Praise

August 15th, 2024

The Best Lawyers in America 2025

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 Brian G. Murphy, who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Advertising Law in New York City and Edward H. Rosenthal who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television in New York City. (Best Lawyers awards a "Lawyer of the Year" honor to only one lawyer in a specific practice area and location.) See our "Best Lawyers" below:

S. Gregory Boyd (Advertising Law)

Christopher R. Chase (Advertising Law and Trademark Law)

Marcie Cleary (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Victoria S. Cook (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Lisa E. Davis (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television and Entertainment Law - Theater)

Caren Decter (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) 

Catherine M.C. Farrelly (Trademark Law, Copyright Law, and Litigation - Intellectual Property)

Michael P. Frankfurt (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Melissa Georges (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Lee Goldberg (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television) 

Hayden Goldblatt (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Jeremy S. Goldman (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Jeffrey A. Greenbaum (Advertising Law and Copyright Law) 

Richard B. Heller (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television) 

Richard Hofstetter (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Andrew Hurwitz (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Nicole Hyland (Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants) 

Candice Kersh (Advertising Law)

Richard M. Maltz (Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law)

Mark Merriman (Entertainment Law - Theatre)

Ronald C. Minkoff (Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, and Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants) 

Brian G. Murphy (Advertising Law, Copyright Law, and Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Julie M. Murray (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Amy Nickin (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television) 

Edward H. Rosenthal (Copyright Law, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Litigation - Intellectual Property, and Trademark Law)

Alan Sacks (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Terri Seligman (Advertising Law)

Barbara E. Shiers (Trusts and Estates)

Wendy Stryker (Employment Law - Management)

Hannah Taylor (Advertising Law)

Joseph R. Taylor (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television and Litigation - Intellectual Property)

Linda J. Wank (Trusts and Estates)

S. Jean Ward (Entertainment Law - Theatre)

Michael R. Williams (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)

Maura J. Wogan (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television and Litigation - Intellectual Property)

Additionally, Aaron Deitsch (Corporate Law and Entertainment and Sports Law), Dionne Gordon (Entertainment and Sports Law), Sean Jefferson (Entertainment and Sports), Frances Jensen (Entertainment and Sports Law), Sasha H. Levites (Entertainment and Sports Law), Michael Ling (Entertainment and Sports Law), Benjamin Moskowitz (Entertainment and Sports Law), Kristen G. Niven (Commercial Litigation), Katelyn J. Patton (Commercial Litigation), Bram Schumer (Litigation - Antitrust), Lee Silver (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law), Dorian Slater Thomas (Entertainment and Sports Law and Intellectual Property Law), and Matthew R.D. Vittone (Intellectual Property Law) are listed as “Ones to Watch.”