Admitted
1992, California and U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California
Law School
Cornell University, J.D., 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., with honors, 1989
Memberships
Beverly Hills (Member, Entertainment Law Section; Chairman, Labor & Employment Law Section, 1999-2000) and American (Member, Labor & Employment Section; Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Labor & Employment Section).
Biographical
Member, Moot Court Board. Staff Editor, Cornell Law & Public Policy Journal, 1992. Instructor: A Legal Primer for Independent Filmmakers: From Development to Distribution, UCLA Extension, Spring 1999; Organizing, Financing and Operating an Entertainment Production Company, UCLA Extension, Fall 1999—. Author: An Overview of Basic Employment Laws Affecting Production Companies in California, Beverly Hills Bar Association Publication No. 8A (2000); Classification of Workers: Independent Contractor versus Employee, Beverly Hills Bar Association Publication No. 8A (2000); 20th Century Laws Governing 21st Century Companies, CMA Society of Southern California, September 2000. Co-Author: Selected Issues Involving Employment Law and Clearance Matters: What Every Filmmaker Should Know Before the Cameras Roll, Making Movies in the Millennium, State Bar of Nevada, December 1999, 2nd edition December 2000. Program Chair: Regulating the Mavericks - Employment Law Issues for Independent Filmmakers, Internet Start-ups and Other Free Thinking Creative Types, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Spring 2000; Child Stars: Protecting Minor's Rights in Hollywood, Legal Entertainment Network Seminar Series, June 13, 2001.