KWIKH FILES - Key Persons
Aaron Liskin is a Partner at KWIKH. Mr. Liskin handles a wide range of complex litigation matters, and his areas of expertise include entertainment, intellectual property, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Liskin has represented clients in high profile profit participation litigation, including Frank Darabont and Creative Artists Agency in The Walking Dead matter, the executive producer on Bones, and the creators and showrunners on Smallville. Mr. Liskin also regularly represents talent in profit participation audit support and pre-litigation settlements.
The firm is pleased to announce that partner Aaron Liskin was recently appointed to the Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) Board of Directors. YES serves local 12-24 year old youth who are experiencing homelessness,...
Representing Alexander Davis, grandson of tycoon Marvin Davis, in an action filed in state court involving his stepfather who is seeking hundreds of millions arising out of a settlement agreement concerning a former joint business. (Alexander J. Davis vs. Kenneth D. Rickel, Los Angeles Superior Court case no. 20SMCV01367).
Allen Secretov's guest column "What ‘Framing Britney Spears' Doesn't Really Answer" appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. The piece brings attention to an opaque area of law, conservatorships, using Britney Spears'...
The firm is proud to announce that the Los Angeles Business Journal has selected Amber Melius for inclusion in its "Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys" list for 2022....
Amber Melius has been named a "Top Minority Attorney" by the Los Angeles Business Journal for 2020. The LABJ notes her work, alongside Mike Kump, representing Sandra Bullock in a major lawsuit against...
KWIKH Partners Michael Kump's and Amber Melius' representation of Sandra Bullock in an entertainment IP matter, exposing illegal affiliate marketing, gained national coverage this week. Ms. Bullock, along with Ellen DeGeneres,...
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- Executive Producer of 20th Century Fox
Barry Josephson, executive producer of 20th Century Fox Television's mega-hit Bones, has hired KWIKH to represent him in his lawsuit against Fox, alleging the studio has cheated him out of...
Chad Fitzgerald specializes in complex entertainment industry disputes as well as business and intellectual property litigation. He represents actors, directors, producers, writers, showrunners, musicians, professional athletes, production and distribution companies, clients in the fitness, apparel, toy, and gaming industries, the entertainment guilds, talent and business managers, and the major talent agencies. Mr. Fitzgerald specializes in entertainment industry disputes regarding profit participation, vertical integration, and distribution (including streaming), and also handles litigation involving copyright, trademark and trade secrets, fraud, rights of privacy, and defamation.
Mr. Fitzgerald has written numerous articles on legal issues in the entertainment industry, regularly appears on panels and seminars discussing entertainment litigation, is frequently quoted in media outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, The Wrap, E! Online, and the Daily Journal, and teaches entertainment law classes at the UCLA School of Law. He has been named a "Power Lawyer" by The Hollywood Reporter, a member of the "Legal Impact Report" and one of "Hollywood's New Leaders" by Variety, a "Super Lawyer," and one of the "Best Lawyers in America." He sits on the Advisory Board for UCLA School of Law's Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law.
Chad graduated with honors from Yale University with a B.A. in English and from the UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he externed for the Honorable J. Spencer Letts of the United District Court, Central District of California, and volunteered with the HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance. Prior to joining KWIKH in 2007, he worked in the Business and Legal Affairs department of Universal Pictures and a major entertainment law firm. Chad was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where his family has worked for generations in the gaming industry.
The firm is pleased to share that Chad Fitzgerald will speak at an upcoming webinar entitled "What You Need To Know About Fraud in the Motion Picture and Television Industry"...
The firm is pleased to share that partners Dale Kinsella, Michael Kump, and Chad Fitzgerald have been recognized in Variety's "Legal Impact Report" for 2022....
The firm is pleased to announce that firm partners Michael Kump, Shawn Holley, and Chad Fitzgerald have been named among the Top 100 "Power Lawyers" by The Hollywood Reporter, and...
The firm is pleased to announce that Chad Fitzgerald has joined the Advisory Board of the acclaimed Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology & Sports Law at UCLA Law School....
Chad Fitzgerald was recently quoted in the Los Angeles Times entertainment business newsletter The Wide Shot regarding Amazon's $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM....
Chad Fitzgerald was recently quoted in Diane Haithman's TheWrap article "Disney CEO Bob Chapek's First Year Report Card: High Marks for Not ‘Steering it Off a Cliff.'" The article focuses...
TheWrap recently featured commentary from KWIKH partner Chad Fitzgerald in its coverage of Disney's virtual "Investor Day" presentation, which unveiled the entertainment giant's plans regarding content distribution for 2021.
Chad Fitzgerald will be a panelist during the American Arbitration Association's conference on May 8, 2020. The conference will be held at the Pepperdine Westside Conference Center in Los Angeles,...
Chad Fitzgerald was invited to speak as a featured guest on Green Hasson & Janks' Entertainment podcast, tackling the recent Bones lawsuit and settlement. The podcast discusses key issues raised in...
KWIKH partner Chad Fitzgerald was quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal in Marni Usheroff's "Fresh Money In Old Shows" piece, highlighting a new type of income generated by television...
Chad Fitzgerald named to Variety's ‘Hollywood's New Leaders'
KWIKH is pleased to announce that partner Chad Fitzgerald has been named to the Variety "Hollywood's New Leaders" honor roll for 2015 in the Law & Finance category. The...
Chad Fitzgerald was a panelist on The DealMaking Process: Producers, Showrunners, Actors, Directors, Agents, Lawyers - Who's in Charge Here! at Digital Hollywood Fall....
KWIKH partner Chad Fitzgerald was a guest on a recent broadcast of Larry Mantle's weekday program on Southern California Public Radio which highlighted the news that music sales are up...
KWIKH partner Chad Fitzgerald is quoted in The Hollywood Reporter in Eriq Gardner's article highlighting the issue of compensation to television show creators when their episodes are seen on streaming...
Los Angeles, CA - February 1, 2011 - Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP (KWIKH) has named Chad Fitzgerald and Jonathan Steinsapir as Partners. Coming off a landmark year of...
Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in Jean-Luc Renault's October 15, 2010 Daily Journal article on the near-incomprehensible contract provisions that often govern profit-participation rights of actors, writers, producers and small companies in their...
Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in the Houston Chronicle in an article about a writer who claims the Walt Disney Company stole his script idea for the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua....
Chad Fitzgerald will be speaking at the Entertainment Law Forum. The event will take place at Pepperdine Law School, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263, at 1:30 p.m. on...
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- Represented Business Manager
Represented business manager, Clare Staples, in a dispute with celebrity hypnotist Paul McKenna.
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- Founding Partner
- Partner
- Founding Members
- Founding Partners
- Howard Weitzman and Michael Kump Included in the Hollywood Reporter 's "Power Lawyers" Issue
- Howard Weitzman, Michael Kump, and Shawn Holley Included in the Hollywood Reporter 's "Power Lawyers" Issue
- Its Partners
- Larry Iser and Mike Kump Named "Top Litigators & Trial Lawyers" by the Los Angeles Business Journal
- Michael Kump, and Chad Fitzgerald Named to Variety 's 2022 "Legal Impact Report
The firm is pleased to share that partners Dale Kinsella, Michael Kump, and Chad Fitzgerald have been recognized in Variety's "Legal Impact Report" for 2022....
Firm partners Dale Kinsella, Larry Iser, and Mike Kump have been named to the "Top Litigators & Trial Lawyers" list by the Los Angeles Business Journal for 2019. Dale Kinsella was recognized...
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP and three of its partners, Dale Kinsella, Larry Iser, and Michael Kump, have been listed in the prestigious Chambers USA 2022 Guide as among...
Dale Kinsella and Larry Iser repeat as Super Lawyers in 2010. In the March/April 2010 Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers magazine, Dale and Larry were once again recognized for...
Kinsella, Weitzman named in Variety's 2014 Legal Impact Report
KWIKH is proud to announce that founding partners Dale Kinsella and Howard Weitzman are among the 62 attorneys included in Variety‘s 2014 Legal Impact Report. The prestigious annual list profiles...
KWIKH founding partner Dale Kinsella was quoted in several entertainment publications about The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont's lawsuit against cable TV channel AMC for creative bookkeeping designed to shut...
The firm is pleased to announce that Dale Kinsella has joined Howard Weitzman on The Hollywood Reporter's "Legal Legends" honor roll, and that Michael Kump and Shawn Holley have been...
Represented Daniel Tosh, the comedian, TV host, actor, writer and executive producer, whose television show Tosh.0 played for 12 seasons on Comedy Central and became the network's most successful show, in getting out of his contract with ViacomCBS on favorable terms. During the last telecast of Tosh.0, Tosh paid homage to his representatives for making him "the wealthy comedian I am today," and singled out "big hitter Mike Kump" who is "the best in the business at unwinding relationships on your terms."
Bloomberg reporters Edvard Pettersson and Ellen Rosen recently asked Larry and others about what may become precedent-setting litigation pitting the former lead singer of the Village People, Victor Willis, against...
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- Partner
- Featured in the Hollywood Reporter Article on Hollywood Story Theft Claims
- Hollywood Reporter
Gregory Korn is a partner in the firm specializing in the areas of entertainment, intellectual property, and business litigation, with extensive trial, arbitration, and appellate experience. Mr. Korn represents clients in the film, television, and music industries, including studios and production companies, actors, writers, directors, producers, and musicians. He has handled a wide variety of contractual and rights disputes for these entertainment clients, as well as numerous high-profile copyright, "idea submission," and trademark claims involving major motion pictures, television shows, and musical compositions. Additionally, Mr. Korn has extensive experience advising and representing celebrity clients in right of privacy and right of publicity disputes, as well as litigating contractual employment disputes in the entertainment industry.
In a recent article for The Hollywood Reporter, Gregory Korn provides insight on the frequent occurrence of story theft claims in Hollywood. The article notes that story ideas are generally...
Gregory Korn was recently asked by Artnet News to share insight on a legal dispute that has gone viral after receiving coverage in New York Times Magazine....
Greg Korn was quoted in Omar Shamout's Los Angeles Business Journal article "Disneyland Looks to Ride Instagram Popularity," which discusses Disneyland's practice of "re-gramming" user-generated content....
Greg Korn was quoted in the October 18, 2006 Los Angeles Times commenting on the lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group against Grouper Networks Inc. and Bolt Inc. Read Full...
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- School Association of Los Angeles ( Board Member )
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- Founding Partner
- Founding Partners
The firm is pleased to announce that Dale Kinsella has joined Howard Weitzman on The Hollywood Reporter's "Legal Legends" honor roll, and that Michael Kump and Shawn Holley have been...
The firm would like to congratulate Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser for being selected to Billboard's prestigious "Top Music Lawyers" list for 2020. Billboard highlighted Weitzman's work with Michael Jackson's estate and his representation...
The firm is pleased to announce that Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser have both been selected for inclusion in Billboard's prestigious "Top Music Lawyers" list for 2018. Each year, the...
Big news travels fast. And big questions follow right behind. On the very day pop superstar Prince was found dead, KWIKH founding members Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser...
Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser are representing talent agency ICM Partners in matters relating to Nikki Finke of the Deadline Hollywood blog. Read about the case in The Hollywood Reporter....
Represented Jamie McCourt, then owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in her marital dissolution action filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Frank McCourt took the position that he was the sole owner of the Dodgers based upon a marital property agreement signed by the couple. During discovery, Mr. Kump and Jamie's legal team discovered that the couple actually signed two versions of the marital property agreement, one of which preserved Jamie's marital property rights in the Dodgers, and one of which did not. After an eleven-day bench trial, the Honorable Scott M. Gordon set aside the marital property agreement, finding that it was not valid or enforceable. As a result of the ruling, all of the couple's assets acquired during their marriage, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, were presumed under California law to be community property. Mr. Kump's achievements in the McCourt trial were recognized by the Daily Journal, the leading legal newspaper in California, in "Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts by Impact." Published annually, the Daily Journal‘s list is a selection of Top Verdicts throughout the year, highlighting those cases with outstanding results.
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- Partner
- the Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Steinsapir is a partner with the firm. He is a trial lawyer who has successfully tried cases before juries, judges, and arbitrators; he is an accomplished appellate advocate who has argued about a dozen appeals before the Ninth Circuit, the Eleventh Circuit, and the California Court of Appeal in recent years; and he is a counselor to clients hoping to avoid litigation altogether. His practice focuses on complex litigation and client counseling in entertainment, music, and software matters, along with matters in most other commercial sectors. He has particular expertise in intellectual property issues, having handled disputes in all forms, from license negotiations to litigating all stages of dozens of copyright, patent, and trademark cases throughout the country. He also counsels clients on employment-related issues and represents both employees and employers in high-stakes trade secret, non-compete, and discrimination matters. He also has extensive experience litigating probate issues in both probate and other courts, particularly when they intersect with intellectual property matters.
Jonathan Steinsapir was featured in the Wealth Management article "All Eyez on Tupac Shakur's Estate," which details an ongoing battle over the ownership of the cover art for Shakur's last...
In a recent interview with the London Times, Jon Steinsapir addressed former BBC journalist Martin Bashir's unscrupulous treatment of the late Michael Jackson in relation to the highly-publicized ITV documentary...
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Wendy Lee's Los Angeles Times article "Quibi denies stealing mobile technology as streaming debut looms." The article details the accusations leveled at Quibi by the New...
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Daniel Miller's Los Angeles Times article "When is an Original Tommy's burger not an original? When it's one of these 67 look-alikes." In this...
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Paul Sullivan's New York Times article "Retouching the Mona Lisa Is Restoration, but a Mickey Mantle? Collectors Cry Fraud."...
Jon Steinsapir's representation of art collectors who paid half a million dollars for three pieces of undelivered artwork was covered in Sarah Cascone's Art.com article "A Collector Couple Is Suing...
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Kyle Jahner's Bloomberg Law article "LL Cool J May Luck Into ‘Rock the Bells' Rights for Sirius Channel," which analyzes the hip hop artist's trademark lawsuit...
Jon Steinsapir was recently asked by World Intellectual Property Review to discuss the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) recent decision against Dr Dre in his trademark opposition against a...
Jon Steinsapir recently commented on the hack against comedian Leslie Jones in Sandy Cohen's Associated Press article "Jones website hack reveals stars' tricky cyber landscape," which also appeared in Yahoo...
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Ryan Faughnder's Los Angeles Times article "Gawker.com will shut down next week," which discusses Univision's decision to close down the site after being the...
Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by the Daily Journal in Ashley Cullins' piece on the copyright infringement lawsuit against hip-hop artists Jay-Z and Timbaland. ...
Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted in Austin Siegemund-Broka's Hollywood Reporter article "A Tale of Two Hacks: How Ashley Madison's Legal Woes Differ From Sony's." ...
Jonathan Steinsapir was recently quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal in Omar Shamout's piece "Control Issues," which discusses viral video firm Jukin Media's efforts to fight alleged content theft...
Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article on singer Morris Day's frustration with Prince's estate after the estate blocked him from using the band name "Morris...
In a recent E! News article, Kate Mangels shared her perspective on what we can likely expect for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley after an Atlanta federal jury...
The firm is pleased to announce that Katherine Kleindienst has been selected for inclusion by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal on its 2020 "Top 40 Under 40"...
Kristen Spanier handles litigation matters in the areas of entertainment, intellectual property, and general business law. She has successfully prosecuted and defended cases involving claims for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, defamation, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and contractual disputes arising in a wide range of industries. Ms. Spanier has represented various individuals and companies within the entertainment industry in connection with fraud and contractual business disputes. She has also handled a number of palimony matters, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
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- Founding Partner
- Managing Partner
- Partner
- S Daily Journal Article: a Startling Copyright Decision
- Shawn Holley and Suann MacIsaac Recognized As 2017 Top "Super Lawyers
- the Hollywood Reporter
KWIKH is pleased to note that Shawn Holley and Suann MacIsaac are included on Thomson Reuters' Southern California Top Women "Super Lawyers" list, and that Larry Iser and Suann MacIsaac...
Larry Iser is the Managing Partner of KWIKH. He counsels and litigates on behalf of clients in the areas of intellectual property, music and entertainment, commercial (including the defense of nationwide class-action lawsuits), contracts and licensing, real estate, and employment. Larry handles complex, high-profile matters around the country for leading companies including Mattel, SeaWorld, Roland and Kinetic Content, and has earned a national reputation for resolving disputes in the music industry, negotiating and litigating on behalf of iconic artists and entities recently including Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Byrne, Richard Carpenter, Apple Music, Warner/Chappell and StubHub.
Larry is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, listed annually in Chambers USA, the preeminent guide to the legal profession, and since 2007 in U.S. News & World Report's "The Best Lawyers in America." Larry has most recently been recognized as a "Litigation Star" in the 2022 and 2021 issues of Benchmark Litigation, a Billboard "Top Music Industry Lawyer," a 2021 business of law "Visionary" by the Los Angeles Times, a "2021 Leader of Influence - Litigators and Trial Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and a "Lawyer of the Year - Entertainment Law" by Best Lawyers in America (2016). That same year, The National Law Journal named Larry an "Intellectual Property Trailblazer," and the Daily Journal named him to its "Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California." Other accolades include being named a "Power Lawyer" by The Hollywood Reporter, making Variety's inaugural "Honor Roll: Attorneys Who Helped Changed the Face of Entertainment," and the Los Angeles Business Journal listing Larry in "Who's Who in L.A. Law." Larry's exploits in the music business were profiled in the 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers magazine, in which Larry also was ranked one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California.
KWIKH is pleased to announce that Larry Iser and Michael Kump were recognized by the L.A. Times B2B Publishing Business of Law Magazine as 2021 "Visionaries" for their outstanding achievements...
We are pleased to announce that our Managing Partner Lawrence Iser has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2021 list of "Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys."...
On September 9th Managing Partner Larry Iser participated in a panel for the Los Angeles Copyright Society on music and political campaigns entitled "Red, White and Blues."...
Larry Iser was recently quoted in Jason Pafundi's Vanguard article "Jun Yamato - Roland Corporation US," which details the storied career of Jun Yamato, Vice President and General Counsel at...
Larry Iser was recently a featured guest on an episode of The Toronto Star's podcast "This Matters." Larry spoke to host Raju Mudhar about Neil Young's lawsuit against Donald Trump,...
KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser was recently quoted in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Billboard, Deadline, Variety and Forbes on musician Neil Young's high-profile lawsuit against Donald Trump over...
Larry Iser's representation of musicians against politicians is the subject of an article in Thomson Reuters' Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine entitled "Won't Back Down: When politicians pick campaign songs, songwriters pick Lawrence Iser."...
On Sunday, July 30, KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser gave a workshop on Fair Use to attendees of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) 2017 Conference at Cal State...
Larry Iser was recently quoted in the Associated Press article "Surviving Carpenters Member Sues Over Digital Royalties," the Variety article "The Carpenters Sue Universal Music Over Digital Royalties," the BBC...
Variety recently reached out to Larry Iser for his opinion on Burke Ramsey's $750 million lawsuit against CBS over the documentary "The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey."...
KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser recently weighed in on the lawsuit filed by Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Entertainment against VidAngel, a company offering technology to filter out...
Larry Iser was quoted in Paul Blake's ABC News article "Queen May Dislike Trump but Artists Have Limited Say in Who Uses Their Music," Randy Lewis's Los Angeles Times articles...
KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser was quoted in Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Guardian and appeared on CBS Evening News to discuss the ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit filed against...
KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser's article "Note to Candidate Trump: You Can't Always Get What You Want" was published by Forbes on June 2, 2016 as the first installment of...
KWIKH founding partner Larry Iser was quoted by ABC News and Forbes magazine on one of his favorite legal points: whether a political candidate can use a song without...
Larry Iser was quoted in Eriq Gardner's Hollywood Reporter article "HBO, Showtime Would Be Underdogs in a Legal Battle With Twitter." ...
For the second time, KWIKH founding partner/managing partner Larry Iser has been selected by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the 75 Leading Intellectual Property Lawyers...
KWIKH Managing Partner Larry Iser was quoted in several publications and appeared on several nationally syndicated talk shows to discuss the stunning jury verdict in the "Blurred Lines" case that...
KWIKH founding partner Larry Iser was quoted in Steven Seidenberg's Intellectual Property Watch article regarding two music companies suing an internet service provider in the music companies ongoing battle against...
On October 2, 2014, KWIKH founding/managing partner Larry Iser, who for nearly two decades has litigated on behalf of his clients over copyright issues concerning sound recordings, contributed an opinion...
KWIKH founding partner Larry Iser was quoted by The Hollywood Reporter in Eriq Gardner's article about the custody dispute between actor Jason Patric and his ex-girlfriend Danielle Schreiber over their...
KWIKH founding/managing partner Larry Iser has recorded a podcast with Reuter's, discussing the use of music in political campaigns. Check out Larry's comments on the current state of politicians and...
In his "Campaign Music 101: Ask first!" feature article at Politico.com, KWIKH partner Larry Iser is encouraged that the political establishment appears to have gotten the idea that campaigns must...
Larry Iser was quoted in the in the following publications commenting on the copyright implications of Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube. Los Angeles Times - October 10, 2006 San...
Larry Iser is featured in Catalina Camia's USA Today piece pointing up the importance of getting permission before using copyrighted music in a political campaign. Read the Full Article....
Larry Iser and Greg Gabriel have obtained a settlement on behalf of singer/songwriter David Byrne against former Florida Governor Charlie Crist for his campaign's creation of a web commercial for...
Larry Iser has been named one of the Daily Journal's Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California for his representation of high-profile clients in complex, content-driven IP conflicts. Larry's practice emphasizes litigation and counseling...
Larry Iser was quoted extensively on the ramifications of Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube in the June, 2007 issue of Inside Counsel Magazine. Read Full Article...
The firm is pleased to announce that Larry Iser and Jon Steinsapir have both been selected for inclusion in Billboard's prestigious "Top Music Lawyers" list for 2022. Each year, the...
For over two years, Mr. Kump represented Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton in a lawsuit filed against him in federal court in Chicago in connection with the motion picture The Merry Gentleman. Keaton starred in and made his directorial debut in the independent film which garnered widespread praise from critics when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and when it was released in theaters. Nevertheless, years later, one of the investors in the film filed a breach of contract action against Keaton, alleging that Keaton's breaches of his Directing Agreement caused the investor to lose his investment. After conducting discovery for several months, Mr. Kump and his team filed a motion for summary judgment which established that Keaton's performance as director did not cause the film to underperform at the box office.
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- Partner
- the Hollywood Reporter Article
- West Coast Litigation Counsel for USI
Michael Kump is a problem solver who fights tenaciously to protect his clients' valuable intellectual property and contractual rights. Representing plaintiffs and defendants in a broad and sophisticated litigation practice, Mr. Kump has extensive experience and success inside and outside the courtroom in all aspects of intellectual property, entertainment, contract, trade secrets, and antitrust litigation and counseling. In selecting Mr. Kump to their list of the Top 100 lawyers in California whose work has changed the law, an industry, or society, The Daily Journal, California's premier legal publication, stated:
"Whether he's with them or against them, Hollywood's A-listers have seen firsthand how effectively Michael Kump litigates cases."
Mr. Kump was a member of a panel that spoke on the topic: Celebrity Law, Tech, and PR: Legal Ethics in News and Social Media, at the Relativity Fest conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Kump gave an evening presentation entitled "Lessons From the McCourt Case Regarding Post-Nuptial Agreements" to the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
For several years, Mr. Kump was a regular speaker on "Recent Developments in Contract Litigation" at the annual CLE Int'l Film and Television Law Conference.
CIO published its interview with Mr. Kump on intellectual protection and trade secret protection in the employment arena.
Over the past decade, Mr. Kump has served as West Coast litigation counsel for USI- a diversified insurance and financial services firm that is the eighth-largest insurance brokerage in the United States - in numerous misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition actions filed throughout California against insurance producers who left to join competing firms. In these actions, Mr. Kump obtained injunctive relief to protect USI's trade secrets and to enforce USI's restrictive covenants, which resulted in the cases settling on favorable terms for USI. Mr. Kump also counsels USI on a broad range of trade practice issues, including trade secret protection and the enforceability of contractual covenants governing competition.
The firm is pleased to announce that Mike Kump has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's list of "Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers" for 2020....
Mike Kump was mentioned in the Fall 2016 Issue of Michigan Law School's magazine "The Quadrangle," which features achievements of Michigan Law School grads....
Michael Kump named one of ‘Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America'
Lawdragon magazine has selected KWIKH founding partner Michael Kump for its "2016 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America," an honor also bestowed upon him in 2011. The Lawdragon 500 are...
Michael Kump handles major entertainment transaction
Michael Kump represented Lloyd Braun, co-owner and co-founding partner of entertainment powerhouse BermanBraun, in the transaction that resulted in Braun becoming the company's sole owner by purchasing his partner's interest...
Michael Kump speaks at Producers Guild of America Conference (video clip)
Michael Kump named Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2010. In the January/February 2010 edition of Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, Michael was recognized for his success in Intellectual Property Litigation during 2009...
Michael Kump was recently quoted in Ashley Cullins' The Hollywood Reporter article "Kim Kardashian West Out for Blood Over Use of Her Image in Vampire Facial Marketing." This article describes...
KWIKH is pleased to announce that Partners Dale Kinsella and Michael Kump have been included in "Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts by Impact 2010" in the January 19, 2011 edition of the...
Nick Soltman was featured in TheWrap's article "How the ‘Tomb Raider' Movie Rights Slipped Away From MGM," which examines how MGM lost the rights to the iconic video game franchise...
Nick Soltman was recently asked by TheWrap to provide an analysis of what Jim Gianopulos' exit as CEO of Paramount could mean for the Hollywood studio's future in either the...
KWIKH is pleased to share that premier legal industry publication Law360 has named Nick Soltman a "Rising Star" for 2021....
Nick Soltman was recently quoted in Ryan Faughnder's Los Angeles Times article "Why is Regé-Jean Page leaving Netflix's ‘Bridgerton?'" which focuses on Page's single-season talent deal with Netflix and how...
Nick Soltman was recently named one of the 2019 "Top 40 Under 40" attorneys in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal....
KWIKH attorney Nick Soltman was quoted by the Daily Journal in Ashley Cullins' article on a copyright infringement case filed against Netflix by artist Earl Swanigan. The complaint alleges...
KWIKH is proud to announce that partners Patricia Millett and Suann MacIsaac are on Variety‘s latest "best and brightest" list of "attorneys that stand above the crowd and represent the...
David Swift and Gregory Korn represented musician and Player band member Ronn Moss in his recently settled lawsuit against fellow Player bandmate Peter Beckett....
Represented Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock in a high-profile action filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against affiliate marketing companies that have been using her name and likeness without authorization to sell beauty products. Ellen DeGeneres is also a plaintiff (represented by her own counsel). The case has been widely reported including in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, and has been dismissed without prejudice to further action and proceedings. (Sandra Bullock and Ellen DeGeneres v. John DOE 1-100, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 19STCV40025.)
, whose unsuccessful lawsuit against KWIKH clients Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow claimed their film The Hurt Locker was based on Sarver's personal military experiences, has been ordered...
Represented NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal who was sued by an alleged former business associate. Mr. Kump removed the action to federal court and filed a motion to dismiss the entire lawsuit on the ground it was time-barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Plaintiff countered that the statute of limitations had been tolled by a California statute (section 351) because Shaq lived outside the state of California from the time the causes of action accrued. Mr. Kump's motion argued, however, that the statute cannot be constitutionally applied in this case because the unreasonable burden it would impose on interstate commerce violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
United States District Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen granted Mr. Kump's motion and dismissed the entire action with prejudice, finding that "the burden on interstate commerce imposed by section 351 outweighs the articulated state interest in this case, and the application of section 351 to toll the statute of limitations on Plaintiff's claims would violate the commerce clause." (For more information, read Judge Nguyen's opinion.) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Nguyen's ruling, finding that "The burden on interstate commerce as applied to O'Neal is substantial and the countervailing interest is minimal. Application of section 351 in this case would offend the Commerce Clause and [plaintiff's] suit was properly dismissed because it was untimely." (See Ninth Circuit opinion).
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- Partner
- Becomes Name Partner
Shawn Holley is a partner at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP, a boutique entertainment and business litigation firm in Santa Monica. She began her career as a Los Angeles County Public Defender, handling hundreds of serious criminal cases from inception to trial. She was the Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office of The Cochran Firm and the head of its national Criminal Defense Section.
With more than sixty trials to her credit, Ms. Holley is the rare trial attorney who practices in the areas of both civil and criminal litigation. She was a highly visible member of the O.J. Simpson defense team and worked closely with Mr. Cochran on a number of high-profile civil and criminal cases when the firm was known as The Law Offices of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.
Among others, Ms. Holley has represented or currently represents Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Michelle Rodriquez, the Kardashian/Jenner family, Katt Williams, Shemar Moore, accused Symbionese Liberation Army bomber Sara Jane Olson, celebrated Black Panther leader Geronimo Pratt, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Axl Rose, Mike Tyson, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lamar Odom and Reggie Bush.
Ms. Holley was chief legal correspondent for the E! Network and was a featured legal analyst on its nightly coverage of the Michael Jackson trial which was broadcast internationally. Ms. Holley was the on-air legal analyst for KABC Eyewitness News in Los Angeles for several years and has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, PrimeTime Live, Court TV, Fox News and CNN. She was a featured lawyer on Fox TV's Power of Attorney for two seasons and the judge on MTV's The Verdict.
For the past 20 years, Ms. Holley has taught trial advocacy at Cardozo Law School's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at Yeshiva University in New York City. She is a frequent speaker on high-profile litigation, women in the law and the representation of "celebrity" clients.
Ms. Holley has been named a "Power Lawyer" by The Hollywood Reporter, one of the Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers, one of the Daily Journal's Top Women Lawyers, and one of the Daily Journal's 2015 Top Entertainment Lawyers. She was also named Southwestern Law School's 2013 Outstanding Alumnus by the Black Law Students Association.
Ms. Holley is a Los Angeles native who attended the University of California, Los Angeles and Southwestern University School of Law. She is married to Dorian Holley, a prominent and well-known vocalist and vocal director. They have three daughters Nayanna, Sasha and Olivia. She is a lover of books, music and SoulCycle.
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