B.S. Engr. UCLA , 1968
J.D. UC College of Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law) , 1971
Publications
• The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property, Co-Author, Juris Publishing (July 2018).
• Copyright as a Complement to Sound Based Marks, Co-Author, INTA Bulletin, (August 5, 2020).
• Financial Elements of Contracts, book review, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (July/August 2010)
• "Protecting Trademarks Under the Madrid Protocol" Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (April 2004).
• "Check Marks--A trademark audit is a useful tool for determining the cost-effectiveness of maintaining a client's trademark portfolio" Los Angeles LawyerMagazine (May 2000).
• "Mark of Distinction--A New Federal Law Protects Distinctive Trademarks Against Dilution Through Unauthorized Use" Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (May 1997).
• "Copyright Infringement" in Proof in Competitive Business Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar (1993).
• "How to Stop Counterfeiting--A Practical Approach to the Industry's Biggest Problem" Licensing Today International (June/July/August 1993); "Exploiting Entertainment Marks Internationally in a Downturned Economy" Licensing Today International (June/July 1992).
• "Arbitration of Entertainment Industry Contingent Compensation Claims" in The Back End: A Look at Gross and Net Participations in the Wake of Buchwald v. Paramount, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section (1990).
• "Designations of Source--Are they Necessary to Support Entertainment Industry Merchandising Rights?", Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (1986).
• Merchandising and Licensing syllabus co-editor, sponsored by the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1985).
• "Diluting the Counterfeiters: New Trademark Rights and Remedies in Dealing with Entertainment and Merchandising Properties," The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, ABA (Fall, 1985).
• Copyright: Selected Practical Aspects of Enforcement and Protection, Editor, sponsored by the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1984).
• "The Bell and Howell: Mamiya Case--Where Now Parallel Imports," The Trademark Reporter (January-February, 1984).
• "Unions and Guilds" (coauthor) in Producing for Motion Pictures and Television , sponsored by the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1983).
• "Works Made for Hire" in The Visual Artist's Business and Legal Guide, Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers Committee for the Arts, (1981, 1995), reprinted by Jerome Headlands Press, Prentice-Hall.
• The Actors Manual: A Practical Guide to Your Career, Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers Committee for the Arts, co-editor (1978), reprinted by Elsevier-Dutton (1980).
• "First Amendment and Freedom of the Press", Los Angeles County Bar Journal, Los Angeles County Bar Association , Co-Editor, symposium issue (May 1976).
Professional Affiliations
• State Bar of California (admitted 1972)
• Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Chair, Editorial Board (1997-98)
• Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Chair (1979-80)
• International Law Section , Los Angeles County Bar Association, Chair (2002-03)
• International Law Section, State Bar of California, Executive Committee (2005-08)(now California Lawyers Association International Law and Immigration Section)
• Los Angeles Copyright Society, President (2001-02)
• UC Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings) Alumni Association, Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter, President (1984-85)
• Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats , National Vice President, United States (1990-92), Honorary Vice President (1993-)
• Union Internationale des Avocats, Vice President, Entertainment Law Commission (1997-2001)
• International Citizen Diplomacy (formerly International Visitors Council) of Los Angeles, Vice President (2001-06)
• United States District Courts, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Beverly Hills Bar Association (President's Award, 2006; Beverly Hillls Bar Foundation Board of Governors, 2006-12)
• INTA Right of Publicity Committee (2020-22)
• American Bar Association
• Arbitrator, IFTA International Arbitration Tribunal; The ICDR Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
• British American Business Council Los Angeles, Member, Board of Directors (2001-06)
• International Trademark Association
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Southwestern Law School (2008-11)
• Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham, LLP, Of Counsel
• United States District Court, Central District of California ADR Panel Mediator
• Federal Bar Association, Treasurer, Intellectual Property Law Section (2022-24 )
