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August 17th, 2015
The Best Lawyers in America 2016
In its 2016 edition, Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" ranked Frankfurt Kurnit in "Tier 1" in Advertising, Copyright, Entertainment, Trademark, and Trust & Estates Law, "Tier 2" in Litigation (IP) and Media Law, and "Tier 3" in Commercial Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Litigation.
In addition 17 of our lawyers were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016, including Victoria Cook (Entertainment Law), Lisa Davis (Entertainment Law), Michael P. Frankfurt (Entertainment Law), Jeffrey A. Greenbaum (Advertising Law, Copyright Law), Richard B. Heller (Entertainment Law), Richard Hofstetter (Entertainment Law), Candice Kersh (Advertising), Rick Kurnit (Advertising Law, Litigation, Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property Law, Media Law, and Trademark Law), Brian E. Maas (Criminal Defense - White Collar), Richard M. Maltz (Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law), Ronald C. Minkoff (Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, and Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement), Brian G. Murphy (Advertising Law, Entertainment Law), Edward Rosenthal (Entertainment Law), Terri Seligman (Advertising Law), Thomas D. Selz (Entertainment Law), Barbara E. Shiers (Trusts and Estates), and Linda J. Wank (Trusts & Estates).
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
