ATTORNEYS

Media & Entertainment Litigation

• Served on the team that represented Wasserman Media Group (now THE·TEAM) in a highly publicized breach of contract suit in federal court resulting in a favorable settlement shortly before trial
• Representing a songwriter and a major music publisher in a copyright infringement suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging that a best-selling song had copied a previously unreleased composition.
• Represented a hip-hop record label in a copyright dispute involving an allegedly uncleared sample used in a GRAMMY Award-winning song.
• Represented a best-selling artist in the settlement of data privacy class action litigation.
• Advised a global sports and entertainment company on litigation strategy involving right-of-publicity claims, endorsement and brand-partnership disputes, and emerging issues related to name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.
• While in law school, contributed to the development and introduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, proposing legal reforms to modernize the music streaming royalty framework.

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Defended a major non-profit arts institution in pre-litigation class-action demands.
• Supported the litigation team and joint defense group in drafting numerous dispositive motions in indirect-purchaser class action claims against a major energy company subsidiary in consolidated federal litigation in the District of New Mexico.

Government Investigations

• Facilitated responses to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) pre-merger investigation of a proposed acquisition on behalf of a leading travel platform and subsequently helped secure dismissal of the DOJ’s Clayton Act Section 7 challenge in federal district court.

Pro Bono

• Drafted a successful petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, securing the release of a Guatemalan national from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.