Attorneys

DAVID C. PHILLIPS, born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1962, California; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1958); Harvard University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Marin County, 1967-1976. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County and American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); State Bar of California; Maritime Law Association of the United States.

 

R. SCOTT ERLEWINE, born Lincoln, Nebraska;  Admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education:  University of California at Davis (B.A., with honors, 1977);  Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1980).  Former Member:  Editorial Board, California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter.  Author: "Earthquake Insurance: A Practical Guide," California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter, January 1990.  Speaker:  EEOC Technical Assistance Seminar:  "The ADA Overlap - FMLA, Cal. Family Rights Act, 2000";  Northern California Employment Round Table, Employer Conferences:  "Easing the Recruiting and Staffing Burden," "Beyond the Basics of Sexual Harassment".  Member:  Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Judiciary Committee, 1989-1992); State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation sections);  American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law, Tort and Insurance Practice sections). 

 

DAVID M. GIVEN , born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar 1987, New York; 1989, California. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1983); University of Virginia (J.D., 1986). Author:  "Online Music Comparison:  A Practical Guide," The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Fall 2000;  "First Amendment Protection for Trademark Use," PLI Intellectual Property Course Handbook Series (1998); "European Co-Production Remains Viable, For Now," The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Fall 1995; "When and Why Courts Appoint Trustees in Bankruptcy," 34 Pract. Law 401 (1988);  Advisory Committee: Hastings Comm/Ent Law Journal (1997- ). Editor-in-Chief, The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, 1996-1999. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Chair, Sports and Entertainment Law Section, 2000-01); State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Chair, Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 2001-03);  Board of Directors, Blue Bear School of American Music (1999-).  Languages: French.

 

NICHOLAS A. CARLIN, born Budesheim, Germany, admitted to the bar, 1984, California. Education:  Harvard University (A.B., Physics, 1978);  Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1983).  Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1982.

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MEAGAN MCKINLEY-BALL , born San Francisco, California, admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Boston College (B.A., English and Communications, 2003); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006); Articles Editor, USF Law Review; Member: McAuliffe Honor Society; Recipient: CALI Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law, CALI Award for Excellence in Entertainment Law. Speaker: University of San Francisco School of Law, Entertainment Law Panel, November, 2006.  Languages: French

 

FEATHER BARON , born in Laguna Beach, California, admitted to bar, 2007,California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A.,Political Science, 2001); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007); Member: USF Law Review; Author: "The Nondischargeability of Student Loans in Bankruptcy: How the Prevailing "Undue Hardship" Test Creates Hardship of Its Own, USF Law Review, Summer 2007; Recipient: CALI Award for Excellence in Real Estate Secured Transactions, CALI Award for Excellence in Social and Legal Ethic of Business.

 

SARAH SEVIER THOMTON (Contract Attorney), born Mexico City, D.F., Mexico; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1999). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Civil Litigation.

 

PAUL KARL LUKACS (Contract Attorney), born Garfield Heights, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1998, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.  Education: University of Maryland (B.A., History, 1995); University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D., 1998). Law and Technology Fellow, Boalt Hall, 1998.  Articles: Author: "How New York and Tennessee Regulate Talent Agencies," Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Fall 1996. Co-Author: "A Mega-Million-Dollar Musical Mea Culpa: Are U.S. Record Companies Overlooking a Fortune in International Public Performance Royalties?" Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Fall 1997.  Member: National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

 

OF COUNSEL

 
 
JOHN C. ESPEDAL
, born Aberdeen, Washington; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., scholarship honors, 1969); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1974).

 

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