ATTORNEYS

Media & Entertainment Litigation

• Successfully defended Netflix, Condé Nast, and filmmaker Greg Whiteley in a high-profile, $30 million defamation and misappropriation lawsuit filed by former junior college football players featured in the Emmy-winning docuseries Last Chance U.
• Represented Nirvana, Universal Music Group, and individual band members in high-profile federal litigation concerning the Nevermind album’s iconic cover art.
• Successfully defended Paramount Pictures Corp. in two consecutive lawsuits brought by the actors from the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet, prevailing on anti-SLAPP motions in both cases and securing final judgments of dismissal, ultimately being awarded over $180,000 in attorneys’ fees for Paramount in each case.
• Representing Paramount Global in a lawsuit filed by WarnerMedia subsidiary Warner Bros. Discovery claiming that the rival media company breached its $500 million exclusivity contract with HBO Max by airing certain “South Park” content on its own streaming platform, Paramount+.
• Successfully defended Lionsgate against a lawsuit alleging that the release of a horror-comedy movie entitled “The Blackening” infringes on copyrights held by the creators of the screenplay “Southern Education” and the “Black Card Revoked” card game.
• Successfully represented Lionsgate in a federal court action brought by a former Starz actor whose role was not renewed because she refused to take the required COVID-19 vaccine.
• Served as lead counsel in the successful defense of TikTok and its owner ByteDance in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in California Central District Court.

Commercial Litigation

• Served as an integral part of the legal team that obtained two consecutive favorable judgments for a media company in a pair of breach of contract actions filed against the manufacturer of toys and entertainment products.
• Served as a key member of the team that secured a complete defense verdict for major film studios in a confidential arbitration brought by a world-famous stand-up comedian.
• Served as the lead associate on a team that obtained a favorable settlement for a well-known music producer in a breach of fiduciary duty case brought by a former business associate.
• Assisted in the successful defense of HR-MWC Partners, LLC, in a multi-million dispute arising from the failure of a land-development project in Tianjin, China.
• Served as the lead associate on a team that obtained a favorable settlement for a real-estate developer in a construction defect dispute against the general contractor of a retail development project.

White Collar Defense and Government Investigations

• Obtained the dismissal of a $20 million qui tam action alleging that a national construction company had engaged in bid-rigging, had improperly obtained projects from the federal government through programs designed to benefit small, minority businesses, and had falsified costs associated with its projects.

Legal Malpractice

• Served as part of the legal team that obtained a favorable settlement for a top-tier national law firm.
• Served as an integral member of a team that successfully obtained the dismissal of State Bar disciplinary proceeding against an attorney at a national law firm.

Trademark Law

• Served as an integral part of a team that successfully settled a trademark dispute that had been brought by a major energy drink manufacturer against a competing manufacturer.

First Amendment Litigation

• Served as the lead associate on a team that obtained a favorable settlement for a California-based artist in a First Amendment case that was filed against the County of San Bernardino.