Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. First for Litigation in Minnesota
Entertainment Practice in California Also Highly Recognized
Jun 11, 2010
Minneapolis (June 11, 2010) - Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Chambers USA 2010 has again ranked the firm first as a leading law firm for the category ‘Litigation: General Commercial' in Minnesota. Name partner Michael V. Ciresi, firm chairman Martin R. Lueck, and partner Ronald J. Schutz continue to share the number one ranking as top Litigation: Intellectual Property practitioners in the state. Ciresi was again ranked first as a top Litigation: General Commercial attorney in the state.
Chambers increased the ranking of the firm's entertainment practice this year in the category Media & Entertainment: Litigation in California, recognizing Michael Plonsker, Yakub Hazzard and Marcia Harris as top lawyers.
Chambers USA 2010 notes the following about the firm and the lawyers in Minnesota:
This group excels in mass tort and individual plaintiff and IP work, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. It also has expertise in a raft of other areas, including commercial, antitrust, distribution and franchise, insolvency, healthcare, insurance, personal injury, white-collar crime and securities disputes. Clients include Best Buy, Honeywell, Medtronic and Pitney Bowes.
Sources Say: "Robins Kaplan staffs leanly and gets you the results you want."
Michael Ciresi is considered "one of the most prominent plaintiffs' lawyers around." He has a broad practice which includes a substantial amount of IP work. Martin Lueck is "a first-rate trial lawyer." He is best known for his IP expertise, recently representing Honeywell in patent infringement claims brought against several consumer electronics manufacturers relating to an LCD backlight in laptops, cell phones, digital cameras and PDAs. Ronald Schutz is also a prominent IP litigator whom clients describe as "just what you want in a trial attorney: he's thorough, aggressive and in it to win."
Chambers USA 2010 notes the following about the firm and the lawyers in California:
The firm moves up in the rankings this year in recognition of its eminence in the talent area. Among the firm's impressive clients are Billy Bob Thornton, Johnny Knoxville and Jodie Foster. The group undertakes a variety of cases, with a particular emphasis on profit participation and IP matters.
Sources say: "They have impeccable business acumen as well as being fantastic trial lawyers."
Marcia Harris is praised for her "insight into cutting-edge issues." She represents talent agencies and talent in the television and motion picture areas, and profit participation and accounting disputes are among her core strengths. Yakub Hazzard focuses on soft IP, rights of publicity and privacy and breach of contract cases, with an emphasis on representing clients in the music industry. He cochairs the team with Michael Plonsker, who obtained summary judgment in a lawsuit valued in excess of $15 million, which claimed that Fox had failed to pay all profits due to a number of profit participants in the 'Dharma & Greg' TV series.
Chambers and Partners is based in London and began as general book publishers in 1969. Chambers' staff of full-time researchers now prepares legal directories which assess and rank the world's leading lawyers according to their reputations among peers and clients. The USA Guide was first introduced in 2003 and ranks the leading firms and lawyers in an extensive range of practice areas throughout the country. The research is in-depth and client focused. The annual Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the U.S. and worldwide, and is widely used by firms for referral purposes.
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