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Lavely Singer Pressional Corporation
Law Firm: Lavely Singer Pressional Corporation
Address: Los Angeles, Unavailable City: Los Angeles State: CA (California) Zip: CA 90
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MEMBERS OF FIRM<p><b>John H. Lavely, Jr.</b> (Member) born Framingham, Massachusetts, December 14, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Supreme Court; 1971, New York; 1972, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. <b>Education:</b> Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1965); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1969). <b>Member:</b> Beverly Hills, Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commissioner. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Richard Pryor, et al v. David McCoy Franklin, California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Labor Commissioner, Case No. TAC 17 MP114; Bo Derek v. Karen Callan, California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Labor Commissioner, Case No. TAC 18-80 SFMP 82-80; Selleck vs. Globe International, Inc., 166 Cal.App.3d 1123, 212 Cal.Rptr. 1123 (1985) (Rev. Denied); LaCienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top, 53 F. 3d 950 (9th Cir 1995), cert denied 116 S. Ct. 331 (1995); Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc., (1995) 31 Cal.App. 4th 1137, 37 Cal.Rptr. 2d 718 (Rev. denied). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Right of Publicity and Privacy Law; Libel Law; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: John H. Lavely, Jr.<br /><br /><b>Martin D. Singer</b> (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, April 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1978, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. <b>Education:</b> City College of New York (B.A., 1974); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Author: "Regulation of Talent Agents," 1983 Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook. <b>Member:</b> Beverly Hills, Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commissioner. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Grammer v. Artists Agency, 287 F.3d 886 (9th Cir. 2002); Harris v. EMI Television Programs, 102 Cal.App.3d 214, 162 Cal.Rptr. 357 (1980); Page v. Something Wierd Video, 908 E. Supp. 714 (C.D. Cal. 1995). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Right of Publicity and Privacy Law; Libel Law; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Martin D. Singer<br /><br /><b>Brian G. Wolf</b> (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, April 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1988, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. <b>Education:</b> University of Michigan (B.A., 1979); University of Houston (J.D., 1984). <b>Member:</b> Century City, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Entertainment Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property); State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commissioner; WGA, SAG and DGA Arbitration Tribunals. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Vincent Cusano v. Kiss Company, 264 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2001); Heather Stone v. Lita Richardson, Labor Commissioner of the State of California, No. TAC 7-02 (2003); Cusano v. Klein, 280 F. Supp. 2d 1035 (C.D. Cal. 2003); Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, 318 F. Supp.2d 923 (C.D.Cal. 2004), Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions 454 F. 3d 975 (9th Cir.2006). <b>Practice Areas:</b> General Civil and Business Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Right of Publicity Law; Privacy Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property; Trademark Litigation.Email: Brian G. Wolf<br /><br /><b>Lynda B. Goldman</b> (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. <b>Education:</b> University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1982); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1985). Staff Member, 1983-1984 and Business Editor, 1984-1985, Loyola Entertainment Law Journal. Author, "Cable T.V. Industry Challenges Royalty Rate Structure," 4 Loyola Entertainment Law Journal 360. Externship with Judge William J. Lasarow, Presiding Judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 1983. <b>Member:</b> Beverly Hills (Member, Sections on: Entertainment Law; Litigation), Century City, Los Angeles County (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Entertainment; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property and Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section). <b>Reported Cases:</b> Grammer v. Artists Agency, 287 F.3d 886 (9th Cir. 2002); Prieto v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, 225 Cal.App. 3d 1188, 275 Cal.Rptr 362 (1990). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Right of Publicity; Privacy Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Business Litigation.Email: Lynda B. Goldman<br /><br /><b>Michael D. Holtz</b> (Member) born New York, N.Y., April 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. <b>Education:</b> University of Michigan (B.A., 1987); New York University (J.D., 1990). <b>Member:</b> State Bar of California; American, Beverly Hills, Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commission. <b>Reported Cases:</b> College Hospital, Inc. v. Superior Court, 8 Cal. 4th 704, 34 Cal.Rptr.2d 898 (1994). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Defamation; Right of Publicity; Right of Privacy; Intellectual Property.Email: Michael D. Holtz<br /><br /><b>William J. Briggs, II</b> (Member) born Los Angeles, California, June 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. <b>Education:</b> Bethune-Cookman College (B.A., 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., 1988). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Rights. Co-Author: "OSHA Rules and Regulations," Chapter 6, Federal Laws Affecting Newspapers, National Newspaper Association, May, 1987. <b>Member:</b> State Bar of California; American Bar Association; American Inn of Court (Associate Member, William B. Enright Chapter). <b>Reported Cases:</b> Trans-World International, Inc. v. Smith-Hemion Productions, Inc., 972 F. Supp. 1275 (C.C. Cal. 1997); MGM Grand Hotel, Inc. v. Smith-Hemion Productions, 158 F.R.D. 677 (D. Nev. 1994); South Beverly Wilshire Jewelry & Loan v. Superior Court, 121 Cal. App. 4th, 74 (2004); Irving Nelkin & Co. v. Maslan, 129 Cal. App. 4th, 692 (2005), McConnell v. Innovative Artists, 175 Cal.App.4th 169 (2009) (affirming grant of anti-SLAPP motion); Digerati Holdings, LLC v. Young Money Entertainment, 194 Cal.App.4th 873 (2011) (affirming partial grant of anti-SLAPP motion). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Business Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Employment Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: William J. Briggs, II<br /><br /><b>Paul N. Sorrell</b> (Member) born Emporia, Kansas, January 14, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. <b>Education:</b> Whittier College (B.A., 1983); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Co-Author, "Attacks on Medical Staff Self-Governance Intensify," Vol. 37, No. 8 Southern California Psychiatrist, p. 3, April 1989. <b>Member:</b> Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commission. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp., 517 F. 3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2008), A&E Television Networks, LLC v. Pivot Point Entertainment, LLC --- F. Supp. 2d ---. 2011 WL 941501 (S. D. N. Y. 2011). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Business Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Defects Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Paul N. Sorrell<br /><br /><b>Evan N. Spiegel</b> (Member) born Los Angeles, California, September 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. <b>Education:</b> University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., Law & Society, with honors, 1993); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1998). Recipient, Moot Court Honors, University of California at Los Angeles Law School. Business Editor, 1997 and Lead Article Editor, 1996-1997, University of California, Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. Externship with Judge Barry Russell, Presiding Judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California and BAP Ninth Circuit, 1996. <b>Member:</b> Beverly Hills, Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Gracie Films, Inc. v. BAL c/o Krystina Puzluska, ICANN Domain Name Arb., NAF Claim Number: FA0107000098214 (2001); Vin Diesel v. LMN a/k/a L.M. Nordell, ICANN Domain Name Arb., NAF Claim Number: FA0609000804924 (2006); Shana Hiatt v. personal fan & official site builders: we build great sites [a/k/a Binoj George], ICANN Domain Name Arb., NAF Claim Number: FA0701000881460 (2007). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Right of Publicity; Right of Privacy; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Copyright; Internet Technology; Cybersquatting.Email: Evan N. Spiegel<br /><br /><b>Michael E. Weinsten</b> (Member) born New York, November 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, California. <b>Education:</b> London School of Economics, London, England; Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1987); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1991). <b>Member:</b> Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Practice Areas:</b> Civil Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Complex Business Litigation.<br /><br /><b>Michael E. Weinsten</b> (Member) born New York, November 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, California. <b>Education:</b> London School of Economics, London, England; Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1987); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1991). <b>Member:</b> Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Practice Areas:</b> Civil Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Complex Business Litigation.<br /><br />ASSOCIATES<p><b>Andrew B. Brettler</b> (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2009, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. <b>Education:</b> Rutgers College and School of Business New Brunswick (B.S., 1999); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005).<br /><br /><b>David B. Jonelis</b> (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2009, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California. <b>Education:</b> University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2002); Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2009).<br /><br /><b>David B. Jonelis</b> (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California. <b>Education:</b> University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2002); Loyola Law School, (J.D. cum laude, J.D. 2009).<br /><br /><b>Todd S. Eagan</b> (Associate) born Albany, New York, February 24, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2004, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. <b>Education:</b> Middlebury College (B.A., 1996); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1999). <b>Member:</b> Los Angeles County (Member, Litigation Section), Beverly Hills, New York State and American (Member, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Law; Copyrights; Business Law; Right of Publicity.Email: Todd S. Eagan<br /><br /><b>Henry L. Self, III</b> (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2002, California. <b>Education:</b> University of Missouri at Columbia (B.J., 1999); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2002). Author: "Digital Sampling: A Cultural Perspective," 9 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. (2002); "Moral Rights and Musicians in the United States," 2003-2004 Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook 165 (2003); "Settlement of Infringement Claims by Copyright Co-Owners," 13 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 65 (2004); "Schwarzenegger vs. Bobbleheads: The Case for Schwarzenegger," 45 Santa Clara L. Rev. 557 (2005) (with Charles Harder). Articles Editor and Staff Member, UCLA Entertainment Law Review. Honors: UCLA School of Law Moot Court Honors Program National Team. Recipient: Melville B. Nimmer Memorial Scholarship. <b>Member:</b> Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Reported Cases:</b> Zeta-Jones v. Spice House, 372 F. Supp. 2d 568 (C.D. Cal. 2005); Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp., 517 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2008). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Right of Privacy; Libel and Slander; Defamation.Email: Henry L. Self, III<br /><br /><b>Matthew Panagiotis</b> (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California and U.S. District Court, District of California. <b>Education:</b> Lake Forest College (B.A., 1994); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2002). <b>Practice Areas:</b> Sports Law; Entertainment Law; Litigation.Email: Matthew Panagiotis<br /><br />COUNSEL<p><b>Allison S. Hart</b> (Counsel) born Manhattan, Kansas, October 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. <b>Education:</b> University of Texas (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1997). Golden Key National Honor Society. Recipient, Freshlaw Best Brief Award, University of Texas School o f Law. Staff, The Review of Litigation, University of Texas School of Law, 1995-1997. <b>Member:</b> Beverly Hills, Century City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. <b>Special Agencies:</b> California Labor Commission. <b>Languages:</b> French. <b>Practice Areas:</b> Entertainment Litigation; Business Litigation; Defamation; Right of Privacy; Right of Publicity; Copyrights.Email: Allison S. Hart<br /><br />
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