Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a national law firm, announced today that prominent entertainment attorney, Carolyn Hunt, will join the firm as partner. Known as a savvy dealmaker, Hunt has deep experience representing clients in entertainment-related transactions, with an emphasis on film and television finance and distribution.
Having been involved in more than $2 billion in financing for hundreds of film, television and gaming projects, including many award-winning films, Hunt recently represented the financiers of the first major feature film to premiere on the world’s leading Internet TV network and in select IMAX theaters globally on the same day. She also worked on behalf of the financier of the largest Chinese language film ever shot in Los Angeles. Hunt comes to the firm from Loeb & Loeb LLP. (more…)
Pillsbury today welcomed new public practices partner Richard “Dick” B. Oliver. Oliver joins the Los Angeles office along with a group of litigation and government contracts attorneys who joined the firm over the past few weeks from McKenna Long & Aldridge. (more…)
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that Melanie Joo has joined the firm as a partner in our Los Angeles office. Melanie previously was Counsel at Arent Fox LLP. She is the 20th attorney to join Thompson Coburn’s growing Los Angeles office since the firm’s 2013 combination with Freedman Weisz LLP. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Dan Clivner will join the firm as co-managing partner of the Los Angeles office and a key member of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices. Mr. Clivner regularly leads high-profile transactions in private equity, telecom, media and entertainment and retailing, including more than $18 billion of such transactions since 2012. He joins Sidley from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he served as the Los Angeles office managing partner since 1998. His arrival expands Sidley’s long-standing presence in the Los Angeles market and the continued growth of its M&A and Private Equity practices. (more…)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Raymond Aghaian to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Aghaian will be a Partner in the firm’s Complex Business Litigation Team.
“We are delighted to welcome Ray to the firm,” Jim Gilliland, Chair of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Litigation Department, said. “His significant experience and background in white collar defense and cybersecurity bolsters our litigation practice on the West Coast — a top priority for the firm. Our clients will benefit greatly from Ray’s expertise and his addition adds depth to our already strong team.” (more…)
Pillsbury is pleased to announce today the arrival of well-known entertainment partner Kathy Jorrie in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Jorrie joined from McKenna Long & Aldridge, where she was the managing partner of McKenna’s Los Angeles office until earlier last month. Jennifer Seigle, an entertainment law and intellectual property associate, will join Pillsbury along with Jorrie in Los Angeles.
“Kathy is a top notch entertainment litigator and transactional lawyer,” said Firm Chair Jim Rishwain, Jr. “While we have a strong Los Angeles practice representing some of the world’s best known companies, Kathy’s arrival significantly raises our profile in the entertainment industry with key players in the industry, as she is a go-to practitioner with A-list clients. Our firm and our clients will greatly benefit from her skills.” (more…)
Eve H. Karasik, a prominent bankruptcy and business restructuring attorney, has joined Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill L.L.P., as a partner at one of the Los Angeles region’s leading firms specializing in bankruptcy, business reorganizations and commercial litigation. Her appointment was effective immediately. (more…)
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC, is pleased to announce that Loryn Dunn Arkow has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the national Real Estate Practice Group. Ms. Arkow, who has been in the real estate industry for 19 years, was previously a partner in the Los Angeles office of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. (more…)
Alston & Bird has expanded its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with the addition of David M. Stein as partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner (more…)
Greg Evans, a nationally prominent and highly accomplished litigator with more than two decades of federal and state trial experience, has merged his specialty litigation practice with 1,000-lawyer McGuireWoods. The move adds a second area office, in downtown L.A., to the firm’s current office in Century City.
Evans left an elite major Wall Street firm in 2010 to found Integer Law Corporation, a small firm with a stellar record in high-stakes, high-profile litigation. Evans and Integer’s three associates will maintain their offices in downtown Los Angeles at 633 West 5th Street. McGuireWoods has 63 lawyers in its Century City office. (more…)
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Frank E. Melton has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Shareholder. Mr. Melton, who joins Jackson Lewis from Littler, has spent his entire career practicing in the area of labor and employment law. (more…)
