Anita Famili leads the Real Estate Transactions and Finance group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP and has chaired the firm's Cannabis and CBD practice for over a decade. Famili serves as lead counsel for a $1 billion redevelopment of LAX’s terminal facilities and is currently advising on a cross-border private residential resort project valued at over $1 billion. In 2025, she led the acquisition of a $368.6 million regional warehouse in New York, a deal that required removing dozens of historic easements from 15 contiguous parcels. She also managed a high-profile foreclosure involving a $550 million CMBS loan and represented Samsung in securing anchor leases for new Galaxy Experience Stores. A first-generation immigrant who once worked multiple jobs to put herself through law school, she now balances her career as a single mother of three. Famili volunteers at a domestic violence clinic and serves on Law360’s Real Estate Editorial Advisory Board. She has been ranked as a "US City Elite" for real estate in Los Angeles for 2026. Famili's reputation as a thought leader is cemented through frequent speaking engagements at USC Gould and ICSC conferences.