Best Lawyers has selected 39 lawyers from Irell & Manella LLP for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. As a firm, Irell ranked #1 in Los Angeles and Newport Beach in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law.  The #1 ranking indicates that the firm has more lawyers on the list than any other firm in that geographic region (or, in certain cases, is tied with another firm for the top ranking).

Each year Best Lawyers recognizes the nation's best lawyers based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”