MEMBERS OF FIRM
Jacob A. Bloom (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, April 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, California. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1963); Cornell University (LL.B., 1966). Moot Court Champion. Member: State Bar of California.
Alan S. Hergott (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, January 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1976, California. Education: The University of Michigan (A.B., with high distinction, 1972); Northwestern University (J.D., 1975). Senior Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1974-1975. Author: "Supreme Court Review: Obscenity," 65 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 499, 1974. Member: Beverly Hills and Illinois State Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Candice S. Hanson (Member) born Calgary, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1978, California and Ontario, Canada. Education: University of British Columbia, Canada; University of Toronto, Canada; Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Canada (LL.B., 1976). Member: State Bar of California.
Tina J. Kahn (Member) born Los Angeles, California, January 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of California (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); University of Chicago (M.A., 1977); Northwestern University (J.D.,1981). Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Beta Kappa. Symposium Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law of Business, 1980-1981. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.Email: Tina J. Kahn
John D. Diemer (Member) born Los Angeles, California, November 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz; University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Stuart M. Rosenthal (Member) born River Edge, New Jersey, August 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1979); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D./M.B.A., 1984). Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Leigh Brecheen (Member) born Phoenix, Arizona, February 4, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1981, California; 1986, New York. Education: University of Arizona; Mills College (B.A., 1976); Arizona State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Topics Editor, Arizona State University Law Journal, 1977-1978. Author: "Advertiser Produced Programming: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come," Television Syndication: A Practical Guide to Business and Legal Issues, 1987 LA Bar Association. Co-Author: "Arizona Probate Code Practice Manual," 1980; "The Client: Income and Estate; Tax Aspects of Moving To Or From a Community Property State," Taxation for Accountants Magazine, 1980. Board Member, UCLA Entertainment Symposium, 1990. Member: Women in Film; Hollywood Radio and Television Society. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of California.Email: Leigh Brecheen
Stephen F. Breimer (Member) born New York, N.Y., December 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with honors, 1972); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Member, U.C.L.A. Moot Court Honors Program, 1984-1985. Member, Federal Communications Law Journal, 1983-1985. Comments Editor, University of California, 1984-1985. Consulting Editor, Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1988-2002. Author: "The Financial Interest and Syndication Rules: An Analysis of the FCC's Controversial Proposal for Repeal," Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1984; "Copyrighting Literary and Visual Characters: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words," Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1986; "Clause by Clause," Dell Publishing, 1992; "The Screenwriters Legal Guide," Allsworth Press, 1996. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.Email: Stephen F. Breimer
John S. LaViolette (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, July 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1979); University of Southern California (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of California.
David B. Feldman (Member) born Los Angeles, California, August 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., cum laude, 1981); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1990). Editor, California Law Review, 1989-1990. Author: Note, "Finding a Home For Fictional Characters: A Proposal For Change in Copyright Protection," California Law Review, May, 1990. Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association; State Bar of California.
Eric M. Brooks (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Yale University (A.B., cum laude, 1984); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1990). Member and Editor, California Law Review, 1988-1990. Author: Comment, "Site-Specific Art and Moral Rights," 77 California Law Review 1431, 1989. Member: State Bar of California.Email: Eric M. Brooks
Michael L. Schenkman (Member) born Los Angeles, California, July 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1987; M.A., 1987); Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of California.
Thomas B. Collier (Member) born Elizabeth City, North Carolina, January 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with highest distinction, 1988); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with high honors, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, 1989-1990 and Associate Comment Editor, 1990-1991, University of Chicago Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992. Member: State Bar of California.Email: Thomas B. Collier
Patrick M. Knapp (Member) born Munich, Germany, February 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1991); University of Southern California (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Languages: German, Portuguese, French.
Carlos K. Goodman (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, September 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1984); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Editor, UCLA Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: State Bar of California.
Leif W. Reinstein (Member) born Los Angeles, California, April 10, 1973; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish.Email: Leif W. Reinstein
Bradley S. Small (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, September 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California; 1995, Florida. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1990); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1994). Member, Moot Court Honors Board. Licensed Florida Sports Agent, 1994. Co-Author: "Perfect Pitch--Submitting Your Screenplay in Hollywood," 1996. Author: "The Lincoln-Douglas Great Philosopher Debate Series," 1994. Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Sports Law; Employment Law.
Richard D. Thompson (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, August 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1977); Stanford University (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Los Angeles Copyright Society (Trustee and Past President).Email: Richard D. Thompson
ASSOCIATES
Ralph P. Brescia (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, November 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); Harvard University, JFK School of Government (M.P.P., 1987); Georgetown University (J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, 1996-1997. Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.Email: Ralph P. Brescia
Gregory L. Slewett (Associate) born Miami, Florida, June 30, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2005, California. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., with honors, 1998); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 2002). Dean's Merit Scholarship. Member: Art & Entertainment Law Journal. Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2002-2004. Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association; State Bar of California; New York State Bar Association.
OF COUNSEL
Thomas F. Hunter, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Painesville, Ohio, December 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1983, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Hiram College; University of Houston (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1982). Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Entertainment Law Section) and Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section).Email: Thomas F. Hunter, Jr.