Overview
The Entertainment and Digital Media practice at Sheppard Mullin is a full-service multi-disciplinary group representing the major motion picture studios, television networks and other domestic and international entertainment, media and communications companies in all areas, including:
- motion picture and television development
- finance, production and distribution
- advertising/sweepstakes
- branded entertainment
- games
- intellectual property
- licensing and merchandising
- mergers, corporate finance, acquisitions and other strategic corporate transactions
- music
- First Amendment
- convergence, online/technology
- publishing
- sports
Our transactional attorneys have represented clients in some of the industry's largest and most complex distribution, licensing and financing transactions, as well as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic corporate activities.
Our litigators have extensive trial and appellate experience, and have litigated a wide variety of issues, including those involving distribution rights, profit or revenue participations, audit claims, talent disputes, copyright, idea submission and trademark claims, First Amendment, defamation and right of publicity claims, labor and employment claims, insurance disputes and antitrust, unfair competition and vertical integration claims.
We also have an FCC team to serve our entertainment clients' regulatory needs.
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- Teresita Acedo
- Segun Aluko
- Brian D. Anderson
- Tiago Soares de Aquino
- Richard Azada
- Tyler E. Baker
- Keren Baruch
- Harper Batts
- Greg L. Berk
- Joshua Block
- Jeryl A. Bowers
- Marisa Brutoco
- Aaron J. Campbell
- Michael T. Campbell
- Craig Cardon
- Leif Cervantes de Reinstein
- Chitrajit Chandrashekar
- Irene Choe
- Shaun C. Clark
- Sam J. Cohen
- Nicholas Connolly
- Sean Crowe
- Yuhao (Zach) Dai
- Robert A. Darwell
- Wynter L. Deagle
- Rockard J. Delgadillo
- Snehal Desai
- Brendan Dolan
- Anne B. Easton
- Gregg A. Fisch
- Darren M. Franklin
- Harris Gao
- David R. Garcia
- James G. Gatto
- Nioura F. Ghazni
- Denise E. Giraudo
- Shon E. Glusky
- John F. Golembesky
- Keith A. Goodwin
- Lauren Grubb
- Michael Guggenheim
- Lauren Hansson
- Michael R. Heimbold
- Oliver Heinisch
- John R. Hempill
- Kanasha S. Herbert
- Steven P. Hollman
- Brent E. Horstman
- Robert E. Hough II
- Rachel Tarko Hudson
- Susan M. Hwang
- Alexandra ("A.J.") Jackson
- Ronda D. Jamgotchian
- Aaron D. Johnston
- William K. Kane
- Leah Katz
- Thomas R. Kaufman
- Keith Kelly
- Tracey A. Kennedy
- John E. Kiley
- Yeeun Kim
- Kyle P. Klein
- Robb J. Klein
- Edwin Komen
- Richard W. Kopenhefer
- Stephen S. Korniczky
- Andrew S. Kreider
- Alexander Lazar
- David R. Lee
- Jennifer Lee
- Ryan A. Lee
- Sangjun (Jay) Lee
- Matthew A. McCalip
- Linda Giunta Michaelson
- Melissa M. Mikail
- Keahn N. Morris
- Anahit Muradian
- Jennifer L. Nassiri
- Eric A. Newsom
- Michael D. Orlando
- Daniel H. Peters
- Rambod Peykar
- Jill Pietrini
- Chris Ponder
- Dylan J. Price
- Fred R. Puglisi
- Eric Raphan
- Kent R. Raygor
- Jennifer G. Redmond
- Brian M. Restauro
- James F. Ritter
- Derek Rockers
- Tenaya Rodewald
- Stacey L. Rosenberg
- Patrick D. Rubalcava IV
- Bridget Russell
- Dimiana Saad
- David H. Sands
- Ian Carleton Schaefer
- Jason R. Schendel
- Autumn L. Schmidt
- Daniel E. Schnapp
- Michal Shany
- Dianne Baquet Smith
- Aerin A. Snow
- Marc A. Sockol
- Matthew M. Sonne
- Lataysia Starks
- John P. Stigi III
- Jonathan Stoler
- Lindsay C. Stone
- Ximena Solano Suarez
- David I. Sunkin
- Douglas A. "Drew" Svor
- Liisa M. Thomas
- Richard E. Troop
- Zachary M. Turke
- Nicolas Urdinola
- Carlo F. Van den Bosch
- Kandace P. Watson
- Joshua Weisenfeld
- Chante B. Westmoreland
- Ilona M. Wheat
- Tara Wilcox
- Michael R. Wilson
- Edward Xia
- Y. Douglas Yang
- Samantha Young