Los Angeles Attorney
Tiffany Gelott
Phone: 310.553.3610
Email: tgelott@ggfirm.com
Languages: English
Tiffany Gelott is Counsel in Greenberg Glusker’s Litigation Department.
Tiffany’s practice focuses on litigating and counseling news, entertainment and other media clients in a wide range of matters implicating their First Amendment and intellectual property rights, including claims for defamation, libel, right of publicity, breach of contract, and copyright infringement.
She has represented and advised clients in complex commercial litigation, defended antitrust product liability, and class action matters, and conducted criminal and internal investigations for white-collar matters. She has litigation experience with a range of trial processes and case strategies in state and federal courts in California, Illinois, Washington, and Oregon.
Tiffany also is certified in nonprofit management from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice.
Professional Affiliations
- Corresponding Secretary and Young Lawyers Committee Co-Chair, John M. Langston Bar Association
- Member, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association
- Member, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
Bar Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- New York
Education
- University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2012)
- Articles Editor, Journal of Constitutional Law
- Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 2007)
Representative Experience
- Successfully defended two news stations (in Ohio and Nebraska) in two separate defamation actions arising from investigative news reports. Both courts granted the stations’ motions to dismiss.
- Litigated a writ for a petition of mandamus to secure public records for a non-profit media organization.
- Litigated and secured a favorable settlement in copyright infringement suit against an international online news organization.
