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Overview
Loeb & Loeb LLP (known as Loeb & Loeb or Loeb) is a multi-service law firm with eight offices across the United States and Asia. Founded in Los Angeles in 1909 by brothers Joseph Loeb and Edwin Loeb, the firm currently employs over 450 lawyers and is currently ranked 103 on The American Lawyer’s 2020 Am Law 200 listing. While the firm’s reputation was built on its preeminent work helping establish Los Angeles’s entertainment industry, in recent years, the firm’s work in areas such as media, technology, financial services trusts and estates and real estate has allowed it to further expand its reach in the U.S. and into Asia. The firm has lawyers with deep experience in a variety of transactional, counseling, as well as dispute-related practices.

Beginnings and Early Work
Loeb & Loeb began in the early 1900s, when Edwin Loeb decided that working in law with his brother, who was already a practicing attorney, would be more fulfilling than joining the family grocery business.

In 1909, the firm was retained by the Associated Jobbers of Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ Association in San Francisco to represent them in their effort to remedy what seemed to be a superfluous charge on rail transport between the two cities. The case went before the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) on May 7, 1910, and resulted in a win. The decision was subsequently reversed, however, and the case ended up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 8, 1914, the Court upheld the ICC’s judgment and abolished the “switching charge,” helping spur the growth of commerce between California’s two largest cities at the time, and establishing the firm’s reputation.

With deep roots in Los Angeles and family ties to influential real estate magnate Harris Newmark and entrepreneur Kaspare Cohn, the brothers helped establish local institutions UnionBank and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Its work on behalf of those clients, as well as smaller enterprises looking to take advantage of opportunities in the rapidly expanding city, helped establish the firm as a go-to for innovators and entrepreneurs of all kinds.

Contributions to Entertainment Industry
By the early 1920’s, the firm was part of the city’s legal elite and had gained the trust of many of the earliest pioneers of the motion picture industry. So much so, that when theater entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1924, it was Loeb & Loeb who handled the deal that created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Carrying on the tradition of innovation and forward-thinking, Edwin Loeb and partner George W. Cohen are also listed as founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), having handled the legal work to obtain its state charter as a non-profit organization. The firm also helped create agreements for talent representation, labor organization, film production, arbitration, revenue and royalty distribution, and copyright. By introducing new “rules of the road” into the industry, the firm enabled the growth and success of their clients’ enterprises and the industry as a whole.

Loeb Today
In 1986, the firm merged with Hess Segal, a New York firm of comparable quality and vintage, spurring a focused and strategic expansion beyond Los Angeles and New York. Today, the firm’s market-leading practice and industry teams deliver practical insight and strategic solutions in complex deals, high profile disputes, and cutting-edge regulatory in key markets including Nashville, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Beijing and Hong Kong.

Accolades

 * Ranked 118 (based on size) on the National Law Journal’s 2019 NLJ 500
 * Ranked “140th highest grossing law firm in the world” on the 2019 Global 200 survey
 * Named 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” in the Entertainment Law – Music category by U.S. News and World Report
 * Received “Tier 1” rankings on 17 national lists and 46 regional “Best Law Firms” lists by U.S. News and World Report
 * Ranked Number Four on Vault’s 2020 list of the “Best Law Firms for Entertainment, Media and Sports”
 * Chambers USA Guide 2020: Nine firm rankings, 27 attorneys recognized
 * Chambers USA High Net Worth Guide 2020: Six firm rankings, 18 attorneys recognized