Childhood pals and fellow Saturday Night Live comics (from left) Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone (on laptop screen) and Andy Samberg (now on the Golden Globe-winning Brooklyn Nine-Nine) share everything — or at least a lawyer. That’d be Ziffren Brittenham’s youngest top partner, 40-year-old P.J. Shapiro (the guy in the suit).
Best argument Shapiro has made: “To my wife, I argued, ‘I don’t know. I think two kids may be enough.’ Thank God I lost that argument.” The four were photographed April 21 at the Sunset Tower hotel in West Hollywood.
Amanda Friedman1. Karl Austen, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (Harvard Law School)
2. Lincoln Bandlow, litigator, Lathrop & Gage (Boston University)
3. Mark Baute, litigator, Baute Crochetiere & Gilford (UCLA Law School)
4. Daniel Black, corporate, Greenberg Traurig (George Washington University School of Law)
5. Jake Bloom, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (Cornell Law School)
6. Skip Brittenham, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law)
7. Harold Brown, talent, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown (UC Berkeley School of Law)
8. John P. Burke, corporate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Southwestern University School of Law)
9. Richard S. Busch, litigator, King & Ballow (Loyola University Law School)
10. Joseph Calabrese, corporate, O’Melveny & Myers (Cornell Law School)
11. David Caplan, corporate, Davis Polk (Harvard Law School)
12. Lindsay Conner, corporate, Manatt Phelps & Phillips (Harvard Law School)
13. Melanie Cook, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law)
14. Robert Darwell, corporate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton (Georgetown University Law Center)
15. Warren Dern, talent, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern (Southwestern University School of Law)
16. John Diemer, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (UCLA School of Law)
17. Scott Edelman, litigator, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (UC Berkeley School of Law)
18. Michael Elkin, litigator, Winston & Strawn (Brooklyn Law School)
19. Bonnie Eskenazi, litigator, Greenberg Glusker; (Stanford University School of Law)
20. James Feldman, talent, Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman (Harvard Law School)
21. Patti Felker, talent, Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson (UC Berkeley School of Law)
22. Bert Fields, litigator, Greenberg Glusker (Harvard Law School)
23. Sam Fischer, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law)
24. Ruth Fisher, corporate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (UCLA School of Law)
25. David Fox, talent, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light (Western State College of Law)
26. Jeff Frankel, talent, McKuin Frankel Whitehead (UCLA School of Law)
28. John Gatti, litigator, Manatt Phelps & Phillips (USC School of Law)
29. Michael Gendler, talent, Gendler & Kelly (UCLA School of Law)
30. Eric George, litigator, Browne George Ross (Georgetown University Law Center)
31. Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UC Berkeley School of Law)
32. Patricia Glaser, litigator, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro (Rutgers University School of Law)
33. Carlos Goodman, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (UCLA School of Law)
34. Henry Gradstein, litigator, Gradstein & Marzano (USC School of Law)
35. Josh Grode, corporate, Liner LLP (Loyola Law School)
36. Allen Grubman, talent, Grubman Indursky Shire & Meiselas (Brooklyn Law School)
37. Tom Hansen, talent, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller (USC School Of Law)
38. Alan Hergott, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (Northwestern University School of Law)
39. David Hernand, corporate, Cooley (Georgetown University Law Center)
40. Barry Hirsch, talent, Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman (USC School of Law)
41. Mark Holscher, litigator, Kirkland & Ellis (UC Berkely School of Law)
42. Jim Jackoway, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (Yale Law School)
43. Craig Jacobson, talent, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller (George Washington University School of Law)
44. Matthew Johnson, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (NYU School of Law)
45. Neville Johnson, litigator, Johnson & Johnson (Southwestern University Law School)
46. Joel Katz, talent, Greenberg Traurig, (University of Tennessee College of Law)
47. Martin Katz, litigator, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton (University of Michigan Law School)
48. Richard Kendall, litigator, Kendall Brill & Klieger (USC School of Law)
49. Howard King, litigator, King Holmes Paterno & Berliner (UCLA School of Law)
50. Dale Kinsella, litigator, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert (UCLA School of Law)
51. Deborah Klein, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (USC School of Law)
52. Kenneth Kleinberg, talent, Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo (UCLA School of Law)
53. David Lande, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
54. Adam Levin, litigator, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (University of San Diego School of Law)
55. Linda Lichter, talent, Lichter Grossman Nichols Alder & Feldman (UC Berkeley School of Law)
56. Steven Marenberg, litigator, Irell & Manella (University of Chicago Law School)
57. Mickey Mayerson, corporate, Loeb & Loeb (Columbia Law School)
58. Joel McKuin, talent, McKuin Frankel Whitehead (Harvard Law School)
59. Louis “Skip” Miller, litigator, Miller Barondess (UCLA School of Law)
60. Jonathan Moonves, talent, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano (University of Virginia Law School)
61. Schuyler “Sky” Moore, corporate, Stroock (UCLA School of Law)
62. Marcy Morris, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (UCLA School of Law)
63. Aaron Moss, litigator, Greenberg Glusker (Harvard Law School)
64. Bob Myman, talent, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox, Rosenberg & Light (USC School of Law)
65. Peter Nelson, talent, Nelson Davis Wetzstein (UC Hastings College of the Law)
66. Jeanne Newman, talent, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller (USC School of Law)
67. Robert Offer, talent, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern (UCLA School of Law)
68. Chuck Ortner, litigator, Proskauer Rose (Brooklyn Law School)
69. Daniel Petrocelli, litigator, O’Melveny & Myers (Southwestern University School of Law)
70. Michael Plonsker, litigator, Plonsker Law (University of Illinois College of Law)
71. Marvin Putnam, litigator, O’Melveny & Myers (Georgetown University Law Center)
72. Bruce Ramer, talent, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown (Harvard Law School)
73. Ken Richman, talent, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller (Harvard Law School)
74. Lawrence Rose, talent, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown (USC School of Law)
75. Mathew Rosengart, litigator, Greenberg Trauig (Boston College Law School)
76. Kelli Sager, litigator, Davis Wright Tremaine (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law)
77. Stephen Scharf, corporate, O’Melveny & Myers (Stanford Law School)
78. Michael Schenkman, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (UC Berkeley School of Law)
79. Ira Schreck, talent, Schreck Rose Dapello (Columbia Law School)
80. Robert Schwartz, litigator, O’Melveny & Myers (USC School of Law)
81. P.J. Shapiro, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (USC School of Law)
82. Nina Shaw, talent, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano (Columbia Law School)
83. Martin Singer, litigator, Lavely & Singer (Brooklyn Law School)
84. Jason Sloane, talent, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern (UCLA School of Law)
85. Larry Stein, litigator, Liner Llp. (USC School of Law)
86. Gary Stiffelman, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law)
87. Richard Stone, litigator, Jenner & Block (Loyola Law School)
88. Matthew Thompson, corporate, Stroock (UC Hastings College of the Law)
89. Gail Migdal Title, litigator, Katten Muchin Rosenman (UC Berkeley School of Law)
90. Fred Toczek, talent, Felker Toczek Suddleson (USC School of Law)
91. Steve Warren, talent, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller (Harvard Law School)
92. David Weber, talent, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern (USC School of Law)
93. Howard Weitzman, litigator, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert (USC School of Law)
94. Alan Wertheimer, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (Stanford Law School)
95. Alonzo Wickers, litigator, Davis Wright Tremaine (UC Berkeley School of Law)
96. Susan Zuckerman Williams, corporate, Loeb & Loeb (USC School of Law)
97. Bryan Wolf, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (Columbia Law School)
98. Kevin Yorn, talent, Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman (Tulane Law School)
99. Jonathan Zavin, litigator, Loeb & Loeb (Columbia Law School)
100. Ken Ziffren, corporate, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law)
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