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Ken Sterling
Century City, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and Real Estate
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
With over 20 years of experience in media, tech, and law, I am passionate about empowering and representing artists and brands in the digital age. Having founded tech companies, digital agencies and a bank - I have a unique view of how business works and thrives.
Originally a techie (early hacker, Cisco CCNA and Microsoft MCSE), I have a unique understanding of the cyber world, AI and emerging technologies.
As an attorney at Sterling Media Law, I focus on media law, cyber law, business law, and real estate law - negotiating complex and creative deals. My mission is to help...
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William E. Woodcock
Woodland Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports and Trademarks
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Douglas Keith Schreiber
Woodland Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Loyola Law School
Douglas K. Schreiber (Member) born Los Angeles, California, September 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1979, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., cum laude, 1975); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Remedies. Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Waisbren v. Peppercorn Productions Inc., (1995) 41 Cal.App.4th 246 48 Cal. Rptr. 2d 437; Lenane vs. Franchise Tax Board (1994) 9 Cal.4th 263, 36 Cal. Rptr.2d 563 Amicus Curiae.
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David R. Schwartz
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(310) 730-4398
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Consumer and IP
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Melvin N.A. Avanzado
Pasadena, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
(310) 552-9300
The Walnut Plaza
215 North Marengo Avenue, Third Floor
Pasadena, CA 91101
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and IP
University of Notre Dame
BIG FIRM EXPERIENCE…SMALL FIRM SERVICE®
Melvin N.A. Avanzado is the principal of The Avanzado Law Firm, APLC. Mel is a trial lawyer and outside general counsel, representing clients in complex matters in entertainment, media, intellectual property, sports and employment. Mel has extensive experience practicing with big law firms but now practices in his own small firm so he has the ability to provide personalized service to his clients.
Mel is extensively involved in his community. Mel is active with numerous non-profit organizations, serving as general counsel to the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles and the UCLA Alumni Association...
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Dallas Verhagen
Santa Barbara, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Cannabis Law and Communications
Pepperdine University
Dallas Verhagen is an attorney at Fauver, Large, Archbald & Spray, LLP with a practice focused on transactional business matters. Dallas represents startups and small and large businesses in various industries, including tech, retail, manufacturing, transportation, professional services, marketing and media management, cosmetics, cannabis, food and beverage, and consulting. Dallas advises entrepreneurs, startups, and small and large businesses in all areas of business law, including the formation of business entities, negotiating and drafting employment agreements, implementing employee equity incentive agreements and plans, fundraising transactions, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Dallas also serves as outside general counsel for many...
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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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Jay Nabil Razzouk
San Bernardino, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(909) 547-7299
473 E. Carnegie Drive
Suite 200
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and Securities
Pepperdine University School of Law
Jay has represented and advised investors of public companies in shareholder derivative actions and complex class action litigation for over a decade. He helped secure millions of dollars in financial recovery and corporate governance reforms. He investigated and litigated claims involving such issues as accounting fraud, executive compensation, board entrenchment, board elections, corporate takeovers, inadequate internal controls, and violations of the False Claim Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering laws, and vehicular and aeronautical safety regulations.
Since 2017, Jay has focused his legal practice on helping entrepreneurs successfully form and operate their businesses, representing clients in contract or business...
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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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Jonathan Louis Handel
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 33 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.
I've been a member of the...
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Bennett Jay Fidlow
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 35 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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Derek Diemer
Riverside, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Probate
California Western School of Law
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Sarah G. Hartman
Irvine, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Patents
Vanderbilt University Law School
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Candice Morson
Sherman Oaks, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Cannabis Law and Personal Injury
Charlotte School of Law
5 years experience with a personal injury firm. Solo practice so I will have plenty of time to provide individualized focus to each of my clients.
Entertainment contract review and drafting experience.
Cannabis brand business formation experience and trademark filings.
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Tony M. Soliman
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 12 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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Mr. Stephen Mark Stern
Templeton, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Washburn University School of Law
Expertise, Experience and Affordability are factors that set The Stephen Stern Law Firm apart.
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* AV-PREEMINENT by Martingale Hubbell -- Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Experience
* 5,000 plus cases and 24 years experience
* Highest Quality Client Communications
* Adjunct University Professor - Business Law
Practice Areas:
* Bankruptcy
* Estate Planning
* Trademarks
* Business Law
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Joshua Alan Burt
Ventura, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Employment, IP and Trademarks
Northwestern University School of Law
The Law Office of Joshua A. Burt provides experienced advocacy in the areas of copyrights, rights of publicity, trademarks, trade secrets, employment and labor, personal injury, civil litigation and client counseling.
Joshua Burt’s goal is to provide high quality big firm legal services in a cost-effective small firm environment. Because of Joshua Burt’s big firm experience and small firm environment, the firm is capable of achieving great results for its clients at a much reduced cost to the client.
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Shaun Kendig Boss
San Diego, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust, Business and IP
University of San Diego
Our operation is focused on providing cost effective solutions and expert customer service to all our clients. In addition to real estate, the firm represents clients in business litigation, construction defect problems, estate planning, arbitrations and mediations. We want our clients to fully understand the legal process and what will be involved in finding a constructive result to their legal issue. I am very active in the legal and real estate community. I continue to educate myself on the most up to date information within my field. I maintain active memberships with both local and national groups in the industry....
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Mark Litwak
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 46 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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Brandon J. Anand
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 15 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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Ori S. Blumenfeld
Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Bankruptcy, Business and IP
The University of West Los Angeles School of Law
Ori Blumenfeld is a senior associate with Margulies Faith LLP. Mr. Blumenfeld focuses his practice in all areas of complex bankruptcy and insolvency, corporate restructuring, distressed assets, acquisition and disposition, and related litigation matters. In terms of his corporate bankruptcy expertise, Mr. Blumenfeld has represented debtors, trustees, and both secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy courts. In addition, a substantial portion of his work consists of serving as general or special counsel to federal and state receivers appointed to general equity, Family Code, rents and profits, Health and Safety Code, and regulatory receiverships, as well as bankruptcy trustees, and...
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Olga Michelle Seanez
Encino, CA, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports and Business
Whittier Coll School of Law
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Howard Craig Kornberg
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 45 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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Tre Lovell
Century City, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 31 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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Sean Stuart Varner
Ontario, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business and Real Estate
Pepperdine University School of Law
Sean S. Varner, Managing Partner of Varner & Brandt, is a corporate and transactional attorney focusing his practice on corporate and business law, real estate, transactional law, contracts and mergers & acquisitions. With over 20 years of legal and business experience Sean takes time to know his clients and their goals and objectives. He handles numerous critical issues, including complicated transactions, facing many different industries and clients including the technology sector, retail/food & beverage industry, real estate developers, restaurants, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, officers and directors of corporations, and a variety of family-owned businesses.
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David M. Meyer
San Diego, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business and Real Estate
Santa Clara University
I am a California Business transactional, corporate and real estate attorney. My practice focuses on Corporate, Business and Commercial Law and Real Estate Law, including Purchase and Sale and Leasing transactions.
I was born and raised in Oceanside, California, and attended Oceanside High School.
I received my B.A. in Economics/Accounting from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, CA.
I received my J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School in 1987.
I practiced law for 8 years with Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (now Reed Smith) in Oakland, CA.
I was General Counsel with The Upper Deck Company from 1997-2000.
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Noël Lohr
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 34 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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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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Luke Hasskamp
La Jolla, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust, Appeals and Business
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Bryan Joel Freedman
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 33 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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Thomas W Porter
El Segundo, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Southwestern Law School
Tommy helps entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses of all kinds build great companies. His goal is to be a team member of your company to provide business and legal strategy in an effective and efficient manner. He serves as outside general counsel and advises clients in many different sectors, including technology, media, entertainment, retail, food and beverage, and outdoor recreation industries, among others. He prides himself on personalized services and building lasting relationships with his clients. He likes to work with teams bold enough to build epic brands, solve big problems, and make a dent in the universe.
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Gordon Philip Firemark
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Gordon Firemark practices entertainment (Theatre, Film, Television, Digital Media), media and business law in Los Angeles. He helps creative industry professionals make deals that make sense, and that get their productions developed, financed, produced and distributed. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media, business transactions, and corporate matters for clients in the fields of media, entertainment, content and digital business.
Mr. Firemark is frequently referred to as “The Podcast Lawyer™”, and is the author of The Podcast, Blog, & New Media Producers’ Legal Survival Guide. (Https://podcastlawbook.com)
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Brad Andrew Hakala
Long Beach, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Having previously practiced at an American Law 100 firm as well as in-house counsel for a multi-national corporation, Mr. Hakala brings both legal expertise and business sense to the business transactions that clients seek to accomplish and the complex legal problems that they seek to litigate and resolve. Mr. Hakala has not only litigated various complex business and employment matters on behalf of Fortune 100 clients, he also provides general business, technology, and media law representation to various companies, including start-up businesses and those in the renewable energies sector. Mr. Hakala is an experienced business litigator who has also...
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David Lincoln Axelrod
Sonora, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(209) 533-4270
Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod
6 S. Washington Street #16
Sonora, CA 95370
Entertainment & Sports, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
David L. Axelrod began work as a teenager, selling scorecards in Dodger Stadium. After attending college, David L. Axelrod entered a career as Park Ranger and Fire Fighter, at the East Bay Regional Park District of Northern California. In 1988, David L. Axelrod graduated law school at the University of California, Berkeley, California, passed the bar, and commenced the practice of law.
David L. Axelrod worked as Deputy Attorney for CALTRANS Legal Division in Los Angeles, California, and then as Deputy Tuolumne County Counsel in Sonora, California. Mr....
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Jeannine V. Stepanian
Marina Del Rey, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 7 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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John Begakis
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 12 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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Dmitriy Aristov
El Segundo, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 9 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
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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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Gennady Shnaider
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and International
UCLA School of Law
We are dedicated to providing quality legal services at reasonable rates. Our attorneys are experienced, business-oriented and responsive to client needs. We have experience in licensing and other technology transactions, intellectual property counseling, product distribution and marketing, contracts, corporate organization and governance, mergers and acquisitions, financings, employment, real estate, entertainment law and general business and corporate matters.