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| | Address | | 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400 East | | Santa Monica, California 90404 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 310-586-7700 | | Facsimile: 310-586-7800 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gtlaw.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Greenberg Traurig, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Admiralty Law, Agricultural Law, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Americans with Disabilities Act, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Biotechnology, Broadcasting Law, Brownfields Redevelopment, Business Immigration, Business Law, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Finance, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Customs and International Trade, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Energy, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, ERISA, FCC Licensing, FCC Regulation, Federal Government Law, Federal Legislative Law, Finance, Financial Institutions Law, Franchises and Franchising, Gaming Law, Government Affairs, Government Contracts, Governmental Law, Health Care, Immigration Law, Indians and Native Populations, Information Technology, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, International Business Law, International Trade, Joint Ventures, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Lobbying, Maritime Law, Mediation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mining Law, Motion Pictures and Television, Multimedia Law, Music Law, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Oil and Gas Law, Partnership Law, Patents, Privatization, Probate, Public Finance, Public Infrastructure, Public Utility Law, Railroad Law, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Sports Law, Strategic Alliances, Structured Finance, Sweepstakes, Taxation, Telecommunications Law, Trade Regulation, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Criminal Defense, Wills, Workouts, Zoning Law. | | Year Established: 1967 | Firm Profile:
For more than three decades, Greenberg Traurig, LLP has delivered practical, business-focused solutions for clients, from emerging companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Our international network of offices provides a multi-disciplinary team with the strategic business, legal, and political experience required to solve the increasingly complex needs of regional, national, and global companies. | | Firm Size: 1750 |
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Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
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Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
Florham Park, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Albany, New York, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Shanghai, China
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zürich, Switzerland
| | Ian C. Ballon (Shareholder) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada; admitted to bar, 1986, Maryland (inactive); 1988, District of Columbia (inactive); 1989, California. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); The George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1986); Georgetown University (LL.M., International and Comparative Law, 1988). Author: Legal Treatise, "E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms," West/Legal Works, 2001 and Annual Supplement, www.ballononecommerce.com. Executive Director, Stanford Law School's Center for E-Commerce, 2003—. Named: Top 50 IP Litigators in California by the Daily Journal, 2008; Top 25 copyright, trademark and patent lawyers in California by The Daily Journal in 2003; Top 16 new-media lawyers in the United States, Daily Journal's Cyber Esq. magazine, 2001; Top 100 most influential lawyers in California, California Law Business, 2001; Top 20 California lawyers under age 40 by California Law Business, Spring 1999. Member, Board of Advisors, Program in Law Science and Technology, Stanford University Law School, 2007. Advisor: Grammy Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative, 2006 —; American Law Institute's International Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Project, 2002-2007. Council Member, Science and Technology Section, American Bas Association, 2000-2006. Present or Former Member, Editorial Boards of: The Cyberspace Lawyer; The Journal of Internet Law; Privacy and Information Law Report; E-Commerce Law Report; Intellectual Property Lawcast. Author: "Why Internet Business Disputes Lead to Intellectual Property Litigation," Daily Journal, 2006; "Assessing and Limiting E-Commerce Liability Through Website Audits," California Business Law Practitioner, Fall 2001; "Bots, Screen Scraping, Content Aggregation and the Evolving Doctrine of Database Trespass," The Cyberspace Lawyer, May 2001; "Napster Ruling Clarifies and Expands the Law Governing Third Party Copyright Liability in Cyberspace," The E-Commerce Law Report, May 2001; "Spoliation of E-Mail Evidence," Committee on Pretrial Practice & Discovery, American Bar Association, Vol. LX, No.1, Winter 2001; "Rethinking Cyberspace Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Disputes," University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law, Fall 2000. Member: State Bar of California; American Law Institute; American Bar Association (Past Chair, Computer Law Division and Council Member, Section of Science and Technology; Programs Chair, 1995-2002 and Member, Computer and Internet Litigation Committee, Litigation Section; Member, Cyberspace Law Committee, Business Law Section; Past Chair, Intellectual Property Subcommittee). Reported Cases: MySpace, Inc. v. Wallace, 498 F. Supp. 2d 1293 (C.D. Cal. 2007) (enjoining a defendant under the CAN-SPAM Act); MySpace, Inc. v. TheGlobe.com, Inc., 2007 WL 1686966 (C.D. Cal. 2007) (granting summary judgment under the CAN-SPAM Act, California's anti-spamming statute and for breach of MySpace's Terms of Use, including its $50 per email liquidated damages clause); MCSi, Inc. v. Woods, 290 F. Supp. 2d 1030 (N.D. Cal. 2003) (denying an anti-SLAPP motion in a case involving pseudonymous Internet misconduct); Garden of Life, Inc. v. Letzer, 318 F. Supp. 2d 946 (C.D. Cal. 2004) (transferring domain names pursuant to a preliminary injunction granted under the Lanham Act and California state law); MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 380 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2004) (wrote amicus brief on behalf of copyright owners' rights organizations). Email: Ian C. Ballon | | George M. Belfield (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., 1976); University of Southern California (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: George M. Belfield | | Charles Berman (Shareholder) born October 13, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Republic of South Africa; 1978, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Witwatersrand University (B.S., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Charles Berman | | Gregg D. Bernhard (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., August 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence and Corpus Juris Secundum Awards in Criminal Law. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Gregg D. Bernhard | | Scott D. Bertzyk (Shareholder) born Berlin, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.B.A., 1981); University of Texas (J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Scott D. Bertzyk | | Daniel H. Black (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., October 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1987, California. Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Copenhagen; George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and New York State Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment; Advertising and Marketing; Internet Law; Sports Law. Email: Daniel H. Black | | Louis J. Bovasso (Shareholder) born August 16, 1935; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1971, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Newark College of Engineering (B.S.M.E., 1961); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1966). Member: Century City Bar Association; State Bar of California; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. [Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, 1954-1958]. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Louis J. Bovasso | | Kenneth L. Burry (Shareholder) born St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Honors Program, 1988); American University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Reginald W. Gibson, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Kenneth L. Burry | | Vincent H. Chieffo (Shareholder) born New York, New York, October 5, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, California; U.S. District Courts, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., 1967); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). Staff Member 1968-1969 and Articles Editor, 1969-1970, Columbia Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, 1970-1971. Member, Planning Committee, USC Law School Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section), American and International Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Los Angeles Copyright Society (Past President); Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (Co-Chair, Entertainment and Media Litigation Department). Reported Cases: Lyrick Studios, Inc. v. Big Idea Productions, Inc, 420 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2005); Briarpatch Ltd. L.P. v. Phoenix Pictures, Inc., 373 F.3d 296 (2nd Cir. 2004); Winter v. DC Comics, 30 Cal 4th 881 (2003); Fogerty v. Fantasy, 510 U.S. 57 (1994) on remand, 94 F.3d 553 (9th Cir. 1996); Schwartz v. Las Vegas Sun, 104 Nev. 508, 761P.2d 849 (1988) and 110 Nev. 1042, 881 P.2d 638 (1994); Stone v. Williams, 970 F.2d 1043 (2d. Cir. 1992); Stone v. Gulf America Fire & Casualty Co., 554 So. 2d. 346 (ALA 1989); Demaris v. Greenspun, 712 F.2d. 433 (9th Cir. 1983); Cher v. Forum International Ltd., 692 F.2d. 634 (9th Cir. 1982); Guglielmi v. Spelling-Goldberg Prods, 25 Cal.3d 860 (1979). Practice Areas: Litigation; Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Vincent H. Chieffo | | Grace Chung (Shareholder) born Seoul, South Korea; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1995, California; 2007, Colorado. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1987); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of California; New York State, Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; International Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Grace Chung | | Terence J. Clark (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio; 2002, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Ninth and Federal Circuits, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: John Carroll University (A.B., 1966); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1968-1969. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section); Ohio State (Chair, Media Law Committee, 1990-1994; Member: Council of Delegates, 1992-1995; Sections on: Intellectual Property; Litigation) and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section; Chair, Year 2000 Committee) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; Los Angeles Copyright Society. (Co-Chair, National Intellectual Property Practice; Co-Chair, Media & Entertainment Litigation). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Entertainment Law; Litigation. Email: Terence J. Clark | | Jay L. Cooper (Chair, West Coast Entertainment Division) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1951, Illinois; 1953, California; 1987, New York; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: DePaul University (J.D., 1951). Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2004-2006 Editions. Author: Withol v. Crow: Fair Use Revisited," UCLA Law Review; "Recording Contract Negotiation: A Perspective," Loyola Law School Entertainment Law Journal. Guest Lecturer: Harvard Law School; USC/Boalt Hall School of Law; Stanford Law School; UCLA Law School. National President, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, 1975-1977; 2006 Entertainment Attorney of the Year, Century City Bar Association; Southern California Super Lawyers 2004-2006; "California's Leading Lawyers Top 100", Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, September 2006. Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association (Chairman, Entertainment Law Committee, 1972-1976); American Bar Association (Chairman, Forum Committee on Entertainment & Sports, 1983-1986); International Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee); California Copyright Conference (President, 1976-1978). Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Copyrights; Intellectual Property. Email: Jay L. Cooper | | Angela J. Crowder (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 2000, New York; 2002, California. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Angela J. Crowder | | Christopher Darrow (Shareholder) born November 17, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, California and U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Toledo (B.S.M.E., 1968); Whittier College (J.D., 1976). Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Century City Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association; American Intellectual Property Association; Licensing Executives Society; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Biotechnology; Medical Devices; Technology and Science; Unfair Competition. Email: Christopher Darrow | | Richard F. Davis (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, December 25, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, California; 1973, U.S. Tax Court; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., Political Science, 1967; J.D., 1970). Lecturer: "Securitization of Resort Assets Involving Non-US Parties," ABA Real Property Section Annual Meeting, 2000. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Real Property; International Law); American (Member, Sections on: Real Property; International Law) and International Bar Associations; Urban Land Institute (Member: Development Regulations Council, 1985-1990; Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council, 1993-1999; International Council, 1999—); American Resort and Residential Development Association (Member: Chairman's League; International Council); U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; International Law. Email: Richard F. Davis | | Michelle Lee Flores (Shareholder) born Castro Valley, California, April 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Chi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Golden Key National Honor Society. Arizona Regents Scholarship Recipient. Arizona State Legislature Senate Intern. UCLA Moot Court Participant. El Centro Legal Student Director. University Law School Fellowship. Business Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal. Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Michelle Lee Flores | | John M. Gatti (Shareholder) born Rockville Centre, New York, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985; J.D., 1988). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Hale Moot Court Honors Program. Member, Blackstonians Law Society, 1983-1985. Member, Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, Junior Achievement of Southern California. Member, Board of Directors, St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation. Member, Board of Trustees, Children's Bureau of Southern California. Member: Beverly Hills, Century City, Santa Monica and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. (Co-Chair, Entertainment and Media Litigation Department). Reported Cases: Williams v. Columbia Broadcasting Systems, 57 F.Supp. 2d 961(C.D. Cal. 1999); Danjaq, S.A. v. MGM/UA Communications Co., 773 F.Supp. 194 (C.D. Cal. 1991). Practice Areas: Litigation; Media Law; Entertainment Litigation; Sports Contracts. Email: John M. Gatti | | Paul R. Glassman (Shareholder) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1978, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1982, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974; M.A., Economics, 1974); Stanford University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Stanford Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to the Hon. Mariana R. Pfaelzer, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1978-1979. Author: "Choice of State Law in Bankruptcy Cases: Part II," American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Journal Vol XXIV, No. 8, October 2005; "Choice of State Law in Bankruptcy Cases: Part I," American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Journal Vol XXIV, No. 7, September 2005; "Third Party Injunctions in Partnership Bankruptcy Cases," The Business Lawyer, May 1994, Vol. 49, No. 3; "Solicitation of Plan Rejections under the Bankruptcy Code," American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Summer 1988; "Introduction to Bankruptcy Practice," CEB 1987; "Mandatory Withdrawal of Reference," in Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, January 1985. Co-Author, "Fraudulent Transfers," Bankruptcy Practice After the 1984 Code Amendments, CEB 1985. Member: Century City (Chair, Committee on Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, 1983-1989; President, 1990-1991), Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1991-1992; Chair, Bankruptcy Committee, 1994-1995 and Member, Executive Committee, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1992—) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Commercial Law. Email: Paul R. Glassman | | Mario F. Gonzalez (Shareholder) born Eugene, Oregon, November 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977). Author: "The Statutory Overriding Of Controlled Composition Clauses," UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 2001. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Mario F. Gonzalez | | Jordan D. Grotzinger (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., September 9, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1994); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award, Property. Member, Board of Governors, Interscholastic Trial Advocacy Program. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Litigation. Email: Jordan D. Grotzinger | | Susan L. Heller (Shareholder) born January 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, District of Columbia; 1987, Illinois; 1992, California. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1979); George Washington University (J.D., 1982). Member: State Bar of California; The District of Columbia Bar; Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Susan L. Heller | | Valerie W. Ho (Shareholder) born Canton, China, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1994); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Valerie W. Ho | | Steven Katleman (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, July 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1980). Adjunct Professor, Film and Television Law, University of Southern California Law School. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Steven Katleman | | Naoki Kawada (Shareholder) born Tokyo, Japan, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1995); University of San Diego (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Naoki Kawada | | Peter C. Kelley (Shareholder) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., with distinction, 1981); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Recipient: Shidler Grant (First Place, 1986). Member, UCLA Law Review, 1984-1986. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Peter C. Kelley | | Raymond B. Kim (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, September 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1989); University of Southern California (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Raymond B. Kim | | Richard I. Leher (Shareholder) born Denver, Colorado, June 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, California. Education: Occidental College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1966); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1967-1969 and Editor, 1968-1969, California Law Review. Contributor, California Supreme Court Survey, 56 California Law Review 1612, 1968. Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment. Email: Richard I. Leher | | William Mark Levinson (Shareholder) born Newport News, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1983, New Jersey; 1987, California. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1978); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 1981). Notes Editor, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 1980-1981. Member: Century City, Santa Monica and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: William Mark Levinson | | Thomas S. Loo (Shareholder) born Winterhaven, California; admitted to bar, 1969, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., magna cum laude, in Accounting, 1965; J.D., 1968). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, University of Southern California Law Review. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: Thomas S. Loo | | M. Sean McMillan (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1971, California. Education: University of Munich, Munich, West Germany (Diploma, 1963); International School of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Certificate, 1964); University of Southern California (S.B., summa cum laude, 1967); Harvard University (J.D., 1970). Phi Kappa Phi. Note and Comment Editor, Harvard International Law Journal, 1968-1970. Adjunct Professor of Law, Public International Law, Loyola University, 1979-1981. Vice-Chairman, International Law Section, American Bar Association, 1979-1981. Member: American and International Bar Associations; International Law Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: International Business Transactions; Intellectual Property; Corporate Law. Email: M. Sean McMillan | | Frank E. Merideth, Jr. (Shareholder) born Sacramento, California, October 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1966); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. [With U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Frank E. Merideth, Jr. | | Mark R. Moskowitz (Shareholder) born August 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Saul and Sarah Fechtor Award for Outstanding Politics Major. Editor, Harvard Law Review, Vols. 83 and 84, 1970-1971. Instructor, Advanced Professional Program, University of Southern California School of Law, 1974-1976. Member: State Bar of California; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Practice Areas: Corporate; Corporate Finance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Gaming Law; Corporate Reorganization. Email: Mark R. Moskowitz | | Lisa M. Nitti (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with honors, 1995); University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of California; Beverly Hills Bar Association. Practice Areas: Entertainment. Email: Lisa M. Nitti | | Gregory A. Nylen (Shareholder) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1986); University of Southern California (M.A., 1990; J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Copyright and Trademark Litigation. Email: Gregory A. Nylen | | Carol Perrin (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1977, Florida; 1979, California. Education: Binghamton University (B.A., 1973); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Practice Areas: Tax Law; Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Entertainment Law; International Taxation. Email: Carol Perrin | | Robyn R. Polashuk (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); University of Southern California (M.A., 1988); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1994); Harvard Business School (Cable Television Executive Management Program, 2004). Associate, Irell and Manella, LLP, 1994-1996. Senior Counsel, New Technology Law Group, The Walt Disney Company, 1996-2001. Vice President, Distribution Legal Affairs, Lifetime Television. Member: Women in Telecommunications; National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. Practice Areas: Communications and Media; Broadcast Television; Cable Communications; Satellite Communications; Multimedia Law. Email: Robyn R. Polashuk | | Eric V. Rowen (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, March 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1979); Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1982). St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations. Editorial Board, International and Comparative Law Journal. Co-Chair, UCLA Real Estate Investment & Finance Conference. General Counsel: Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation; Southern California Leadership Council. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Executive Committee: Real Property Section, 1997-2000; Chair, Real Estate Litigation Subsection, 1992-1997; Chair, Title Subsection, 1987-1991; Executive Committee, State Bar Conference Delegation, 1995-2000 and 2004—; Legislative Review Committee, Litigation Section, 1997-2000; Judicial Nominations Evaluations Committee, 1999-2000). (Chair, Western Region Real Estate Litigation). Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Finance. Email: Eric V. Rowen | | Paul J. Schumacher (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: Santa Clara University (B.A., 1973); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Litigation; Dispute Resolution; Regulatory Matters. Email: Paul J. Schumacher | | Alan Uriel Schwartz (Shareholder) born Mt. Vernon, New York, 1933; admitted to bar, 1957, New York; 1985, California. Education: Cornell University (B.A., with honors, 1953); Oxford University; Yale Law School (LL.B., 1956). Co-Author: "Privacy - The Right To Be Let Alone, and Censorship - The Search for the Obscene," The Macmillan Company; "Lawyers and What They Do," Franklin Watts. Author, Pushishers Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, Theatre Arts Magagine and the Saturday Review. Trustee, Truman Capote Literary Trust. Member: Los Angeles County and New York State Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment and Media; Motion Picture Finance; Television and Theatrical Finance. Email: Alan Uriel Schwartz | | Charles E. Schwenck (Shareholder) born 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1968); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1971). Email: Charles E. Schwenck | | Diana P. Scott (Shareholder) born San Francisco, California, January 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1979, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1974); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. State Champion, Roger Traynor Moot Court Competition Brief and Orals, 1978. Contributing Editor, Employment Issues, California Fire Journal, 1987-1996. Member, Board of Advisors, Sportstrac, Inc. Author: "Sexual Harassment and Discrimination," Woman and the Law, WestGroup 2002; "Application of Faragher Defense to State Civil Rights Claims," National Law Journal, April 2002; "Bound and Gagged: Termination Rights of In-house Counsel," House Counsel Magazine, April 2000. Contributing Monthly Editor, Benefits and Compensation Solutions Magazine, 2000-2001. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Employment; Vice-Chair, Dispute Resolution Committee; Vice-Chair, Executive Committee on Fee Arbitration; Member, Advisory Committee, Lawyer Referral Information Service) and American (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; California Employment Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Mendez v. J. Alexander Securities, Inc., et al., 17 Cal.App.4th 1083 (1993); cert. denied, 114 S.Ct. 2182 (1994). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Diana P. Scott | | Jeff E. Scott (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., November 6, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Hendrickson v. eBay, Inc. et al., 165 F. Supp.2d 1082 (C.D. Cal. 2001); Kelvin Williams v. Cash Money Records et al., 2003 WL 22129505 (C.D Cal. 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Unfair Competition; Class Action Defense. Email: Jeff E. Scott | | Matthew S. Steinberg (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, October 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1975); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Author: "How to Win a Malicious Prosecution Case," Los Angeles Lawyer (1994). Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Atari Corporation v. Ernst & Whinney, 981 F.2d 1025 (9th Cir. 1992); Air Sea Forwarders v. Air Asia Company, Ltd. 880 F.2d 176 (9th Cir. 1989); Coopers & Lybrand v. Superior Court; 212 Cal. App. 3d 524 (1989). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trial and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Email: Matthew S. Steinberg | | James O. Thoma (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1988, California. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1980). Co-Editor: Intellectual Property Finance newsletter. Co-Author: "To Secure or Not to Secure: That Is The Question," Lending & Risk Management News, October 1998 and Corporate Finance Reporter, March 1999. Past President, Century City Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Group, 1991. Lecturer: Juriscope, 1993, "International Film Finance & The Guilds," Poitiers, France; Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1992, "Film, Finance & The Guilds." Seminar Panelist: "Film Finance," Bordeaux, France, 1995. Co-Panelist, Commercial Lending in California, National Business Institute, 1999. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Media Finance; Corporate. Email: James O. Thoma | | Richard K. Welsh (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1997); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation. Email: Richard K. Welsh | | OF COUNSEL | | Mahsa Aliaskari (Of Counsel) born Tehran, Iran, January 27, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia. (Not admitted in California). Education: George Mason University (B.A., 1997); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 2000). Author: "U.S. Asylum Laws applied to Battered Women Escaping Islamic Countries," The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law, 2000; "Congress Launches Assault on the Intracompany Transferee: Can the American Economy Withstand Proposed Changes to the L Visa?" Immigration Law Today, December 2003; "What You Should Know About the IRS, SSN, and ITIN," ILW.com, May 19, 2004. Recipient, American University Outstanding Publications Award, 2000. Assistant Publications Editor, Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 1999-2000. Speaker: "DHS Regulations," California Restaurant Association Board of Directors Meeting, August 2007; "The World of Immigration: From the Entertainment Perspective," ALI ABA Entertainment, Arts & Sport Law Conference, January 25, 2007. Member: Virginia State Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Farsi. Practice Areas: Business Immigration and Compliance. Email: Mahsa Aliaskari | | Bonita L. Churney (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1978, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., Political Science, with great distinction, 1973); Harvard University (J.D., 1978). Member: Los Angeles County, San Luis Obispo County and American Bar Associations; Women Lawyers Association of San Luis Obispo County. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Bonita L. Churney | | William (Bill) Grantham (Of Counsel) born Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, June 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Liverpool, England (B.A., with first class honors, 1979); St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, England (M.Phil., 1981); National Council for the Training of Journalists, United Kingdom (Proficiency Certificate in Newspaper Journalism, 1983); Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, Paris, France (1995); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1996); University of Sunderland, England (Ph.D., 2007). Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient: Moot Court Writing Award; Prosser Award, History of American Law. Member, High Technology Law Journal. Associate Editor, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law. Author, Articles: "The Arbitrability of International Intellectual Property Disputes," Berkeley Journal of International Law 14, 173-221 (1996), reprinted in Intellectual Property Law Review, edited by Karen B. Tripp, New York, Clark Boardman Callaghan/Thomson Legal Publishing, 1997 (as William Grantham); "America The Menace: France's Feud With Hollywood," World Policy Journal, 15, No. 2, 58-65 (Summer 1998); "Legislative Changes to the Copyright Laws of the United States," International Media Law, 17, No. 1, 1 (January 1999); "Brilliant Mischief: The French on Anti-Americanism" World Policy Journal, 20, No. 2, 95-101 (Summer 2003); "International law and TV Formats: perspective and synthesis." In Audiovisual Works, TV Formats and Multiple Markets, edited by Michael Keane, Albert Moran, and Mark Ryan. Australian UNESCO Orbicom Working Papers in Communications. Brisbane: Griffith University, 42-51 (2003); "Cultural 'patronage' versus cultural 'defence': alternatives to national film policies." In Law's Moving Image, edited by Leslie J Moran, Emma Sandon, Elena Loizidou, and Ian Christie. London: Glasshouse Press, 187-92 (2004); "'Get on with the burning! Put an end to this trial!': representations of the trials of Joan of Arc in the cinema," Griffith Law Review, 13, No. 2, 153-59 (December 2004); "Embracing Jurisdiction: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." In Jurisprudence of Jurisdiction, edited by Shaun McVeigh. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge-Cavendish, 225 (2007); 'Some Big Bourgeois Brothel': Contexts for France's Culture Wars with Hollywood. Luton, UK: Univ. of Luton Press, 2000. Editorial Director: Books: 25 Years of Music. Paris: Midem, 1992; 30 Years of Television. Paris: Midem, 1993. Teaching, Panels and Lectures: Panel Member, Private Seminar on Plans for UK's fifth TV channel, Consumers Association, London, 1988; Guest Lecturer, International Home Video Industry, Fémis (French national film school), 1993; "International Television Co-Production", Sedona Conference, Sedona, Arizona, 1999; University of California, Los Angeles Extension: "Protecting and Defending Content: Legal Issues for the Entertainment Professional"; University of California, Los Angeles Extension: "Law in the Movies"; Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; Visiting Lecturer, Contracts and International Human Rights Law; University of California, Los Angeles Extension, "Law and Business of the Film Industries"; "Saint Thurgood", Law and Literature Society of Australia conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2004; "Mandarins and self-appointed elites, the inevitability of republican delegation in democratic public service broadcasting services" University of Waikato, New Zealand, July 2004; "European identity, cultural hegemony and the Television Without Frontiers directive," International Association for Communication and Media Research conference, UNESCO, Paris, July 2007. Consultancies: World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Media Center; European Union Media program; Irish Trade Board; Local Enterprise Development Unit (Northern Ireland). Former Paris Bureau Chief, Variety. Founding Editor, Television Business International Magazine. Former Columnist, Screen International Magazine. Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia: Affiliate of the Centre, 2003-2004. Member: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication; Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Member: State Bar of California; Irish-American Bar Association ( Los Angeles), National Communication Association; Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities; British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Los Angeles; Broadcast Education Association (USA); International Association for Media and Communication Research; International Communication Association; Irish Film and Television Academy. Reported Cases: Comedy III Prods., Inc. v. New Line Cinema, 200 F3d 593 (9th Cir. 2000); American Dairy Queen Corp. v. New Line Prods., Inc., 35 F. Supp. 2d 727 (D. Minn. 1998). Transactions: Organizing Committee, Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002: negotiation of performer deals for opening, closing and medal ceremonies and Special Olympics; Foreign investor syndicate for Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider 2: negotiation of bank financings; Leading German film investment fund: acted in multiple Hollywood deals. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Copyrights; Corporate Law. Email: William (Bill) Grantham | | Norman H. Lane (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1971, California. Education: Columbia University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1960); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1963). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Norman H. Lane | | David P. Markman (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, October 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., International Political Economics, 1989); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Telecommunications. Email: David P. Markman | | Michael H. Starler (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.S., 1972); Southwestern University (J.D., 1975); University of San Diego (LL.M., 1983). Author, "Family Limited Partnerships in Financial and Estate Planning," California Business Law Practitioner (CEB), Fall 1994. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Michael H. Starler | | Eve Triffo (Of Counsel) born Binghamton, New York, July 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969); University of California at Santa Barbara (M.A., 1971); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1974). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Eve Triffo | | Peter Yu, Jr. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2007, California. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Peter Yu, Jr. | | ASSOCIATES | | Amy B. Alderfer (Associate) born Las Vegas, Nevada, November 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., 1996); University of Southern California (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Amy B. Alderfer | | Annie Jihyun Baek (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Arizona; 2004, Ohio; 2006, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1999); University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Annie Jihyun Baek | | Karin L. Bohmholdt (Associate) born California; admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1998); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Marina Bonanni (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Pomona College (B.A. magna cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: French and Italian. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. | | Nina D. Boyajian (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Southern California (J.D., 2006); University of Paris - Sorbonne, Paris, France. Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: MySpace, Inc. v. Wallace, 498 F. Supp. 2d 1293 (C.D. Cal. 2007). Languages: French and Armenian. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nina D. Boyajian | | Valeria Bystrowicz Liendo (Associate) born Buenos Aires, Argentina; admitted to bar, 1999, Argentina; 2005, California. Education: Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999); New York University (LL.M., Corporate Law, 2002). Recipient: Wallace Fund Scholarship, New York University School of Law; Graduate Law Merit Scholarship, University of San Diego School of Law. Member: Los Angeles County and Orange County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Hispanic Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Hotel and Resort Development; International Hotels and Resorts. Email: Valeria Bystrowicz Liendo | | Lori Chang (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California (B.A., 1999); University of Southern California (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lori Chang | | Ann Brigid Clark (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of Dallas (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Georgetown Law Center (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Ann Brigid Clark | | Geoffrey A. Cohn (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Chapman University (B.S., 2002); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Geoffrey A. Cohn | | Kristin Stohner Dion (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2006, California. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 2000); New York University (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of California. Email: Kristin Stohner Dion | | Cynthia A. Dixon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: California State University, Long Beach (B.S.E.E., 1994); University of Southern California (M.S.E.E., 1999); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Patent Infringement. Email: Cynthia A. Dixon | | Tiffany S. Fordyce (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Pomona College (B.A.,1998); University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation. Email: Tiffany S. Fordyce | | Anna R. Fudacz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 2000); University of Southern California (J.D., 2006). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Anna R. Fudacz | | Debra J. Hamilton (Associate) born Manchester, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1999, New York and California. Education: Clark University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); The American University School of International Service (M.A., summa cum laude, 1996); Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Int'l Legal Studies, cum laude, 1997). Co-Author: "How the Point System Works," Urban Land Institute, August, 2003. Graduate Editor, The NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, 1996-1997. Assistant Editor, The American Journal of International Law, 1995-1996. Member: State Bar of California; New York State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Real Estate. Email: Debra J. Hamilton | | Steve P. Hassid (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.S., Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience, 1998); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2001). Ronald E. McNair Baccalaureate Scholar. Recipient, UCSD Stroke Center Young Investigators Award, 1996-1997. Co-Author: "Effects of Ganaxolone in a Rodent Model of Cerebral Hematoma," Stroke Journal, 1999; "Synergistic Combinatorial Stroke Therapy: A Quantal Bioassay of a GABA Agonist and a Glutamate Antagonist," Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 1999; "Neuroprotective Efficacy of Neurosteroids CCD-1042 and Pregnanolone in Collagenase Hematoma Model," American Heart Association Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, 1998; "Synergism in Combinatorial Stroke Therapy: A GABA Agonist and Glutamate Antagonist," Stroke and Cerebral Blood Flow, 1998. Speaker: "Neuroprotective Efficacy of Neurosteroids CCD-1042 and Pregnanolone in Collagenase Hematoma Model," 23rd International Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, American Heart Association, 1998; "Neuroprotective Efficacy of GABA Agonists and Glutamate Antagonists in Intercerebral Hematoma," Summer Research Conference and Faculty Research Symposium, University of Southern California, May 1997 and August 1997. Founder, Innovative Business Solutions. Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Lawyers Association; American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association; American Business Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Farsi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Licensing; Patent Protection; Medical Patents; Pharmaceutical Patents; Electronic Intellectual Property; Electrical Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Infringement; Intellectual Property Enforcement; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Procurement; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Intellectual Property Rights; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; International Intellectual Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Medical Intellectual Property. Email: Steve P. Hassid | | Matthew Bryan Hayes (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1998); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Matthew Bryan Hayes | | Jennifer B. Hodulik (Associate) born Madison, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 1998); Florence, Italy (semester abroad 1997); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2002); Bond University, Queensland, Australia (semester abroad, 2002). Author: "The Whole Enchilada Wrench LLC v. Taco Bell and Idea Submissions Claims," Communications Lawyer (Winter 2004); "The Drug Court Model as a Response to Broken Windows Criminal Justice for the Homeless Mentally!," 91 J. Crim. L and Criminology 1073 (2001). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Prosecution. Email: Jennifer B. Hodulik | | Kathleen J. Kim (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., cum laude, 1994); University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Kathleen J. Kim | | Bryan J. Lazarski (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 2002); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of California (Member, Labor & Employment Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Bryan J. Lazarski | | Felix Lebron (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 2004). Managing Editor, Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, 2002-2003. Executive Board Chairman, Boalt Hall Moot Court Board, 2003-2004. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Hispanic National Bar Association; Mexican American Bar Association. [U.S. Army Reserve, 1999-2007]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Felix Lebron | | Christina M. Liu (Associate) born San Francisco, California, October 29, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Cornell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christina M. Liu | | John J. Loncto (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1989); Georgetown University (M.B.A., 1996); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. [Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1989-1994]. Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities; Finance; Entertainment and the Arts. Email: John J. Loncto | | John Joseph Lucas (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1997); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Entertainment Litigation. Email: John Joseph Lucas | | Wendy M. Mantell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2004, California. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Fordham University Law School (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Entertainment. Email: Wendy M. Mantell | | Harold McDougall, IV (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Yale Law School (J.D., 2004). Managing Editor, Yale Journal of International Law. President, Yale Entertainment and Sports Law Association. Organizing Committee Member, Yale Hollywood Festival of Films. Member: American Bar Association (Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industry). Practice Areas: Entertainment Law. Email: Harold McDougall, IV | | Charlene L. Oh (Associate) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 2006, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Southern California (J.D., 2006). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Charlene L. Oh | | Philippe A. Phaneuf (Associate) born Montreal, Canada; admitted to bar, 2004, Ontario; 2006, California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of California; Law Society of Upper Canada. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Hotel and Resort Development; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Philippe A. Phaneuf | | Kamran Salour (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 2001); Emory University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2006). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Adam Starr (Associate) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 1998); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Reorganization; Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Litigation. Email: Adam Starr | | David A. Theaker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1996); University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Entertainment Litigation. Email: David A. Theaker | | Hillary Wenner (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 2003, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Northwestern University (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance. Email: Hillary Wenner | | Gregory Philip Wong (Associate) born San Diego, California, August 2, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1995); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Gregory Philip Wong | | Esther Zaidman (Associate) born Mexico City, Mexico, 1976; admitted to bar, 1999, Mexico; 2003, California. Education: Universidad Iberoamericana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Chicago School of Law (LL.M., 2002). Member: Mexican-American Bar Association; US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Latin American Transactions; Tourism Development; Resorts; Mexico Trade; International Law. 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Houston, Texas Office: 1000 Louisiana, Suite 1800, 77002. Telephone: 713-374-3500. Facsimile: 713-374-3505.
Las Vegas, Nevada Office: 3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500 North, 89109. Telephone: 702-792-3773. Facsimile: 702-792-9002.
Zurich, Switzerland Office: Dufourstrasse 1, 8057. Telephone: +41 44 364 26 00. Facsimile: +41 44 364 27 13.
Amsterdam, Netherlands Office: Strawinskylaan 3127, 1077 ZX. Mailing Address: Post Office Box 75306, 1070 AH Amsterdam, Netherlands. Telephone: +31 20 30 17 300. Facsimile: +31 20 30 17 350.
Shanghai, China Office: Rooms 3125-3141, Shanghai Central Plaza, 381 Huai Hai Zhong Lu, 200020. Telephone: +86 (21) 6391 6633. Fax: +86 (21) 6391 6232.
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