Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that Mark S. Adams and Marianne S. Martin have been recognized as “Legal Visionaries” by L.A. Times B2B Publishing in the November 2024 Business of Law magazine. The attorneys included on this list were chosen based on their average success rate, settlements and verdicts won in the last three years, leadership positions within the firm and community, board affiliations and recognitions.
JMBM was also named a Top 100 Law Firm in the annual Top Law Firms List, a standalone feature published alongside the Business of Law magazine. This ranking underscores the firm’s continued commitment to excellence and leadership across a wide range of legal practices.
Mark focuses his practice on business litigation, including contracts, products liability, corporate and partnership disputes, and hospitality litigation. He regularly litigates high-stakes shareholder and investment disputes. He has significant litigation experience in representing real estate developers and real estate investors. On behalf of hotel and resort owners, Mark has successfully litigated the termination of many long-term, no-cut, hotel management agreements and franchise agreements, fiduciary duty issues, investor-owner disputes, TOT assessments, and more.
Marianne’s practice focuses on corporate finance with a focus on private credit/alternative lending, syndicated and acquisition financing, distressed and specialty financing, real estate financing, and senior secured and subordinated financings, for both borrowers and lenders. She has a niche practice focused on helping founder-owned and private equity-backed borrowers in growth stages through syndicated and bilateral financings. Her industry specialties include business services, technology/media and entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, consumer products, industrials and financial services.
To read Mark and Marianne’s profiles in the Business of Law magazine, click here.
About JMBM
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