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Steve Charles Vondran
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Communications, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Whittier Law School
Our law firm is a leader in intellectual property and piracy law. We have handled more software audits and torrent defense lawsuits than most other firms combined. We have a niche speciality practice in copyright infringement law and handle the following types of cases:
1. Software Audits and Licensing Disputes (Business Software Alliance, BSA, SIIA, Vero, Siemens, Solidworks, Autodesk, Adobe and Microsoft)
2. Torrent Defense Cases (ex. Malibu Media pornography, Flava Works and Strike 3 Holdings, LLC BitTorrent litigation cases in California Federal Court in the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern District)
3. TV Signal Piracy cases (boxing...
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Ian Charles Ballon
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 37 years of experience
(650) 289-7881
Greenberg Traurig LLP
2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400 E
Santa Monica, CA 90404
IP
Georgetown University Law Center and The George Washington University Law School
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Steve Payam Hassid
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 21 years of experience
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Hastings College of the Law
For over 13 years, I have helped clients in diverse technology areas achieve success in IP and business litigation, patents, trademarks and licensing. Having been at two leading large law firms (Greenberg Trauig LLP, AMLAW 10 and Sheppard Mullin LLP, AMLAW 100) for 10+ years, I have the experience and skills to provide our client's with the very best in quality and service. I have successfully settled numerous IP and business litigation cases, prosecuted hundreds of patent and trademark applications to issuance/registration and successfully negotiated complicated licensing and pre-litigation matters for small startups to Fortune 500 companies....
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Steven William Smyrski
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 31 years of experience
IP and Antitrust
Southwestern University School of Law
Steven W. Smyrski has over twenty-five years of experience in all phases of intellectual property, including patent prosecution and litigation, technology license drafting and negotiation, enforcement and infringement avoidance strategies, patent portfolio evaluations, infringement/validity analyses, and design around of U.S. patents. Mr. Smyrski has personally drafted over 400 original U.S. patent applications in such diverse fields as telecommunications hardware and software, semiconductor design, fabrication, and inspection, medical devices, signal processing components, computer hardware and software, neural networks, exercise equipment, and business methods.
Mr. Smyrski has litigated a variety of intellectual property disputes, including asserting and defending over ten patents for...
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Joey Arnel Sayson
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(310) 581-2868
3231 Ocean Park Blvd.
Suite 219
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3232
Free ConsultationIP and Entertainment & Sports
Whittier Law School
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Paul David Murphy
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 32 years of experience
IP, Business, Products Liability 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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Neil Juneja
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer
IP, Business, Patents 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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Victor A Bullock
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(310) 692-4711
2425 Olympic Blvd., 4000 W
4000-Suite 820
Santa Monica, CA 90404
IP, Business, Construction and Trademarks
UC Hastings COL
Victor A. Bullock, the founder of our firm, is a solution-focused, client-centered attorney with broad legal knowledge and experience. Professional experience includes providing counsel to individual, government and corporate clients with a focus on balancing organizational and business needs against legal risks. Experienced in counseling on regulatory and commercial matters, as well as defending and prosecuting multi-million dollar lawsuits and exposures including general liability, intellectual property, employment and breach of contract lawsuits.
Mr. Bullock has compiled that experience and helps ambitious and creative business owners reach their big goals. Together with his team, he assists entrepreneurs, creatives, artists, photographers,...
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Pamela Ann Wilson
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 32 years of experience
IP, Business, Consumer and Employment
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William Everett Maguire
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 43 years of experience
IP
Univ of West Los Angeles and The John Marshall Law School
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Bruce Warner
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 54 years of experience
(310) 738-5429
1620 26th Street
4th Floor, North Tower
Santa Monica, CA 90404
IP
USC Law School
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Jim Betinol
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 14 years of experience
920 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. 126
Santa Monica, CA 90401
IP, Business and Estate Planning
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Laurence Martin Berman
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 44 years of experience
(310) 393-9500
201 Santa Monica Boulevard
# 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
IP and Business
University of CaliforniaLos Angeles School of Law
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Peter Laurence Kaufman
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 35 years of experience
(310) 294-1624
2425 Olympic Boulevard
Suite 4000W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
IP and Entertainment & Sports
Boston University School of Law
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Anthony Kling
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 26 years of experience
IP and Entertainment & Sports
Loyola Law School
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Matthew Swanlund
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 24 years of experience
(310) 486-6958
12777 W Jefferson Blvd
Building D, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Based in Los Angeles, I assist individuals and businesses throughout Southern California and the nation with a diverse range of entertainment law matters, from contract negotiations to intellectual property protection. My clients comprise celebrities, artists, sports figures and performers, along with businesses and government entities. I am committed to offering each of these clients tailored, effective solutions by applying my 15 years of experience at a large law firm to every case. I regularly help my clients negotiate the production, distribution and licensing of their art, motion pictures, software and other products. I also assist creative artists in registering...
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David Martinez
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Trademarks
Southwestern University School of Law
Mr. Martinez represents a wide range of U.S. and international clients in all forms of dispute resolution and business counseling, with emphasis in the areas of commercial, intellectual property, unfair competition, shareholder and class action litigation, arbitration and mediation. His clients range from individuals to start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in the real estate, retail, fashion, transportation, financial, entertainment, manufacturing and technology industries, and often include Latin-American and other foreign clients interested in developing a presence in the United States.
Mr. Martinez has won a reputation for his fierce commitment to his clients’ interests and to valued legal causes. This commitment...
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Jessica Bromall Sparkman
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 20 years of experience
(310) 712-6838
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
I am a successful Intellectual Property, Patent, Litigation and Appellate Law attorney. Based in California, my experience includes trademark matters in more than 150 countries.
I provide aggressive advocacy for a full range of intellectual property and patent law issues. I am committed to achieving the best possible results with efficient and effective representation.
I received my B.A. from Yale University, where I played Varsity Lacrosse. My J.D. is from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
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Ivan Parron
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 18 years of experience
(310) 598-3550
1999 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Free ConsultationIP, Antitrust, Business and Entertainment & Sports
Florida International University College of Law
Mr. Parron has over 20+ years of executive and legal experience in the television, music and motion picture industries. He is the past-chair of the Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law section, a board member of the Miami-Dade County Film & Entertainment Advisory Board and an elected Grammy Governor of the Recording Academy. Prior to opening his law firm and his tenure at Universal Music Group as in-house attorney, Mr. Parron served as CEO & founder of Ritmoteca.com, Inc., the worlds first legal source for downloadable Latin music via the Internet and mobile networks. Mr. Parron is often...
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Suzanne Natbony
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Southwestern University School of Law
Suzanne Natbony is a third generation lawyer, with a focus on business transactional and regulatory/compliance law, and dispute resolution. She is licensed to practice in California, with her own law practice, Solve & Win, in West Los Angeles, in addition to being a Partner at the international law firm, Aliant LLP (AliantLaw.com) and Of Counsel to Merino Yebri LLP (MYlawLLP.com) in Century City. Ms. Natbony also serves as outside General Counsel to Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center, a multi-state medical spa franchise (BHRCenter.com), Rejuva Medical Aesthetics, a westside medical spa, For Us By Us Network, a streaming video platform, and...
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Stanley M. Gibson
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 30 years of experience
(310) 201-3548
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business and Patents
Duke University School of Law
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Amanda M. Rokita
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 6 years of experience
IP, Business, Cannabis Law and Real Estate
Southwestern University School of Law
Amanda Rokita is an Attorney and founder of Rokita Law P.C, a boutique law firm focused on utilizing our wealth of legal experience to deliver solution based resolutions to individuals and small businesses throughout CA.
Amanda has a proven track record, having represented small businesses through trial and regularly represents clients with multi-million dollar amounts in controversy. Amanda has garnered several awards, including the 2022 and 2023 SuperLawyers Recipient, which is awarded to the top 2.5% lawyers in CA and the 2022 and 2023 SuperLawyers Rising Star Recipient, which is awarded to top lawyers under 40.
As an entrepreneur, Amanda...
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Rod S. Berman
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 42 years of experience
(310) 201-3517
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
My practice is focused on Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Intellectual Property Law. Based in California, I represent national and international clients from a wide range of industries.
With nearly 40 years of legal experience, you can expect skilled, knowledgeable and zealous representation. My accomplishments have resulted in numerous honors, including recognition as being among the Best Lawyers in America, Top Intellectual Property Attorneys in California, and Top 100 Attorneys in Los Angeles.
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Stephanie V. Trice
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
(310) 552-5023
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Free ConsultationIP and Trademarks
University of West Los Angeles School of Law
With over 20 years of experience in the legal field, attorney Stephanie V. Trice brings a passion for client advocacy and interest in the nuances of intellectual property law. She enjoys working with artists, business owners, and inventors at the earliest stage, often when there is nothing to see but a bright idea, and provides guidance to achieve their objectives and develop their intellectual property portfolio. On the litigation side, she is a critical and analytical thinker who tenaciously fights for her client’s intellectual property rights and defends those accused of infringement.
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Timothy Lappen
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 49 years of experience
(310) 201-3536
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of California - Los Angeles
With four decades of legal experience, I provide counsel for Business, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Tax, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, and Hospitality Law matters. Based in Southern California, I represent clients as outside general counsel throughout the world. I am dedicated to delivering legal expertise and experience focused on the best possible outcomes.
Highly accomplished and respected by peers, I have been honored as the 2018 Southern California Lawyer of the Year for Closely-Held Companies & Family Businesses Law, and the 2019 Southern California Lawyer of the Year for Trusts and Estates.
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Daniel Cislo
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 38 years of experience
(310) 979-9190
12100 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90025
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Recent Accolades:
Featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Most Influential Lawyers of 2014.
Named as one of the 2015 Trusted Advisors for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.
Awarded as 2016 Top Attorneys of Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine.
Awarded 2016 Global Law Experts Award for Business Start-Up IP Law Firm in California.
Named 2016 Intellectual Property Practitioner of the Year by Acquisition International.
Named 2017 America’s Most Honored Professional by The American Registry.
Awarded multiple years of Super Lawyer recognition.
Named 2019 Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers of U.S. News and World Report.
Named 2019 Business Start-Up IP Law Firm of the Year in California...
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Michael Burke
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(949) 423-6422
11377 West Olympic Blvd
Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Employment and Health Care
University of California - Los Angeles
Business lawyer and litigator with diverse experience representing closely held companies, private equity firms, and other business enterprises. My experience as general counsel and on corporate boards gives me a big picture overview to business transactions, business decision processes, and complex litigation management. I also bring that same sensibility to bear on trial and appellate strategy. An acknowledged litigation expert and speaker, I am frequently consulted by other lawyers for trial strategy, business strategy, and ethics issues.
I handle matters in the following areas: business litigation and unfair competition cases, shareholder litigation and partnership disputes, employment...
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Brennan C. Swain
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
(310) 785-5308
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Regent University School of Law
Brennan Swain's legal practice emphasizes patent and trademark law, including prosecution, litigation and client counseling.
Growing up in a family of engineers, Brennan was immersed from a young age in the engineering world, particularly the mechanical arts. While working regularly in his father's high-tech industrial coatings company in high school and college, he received hands-on experience with the inner workings of industrial machines and engines. After law school, Brennan's first job as a patent attorney also included working as an engineer for a small high-tech company. As a result of this experience, unlike many patent attorneys, Brennan has hands-on experience...
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Joseph Albert Yanny
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 46 years of experience
IP, Business, Family and Real Estate
Univ of Dayton School of Law
Joseph A. Yanny was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and attended college and law school at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Yanny obtained a B.E. in Engineering in 1975 and his J.D. in 1978. Mr. Yanny began practicing as a patent attorney in Chicago, Illinois where he obtained his first million dollar judgment before moving to California in 1980. Prior to founding his own law firm in 1983, Mr. Yanny worked in the aerospace industry in California.
Mr. Yanny is a member of the Chicago, Beverly Hills, South Bay, Los Angeles County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations;...
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Joseph A. Mandour
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
(310) 656-3900
12121 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 810
Los Angeles, CA 90025
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Joseph Mandour is the managing partner of Mandour & Associates, APC. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1995. Since then, he has been providing legal representation to businesses facing intellectual property issues.
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Jonathan A. Weininger
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 23 years of experience
(310) 712-6812
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business and Construction
Whittier Law School
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Navid Soleymani
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(310) 919-0091
1875 Century Park East
Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP, Business, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
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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Jonathan Louis Handel
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 33 years of experience
IP, Communications and Entertainment & Sports
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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Dana Melissa Newman
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(310) 730-4384
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
IP and Business
University of San Francisco School of Law
I am a business attorney with substantial in-house legal experience at companies involved in entertainment and communications technologies. I focus on technology transactions, contracts, trademark and copyright law, and publishing law. I have negotiated and drafted complex, sophisticated contracts involving technology, licensing, joint ventures, and asset purchases. I've also managed an extensive intellectual property portfolio (trademarks and copyrights), and have handled the prosecution of domestic and international trademarks, software licensing, domain name enforcement, and copyright registrations.
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Jason Brooks
los angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Entertainment & Sports 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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Michael Ahmadshahi
Century City, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Western State University College of Law
Mr. Ahmadshahi's area of practice is Intellectual Property Laws including Patent Prosecution and Litigation, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Unfair Business Practices. Before starting his firm, Mr. Ahmadshahi was a partner at Law Offices of Kayhan S. Shakib where he practiced intellectual property law as well as general law focusing on litigation in the areas of real estate, business, and personal injury cases.
Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Ahmadshahi was a staff scientist at C.E. Niehoff & Co., a defense contractor which manufactures state-of-the-art generators for military vehicles. Mr. Ahmadshahi also held the position of Research Engineer with the University of...
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Mr. Robin Mashal
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 24 years of experience
(310) 286-2000
1801 Century Park East, 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-2302
IP, Business, Real Estate and Stockbroker Fraud
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
I have been licensed to practice law in the State of California since 1999. I am the managing shareholder of Century City Law Group, a Professional Corporation (Century City Law Group, APC). I studied accounting at the University of Southern California, and obtained my law degree from Loyola Law School. While attending Loyola Law School, I became a Production Editor of the Loyola Entertainment Law Review, and was also placed on the Dean's Honor List. I have received Martindale-Hubbel's distinguished "AV Preeminent" peer-review rating. I was named to Super Lawyer Magazine's Southern California Rising Stars...
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Jeannine V. Stepanian
Marina Del Rey, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 7 years of experience
4712 Admiralty Way # 794
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
IP, Business, Entertainment & Sports 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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Michael Doland
Santa Monica, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, International and Trademarks
Georgetown University Law Center
I am a business attorney doing both transactions as well as litigation.
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Aaron Archambault
Los Angeles, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer
IP and Trademarks
New England Law | Boston
More than your legal counsel. Mr. Archambault has 25 years of experience as a business leader, having launched and managed an IT services business. Mr. Archambault is also an advocate for education and enjoys sharing the knowledge he has learned with clients. Mr. Archambault focuses on business and intellectual property law. Helping clients focus on their passions, giving them peace of mind that their businesses are protected and risks are minimized.