Admissions

  • California

Recognitions

  • Chambers USA
    • Band 3, California Media & Entertainment: Transactional, 2020-2022
    • Up and Coming, California Media & Entertainment: Transactional, 2014-2016
  • The Legal 500 United States
    • Recommended, Media and Entertainment: Transactional, 2022
  • Selected, Variety, "Dealmakers Impact Report," 2009, 2013, 2018, 2020
  • Selected, The Hollywood Reporter, "Power Lawyers: Top 100 Most Influential Entertainment Lawyers in America," 2015
  • Selected, Variety, "Legal Impact Report," 2015
  • Selected, The Daily Journal, "Top 50 Entertainment Lawyers," 2015
  • Selected, The Daily Journal, "Top 20 Under 40," 2014
  • Featured, Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Sports & Entertainment Lawyers, Public Finance Law, 2013
  • Selected, Variety, "Legal Impact Report," 2012
  • Listed, Law 360, "Rising Stars," 2012

Education

  • J.D., Loyola Law School Los Angeles 1999
    Editor, Loyola Law Review
  • B.S., San Jose State University 1996

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Memberships

  • Advisory Board Member, The Blackhouse Foundation
  • Member of Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment Editorial Board
  • Board Member, Planning Committee, UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium
  • Trustee, US-Asia Institute
  • Member, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • Member, California Bar Association

Civic and Charitable

  • Visiting Professor, Shanghai Vancouver Film School
  • Editorial Board Member, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles County Bar Association