Leopold, Petrich & Smith

Louis P. Petrich
Leopold, Petrich & Smith, A Professional Corporation
Suite 3110
2049 Century Park East
Century City
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3274

Communication Center

Phone:

(310) 277-3333

E-mail:

lpetrich@lpsla.com

Fax:

(310) 277-7444

Web site:

http://www.lpsla.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Published Works	Affiliations
Representative Clients	Representative Cases

Current Employment Position(s):: Member

Areas Of Practice:: Entertainment; Named "Top Lawyer" in The Hollywood Reporter's "Power Lawyers 2007" List; Civil Litigation; Copyright and Trademark; Named "Best Lawyer" in 2010 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America"; Libel and Slander; Unfair Competition; Insurance Law

Bar Admissions:: California, 1966; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit; U.S. District Court Southern District of California; U.S. District Court Central District of California; U.S. District Court Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court Northern District of California; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan

Education:: University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1965; LL.B.; Honors: Order of the Coif; Law Review: Managing Editor, University of California Law Review, 1964 - 1965; University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1962; A.B.

Published Works:: Chapter on Trial Techniques in Jury and Bench Trials of Copyright Cases, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation, Matthew Bender; LDRC Bulletin (2004) Fair Use

Representative Cases:: Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc., 34 Cal. 4th 679 (2004); Murray Hill Publications, Inc. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 361 F.3d 312 (6th Cir. 2004); Subafilms, Ltd. v. MGM-Pathe Communications Co., 24 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 1994) (en banc); Stewart v. Abend, 495 U.S. 207 (1990); Olson v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 855 F.2d 1446 (9th Cir. 1988); Litchfield v. Spielberg, 736 F.2d 1352 (C.A.9 (Cal.) 1984); Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 650 F.2d 1365 (C.A.5 (Fla.) 1981); Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 584 F.2d 111 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1978)

Representative Clients:: DreamWorks; MGM; Paramount Pictures; Sony; Twentieth Century - Fox Film Corp.; Universal Studios, Inc.; Motion Picture Association of America

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer, Litigating Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases, PLI, 1984 - 1995; Lecturer, Libel & Newsgathering Litigation, PLI, 1998; Lecturer, Libel & Newsgathering Litigation, PLI, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Media Law Resource Center; Chairperson, Entertainment Law Committee (2005); Los Angeles County Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; Los Angeles Copyright Society; Member; California State Bar Association; Member; Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1980 - 1982; Board of Trustees; Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1995 - 2000; Board of Trustees; Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1987 - 1988; President

Birth Information:: August 13, 1940, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

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