Marshall B. Grossman

Marshall Grossman is a partner in Bingham McCutchen. He has both prosecuted and defended major commercial litigation throughout his distinguished career.

Marshall attended UCLA and received his legal education at the University of Southern California where he served as Production Editor of the Southern California Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his LL.B. in 1964.

In the past year, Marshall represented a diverse array of clients, including J.K. Rowling, Larry King and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also represented Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa in its fight against Univision Communications Inc. The $600 million settlement in favor of Televisa near the close of trial resolved their dispute over whether Univision breached a long term revenue sharing agreement. Marshall also represents the Agudas Chasidei Chabad, seeking return of hundreds of thousands of religious documents seized by the Russian Federation during the Bolshevik Revolution and WWII. Following a landmark decision of the D.C. Circuit which found jurisdiction over the Russian Federation, the defendants defaulted and are now facing history-making judgments.

Marshall was named by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers of 2009 and has been consecutively named as a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2004. He has been honored by Chambers Global with a No. 1 ranking in Litigation (Trial Lawyers) and also by Chambers USA with top rankings in Commercial Litigation and Entertainment and Media Litigation. For over 18 years, he has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation). For several years, including 2009, he has been listed among the “100 Most Influential Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal. Marshall was also named one of LawDragon’s 500 “Leading Lawyers in America.”

Marshall has served on the boards of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Public Counsel, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters and on the national board of the American Jewish Committee. Since 2001 he has been a member of the State of California Commission on Judicial Performance, which oversees the conduct of all California judicial officers. He has also served as its chair and vice-chair. He is a past president of the Barristers of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and a past board member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and United Way. Marshall also served for many years as a member of the California Coastal Commission.