Irell & Manella LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms:

• Chambers & Partners named Irell & Manella the “U.S. Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year” in 2006 and, in 2007 and 2008, recognized the firm nationally in its top tier rankings of IP firms in the U.S.
• Thirty-seven of our partners were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in nineteen different practice areas.
• The 2008 edition of The Legal 500 guide to commercial law firms in the U.S. recognized Irell for its reputation in the following fields: bank lending; copyright; patent litigation; media and entertainment; mergers and acquisitions; and tax.  
• Los Angeles Magazine selected 83 of our lawyers for inclusion in Southern California "Super Lawyers" or Southern California "Rising Stars" in their fields.
• The head of our litigation group has received recognition as:
  -  one of the top ten trial lawyers in the U.S. (National Law Journal)
  -  one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the U.S. (National Law Journal)
  -  the top intellectual property lawyer in the U.S. (Chambers & Partners)
• Three partners are members of the elite American College of Trial Lawyers; another is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy; another is on the Board of Regents of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers; and another is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.
• The firm’s managing partner was named a top securities litigator in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and honored by Chambers & Partners for having established “a dominant securities practice.”
• Our defense of a Dutch technology company in a month-long, multi-million dollar jury trial was designated one of the top ten defense verdicts by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.