Reed Smith’s inclusion on the list follows the firm’s steady growth across its California offices—including in Southern California (Century City, Downtown Los Angeles, and Orange County), as well as in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. This expansion underscores the firm’s deep bench of lawyers serving clients in the entertainment, media, technology, corporate, litigation, life sciences, intellectual property and real estate sectors.

The Century City office is known for high-profile work in entertainment, media, and technology transactions; talent representation; real estate transactions; corporate transactions; and complex dispute resolution. The Downtown Los Angeles office provides high-stakes litigation and business counsel to multinational companies across commercial industries, including high value litigation in employment, insurance recovery, product liability defense and commercial restructuring and bankruptcy. The Orange County office offers corporate, real estate, litigation and intellectual property counsel, supporting an array of local, national and international clients. Together, these offices deliver the full spectrum of deal-making and dispute resolution resources most needed by global leaders in entertainment and technology.

Reed Smith’s appearance on the 2025 LABJ list follows a series of strategic lateral hires and practice expansions across California, including the addition of nationally recognized trial, IP, data privacy, real estate finance and corporate transactional partners. The firm has also intensified its community engagement through pro bono partnerships with nonprofits serving Los Angeles families and organizations.