Marshall Grossman has both prosecuted and defended major commercial litigation throughout his distinguished career.
Marshall has been honored by Chambers Global with a No. 1 ranking in Litigation (Trial Lawyers) and also by Chambers USA with top rankings in Commercial Litigation, Trial Lawyers and Entertainment and Media Litigation. For over 20 years, he has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation). For several years, he has been listed among the “100 Most Influential Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal. Marshall is named one of LawDragon’s 500 “Leading Lawyers in America” and has also been named as a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2004. Marshall is profiled as the cover story in the 2010 edition of Southern California Super Lawyers magazine.
From 2001-2010 he served as a commissioner (and also served as chair) of the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
- Agudas Chasidei Chabad — Represents a religious corporation in claims against the Russian Federation to recover religious texts that were seized during the Bolshevik Revolution and Second World War
- AIG – In diverse matters
- Apple Computer Inc. — Defended Apple Computer Inc. in patent infringement litigation
- Arthur Andersen — Led Arthur Andersen’s trial team to a defense jury verdict in a $1 billion class action securities fraud lawsuit
- Blockbuster — Defended Blockbuster in consumer class action litigation as well as patent infringement litigation filed by Netflix
- Cirque du Soleil
- Equity Funding — Served as lead counsel for the plaintiff classes in Equity Funding Securities Litigation
- Grupo Televisa S.A.B. — Represented Grupo Televisa S.A.B., the world’s largest Spanish language media company, in a three-year litigation against Univision Communications Inc.; in 2009 the case settled for over $600 million three weeks into trial
- Groupe Danone — Served as co-lead counsel for Groupe Danone in a multijurisdictional suit against certain parties affiliated with its Chinese joint-venture partner, relating to misuse of Danone proprietary information and other commercial wrongdoing
- Guess? Jeans — Represented the owners of Guess? Jeans in their successful litigation against the owners of Jordache
- International accounting firms — Long-term representation of international accounting firms in complex federal securities litigation and related federal investigations
- Los Angeles Dodgers — (2009 - present)
- Los Angeles Marathon — (2010)
- Packard Bell NEC Inc. — Defended Packard Bell in a Lanham Act litigation, including the highly publicized battle between Compaq and Packard Bell
- Suzuki Motor Corporation — Lead counsel for Suzuki in landmark litigation against Consumers Union
- University of Southern California — Prosecuted suit for the University of Southern California to terminate long term lease of University Hospital to Tenet Healthcare with ultimate settlement restoring ownership of University Hospital to the university
- Counseled J.K. Rowling, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Mariah Carey and Larry King in diverse matters
- The Best Lawyers in America, leading lawyer in bet-the-company litigation, entertainment law and commercial litigation (1991–2011)
- “Top 100 Lawyers of 2009,” Daily Journal
- Hollywood Reporter’s “Litigation Power Lawyer,” 100 most influential lawyers in entertainment (2008–2010)
- Chambers USA, leading lawyer in general commercial litigation; media and entertainment litigation (California) (2008–2010)
- Chambers Global, ranked No. 1 in litigation: trial lawyers (2009-2010)
- PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook, leading dispute resolution lawyer (2009)
- International Who’s Who, Commercial Litigators (2009)
- Who’s Who Legal: California (2009)
- Los Angeles Business Journal, “Who’s Who in L.A Law” (2007)
- Honoree, Anti-Defamation League (2007)
- LawDragon 500, “Leading Lawyers in America”
- Commercial Litigation, Who’s Who Legal USA
- Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, Top Vote Recipient (2004–2010)
- Honoree, Los Angeles Jewish Federation Legal Division (2004)
- Honoree, American Jewish Committee (2002)
- National Law Journal, “Top 10 Trial Lawyers of the Year” (1989, 1999)
- Chancery Club (2007 - present)
- Commissioner and past chair, State of California Commission on Judicial Performance (2001-2010)
- Commissioner, California Coastal Commission (1981-1986)
- National trustee, American Jewish Committee
- Board member, Jewish Big Brothers-Big Sisters
- Former board member, Public Counsel
- Former board member, United Way
- Admitted to practice in California
- University of Southern California Law School, Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif
- University of California, Los Angeles ()