Russ August & Kabat Partner, Diana A. Sanders, was selected for inclusion in Billboard‘s 2022 ‘Women in Music Executives’ list, which was published on February 26, 2022. The list celebrates a select and diverse group of high-achieving female executives from across multiple industry sectors who’ve had compelling, newsworthy and measurable achievements in the past 12-18 months. Read the article.

Russ August & Kabat is pleased to announce that Jacob M. Agi, Minna Y. Chan, Lauren H. Geisser and James N. Pickens have been elevated to partner.  Our four newest partners exemplify our firm’s commitment to excellence, hard work, and providing the best service to our clients.  They personify our long-standing culture of respect, collaboration, and innovation.

We congratulate our new partners and look forward to their continued success. Read More

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ, Jules L. Kabat, Marc A. Fenster, Irene Y. Lee, Bennett A. Bigman, Adam S. Hoffman, Paul A. Kroeger, Brian D. Ledahl, Matthew A. Rips, Stanton “Larry” Stein, Benjamin T. Wang, Reza Mirzaie, Neil A. Rubin, and Jean Y. Rhee, all of whom have been recognized as 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. In addition, Larry C. Russ, and Irene Y. Lee, have been recognized as Top 100 Super Lawyers, and Irene Y. Lee has also been recognized as a Top 50 SuperLawyer in the Southern California Women’s Edition. 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. Read More

Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, who has been recognized as a 2022 ‘Top 100’ Southern California Super Lawyer and a 2022 ‘Top 50 Women’ Southern California Super Lawyer, was profiled in the Super Lawyers Magazine article, “The Two Culture Edge – Irene Y. Lee’s motto is ‘avoid drama’; opposing attorneys don’t always help.” Read more.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2022 list of ‘Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys’. The list “highlights stellar minority attorneys who are considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene, while serving as trusted advisors, along with maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.” Ms. Lee’s profile is on Page 10 of the PDF and Mr. Wang’s profile is on Page 17 of the PDF. 

Russ August & Kabat attorneys Christine Shin, Lauren Geisser, and Dor Cohen represented Knowable in its sale to Medium. Knowable is an audio-based learning platform with funding from Andreesen Horowitz, Upfront, First Round and Initialized. Medium is an online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams, former co-founder of Twitter. Medium was originally founded in order to allow online users to publish writings longer than Twitter’s 140 character maximum. Read article.