Irell & Manella LLP was founded in 1941.  From our two Southern California locations, we serve clients worldwide. 

Our firm is known for its rigorous selection of lawyers.  We insist on outstanding academic credentials, but we also place a premium on creativity, experience, and common sense.  We are dedicated to creating a collegial environment in which lawyers at all stages of their careers can flourish and enjoy the practice of law. 

By developing lawyers who combine specialized expertise with broad-based legal knowledge, and by training new lawyers to undertake significant responsibility early in their careers, we are able to achieve outstanding results without overstaffing.  Our firm is big enough to handle the largest and most complex matters, but small enough to maintain excellence at every level. 

In 2009 The American Lawyer named Irell to its A-List of the "top firms among the nation's legal elite."