Donna is CEO and Managing Partner of Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP, an AmLaw 125 firm with offices from coast to coast, known for its cutting edge and successful integration of the best of legal practice and business strategy professional services. Notable business industry areas of the firm include healthcare, media and entertainment, digital media, advertising, financial services, privacy and data security, and real estate, among others. In her practice, Donna is nationally-recognized for her high-profile, bet-the-company work on behalf of clients facing litigation and government enforcement actions, with a focus on both highly regulated industries and the privacy and data security space. Donna’s extensive crisis and risk management experience, coupled with her broad subject matter knowledge and precedent-setting litigation experience, make her highly valued by in-house counsel, the C-level suite, and boards in preemptively mitigating risk, and navigating those risks that become full-blown exposure. She has successfully and creatively represented her client base in a range of matters ranging from advice and counseling, to class and individual litigation, to government investigations and enforcement.Donna has been widely recognized for her leadership, most recently being selected in 2019 again as one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and recognized as one of the Top 500 Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon 500. In addition to serving as CEO and Managing Partner, Donna chairs the Firm’s Compensation Committee. An active member of the LGBT Bar, Donna is well known as an advocate for diversity and inclusion.