Just the Facts

Sheppard Mullin is an AmLaw 100 firm that was founded in Los Angeles in 1927.
We have eleven offices: Los Angeles, Century City, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Del Mar Heights, Shanghai
There are approximately 520 attorneys firmwide, of whom about 200 are partners.
We have twelve practice groups: Antitrust; Business Trial; Construction Litigation; Corporate; Entertainment, Media & Communications; Finance and Bankruptcy; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental; Tax, Employee Benefits, Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Defense.

Attorney Kudos

Forty Sheppard Mullin attorneys were named to the annual "2008 Best Lawyers in America" list.
Chambers & Partners' 2007 annual guide to America's leading business lawyers listed 22 Sheppard Mullin lawyers who were lauded by their peers and clients. On a national level, the firm's Government Contracts practice group was recognized and we received a number of one ranking in California and New York for the firm's Media and Entertainment practice.
57 Sheppard Mullin attorneys named "Super Lawyers 2007" by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine.
15 Sheppard Mullin attorneys were recognized as "Leading Lawyers in America" and/or "Stars" by Lawdragon magazine.
In recent years, 7 Sheppard Mullin lawyers have been named as "Attorney of the Year" by the editors of California Lawyer Magazine in various categories, including litigation, land use, entertainment and environmental/pro bono.

Sheppard Mullin ranks in the top 25% (42 out of 175) of national law firms in American Lawyer's 2006 survey of mid-level associate satisfaction. Firm's rank jumps to 42 from 69 in the prior year.
Multicultural Law magazine named Sheppard Mullin as one of "The Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity" and "Top 100 Law Firms for Women."
Sheppard Mullin's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices was named as one of "The Best Places to Work" by San Francisco Business Times and Los Angeles Business Times.
In a survey of the Fortune 500 by Corporate Counsel magazine, Sheppard Mullin has been recognized as a "Go-To" law firm by: Whole Foods, CVS Corporation and PepsiCo Inc in the area of Labor and Employment Law; Longs Drug Stores in the area of Corporate Transactions; and Ingram Micro Inc. and Walt Disney for Litigation.
Our Labor & Employment practice was ranked in the top 10 in the 2006 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms
Workforce Management magazine listed Sheppard Mullin on the "Hot List" and ranked us #11 among "Top Employment Law Firms."
California Real Estate Journal ranked Sheppard Mullin #3 (of the top 35 firms in California) among "Top Real Estate Law Firms."