Russ, August & Kabat

Russ, August & Kabat is proud of Larry Russ,?Jules Kabat, Marc Fenster, Irene Y. Lee, Bennett Bigman, Adam Hoffman, Paul Kroeger, Brian Ledahl, Reza Mirzaie,?Jean Rhee,?Matthew Rips, Neil Rubin, Stanton "Larry" Stein, Benjamin Wang,?Philip X. Wang, Shani Williams, and Ashley Yeargan, all of whom have been recognized as?2025?Southern California Super Lawyers. In addition, Larry Russ has been recognized, again, as a?Top 100?Super Lawyer, and Irene Y. Lee has been recognized, again, as both a Top 100 Super Lawyer and a?Top 50?Women Southern California Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. #raklaw #superlawyers #top100 #top50women

Russ, August & Kabat is proud of Jacob Agi, Minna Jay, Lauren Geisser, Jonathan Ma,?Erica S. Kim, Justin Maio, Christine Shin, David Taran, James Tsuei,?James Pickens, and Jason Wietholter,?who have been recognized as 2025 Southern California Rising Stars by the publishers of Super Lawyers. Rising Stars are the top 2.5% percent of attorneys in each state, under 40 years old and/or who have been practicing for 10 years or less, as chosen by their peers and through independent research. The Rising Stars process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars is a comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys, representing a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes, and geographic locations. #raklaw #superlawyers #risingstars

Russ, August & Kabat is profiled in the Daily Journal Corporation article, “Bold vision leads to legal powerhouse”, published on February?10, 2025. The firm recently celebrated its 35-Year Company Anniversary. Reporter?Shane Nelson interviewed?Larry Russ, co-founding partner of Russ, August & Kabat and co-head of the litigation department, and?Marc Fenster, co-chair of the Litigation Department and chair of the Patent Litigation department, to reflect on the culture that they believe has led to their successes in intellectual property, entertainment, and M&A.? Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gqM9wN4r #RAKlaw #DailyJournal #Profile #Legal #Powerhouse #35Year #CompanyAnniversary

Russ, August & Kabat is proud to be recognized among the L.A. Times B2B Publishing's?2024?"Top 100 Law Firms" ranked by number of attorneys in LA County. See Page 11 of the Top 100 Law Firms List PDF:??https://lnkd.in/gd4PkPXC About Russ, August & Kabat: Russ August?& Kabat was founded in 1990 by?Larry Russ,?Rick August?and?Jules Kabat. By combining their litigation, corporate and finance, real estate and intellectual property expertise, they established a law firm that focuses on the creative analysis of complex legal problems to achieve outstanding results. In 2003,?Marc Fenster?joined the firm, and launched the patent litigation group, which is now one of the country's most sought after patent litigation groups. #RAKlaw #LATimes #B2B #BusinessofLaw #Top100 #LawFirms

Russ, August & Kabat congratulates its founding partner,?Larry Russ, on being recognized among the L.A. Times B2B Publishing's?2024?"Legal?Visionaries" in the 11/17/24 Business?of?Law Magazine. Mr. Russ was recognized for his contributions and leadership within the legal field and the community at large. Link to Larry Russ' profile: https://lnkd.in/gTKbWrHY Link to Larry Russ' profile on Page 55 of the PDF:?https://lnkd.in/gtse-nhz #RAKlaw #LarryCRuss #LATimes #B2B #BusinessofLaw #LegalVisionaries

Russ, August & Kabat is honored to have been recognized as a 2025 Best Law Firm?with a Metropolitan Tier-1 ranking. Best Law Firms? is a comprehensive national database of law-firm rankings based on Best Lawyers’ proven, data-driven, peer-review process. Firms included in this list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.?This is the firm's fifth year on the list. Link to publication:?bestlawfirms.com Russ, August & Kabat is proud of?Larry Russ,?Marc Fenster,?Stanton "Larry" Stein,?Irene Y. Lee, and?Bennett Bigman, who have been named to the 31st edition of the?Best Lawyers in America?(2025 Edition), as well as of?Jacob Agi,?Justin Maio,?James Pickens, and?Ashley Yeargan, who have been named to?Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch?(2025 Edition). #RAKlaw #BestLawFirms #Tier1

Russ, August & Kabat's patent practice is featured in the?Los Angeles Business Journal?article,?"Russ August & Kabat’s Patent Work Pays Off", published on November 11, 2025. Reporter Zane Hill interviewed Russ August & Kabat's Larry Russ, co-founding partner and co-head of the litigation department, and Marc Fenster, co-chair of the Litigation Department and chair of the Patent Litigation department, for the article. In the past half-year alone, three of the team’s patent trials – all with Fenster as lead counsel – have secured nearly a billion dollars in awarded damages to Russ August & Kabat’s clients. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gXKmS4EW #RAKLaw #LABJ #Feature

Russ, August & Kabat is proud of?Larry Russ, Marc Fenster,?Stanton "Larry" Stein,?Irene Y. Lee, and?Bennett Bigman, who have been named to the 31st edition of The?Best Lawyers?in America (2025 Edition), as well as of?Jacob Agi,?Justin Maio,?James Pickens, and?Ashley Yeargan, who have been named to?Best?Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025 Edition). Larry C. Russ for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Patent, Marc A. Fenster Litigation -Patent, Stanton “Larry” Stein for Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television as well as Music., Irene Y. Lee and Bennett Bigman for Litigation – Intellectual Property. Jacob Agi for Real Estate Law, Justin Maio and Ashley Yeargan for Entertainment and Sports Law, and James Pickens for Litigation – Intellectual Property. Since it was first published in 1983,?Best Lawyers? has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.?Best?Lawyers?lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 94,000 industry-leading?lawyers?are eligible to vote (from around the world), and?Best?Lawyers?has received over 11 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other?lawyers?based on their specific practice areas around the world.?Lawyers?are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in?Best?Lawyers?is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called?Best?Lawyers?“the most respected referral list of?attorneys?in practice.” In 2020,?Best?Lawyers? endeavored to expand its offerings to a new segment of?lawyers?and released the inaugural?Best?Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards in the U.S. Using the same peer-review methodology that?Best?Lawyers?has utilized for over four decades,?Best?Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognized associates who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. To date,?Best?Lawyers: Ones to Watch has expanded into nine regions with plans for further expansion. #RAKlaw #BestLawyers #and #OnestoWatch

Russ, August & Kabat's (RAK) patent?trial team, led by Marc Fenster and Reza Mirzaie, won a dramatic and total victory on behalf of its client, MR Technologies, against hard drive giant Western Digital, which?was represented by Latham & Watkins LLP. Fenster and Mirzaie were assisted by Dale Chang, Brian Ledahl, Matthew Aichele, Jacob Buczko, Minna Jay, and Paul Kroeger.? The jury awarded more than $262,000,000 in royalties to MR Technologies for Western Digital's infringement of its patents for increasing storage capacity on disk drives. In a statement to Law360, Fenster said, "We are very gratified with the jury's verdict. This jury was very technically sophisticated and completely engaged throughout the two-week?trial." The patents-in-suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 9,928,864 and 11,138,997. Law360 article for subscribers:? https://lnkd.in/gg_mngmg Bloomberg Law article for subscribers:? https://lnkd.in/giCZeKDB #raklaw #Wins?#262M #JuryVerdict

Russ, August & Kabat congratulates partners, Stanton "Larry" Stein and Ashley Yeargan, on being named "Business of Entertainment Visionaries" in?The Envelope?magazine distributed by the L.A. Times B2B Publishing. Mr. Stein and Ms. Yeargan are recognized for playing a vital role in the entertainment world by providing legal counsel. "Without them, the lights couldn’t stay on and the cameras wouldn’t roll." ? Digital issue of The Envelope magazine:? https://lnkd.in/geCeAmR5 Stanton "Larry" Stein's?profile:? https://lnkd.in/gfjXiZ4d Ashley Yeargan's profile:? https://lnkd.in/gDM7_JPC Russ, August & Kabat is a preeminent midsize law firm in Los Angeles comprised of lawyers who attended the country’s most prestigious schools and previously trained at some of the world’s biggest law firms. The Firm represents local, national and international clients on challenging, interesting, and cutting-edge legal matters. Led by Stein and Yeargan, the Firm’s Entertainment and Media practice focuses on protecting the rights of some of the industry’s most successful actors, musicians, producers, and content creators in disputes such as breach of contract, idea theft, defamation, violations of rights of privacy and publicity, copyright infringement, and trademark infringement. Their group has been recognized numerous times for its creative and innovative approach to achieving client goals, often pushing the law forward to address novel problems and the impact of new technologies. #raklaw #StantonLarryStein #AshleyYeargn #LATimes #TheEnvelope #BusinessofEntertainment #Visionaries