Attorney
Los Angeles, California, 90067
Named in 2019 as one of the city's Top 50 Litigators & Trial Lawyers by Los Angeles Business Journal, Jeff is known for handling “groundbreaking copyright infringement litigation” and “some of the most complex copyright cases in the entertainment industry.” He has been honored as one of the nation’s premier entertainment litigators by Variety, listed among the nation’s top copyright litigators by Legal 500, and awarded an Honorary Gold Record by the Recording Industry Association of America for his success in the seminal Napster case. A “key figure in numerous high-stakes intellectual property fights,” Jeff is perennially recognized as one of California’s Top 75 intellectual property lawyers by the Daily Journal, most recently in 2020, and as a Southern California Super Lawyer (representing the top 5% of practicing attorneys) by Thomson Reuters (2004-20). His clients have included all of the world's largest record companies and music publishing companies, Apple, Coca-Cola, Muhammad Ali, Eminem, and Dr. Dre.
A “veteran of high-stakes music industry skirmishes,” Jeff is “among the nation’s top music litigators.” He has litigated hundreds of music cases involving more than 30 Billboard #1 records, more than 30 Grammy Award winners (including The Beatles, Prince, Ariana Grande, Stevie Wonder, Cher, Mariah Carey, Olivia Newton-John, and Michael Jackson), and more than 30 members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (including U2, Nirvana, Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, The Temptations, Parliament/Funkadelic, The Allman Brothers Band, and Crosby Stills Nash & Young).
Jeff litigates nationally, and his practice is evenly divided between representing plaintiffs and defendants. He has litigated cases against the world’s largest airline, search engine, toy company, e-commerce retailer, and electronics retailer, as well as against some of the world’s largest drug companies, beer companies, automakers, and entertainment conglomerates. His cases have figured prominently in the development of modern intellectual property and entertainment law, resulting in more than 150 reported judicial decisions, which have been cited in thousands of other reported decisions. His scholarship on intellectual property issues has been featured in publications such as the National Law Journal, The Sedona Conference Journal, Cyber Esq., and the Journal of Internet Law.
