Chambers USA 2012 Recognizes 7 Attorneys and 2 Practice Groups from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

June 24, 2012 - PRLog -- Los Angeles – June 25, 2012 – 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 2012 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 once again this year. Chambers describes MS&K as having “a leading reputation in the entertainment industry, a sector to which it brings its superb labor and employment expertise.”
   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 a team of 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.
   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); Susan Kohn Ross in Los Angeles (International Trade, Band 2); 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, as was MS&K’s Entertainment & Media Litigation Practice.
“We’re gratified by the inclusion of partners on both coasts in the latest Chambers guide and are pleased that two of our leading practice groups have once again been recognized among the elite law firm practices in the nation,” said MS&K Managing Partner Thomas Lambert. “These latest honors from an independent analyst of legal services in the U.S. provide additional validation of the extraordinary legal talent our attorneys bring to bear every day in the representation 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.