Prior Work Experience

Representative Experience

• Represented the author of a New York Times best-selling novel against book publishers in a dispute involving the allocation of net profits from the distribution of the book.
  
• Represented the world’s four largest record companies against a website, prosecuting the companies’ claims of copyright infringement and defending against the website’s claim of an affirmative defense under the DMCA.
  
• Obtained money judgment in Lanham Act false advertising trial on behalf of a popular juice product.
  
• Successfully defended the author of a New York Times best-selling novel against claims of co-authorship in the novel and co-ownership of the copyright in the novel.
  
• Represented a major book publisher in a dispute with a major studio involving the accounting for and distribution of the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time.
  
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major music label in copyright infringement action in connection with the illegal distribution of karaoke products.
  
• Represented a national television network in an accounting and breach of contract case involving a successful TV series against one of Hollywood's most prolific television series distributors.
  
• Represented a major studio and a national television network in a multi-week trial disputing the allocation of the billions of dollars generated by one of the most successful situation comedies in the history of TV syndication.
  

Distinctions

• Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers, Los Angeles magazine (2011)