Global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP Shareholder Mathew S. Rosengart, co-chair of the firm’s National Media & Entertainment Litigation Group, was named Entertainment Litigator of the Year for the second consecutive year at Benchmark Litigation’s U.S. Awards ceremony March 6 in New York City.
The prestigious Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards honor the nation's top litigators and their firms for their outstanding achievements over the past year.
Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor and Justice Department trial attorney, also was named 2024’s Entertainment Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Litigation, which recognizes “the country’s most distinguished litigators … for their exemplary work,” according to the publication.
Among other accolades, Rosengart has also been recognized as one of the Top 200 lawyers in the nation by Forbes, which described him as an “elite” and “revered” litigator who “brings the passion and legal expertise to private practice that made him notable as a federal prosecutor,” been named by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America, been listed (twice) as a litigation Trailblazer by The National Law Journal, been named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer, and been recognized as a Media & Entertainment MVP by Law360, an annual report recognizing “the elite slate of attorneys who have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard earned successes in high-stakes litigation and cases,” according to the publication.
Labelled a “tough as nails streetfighter with a big brain and bigger principles” by his longtime client Sean Penn, Rosengart has been previously recognized by the Daily Journal as a Leading Commercial Litigator, California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, and a Top 100 Lawyer in the Golden State; Lawyer of the Year by Above the Law; and a Top Litigator & Trial Attorney by the Los Angeles Business Journal, which honors “masters of their craft” who “go to the proverbial mat for their clients” and recognized him as “one of the nation’s preeminent litigators” and a “go-to litigator for Hollywood’s elite.
A member of the Executive Committee of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Rosengart is also a recipient of the Power of Law Award from Variety and the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Excellence in Advocacy Award for legal excellence and philanthropy. He has also consistently been recognized as one of the industry’s leading attorneys by Variety in its Legal Impact Report and The Hollywood Reporter in its prestigious “Power Lawyers” list.
This year, Benchmark Litigation also named Greenberg Traurig Atlanta the Georgia Firm of the Year, and the firm’s Florida offices (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach), New Jersey office, and Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice, were shortlisted by the publication.
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