No. of offices 9 Major practice areas General practice Date founded 1965 Number of attorneys 341 Founded 1965 | No. of attorneys 341 Revenue $308 million (2016) Company type LLP Founder Charles Taylor Manatt Number of offices 9 | |
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Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is a Los Angeles-based law firm of more than 450 attorneys and other professionals founded in 1965. The firm earned revenues of $308 million in 2016. Manatt also operates a subsidiary ManattJones Global Strategies which offers a range of consulting services to public and private corporations with professionals in all of the firm's US offices plus an outpost in Mexico City. James R. Jones, a former Congressman from Oklahoma and Ambassador to Mexico is a member of ManattJones. William T. Quicksilver is the firm's Chief Executive and Managing Partner.
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History
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips was founded by Charles Taylor Manatt, who later became chairman of the Democratic National Committee and U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and Thomas Phelps, a banking and finance attorney. Litigation and sports lawyer Alan Rothenberg joined them soon after; Rothenberg remained a named partner in the firm until he moved to Latham & Watkins in 1990. Former U.S. Senator John V. Tunney was a named partner from 1976 until early 1987. L. Lee Phillips, an entertainment lawyer, joined the firm in 1977 and became a named partner in 1985. Democratic activist Mickey Kantor joined the firm in 1976; he was a named partner from 1991 until his departure in 1993 to become United States Trade Representative, and, later, Secretary of Commerce during the Clinton Administration.
Major Practice Areas
Notable Alumni
Notable Clients
Pro Bono Work
Manatt's pro bono program ranked No. 28 in The American Lawyer’s 2014 Pro Bono Report. The average pro bono hours per Manatt lawyer is 69.3 hours.
Holocaust Survivors Justice Network
In 2007, Manatt and Bet Tzedek launched a nationwide pro bono program, the Holocaust Survivors Justice Network, to help holocaust survivors. The Network has since assisted thousands of survivors and has grown to be the single largest coordinated pro bono effort in U.S. history. At the height of its activity in 2009, clinics operated in 31 cities across the country with the assistance of more than 100 corporate partners, providing free legal services to survivors seeking German “Ghetto Work” reparations. The Network has been recognized by the American Bar Association, the National Law Journal and the Pro Bono Institute.
Significant Matters
Rankings & Recognitions
Manatt is an AmLaw 200 ranked firm, listed at number 101 on the 2016 list. The firm also appears in:
Organizations promoting workplace diversity include:
Manatt Health
Manatt Health is a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary legal, regulatory, advocacy and strategic business advisory division of Manatt. Manatt Health professionals provide counsel on healthcare coverage and access, healthcare information technology, healthcare financing and reimbursement, and healthcare restructuring.
Manatt Health is composed of healthcare consultants, lawyers, project managers, technology strategists, analysts and policy advisors. They frequently publish by-lined articles and speak with media on major health industry issues. Clients include hospitals, payers, physician practices, state policymakers and agencies, foundations, associations, and technology companies.
In November 2011, the group added Joel Ario as a managing director. He is a former director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Health Insurance Exchange. Other notable professionals include Deborah Bachrach, former director of New York State Medicaid and Deputy Commissioner of Health; Cindy Mann, former Deputy Administrator and Director of the U.S. Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services; and Jonah P.B. Frohlich, California’s Former Deputy Secretary of Health Information Technology.
Recent Work
Manatt Digital
In May 2013, Manatt launched Manatt Digital to serve as a one-stop, full-service legal and business consulting division for clients in the digital media, entertainment and advertising industries. Services include business consulting, partner negotiations, venture capital, strategic relationship-building and artist access, creative deal-making and mergers and acquisitions.
Manatt Digital is headed by T. Hale Boggs, a partner in Manatt’s capital markets and corporate/finance practices.
Manatt Digital Media Ventures
Manatt Digital Media Ventures aims to cultivate start-ups and growth companies in and around the digital media landscape.
Manatt Digital Media Ventures makes 10-15 investments a year in early-stage companies. The firm’s partners provide capital annually and also have the opportunity to personally invest alongside the fund. Since 2000, Manatt has made more than 90 investments in companies and funds focused on digital media, including Etsy, MaxPreps, Pinterest and DFJ Frontier.
Offices
Controversy
In 2010, it was revealed that the Government of Jamaica had undertaken the services of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in an attempt to re-establish diplomatic talks with the United States Government over the extradition request for alleged Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding and his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) had refused to extradite Coke, a notable supporter of the party, and an alleged enforcer and strongman—indicted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan in August 2009 on drug and gun trafficking charges—by claiming that evidence cited by federal prosecutors in the U.S. for an August 2009 indictment relied on wiretaps illegally obtained under Jamaican law. The revelation sparked a wave of controversy in Jamaica, and a public commission of enquiry was set up in 2011 with the same name as the law firm.