Stanton “Larry” Stein, Ashley R. Yeargan, and Irene Y. Lee were selected for inclusion in Billboard’s ‘2025 Top Music Lawyers’ list, which was published on April 19, 2025. This issue of Billboard recognizes the biggest names and most prominent legal minds in the world of music and entertainment law.
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Russ August & Kabat congratulates founding partner, Larry C. Russ, on being recognized among the LA Times Studios 2025 “Legal Visionaries” in the 4/20/25 Business of Law: Updates, Trends, & Visionaries Magazine. Mr. Russ was recognized for his contributions and leadership within the legal field and the community at large.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates Stanton “Larry” Stein, Bennett A. Bigman, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who are profiled among Variety’s 2025 Legal Impact honorees. The highly anticipated annual Legal Impact Report, published on April 09, 2025, features top entertainment attorneys making a significant impact on the industry in film, television, music, theatre, and digital media.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates partners, Marc A. Fenster and Reza Mirzaie, who are recognized among the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers. Fenster and Mirzaie were also recently recognized for their work in the Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts of 2024 issue.
Russ, August & Kabat is proud of Jacob Agi, Minna Chan, Lauren Geisser, Jonathan Ma, Erica 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.
Russ, August & Kabat is proud of Larry Russ, Jules L. 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 T. Wang, Philip 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.