Chambers USA 2011 Recognizes Attorneys and Practice Groups from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

June 13, 2011 - PRLog -- Los Angeles – June 13, 2010 – Seven partners from the Los Angeles and New York offices of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (MS&K) have been recognized among the top attorneys in the U.S., within each of their areas of practice, in the Chambers USA 2011 guide.
   In addition to the recognition of the individual attorneys, two of the firm’s practice groups – the Labor & Employment Practice and the Entertainment & New Media Litigation Practice – were also recognized as among the best in the nation.
   Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business is an independent and objective annual publication that is among the most reputable law firm directories in the world. Chambers employs 100 full-time researchers who interview thousands of lawyers and their clients around the world in order to identify the world’s leading lawyers and law firms, which is determined based on those which perform best according to the criteria most valued by clients. No lawyer can buy their way into the Chambers rankings.
   The MS&K attorneys who were recognized individually were: Russell Frackman in Los Angeles (Media & Entertainment Litigation, Band 1); William Cole in Los Angeles (Labor & Employment, Band 2); Patricia Mayer in Los Angeles (Media & Entertainment Transactional, Band 3); Jane Stevens in New York (Media & Entertainment Copyright & Contract Disputes, Band 3); David Newman in Los Angeles (Tax, Band 3); John Schulman in Los Angeles (Media & Entertainment Litigation, Band 4); and Adam Levin in Los Angeles (Labor & Employment, Band 4).
   MS&K’s Labor & Employment Practice was recognized for its work as a group in California in Band 3 and the Entertainment & Media Litigation Practice was also recognized as a group in California in Band 3.
“Our firm has been fortunate to have the professional excellence of our attorneys recognized by a number of independent legal publications and we are delighted by the inclusion of partners on both coasts in the latest Chambers guide,” said MS&K Managing Partner Thomas Lambert. “In addition to the individual attorneys recognized this year by Chambers, we’re very proud that our Labor & Employment and Entertainment Litigation practice groups were also honored for the terrific work they do on behalf of our clients.”
For more than 100 years, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has maintained a reputation for excellence in providing sophisticated legal and business solutions for its clients in areas that include: Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Entertainment & New Media, Immigration, Corporate Transactions, Homeland Security, Tax, Trust & Estates, Real Estate, and International Trade. Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has offices in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.  For more information, visit http://www.msk.com.