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 and Entertainment and Media Litigation. For over 18 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 was also named one of LawDragon’s 500 “Leading Lawyers in America.”
He is a commissioner and past 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 – Guiding 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.; the case settled for over $600 million three weeks into trial
- Groupe Danone — Served as co-lead counsel for Groupe Danone in a multi-jurisdictional 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
- 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 selected matters
- “Top 100 Lawyers of 2009,” Daily Journal
- Leading lawyer in bet-the-company litigation, entertainment law and commercial litigation, The Best Lawyers in America (1991–2010)
- Leading dispute resolution lawyer, PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook (2009)
- “Litigation Power Lawyer” by Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Most Influential Attorneys in Entertainment (2008–2009)
- Leading lawyer in general commercial litigation; media and entertainment litigation (California), Chambers USA (2008–2009)
- Ranked No. 1 in Litigation: Trial Lawyers, Chambers Global (2009)
- “Who’s Who in L.A Law,” Los Angeles Business Journal (2007)
- “Top 10 Trial Lawyers of the Year,” National Law Journal (1989, 1999)
- “Leading Lawyers in America,” LawDragon 500
- International Who’s Who, Commercial Litigators (2009)
- Commercial Litigation, Who’s Who Legal USA
- Who’s Who Legal: California (2009)
- Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, Top 10 Vote Recipient (2004–2009)
- “Power Lawyer,” Hollywood Reporter (2009)
- Honoree, Anti-Defamation League (2007)
- Honoree, Los Angeles Jewish Federation Legal Division (2004)
- Honoree, American Jewish Committee (2002)
- Commissioner and past chair, State of California Commission on Judicial Performance
- Former commissioner, California Coastal Commission
- 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