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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.
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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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Amy Anne Laughlin
San Mateo, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Divorce and Family
Univ of Michigan Law Sch
Amy Laughlin has been achieving exceptional results for clients since 1992. After graduating with honors from The University of Michigan Law School, Amy joined the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP. While there, she counseled individuals and corporations in a wide range of complex financial matters. In 2013, Amy opened her own practice where she focuses primarily on divorce, business and entertainment law.
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Chaz Rainey JD/MBA
Burbank, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Communications, IP and International
London School of Economics and Political Science and UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Chaz Rainey advises clients in the film and television industry on matters related to: copyright litigation, financing, production, new media technologies, rights of publicity, defamation, trade secrets, trademarks, unfair competition and other transactional issues. An internationally recognized lawyer, licensed in the practice of law in California, Nevada, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia, Chaz Rainey is an accomplished litigator, negotiator, and advocate. Chaz has served as lead counsel on over 200 cases in both state and federal court. He has first-chaired more than a dozen jury and bench trials, argued before federal and state appellate courts,...
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Kamal Andrew Moo
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Music and entertainment law was a natural progression given my background. Having had jobs / positions in production, publishing, artist and label management, I have unique perspective. I love helping artists with their business issues so they can focus on developing their craft.
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Mark Anthony Pearson
San Francisco, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Mark A. Pearson is a founding partner at ARC Law Group (www.arclg.com), a law firm focused on counseling Creative, Talented and Entrepreneurial clients. His primary practice areas involve forming business entities, counseling on trademark & copyright issues, and drafting contracts for music, film & new media clients. His list of interesting and eclectic clients include entertainment industry tech firms, social media outlets, online content providers, film, radio & television producers, live entertainment companies, publishers and video game developers. Mark and his partner, Anne Yarovoy, have also been known to associate with various theater producers, musicians, industry execs,...
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Daniel John Morse
Westlake Village, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business and Estate Planning
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Daniel J. Morse represents creative artists from his offices in the Los Angeles area. Mr. Morse excelled in his studies of contracts, intellectual property, and entertainment law at the Pepperdine University School of Law. After graduating in 2001, Mr. Morse worked as a civil litigator while assisting various visual artist clients. Upon moving to Tennessee, Mr. Morse worked with the firm of Wise & Reeves, representing a variety of individuals and business with transactional and litigation matters. Mr. Morse also represented musicians and literary authors. With licenses to practice in two of America's...
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Katrina Anne Foley
Newport Beach, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business and Employment
Seattle University School of Law
Katrina Anne Foley
The Foley Group, PLC
PRACTICE AREAS
Employment law & Contracts; Government Affairs; Elections Law & Campaign Consulting; Non-profit & Foundation formations & Compliance; Artist & Athlete management, visas, and promotion.
Government Affairs & Campaign Consulting as well as Election & Campaign Law Compliance including Treasurer Services & Financial Disclosure Filing.
Employment litigation, including representation in unpaid wage, overtime, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation and breach of contract claims.
Employment litigation lawyer, that was elected to the Costa Mesa City Council for the third time in 2014, serving as mayor from 2016-2017. Foley also served as a Newport Mesa Unified School Board Trustee. Katrina Anne...
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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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Eric Jeffrey Farber
Rocklin, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University School of Law
Eric Farber is the Founder of Pacific Workers, the Lawyers for Injured Workers. We represent injured workers in their fight for justice against the insurance companies. With a solid team of well trained, caring and compassionate professionals, it is easy to see why Pacific Workers has garnered numerous awards and accolades but more importantly, over 250 five star reviews from clients.
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Uduak Oduok
Sacramento, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Ms. Uduak (Uduak Oduok) is the founder and attorney at FASHIONENTLAW, a fashion and entertainment law firm which prides itself on providing bold, intelligent, practical legal services. Whether you are looking for a firm to help advise you on brand strategy and monetization of your intellectual property assets, negotiate, advise, review or draft your business deals, file lawsuits on your behalf or defend against those filed against you to protect your peace and finances, FASHIONENTLAW is here for you.
Ms. Uduak's practice areas include contract drafting, review and negotiations, business litigation, entertainment, internet, intellectual property, and fashion law.
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Tammy Wu
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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James Phillip Vaughns
Oakland, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Criminal Defense and Immigration
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Brian J. Murphy
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
(310) 473-3500
1901 Avenue Of The Stars
Suite 1900
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
University of San Diego School of Law
Represents and advises performers, writers, directors, creative talent, producers and entertainment professionals in motion pictures, film, television, animation, HD, CGI and 3D productions, graphic arts and design, the Internet, marketing/advertising and new media of all kinds.
Advising international and domestic motion picture studios, production companies, software/technology companies and Web-based businesses in all aspects of rights acquisition, development, financing, production, licensing and distribution in traditional and all available E-commerce, digital, telephony and wireless media delivery platforms worldwide.
Assists and counsels entertainment content and IP/technology owners in the formulation and execution of strategic global rights exploitation programs to maximize the financial performance...
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Jason Brooks
los angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP 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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Paul David Murphy
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP 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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Robert Ted Parker
San Francisco, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Agricultural, Business and IP
Cornell University
Ted Parker is a business trial lawyer with extensive experience in a broad range of industries: securities, IP and e-commerce, construction, products liability, agriculture and food products, film and publishing. After graduation from Cornell Law School, he began practice in business law at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco. He was the first corporate counsel at ITEL Corporation. More recently, he has practiced as a large-firm partner (K&L Gates) and a small-firm partner (Berg & Parker), and now operates a "virtual" law firm, collaborating with colleagues electronically. He has handled major litigation nationally and internationally,...
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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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Tifanie Jodeh
Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports and Business
Loyola Law School
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Steve Hoffman
Tarzana, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Communications and IP
I'm not your typical lawyer. Having been a creative - and having managed creative businesses for over 20 years - I help people build businesses, especially creative businesses. In this era of digital disruption and media convergence, it's particularly helpful to work with someone who's familiar with emerging business and legal challenges associated with that. In addition to my legal background, my business career includes... Content development: I've spent 20+ years creating content, including developing nationally-syndicated radio shows and comedy bits. I'm still creating content – lots of it – today. ...
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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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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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Neama Rahmani
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Communications and Criminal Defense
Neama is a prestigious California personal injury attorney. He is the President and co-founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
Neama graduated from UCLA at the age of 19 and Harvard Law School at the age of 22, making him one of the youngest graduates in the 200-year history of the law school. Upon graduation, Neama was hired by O’Melveny & Myers, the largest law firm in Los Angeles at the time, where he represented companies such as Disney, Marriott, and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Joey Arnel Sayson
Santa Monica, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(310) 581-2868
3231 Ocean Park Blvd.
Suite 219
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3232
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports and IP
Whittier Law School
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Howard K. Alperin
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
(310) 424-4088
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business and IP
Widener University Delaware School of Law
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Mike Arias
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Appeals, Asbestos and Insurance Claims
Mike Arias is the senior and managing partner of the firm. He handles matters throughout the United States. Mr. Arias has litigated and tried matters from New York to Texas to California, in both state and federal court. He has resolved hundreds of matters, either by trial, arbitration, mediation or negotiated settlement, resulting in millions of dollars in recovery for the firm's clients. His most recent trial victory resulted in a judgment and subsequent settlement in excess of $19 million. His most recent settlements total well in excess of $50 million. Mr. Arias has also successfully defended and counseled many...
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Mario Fausto
San Carlos, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Securities
Santa Clara University School of Law
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David Allen Sergenian
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of Virginia School of Law
David A. Sergenian is the founder of Sergenian Law, a Professional Corporation. His practice concentrates in the areas of copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, partnership and startup disputes, appellate practice, and general commercial litigation. In addition, he has extensive experience in patent law, securities litigation, entertainment litigation, and employment actions. He has represented clients on “both sides of the v.,” including numerous Fortune 500 companies, in litigations, trials, arbitrations, and alternative dispute resolutions.
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Michael Molfetta
Irvine, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(949) 391-2399
15795 Rockfield Blvd., Suite A
Suite 130
Irvine, CA 92677
Entertainment & Sports, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and White Collar Crime
Southwestern Law School
Michael Molfetta is former prosecutor and a renowned litigation attorney who has been practicing for almost 30 years.
1. Mr. Molfetta has been lead counsel in hundreds of criminal jury trials.
2. Mr. Molfetta has been lead counsel in several civil jury trials, and has conducted hundreds of depositions.
2. He has represented individuals and multinational corporations in both State and Federal Court.
3. Mr. Molfetta has handled cases in California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Florida, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Canada, Mexico, and Italy.
3. Mr. Molfetta also has extensive experience representing professional athletes and “high profile” clients. He...
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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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Michael Machat
West Hollywood, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
(310) 860-1833
8730 W. Sunset Blvd., Ste. 250
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
UCLA School of Law
Michael Machat is one of the few private attorneys that has taken a case to the U.S. Supreme Court and won. His practice covers all aspects of trademark law from the selection and filing of trademarks to fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to protect his clients' rights.
Mr. Machat represents various types of clients, including start ups, artists, entrepreneurs, wealthy businessmen and even other lawyers. In addition to working on transactional matters, he has tried numerous jury trial cases to verdict, most recently winning over $700,000 representing a client suing for trademark infringement. ...
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Neil Juneja
San Francisco, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer
Entertainment & Sports, Business, IP 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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Eric John Goodman
Costa Mesa, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, IP and Trademarks
Whittier Law School
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Daniel R. Freytag
Los Angeles, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 49 years of experience
(310) 623-4562
2029 Century Park East
Suiet 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Entertainment & Sports, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Daniel R. Freytag is Of Counsel with Meyer Wilson, LPA. He was born in Napoleon Ohio and earned his B.A. at Wittenberg University where he graduated magna cum laude. He went on to attend the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and earned his J.D. summa cum laude.
Mr. Freytag has been a trial lawyer for more than thirty-four years and has represented hundreds of large corporations, small businesses, professionals, and individuals in a variety of complex tort, insurance, and business cases. He has personally examined or cross-examined more than 1000 lay witnesses and more than 150 expert...
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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.
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Robert James Allan
Malibu, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and International
Univ of British Columbia
Robert J. Allan is a barrister and solicitor and an AV rated attorney with over 30 years of international legal experience. Mr. Allan has earned a global reputation for excellence in both the legal and business community, and has been honored with an AV Rating; Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards. He has extensive experience representing the interests of existing and emerging domestic and international businesses and provides insightful legal counsel on matters such as corporate law, corporate governance, global finance and transactional representation.
Mr. Allan has considerable expertise in corporate compliance and global corporate...
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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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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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Becky Mendoza
Encinitas, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports and Immigration
St. Thomas University School of Law
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Ms. Gemma de Lemos Mondala
Daly City, CA Entertainment & Sports Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Syracuse University College of Law
Gemma L. Mondala's practice is broad but focuses primarily on business litigation, employment law and complex litigation matters. Gemma's experience includes the defense of insureds against claims related to automobile accidents, premises liability, products liability, slip/trip and falls, dog bites, toxic torts and construction defects. She has also represented business clients in enforcing and defending against breach of contract and business tort claims (i.e. intentional interference with contract and business advantage, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and misrepresentation) as well as claims involving breaches of fiduciary duties. Gemma also advises Cities, Counties and...