Thomas Richards Email & Phone Number

LA based IP and Entertainment Attorney for Film, TV, Technology, Fashion, Fine Art, and Music. http://singhtraubenlaw.com/

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Litigation, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, and 23 others.

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  Partner

  Singh, Singh & Trauben, Llp

  Nov 2017 - Present - Beverly Hills

  Thomas Richards is a partner at Singh, Singh & Trauben LLP. Thomas is an experienced trial attorney whose clients include Oscar®, Emmy® and Grammy® award winners who focuses on complex commercial, intellectual property and defamation claims. Thomas has significant experience both prevailing on, and also defeating, anti-SLAPP motions. Thomas has successfully handled numerous arbitrations, including taking arbitrations through full hearings and final awards, and the confirmation of the same. Thomas also handles international commercial and intellectual property matters. On the motion picture side, Thomas has handled numerous disputes on behalf of financiers, producers, writers and creators of motion pictures, including in the area of idea submission “Desny” claims and the infringement of motion picture and television copyrights. Thomas won a lengthy appeal in a major idea submission case (that appellate decision can be found here). On the music side, Thomas has handled disputes involving artist and talent agreements, the collection of publishing and royalties, and copyright infringement claims. On the technology side, Thomas has handled copyright, trademark and trade secret claims for some of the World’s largest financial institutions and technology companies and obtained and opposed a number of TROs and injunctions on behalf of leading software corporations and financial institutions.Thomas is also an experienced transactional attorney who advises producers of motion pictures and television series, as well as clients in fashion, fine art, photography and media. Thomas specializes in structuring the financing of independently financed motion pictures, serves as production counsel for motion pictures and provides services for the development and packaging of television series. Thomas obtained his J.D. from Fordham University Law School in 2001 and lived and worked in New York City until 2017. He is admitted to practice in New York and California.