Practice/Organization Description
Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 100 firm with more than 560 attorneys in 11 offices located throughout California and in New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located in Century City, Del Mar, Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Barbara. Founded in 1927 on the principle that the firm would succeed only if its attorneys delivered prompt, high quality and cost-effective legal services, Sheppard Mullin provides legal counsel to U.S. and international clients. Companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies.
Honors and Awards
Chairman of the Firm, Guy Halgren, was named 2011 "Law Firm Leader of the Year" by the Daily Journal.
Chambers & Partners’ 2011 guide to America’s leading business lawyers listed 33 Sheppard Mullin lawyers who were lauded by their peers and clients. On a national level, the firm’s Advertising and Government Contracts practice groups were recognized.
The Legal 500 US named Sheppard Mullin’s Bankruptcy, First Amendment Litigation, Entertainment, Advertising, Antitrust, M&A, Real Estate and Land Use practices as among the best in the country. The firm’s Antitrust practice achieved a Tier One designation among West Coast practices. The directory also named five partners “Leading Lawyers.”
Sheppard Mullin was ranked among "The Best Law Firms" in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.
56 Sheppard Mullin attorneys were named to the annual 2011 Best Lawyers in America list. Partner Joanne Garvey was recognized as Best Lawyers “Tax Lawyer of the Year” in San Francisco.
97 Sheppard Mullin attorneys were named “Super Lawyers” in the most recent edition of Law & Politics magazine.
Sheppard Mullin was ranked among the best litigation firms by Benchmark Litigation 2011.
In a recent survey by Corporate Counsel magazine and The National Law Journal Sheppard Mullin was listed in "Who Represents Corporate America" 2010 by Wells Fargo & Company, Perrigo Company of South Carolina, Inc., and RealD, Inc.
The firm was recognized for “Delivering Superior Client Service” by BTI Consulting Group in its "Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms: The BTI Client Service A-Team 2010." More than 500 corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 companies were surveyed about how they define outstanding client service.
