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Sheppard Mullin has a strong tradition of supporting the arts community. One of the firm's founding partners, Gordon F. Hampton, was a serious art collector and patron of the arts, who served as a trustee of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and helped to found the Fellows of Contemporary Art, a non-profit organization active in promoting and funding the work of contemporary artists. 

In 1999, The Gordon F. Hampton Collection was gifted to The University Art Museum (UAM) at California State University, Long Beach. The bulk of the collection is maintained at Sheppard Mullin's downtown Los Angeles office, which serves as a satellite exhibit facility for the UAM and the university's art outreach programs.

Continuing our legacy in the arts, Sheppard Mullin's Art Law Practice Group draws upon a wide variety of legal fields to provide the following services to the international fine art community:  

Estate planning for artists and collectors

Articles

• Boosting Legal Protection For Foreign Art Lenders
  July 30, 2012, Law360
• A Murality Play
  May 14, 2012, Law360
• Art Law: The Year in Review
  January 23, 2012, Law360
• Donating An Art Collection Can Be A Challenge
  November 1, 2009, On Wall Street
• The War of Art
  Due Diligence is needed prior to Sale of Artwork.
  February 5, 2009, Daily Journal