$12 Million in Support Names City of Hope’s Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Establishes Visiting Professorship

Irell & Manella are longtime supporters of City of Hope. Past gifts from the law firm established a symposium, the Irell & Manella Leading-Edge Lecture Fund, and supported the graduate school’s endowment.

Irell & Manella was founded in 1941 and was ranked in 2008 in the top 10 percent of the Blue Chip Index and Growth Index of The American Lawyer. Chambers & Partners, publishers of the world-famous legal guides, named Irell & Manella the “U.S. Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year” in 2006 and recognized the firm nationally in its 2007 and 2008 top-tier rankings of intellectual property firms in the U.S.