Gene Berger and Larry Irell found Berger & Irell as a tax firm in downtown Los Angeles

Changes name to Irell & Manella LLP

Becomes a Hollywood firm, representing Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Lou Costello, George Burns and Orson Welles

Counsel to Mattel Corp. as it prepares for its high-profile IPO

Moves to the current Century City location

Secures injunction halting UCLA's disciplinary action against Professor Angela Davis for Marxist views, Superior Court rules action unconstitutional

Tries and wins our first patent trial for Mattel Inc. related to certain electronic games

Opens office in Newport Beach, CA

Wins the 1987 California State Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award after one-third of the firm represents Los Angeles County’s homeless in a slumlord housing lawsuit, changing the County’s shelter protocols

Represents Candle Corp. in the first trial successfully challenging a computer software patent

Wins jury verdict for Stac Electronics against Microsoft involving data-compression technology, setting a precedent that smaller innovators can protect their intellectual property rights against giants like Microsoft

Stands up for high school students and the Gay-Straight Alliance Club of El Modena High School; Orange Unified School District is required to allow the club to meet, setting a precedent that was then followed nationwide

California Supreme Court affirms Irell’s $565 million trial verdict for City of Hope, the largest damage award affirmed in California history

City of Hope names its graduate school the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences

Establishes the first-ever endowed chair for Public Counsel

Represents TiVo and its “Time Warp” patent technology securing victories resulting in more than $1.7 billion in damages and settlements

Knocks out one of the largest patent verdicts in history ($2.5 billion) for Gilead Sciences

Persuades the U.S. Supreme Court to unanimously side with NantKwest Inc. in action against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

Opens office in Washington, DC

Wins the largest patent infringement judgment in U.S. history

IAM Patent ranks us No. 1 for highest-value awards from jury trials