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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 58 MARCH 26, 2020

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restructurings. She repped Univision in a deal that

will see an investor group led by former Viacom CFO

Wade Davis acquire a 64 percent stake. She has also

advised clients on deals involving the likes of casino

operator Affinity Gaming and Newport Television.

Please reboot Cheers

LITIGATION

Scott Edelman

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

UC BERKELEY

Yes, all lawyers are busy, but Edelman has an espe-

cially active calendar. “I have five trials scheduled

this year,” he says, including representing AMC in

closely watched lawsuits over profits for The Walking

Dead. Plus, he’s defending Universal Music Group

from musicians who are upset over recordings alleg-

edly destroyed in a massive backlot fire and Sony in

litigation over the distribution of Days of Our Lives.

Hollywood’s 2020 priority “Making sure the casting

couch is forever banished.”

TA LE N T

Craig Emanuel

Paul Hastings

MONASH UNIVERSITY LAW

One client takes up about a third of Emanuel’s time:

Ryan Murphy. The creator has a $300 million Netflix

deal, which the rep continues to oversee as Murphy

churns out new series. Emanuel also represented

producer Dede Gardner when Plan B entered into

an overall TV pact with Amazon and production

company Radical Media in its partnership with Oprah

Winfrey and Prince Harry on their mental health

series for Apple.

My biggest challenge now is “The ability to actually

take a mental break continues to be challenging.”

TA LE N T

Jeff Endlich

Morris Yorn

BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW

“There is such a huge demand for content creation,

and it’s across all platforms,” says Endlich,

who reps one of Hollywood’s most prolific creators:

Taika Waititi, who took home an Oscar for his

script for satire Jojo Rabbit. Waititi’s upcoming

projects include (but are certainly not limited

to) Searchlight soccer drama Next Goal Wins,

Marvel’s next Thor movie and two projects based

on Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

for Netflix. Endlich’s roster also includes Raphael

Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman) and Liz

Feldman (Dead to Me).

My biggest challenge now is “Working from home

during a global pandemic with my 7-year-old and two

4-year-olds who have lots of energy and no place

to go.”

TA LE N T

Jamie Feldman

Lichter Grossman

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

Feldman has a knack for crafting innovative

Leigh Brecheen

with client

Conan O’Brien

After veteran lawyers Jake Bloom

and Alan Hergott retired in 2019,

Brecheen left Bloom Hergott, her home of

more than 20 years, to launch a firm with

four colleagues who, she says, “share

a common vision about how to negotiate

and how to treat people.” All her clients,

including late night hosts Conan O’Brien

and John Oliver and actors Mel Gibson

and Jenny McCarthy, came with her.

O’Brien says his lawyer “always exudes

incredible calm, confidence and good

cheer while at the same time getting

a deal done with ruthless intelligence.”

Hollywood’s biggest priority in 2020

“Making sure that huge corporations don’t

deprive artists of all rights in the IP they

create, particularly in future iterations.”

Feldman

Felker

Fischer

Edelman

Emanuel

Endlich

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