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January 2nd, 2013
Frankfurt Kurnit Top Ranked in Best Lawyers and Best Law Firms for 2013
Best Lawyers ranked Frankfurt Kurnit one of the "Best Law Firms" of 2013. Best Lawyers ranked Frankfurt Kurnit's advertising, entertainment and trademark practices in "tier 1"; intellectual property, trusts and estates, and regulatory litigation practices in "tier 2"; and commercial litigation practice "tier 3". Additionally, the publication included seven Frankfurt Kurnit partners in its list of the top entertainment lawyers: Lisa Davis, Michael Frankfurt, Richard Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Rick Kurnit, Edward Rosenthal, and Thomas Selz. Best Lawyers listed Rick Kurnit as a "Best Lawyer" in advertising, copyright, trademark, intellectual property and media law; Candice Kersh in advertising and media law; Jeffrey A. Greenbaum in advertising law; Ronald Minkoff and Richard Maltz in ethics and professional responsibility; It also listed Ronald Minkoff in commercial litigation and legal malpractice; Brian Maas in white-collar criminal defense; and Barbara Shiers and Linda Wank its list of the top trusts and estates lawyers.
Other Praise
54 Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2027
We are pleased to announce that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Congratulations to Lee Goldberg, who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television in New York City and Brian G. Murphy, who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Advertising Law in New York City. (Best Lawyers awards a "Lawyer of the Year" honor to only one lawyer in each practice area and location.) Read more.
August 20 2026
Frankfurt Kurnit in Chambers USA 2026
For the 22nd consecutive year, Chambers and Partners has included Frankfurt Kurnit in its rankings of the country’s leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers recognized our Advertising, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, and Data Strategy, Privacy & Security practices.They also recognized 21 of our attorneys as industry leaders and included for the first time Christopher R. Chase in Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory law as well as Kimberly M. Maynard as an “Up and Coming” attorney in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets. Read more.
June 4 2026
The Hollywood Reporter’s New York’s Most Powerful Entertainment Attorneys
Marcie Cleary and Julie M. Murray were recently recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as two of New York’s Most Powerful Entertainment Attorneys for their outstanding work shaping some of the industry’s most compelling projects. Read more.
May 13 2026
