General Counsel and business advisor
to entertainment companies and talent in a variety of
productions.
Successful representation of talent, production
companies, network and cable channels in contract, competition
and intellectual property disputes.
Special Counsel to Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences.
Litigation
counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in copyright,
trademark, and trade name disputes.
Expertise
with child actor cases, set asides and unique needs;
Retention by network to confirm minor's contracts; Counsel to A
Minor Consideration, the advocate for minors in the entertainment
industry; Expert speaker at SAG Forum on Children's Issues.
Successfully litigated and arbitrated syndication
rights, profits accounting and distribution.
Building
Business: Leadership and development of businesses in
communications, entertainment and media.
General Counsel to communications and entertainment concerns, from
start-up, control, competition issues, IPO, secondary financing,
mergers and acquisitions.
General Counsel to one of the state's largest telecommunications
interconnect companies, to one of the West's largest resellers and
to successful network service providers.
Recognized expert in media access matters.
Featured expert at National Convention
of the Society of Telecommunications Consultants.
Consolidation of business and litigation
matters for Internet companies.
Recognized expertise in cable,
Counsel in control dispute over cable channel.}