& olson llp headquarters kpmg tower los angeles california no . of offices 2 no . of attorneys 170 2011 no . of employees 450 2008 major practice areas litigation corporate tax real estate bankruptcy labor and employment environmental key people sandra a. seville jones managing partner revenue 204 million 2011 date founded 1962 founder charlie munger leroy tolles and ronald olson company type limited liability partnership website mto.com munger tolles & olson llp mto is a california law firm that has offices in los angeles and san francisco . charles munger founded the firm in 1962 with six other lawyers . 1 contents 1 legal practice 2 recognition 3 lawyers 3.1 attorneys 3.2 alumni 4 references 5 external links legal practice edit munger tolles & olson is known for its defense of corporations in civil lawsuits and individuals in criminal trials and investigations . the american lawyer described the firm as an army of trial lawyers capable of waging war . 2 chambers and partners noted that the firm is a litigation powerhouse . 3 notable representations include the getty trust after allegations of wrongdoing in the acquisition of its antiquities collection ; 4 michael ovitz in defending his executive pay at disney ; 5 california candidate for governor bill simon after a jury returned a 78 million verdict for fraud ; 6 southern california edison in the reorganization of california s energy industry ; 7 merrill lynch in the bankruptcy of orange county ; 8 the philippines against imelda marcos and ferdinand marcos ; 8 several couples and equality california in a california supreme court petition challenging the constitutionality of proposition 8 . 9 defense of aftermath records regarding the percentage of royalties owed for digital downloads . known as the eminem decision . 1 defense of abc s reality show the glass house in a lawsuit by cbs alleging copyright infringement . defended and lost the case of self help speaker james arthur ray the secret when he was convicted of criminally negligent homicide for the deaths of 3 people at a sweat lodge in sedona arizona . the firm has a transactional practice that represented yahoo s board of directors during microsoft s proposed takeover ; warren buffett in his 31 billion gift to the bill and melinda gates foundation ; and berkshire hathaway in its 22 billion purchase of general reinsurance and 5 billion investment in goldman sachs . 10 additionally the firm served as legal counsel during the construction of the walt disney concert hall and the cathedral of our lady of the angels in downtown los angeles . 11 recognition edit in 2008 munger tolles & olson ranked as the nation s top law firm on the american lawyer a list based on financial performance pro bono practice associate satisfaction and workplace diversity . 12 13 the firm topped the a list list of the nation s most elite law firms again in 2009 14 and 2010 . 15 after three years at the top of the list the firm took second place in the 2011 rankings . 16 the firm employs graduates each year and promotes from within . about seventy percent of attorneys have clerked for federal judges including 18 for justices of the supreme court of the united states . 1 vault s 2012 guide to the top 100 law firms ranked the firm third in the nation for selectivity and second in transparency . 17 nearly half of the attorneys who started at the firm in the last twenty years continue to practice there . 1 additionally the firm ranked third on the american lawyer s 2011 diversity scorecard with 23.4 % of the firm s attorneys and 16.1 % of the firm s partners as minorities . 18 lawyers edit munger tolles & olson s headquarters in los angeles attorneys edit there are 170 lawyers at munger tolles & olson . 1 in 2008 the daily journal named three attorneys to its list of the top 100 lawyers in california . 19 attorneys include robert denham former ceo of the investment bank salomon brothers during the 1990s and current chairman of the macarthur foundation ; 20 ronald olson a director of berkshire hathaway who was named the most influential lawyer in california by california law business ; 21 jeffrey l. bleich former special counsel to the president and united states ambassador to australia 22 alumni edit alan bersin president barack obama s border czar and former united states attorney for the southern district of california ; nancy bekavac the first woman president of scripps college ; roderick hills former white house counsel and chairman of the u.s. securities and exchange commission sec ; carla anderson hills former u.s. trade representative and former secretary of health and human services ; carolyn kuhl judge on the superior court of california for the county of los angeles and former deputy solicitor general at the department of justice ; vilma socorro mart nez united states ambassador to argentina and past president of the mexican american legal defense and educational fund maldef ; 23 felicia marcus chairman of california state water resources control board 24 charles munger vice chairman of berkshire hathaway paul j. watford judge on the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit john b. owens judge on the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit michelle t. friedland judge on the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit references edit a b c d e http www.mto.com about http www.mto.com about http www.chambersandpartners.com usa editorial 32563 org 3535 felch jason ; frammolino ralph 2006 09 02 . investigators secretly mined munitz s records . los angeles times . lawyers at disney s ovitz trial learn to adapt to delaware . bloomberg . 2005 01 11 . http www.mto.com lawyers bio.cfm id 19 http www.mto.com lawyers bio.cfm id 106 a b http www.mto.com lawyers bio.cfm id 87 http www.mto.com probono http www.mto.com practiceareas practicearea.cfm id 2 http www.mto.com practiceareas practicearea.cfm id 22 chang andrea 2008 07 08 . l.a. law firm judged no. 1 . los angeles times . http amlawdaily.typepad.com amlawdaily 2009 03 munger revenue and profits flat.html jones ashby 2009 06 30 . munger tolles tops amlaw s a list once again . the wall street journal . jones ashby 2010 07 01 . deja vu all over again munger tolles again tops the a list . the wall street journal . http www.law.com jsp tal pubarticletal.jsp id 1202497958155 http www.vault.com wps portal usa companies rankings companyid 406 http www.mto.com media news.cfm type headlines & id 526 1 salomon inc. names new ceo to head up securities house . chicago tribune . 1992 06 03 . http www.4cajobs.com commission members ronaldolson http www.mto.com lawyers jeffrey l bleich la observed fritsch jane september 2 1990 . felicia marcus fighting for the environment from inside the establishment . los angeles times . retrieved 2015 05 07 . external links edit munger tolles & olson website american lawyer profile of the firm after placing first on the a list l.a. times article about the firm chambers and partners profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title munger tolles % 26 olson & oldid 743513618 categories law firms based in los angeleslaw firms established in 1962 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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