James Pickens Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

At Russ August & Kabat, I litigate patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases in federal courts and the ITC, from inception to trial, post-trial, and appeal. I have acquired significant federal jury trial experience, appellate experience before the Federal Circuit, and experience with law and motion practice in federal court, including.

El Segundo, CA, US

The Interactive Entertainment Law Group serves as financing and intellectual property counsel to software application developers and video game publishers and distributors. While at the IE Law Group, I designed intellectual property licensing agreements to both protect and monetize video applications and other sophisticated software technology, including.

Los Angeles, CA, US

At Russ August & Kabat, I litigate patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases in federal courts, from inception to trial, post-trial, and appeal. I have acquired significant federal jury trial experience, appellate experience before the Federal Circuit, and experience with law and motion practice in federal court, including motions for.

Worldwide, OO

At Reed Smith, I worked as transactional counsel to financial institutions, real estate investment companies, energy companies, record labels, film distribution companies, large restaurant chains, video game companies, entertainers, television writers, and television production entities in mergers and acquisitions, real estate and finance, licensing, new.

Worldwide, OO

• Assembled binders of evidence on behalf of litigation partners in entertainment and securities groups
• Created reference tables charting revisions to television screenwriter agreements and LLC acts
• Drafted memoranda analyzing defenses to copyright termination and authorship claims

• I worked at Gaumont to provide support to the Legal and Business Affairs team in meeting the needs of the productions of Hannibal (NBC), Hemlock Grove (Netflix), and Narcos (Netflix).
• Drafted personal service agreements engaging above-the-line talent and loan-out corporations
• Developed reporting capabilities in Excel to model contractual contingent participations and credit obligations
• Reviewed contracts to report on promised contingent participations and credit obligations

Washington, DC, US

• Researched federal housing policy and the 2008 financial crisis
• Created Excel workbooks charting comparative financial bubbles, the scope of government-sponsored enterprises, the economic effects of the Dodd-Frank Act
• Coordinated scheduling, book tours, interviews, speaking engagements, and travel for Charles Murray, the W.H. Brady Scholar at AEI and author of New York Times bestseller Coming Apart
• Promoted to paid position after excelling in internship position with Editorial departmentIntern, Communications & Editorial (January-March)
• Developed promotional strategies for disseminating research from the Institute’s 50 scholars
• Edited Outlooks, publications, event invitations, scholar op-eds, and AEI Today email

New York, NY, US

• At Merrill Lynch, I worked for a private wealth management team. I gained significant experience with financial markets, client and records management, and financial modeling in Excel.
• Co-Developed an investment platform, the Dividend Income Portfolio, and integrated it with team strategies for wealth management
• Created research reports drawing from Merrill Lynch, Morningstar, and Dorsey Wright and presented summaries to team or clients
• Supervised client account monthly distribution, RMDs, asset allocation, investment performance, communication, and Salesforce record
• Managed entire client file system by updating phone call records and wealth management reports

Washington, DC, US

• Planned and executed programs to encourage academic engagement, integrity, social justice, and a successful undergraduate experience
• Facilitated over 70 residents in building a community through a combination of expectations, respect, and consideration\
• Counseled and advise students in all settings by listening, adhering to confidentiality, and maintaining a high standard of resourcefulness
• Led hall's Community Council to represent all 600 residents to the university's Interhall Council

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Of 2012, English

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