Joann Litt Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca

• Entertainment clients include actors, musicians, new media personalities, and below the line crew.• Interview entertainment and corporate clients to assess viability for immigration benefits.• Assemble proof of work, press, and contributions to the industry in order to build substantive case for immigration approval.• Negotiate, draft, and review production, talent, management, commercial, distribution, privacy, marketing, endorsement, licensing, and union contracts and agreements.• Work with production companies to develop legal protocols and work flow processes to expedite approvals.• Represent corporations and individuals in international and domestic entertainment, corporate, and immigration law.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Outside counsel for UCLA Geffen School of Medicine research faculty.• Represented institutional, corporate, and individual clients in entertainment, corporate, and business immigration law.• Drafting and review of deal memos and production, talent, management, intellectual property, and union contracts and agreements.• Managed support staff and other co-counsel.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Chief legal officer for designer and manufacturer of international clothing brands Joie, Current/Elliott, and Equipment. • Oversaw global legal strategy as well as all corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property, employment, litigation, real estate, business development, and e-commerce matters. • Negotiated and drafted all commercial, manufacturing, licensing, marketing, service, supply, and distribution agreements. • Implemented new policies and systems to mitigate corporate risk and liability. • Established human resources department and corporate compliance program.• Worked across all departments to improve operational compliance and reduce liability, resulting in significant reduction in annual legal fees.

San Francisco, Ca

• Represented corporate clients in litigation, in both federal and state courts.• Specialized in copyright, fair use, trademark, licensing, tech transactions, employment discrimination, breach of contract, real estate, and business torts. • Represented the Recording Industry Association of America in its copyright enforcement actions. • Managed support staff and paralegal team.

Redwood Shores, Ca

• Represented clients involved in high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation and licensing. • Managed all phases of diligence, discovery and litigation, including litigation team of paralegals, experts, consultants, and support staff. • Drafted motions and briefs on various aspects of patent and trade secrets law as well as general legal issues. • Took depositions and worked with expert witnesses, including drafting of extensive expert reports. • Reviewed and drafted licensing, confidentiality, and nondisclosure agreements.

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