• Board of Directors, Seven Arrows Elementary

• California

• United States District Court for the Central District of California

• University of California, Los Angeles  (J.D., 1991)
• State University of New York at Albany  (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988)
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Entertainment Experience

• Represented Marvel, owner of the copyrights in Spider-Man, Iron Man and numerous other iconic characters in various matters involving intellectual property disputes, profit participation rights and general litigation

• Represented the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien in a landmark profit participation case against New Line Cinema for the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy
• Currently represents the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien and Harper Collins in connection with various rights issues and other intellectual property matters
• Represents best-selling author Clive Cussler in his dispute regarding the motion picture version of the novel, “Sahara”
• Represented a Grammy-award winning musician and artist in a copyright infringement dispute involving a graphic novel
• Represents a motion picture producer in a contractual dispute over the foreign distribution of its film
• Represented Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer in a multi-faceted dispute with his long-time business partner
• Represented the owners of merchandising and other rights in the Winnie the Pooh characters, in their breach of contract and fraud dispute against a major entertainment company for failure to pay royalties
• Member of the team that successfully represented Jeffrey Katzenberg in his suit to obtain profit participation against The Walt Disney Company
• Represented an international film and television producer and distributor in a dispute involving a purported finders’ fee to be paid in connection with a well-known television miniseries; a very favorable arbitration award was achieved for the Firm’s client in an arbitration before the United States District Court
• Represented an international superstar recording artist and his various entities in claims and counterclaims concerning endorsement contracts and the use of his name, likeness and identity
• Represented a leading video post production house in a matter involving the use of our client’s post production equipment and services
• Represented a well-known Broadway composer in litigation concerning rights and royalties to songs composed for Broadway production
• Represented Roland Corporation, a leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and accessories, in various litigation to protect its copyright, trademark and trade dress rights in various products, and in a case of first impression involving copyright and trademark infringement; the case established the validity of the manufacturer’s copyrights in sound recordings contained in various Roland musical instruments