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Navid Soleymani
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(310) 919-0091
1875 Century Park East
Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and IP
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Navid handles business litigation and employment litigation for individual and corporate clients in a wide range of industries, from small businesses to large publicly-traded corporations. As a seasoned Los Angeles entertainment lawyer, Navid has extensive experience in the media and entertainment industries, representing clients such as recording artists, managers and agents, production companies and content providers. Navid has litigated numerous intellectual property claims involving, among other things, copyright and trademark infringement, cyber-squatting, defamation, right of publicity, and trade secret misappropriation. Navid handles sexual harassment, wrongful termination, disability discrimination and pregnancy discrimination.
Since 2002, Navid Soleymani has been litigating complex business, entertainment,...
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Hillary Johns
Beverly Hills, CA 90212, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
(310) 492-4009
9461 Charleville Boulevard #742
Beverly Hills, CA 90212, CA 90212
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and IP
Golden Gate University School of Law
Ms. Johns is a civil trial lawyer who has tried more than one hundred cases to verdict. She is the managing partner for Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer which maintains offices in Beverly Hills, the Bay Area and New York City. She graduated from Occidental College in 1990 and Golden Gate University School of Law in 1993 where she graduated with Dean’s List and class honors. She is licensed to practice law in California, the California Southern, Central and Northern U.S. Federal District Courts, the District of Columbia, Montana, New York, and the New York Eastern and Southern U.S....
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Bennett Jay Fidlow
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(310) 282-2000
10100 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Full service entertainment law practice handling corporate, financing, production, marketing and distribution matters worldwide across all media for studios, networks, cable companies and independent producers.
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Mark Litwak
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
(310) 859-9595
201 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Ste. 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Entertainment & Sports
Univ of San Diego School of Law
Mark Litwak is a veteran entertainment attorney and founder of the Law Offices of Mark Litwak & Associates based in Los Angeles, California. His practice includes work in the areas of copyright, trademark, contract, multimedia law, intellectual property and book publishing. As a Producer’s Representative, he assists filmmakers in arranging financing, marketing and distribution of their films. He also testifies as an expert witness in motion picture industry cases.
Litwak has packaged movie projects and served as executive producer on such feature films as “The Proposal,” “Out Of Line,” “Pressure,” and “Diamond Dog.” He has provided legal...
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John Begakis
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
(310) 230-5580
Ext. 1
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Entertainment & Sports, Collections and Communications
Southwestern University School of Law
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Rodney Alves
Manhattan Beach, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
(310) 948-6477
1590 Rosecrans Ave.
Suite 327D
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and International
University of California - Los Angeles and Mackenzie University Law School
Mr. Alves's practice focuses on advising startups, emerging growth and middle market companies across a spectrum of industries in corporate, finance and business transactions with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, contracts and project finance.
Licensed in Brazil and the U.S., he practiced for several years at major law firms in Brazil and the U.S. advising domestic and international clients on, among other things, corporate, mergers and acquisitions and investments matters.
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Jason Brooks
los angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Jason provides transactional business and legal affairs services to content creators across a wide spectrum of the creative community. Specializing in the new media, entertainment and business space, Jason frequently works with scripted/unscripted TV producers, social media influencers, and business entities to review, draft and negotiate deal terms on a wide range of production-related projects. Jason also provides business development strategy and corporate counsel to a variety of emerging players in the digital space. If you’re an influencer looking to monetize your content, a new business looking to establish your legal entity or register a trademark, or a digital...
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Jonathan Louis Handel
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Communications and IP
Harvard Law School
I practice transactional entertainment and technology law and was a also a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter from 2010-20, where I covered entertainment labor, law and business. A former computer scientist, I was also active in local politics for over a decade.
A preeminent expert on Hollywood unions and guilds, I'm the author of several books on the subject. I'm also an adjunct professor at USC and Southwestern law schools, and previously at UCLA Law School, and a non-resident research fellow at Rutgers University. I've worked as a talent lawyer; guild attorney; and as a litigator.
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Brian Fu
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and Immigration
Melbourne Law School
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Brian Fu works closely with major production studios, talent and management agencies, and multinational corporations to devise creative immigration strategies for executives, on-screen talent in film and television, production teams, musicians, athletes, and artists to work on multi-million dollar projects in the United States. As a trusted advisor on global mobility matters for leading companies in such sectors as entertainment, fashion, design, cosmetics, and videogames, Brian counsels on complex labor and employment issues for foreign nationals. Brian has studied law at top schools in the United States, Australia, and Japan – on the prestigious Monbukagakusho Scholarship awarded by the...
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Joshua Biletsky
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and IP
Southwestern Law School
I am an attorney who provides legal services to emerging and established artists. I also cater to the legal needs of entrepreneurs and to businesses which are just starting up or have already been established. In representing these clients, I strive to protect the intellectual property of businesses and creative and technical artists across a wide spectrum of media.
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Brandon J. Anand
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
(323) 325-3389
5455 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1609
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Southwestern Law School and Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Brandon Anand is a seasoned business and real estate attorney and Court-appointed Referee. Brandon has advised as to countless matters at each stage of the business life cycle—from formation—to operations (partnerships/joint ventures, IP protection, licensing/sales, and litigation/conflict resolution)—to reorganization, sales, and mergers, with a focus on two primary areas: real estate and entertainment/sports.
Brandon's real estate practice centers around the sale, financing, and lease of real property. In addition to private representation, he serves as a Court-appointed Partition Referee throughout California, where he is called upon to streamline sales, accounting, and distribution of proceeds from real property (e.g....
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Desiree T. Washington
Torrance, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
University of Iowa College of Law
Desiree T. Washington, owner of Washington Law Firm, is a seasoned attorney with a focus on complex business litigation, business transactions, employment law, entertainment law, real estate transactions and real estate litigation. She earned her B.A. in Medieval and Early Modern History from the University of Chicago, followed by her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, with a focus on jurisprudence and civil rights law. Desiree brings an extensive legal background to her practice.
Before founding Washington Law Firm, Desiree served as a prosecutor for the State Bar of California and worked as a litigator representing high-profile clients,...
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Leticia M. Kimble
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
(310) 440-4100
1900 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and Employment
University of Michigan Law School
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Miles J. Feldman
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Trademarks
University of California - Berkeley
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Eddie Burnett
Fountain Valley, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Communications, Consumer and IP
Accomplished entertainment attorney with over 35 years of experience representing clients in the music, film, television, and performing arts industries.
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Paul David Murphy
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
USC Law School
Paul’s practice focuses primarily on complex business litigation. He was recently named one of the “Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California” by Los Angeles Magazine, has the highest AV rating in Martindale Hubbell, and is regularly listed in various publications as one of the top attorneys in his field.
His practice areas include business and commercial litigation, False Claims Act cases, corporation and partnership disputes, professional liability litigation, entertainment and intellectual property litigation, defense of non-profit and other charity-based organizations, products liability litigation and all related appellate work.
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Howard Craig Kornberg
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, IP, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Southwestern Univ School of Law
A Los Angeles motorcycle accident attorney, Howard Kornberg is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating an attorney can receive from his or her peers. He has extensive experience assisting clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from accidents involving motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, Segways, and other motorized vehicles.
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Tony M. Soliman
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
California Western School of Law
We are a boutique law firm with attorneys that specialize in personal injury, criminal defense and business law services, as well as entertainment law. We provide aggressive and efficient legal representation for each of our clients and work hard until we get you the results you need and want. Our attorneys will also travel to you if needed.
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Joey Arnel Sayson
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(310) 581-2868
3231 Ocean Park Blvd.
Suite 219
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3232
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports and IP
Whittier Law School
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Howard K. Alperin
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
(310) 424-4088
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
Widener University Delaware School of Law
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Tammy Wu
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Noël Lohr
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports and Business
University of Southern California
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Gi Nam Lee
Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Trinity Law School
Ginam Lee has been a California licensed attorney since 1999. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of California as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His areas of practice are litigation, real estate, entertainment, intellectual property, alcoholic beverages, franchises, and business affairs.
Mr. Lee began his legal career as a legal assistant at a boutique criminal defense firm of Beck & DeCorso in downtown Los Angeles. Since then, he has worked in various legal capacities at major firms such as O'Melveny & Myers in...
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Mike Arias
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Appeals, Asbestos and Insurance Claims
Mike Arias is the senior and managing partner of the firm. He handles matters throughout the United States. Mr. Arias has litigated and tried matters from New York to Texas to California, in both state and federal court. He has resolved hundreds of matters, either by trial, arbitration, mediation or negotiated settlement, resulting in millions of dollars in recovery for the firm's clients. His most recent trial victory resulted in a judgment and subsequent settlement in excess of $19 million. His most recent settlements total well in excess of $50 million. Mr. Arias has also successfully defended and counseled many...
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Russell Bryan Sommers
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and IP
University of California - Berkeley
Russell Sommers is a seasoned transactional attorney who helps individuals and businesses maximize the value of their Intellectual Property (IP) through the strategic application of copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, and other IP laws.
The Law Office of Russell Sommers offers quality legal services tailored to meet the specific IP needs of businesses and individuals in the spheres of business, technology & entertainment.
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Joshua Mogin
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and Real Estate
New York University School of Law
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Jeannine V. Stepanian
Marina Del Rey, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 8 years of experience
4712 Admiralty Way # 794
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
UCLA School of Law
Jeannine Stepanian is a versatile transactional attorney. Her diverse practice includes entertainment law, intellectual property law, and business transactions. She has represented clients in the entertainment industry, including actors, writers, producers, and directors. She has also represented a wide variety of corporate clients, from small businesses and tech start-ups to non-profit organizations, production companies, and film studios.
Prior to forming SLF in 2019, Ms. Stepanian practiced litigation. She has experience in family law, appellate law, and insurance defense. As a former litigator, she is uniquely suited to drafting and negotiating contracts with an aim to protect her clients from future...
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David Allen Sergenian
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of Virginia School of Law
David A. Sergenian is the founder of Sergenian Law, a Professional Corporation. His practice concentrates in the areas of copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, partnership and startup disputes, appellate practice, and general commercial litigation. In addition, he has extensive experience in patent law, securities litigation, entertainment litigation, and employment actions. He has represented clients on “both sides of the v.,” including numerous Fortune 500 companies, in litigations, trials, arbitrations, and alternative dispute resolutions.
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Bryan Joel Freedman
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and Real Estate
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Attorney Bryan Freedman has a practice dedicated to entertainment, business, copyright, employment, Internet, real estate, and sports law. Bryan represents clients locally in Southern California, as well as throughout the United States and around the world.
Recognized as a renowned entertainment litigator, the Hollywood Reporter named Mr. Freedman one of the “most influential entertainment litigators in the country” for over 10 years in a row. He has also been featured on the publication’s “Top 100 Power Lawyers” list and has been listed in Variety magazine’s 2015 Legal Impact Report, a selective list comprised of only 22 chosen individuals.
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Harrison Pierce Kordestani
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Tax
Boston University School of Law and California Western School of Law
I have extensive experience in legal, finance, management and company-building.
As an attorney, my focus has been on transactional drafting and negotiation and providing ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation to numerous private individuals as well as companies in varied fields such as media and entertainment, oil and gas, mining and exploration, virtual reality technologies, private health care, cannabis, and mortgage lending and real estate.
As an entertainment professional, I have acquired, or produced, and distributed dozens of feature films, while usually being active in managing the business and legal affairs of most the companies I have worked for or founded. My...
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Daniel R. Freytag
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
(310) 623-4562
2029 Century Park East
Suiet 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Daniel R. Freytag is Of Counsel with Meyer Wilson, LPA. He was born in Napoleon Ohio and earned his B.A. at Wittenberg University where he graduated magna cum laude. He went on to attend the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and earned his J.D. summa cum laude.
Mr. Freytag has been a trial lawyer for more than thirty-four years and has represented hundreds of large corporations, small businesses, professionals, and individuals in a variety of complex tort, insurance, and business cases. He has personally examined or cross-examined more than 1000 lay witnesses and more than 150 expert...
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Donald Victor Smiley Jr
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
(310) 496-5788
100 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 700
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Entertainment & Sports and Arbitration & Mediation
Pepperdine University School of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law
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Neil Juneja
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Neil Juneja is an intellectual property and cannabis lawyer. He is the founder and managing partner of Gleam Law, a cannabis law firm headquartered in Seattle, WA. His impeccable track record and years of cannabis business law experience – including navigating the complexities of patents, trademarks, and copyrights – helps Gleam Law stand out from the competition.
Neil founded Gleam Law because he realized other cannabis law firms provided legal advice to businesses in a vacuum. He wanted to provide legal decisions in the context of the business world and counsel long-term success. Other cannabis business attorneys are not just risk-adverse...
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Tre Lovell
Century City, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
With more than 20 years of experience, Tre Lovell has been noted among the elite trial lawyers in the nation, having been named "Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2016, by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and further honored by The National Law Journal as one of the Top 50 Litigation Trailblazers in the United States. Mr. Lovell has been recognized among the top 1% of attorneys in the country as a litigator through such esteemed organizations as America's Top 100 Attorneys, Distinguished Justice Advocates, National Academy of Jurisprudence, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Rue's Best Attorneys of America. In addition,...
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Daniel W. Sheerin
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Real Estate
Fordham University School of Law
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Mick Longo
Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Cannabis Law and IP
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mick Longo is an attorney licensed to practice law in the States of California, Florida, North Carolina and Oregon. Motivated by an entrepreneurial desire to change the way law firms operate, Mr. Longo founded Longo & Alach LLP with partner Patrick Alach in 2009. In 2013, Mr. Longo orchestrated and oversaw Longo & Alach LLP’s expansion to Miami, Florida and then in 2015 he expanded the firm again to Charlotte, North Carolina. His practice areas include Entertainment Law, Sports Law, Business Law, Cannabis Law, Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law, Privacy Law and Legislative Advocacy.
Mr. Longo represents a myriad...
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Joshua R. Lastine
Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
8730 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports and Business
Pepperdine University
Entertainment lawyer Joshua R. Lastine protects the artistry and livelihood of actors, production companies, writers, producers, directors, animators, social media influencers, and podcasters. A strategic negotiator, a fierce advocate for talent, and a practical problem solver, Lastine strengthens his counsel with an indelible passion for show business, its players, and creators.
Lastine understands how to structure and close the deals shaping the future of the entertainment industry. Recent examples include critically acclaimed streaming series, musicians’ NFTs, and mixed-reality productions in the Metaverse.
Lastine’s experience in Studio business and legal affairs includes positions with ViacomCBS, Lions Gate, Marvel Studios, Starz, Discovery...
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Kamal Andrew Moo
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Music and entertainment law was a natural progression given my background. Having had jobs / positions in production, publishing, artist and label management, I have unique perspective. I love helping artists with their business issues so they can focus on developing their craft.
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Ethan D Kirschner
Culver City, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Communications and IP
University of Minnesota Law School
Ethan D. Kirschner is an experienced litigator with clients in California, throughout the United States, and overseas. Originally from Wisconsin, Mr. Kirschner was a champion high school and college debater. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, and received an LL.M. in intellectual property law from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Kirschner has been practicing law since 2005. He is licensed to practice law in California.
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Dmitriy Aristov
El Segundo, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
(424) 259-3550
222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 2000
El Segundo, CA 90245
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Golden Gate University School of Law