 1946 1866 1929 1954 1948 1962 1969 1949 1985(1) 1880 1968 1967 1947 1932 1940E 1928 1953 1833 1969 1947 1981 1910 1961 1953 1947 1957 1951 1981E 1952 1911 1975 1932

Attorneys Partners/Total

85/265

105/260

60/169

55/160

54/140

47/134

39/130

45/125

46/121

50/119

38/114

35/114

41/111

33/104

47/103

43/102

25/90

27/85

27/82

30/80

39/80

34/80

13/79

42/68

36/67

34/62

24/62

19/62

25/62

31/61

33/60

28/60

17/58

20/55

33/54

18/53

25/52

7/51

20/50

28/50

33/50

26/49

21/47

28/46

18/46

NA/46

25/45

18/44

21/43

13/42

Employees Paralegals/Total 80/845 80/475 29/452 26/389 26/402 31/403 60/360 20/250 24/343 20/301 31/361 15/250 27/310 12/256 11/280 13/293 18/165 29/224

8/175 18/250

9/175

8/131 47/256 22/180

4/145 10/168 15/155 19/150

9/151 15/150 10/140 10/120

5/135

7/126

9/136 10/133

9/128 19/140

9/105

7/104 NA / NA

3/94 NA/100E 15/163

7/115

NA

5/120 11/120

9/100

3/105 Hourly attorney

rates

WND WND Wind
WND World Net Daily
WND Waarnemend
WND Wilson Disease Gene (genetic medicine)
WND Will Not Disclose
WND Waving Not Drowning
WND Why Not Design (Citrus Heights, CA) 


WND

WND $80-$325

WND

WND

WND $80-$250

WND $85-$300 $80-$250 $85-$250

WND $75-$250 $65-$325 $90-$250

WND $85-$225 $85-$250

WND

WND $95-$250 $90-$300

WND $80-$235

WND

WND $90-$250 $90-$275 $105-$275 $75-$250

WND

WND

WND $85-$250

WND $90-$275 $95-$175

WND

WND

NA $85-$250

NA

WND $95-$375

NA

WND $90-$250 $110-$300 $85-$150 Starting attorney salaries $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $55,000 $52,000 $53,200

WND $54,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000

WND $48,000 $48,000- $52,000

WND $52,000 $52,000 $67,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000 $52,000

WND

WND

WND $54,000(3)

WND $48,000 $40,000- $45,000 $52,000

WND

NA $52,000

NA $52,000 $53,000

NA

WND $52,000- $55,000

WND $40,000
                Primary areas
                 of practice


corporate securities, banking & finance, international, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
, real estate, tax, probate probate (prō`bāt), in law, the certification by a court that a will is valid. Probate, which is governed by various statutes in the several states of the United States, is required before the will can take effect. , labor & employers, government regulatory, natural resources, entertainment

antitrust Antitrust

The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade.
,criminal defense, corporation, securities,

administrative, labor, taxation, estate planning Estate Planning

The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death.

Notes:
Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the
,

international business, entertainment, bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most

litigation, corporate, real estate, labor, tax corporate and securities, international business, energy and natural resources, labor entertainment, municipal finance, financial institutions, real estate, litigation and

administrative, tax and estate planning, bankruptcy

civil litigation, corporate, real estate, banking,

tax, entertainment, estates, trust, labor, antitrust,

patents, copyrights, biotechnology

business, employment, litigation, taxation insurance defense, litigations, pharmaceutical product and medical device, mass litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial real estate, product liability

litigation, corporate securities, general corporate,

real estate, tax, labor, banking, savings & loans,

insurance, regulatory, administrative

full service: business law

litigation, corporate, entertainment, tax, labor

corporate, tax, labor, insolvency insolvency

Condition in which liabilities exceed assets so that creditors cannot be paid. It is a financial condition that often precedes bankruptcy. In the context of equity, insolvency is the inability to pay debts as they become due; insolvency under the balance-sheet
, litigation litigation, real estate, financial institutions, creditors'

rights, general business, maritime, taxation
        real estate, litigation, corporate,
           tax, labor, entertainment


securities, litigation, corporate, international,

banking, real estate, labor, tax, insolvency financial institutions, corporate securities, litigation,

tax, public finance, entertainment, real estate,

administrative, sports, health care, labor banking, corporate securities, governement contracts,

environmental, litigation, real state,

tax, estate planning, labor

litigation, corporate, real estate, tax general insurance, professional liability, product

liability, environmental, corporate, labor, taxation, securities, real estate, banking, probate

insurance, corporate

corporate banking, commercial law, corporate

reorganization & bankruptcy, entertainment,

litigation, real estate, tax

admiralty Admiralty, in British government, department in charge of the operations of the Royal Navy until 1964. Originally established under Henry VIII, it was reorganized under Charles II. , corporate, environmental, litigation, real estate, taxation, product liability, antitrust & trade

regulation, commercial bankruptcy

civil litigation, health care, labor,corporate

& business tax, probate

mergers & acquisitons, corporate finance, commercial & securities litigation, products liability,
            real estate, tax, labor
            corporate, litigation, labor


business, litigation, agriculture

business, entertainment, tax, bankruptcy,

probate, estate planning

litigation, real estate, insolvency, trust &
         estate, entertainment, corporate, tax
         corporate, litigation, tax, real estate


real estate, finance, corporate securities,

labor, construction litigation, real estate, labor, commercial, high-tech,

business, probate, energy

general litigation, business transactions, tax
                 international
              personal injury
        public law, business, litigation


corporate litigation, labor,tax, real estate, estate

planning, employee benefits

civil litigation, corporate, real estate,

labor, bankruptcy corporate, litigation, tax, estate planning & probate,

labor, real estate, natural resources, copyright, trademark, patent & administrative, public agency

insurance defense litigation litigation, corporate, real estate, finanial institutions

business, litigation, labor, probate, health care

general business, corporate & partnership, corporate

securities, tax, real property, real estate finance, employee benefits, trust & estate planning, antitrust

commercial litigation, public law, real estate,

labor, environmental, tax, corporate
        general civil & trial, appellate,
           corporation, insurance


commercial litigation, antitrust, entertainment, securities and corporate, estate planning, probate, taxation, real

estate, family law

business litigation, securities, real estate,

taxation, probate financial institutions corporate, insurance, products liability, professional

liability, entertainment, real property. estate & complex litigation, employees & employers, family

general litigation, patent, trademark, copyright, trade regulation,

unfair competition, antitrust

entertainment, general business, litigation

insurance defense

Managing partner/

phone

Warren Christopher Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State.   chairman, exec. committee

(213) 669-6000

Norman Barker barker

a term for an animal that does not usually bark which makes a violent respiratory effort, often during a convulsion, accompanied by a sound which roughly resembles a dog's bark.


(213) 229-7000

Clinton R. Stevenson

(213) 485-1234 management commitee

(213) 550-1600

15-member

executive commitee

(213) 277-1010

Robert G. Lane chairman, exec. committee

(213) 489-4000

Fulton Haight

(213) 458-1000

6-member

executive committee

(213) 556-8000

Paul M. Reitler chairman, exec. committee

(213) 620-1780

5.member

management committee

(213) 312-2000

Irwin Buchalter

chairman, exec. committee

(213) 626-6700 Michael Meyer (213) 488-7100 Andrew S. Garb

(213) 688-3400 Michael L. Klowden

(213) 612-2500 Stephen D. Greenberg

(213) 312-4000 Michael A. McAndrews

(213) 739-9100

Girard E. Boudreau

(213) 625-3939 Christopher P. Bisgaard (213) 628-7777

Waller Taylor Waller Taylor (1779? August 26 1826) was an American military commander and politician.

Taylor was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia where he spent his entire childhood. He studied law and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1800 to 1802.
 II

chairman, exec.. committee

(213) 620-1240

J. Ronald Trost

(213) 553-8100

Sheldon Gebb

(213) 624-2400

R. Joseph Debriyn

(213) 629-7600 Michael H. Diamond

(213) 687-5000

Robert Denham

policy committee head

(213) 683-9100

Raymond C. Fischer Fi·scher , Hans 1881-1945.

German chemist known for his research on the components of blood. He won a 1930 Nobel Prize for his work on the synthesis of hemin.


(213) 683-0600

Arthur Greenberg

chairman. exec. committee

(213) 553-3610 Lessing E. Gold(2) Stephen Chrystie

(213) 277-1000

George Brobeck

(213) 489-4060

Mario Camara

(213) 277-4222

Stewart Kadison chairman, exec. committee

(213) 688-9000 executive committee

(213) 937-8999

Charles Paturick

(213) 624-2500 Theodore P. Shield

(213) 428-3010

James Bradshaw

(213) 623-1900 Robert L. Whitmire

(213) 680-2222

Haley Fromholz

(213) 626-3800

Travers D. Wood chairman, exec. committee

(213) 629-3000 Roger A. Parkinson

(213) 201-4100

Bruce Jeffer

(213) 203-8080

Karl Samuelian

(213) 683-6500

Jerome Craig

(213) 629-4200

Glen R. Watson chairman, exec. committee

(213) 626-8484

Thomas J. Viola viola: see violin.
viola

Stringed instrument, the tenor member of the violin family. In appearance it is almost identical to the violin but slightly larger; its strings are tuned a fifth lower.


(213) 622-5200

Allen E. Susman

(213) 858-7700

Bruce Warner Bruce Warner was a fictional character in the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

He was married to Lady Margot Warner, has two sons Dr. Chris Warner and Guy Warner and one daughter Amanda Warner.
  (213) 277-1226 Ryan C. Knapp

partner

(818) 508-5000 executive committee

(213) 273-6333 Roland N. Smoot (213) 489-1600

Ira Epstein

(213) 278-1111

Jacque Soiret

(213) 624-0931 Note: The information contained in the above list was obtained from representatives of the firms listed and the 1987 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory A database containing information about attorneys and law firms around the world.

Primarily lawyers use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory to assist them in the practice of their profession.
, Vol. I, Lawyers Alabama-California.

Firms are ranked by total number of attorneys in Los Angles County. Where that figure is the same, firms and ranked by total number of employees in Los Angeles County. Due to space limitations, primary areas of practice listed are not necessarily complete. The list is limited to law firms represented in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. To the best of our knowledge the information supplied was accurate as of press time.

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness.

Compare: mouso, thinko.
 sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Cyndia Zwahlen, Los Angeles Business Journal, 3345 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 207, Los Angeles 90010. Footnotes: NA -- Not available. WND -- Would not disclose. E -- Estimate. (1) Los Angeles office. (2) Co-chairmen. (3) 1987 law school graduates.
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