Entertainment Alumni

Numerous Southwestern graduates have built successful careers with top entertainment and intellectual property law firms around the country. They can also be found in a variety of legal and business positions. A sampling includes:

  • Senior Vice President, ABC Daytime Television
  • Senior Vice President, ABC Television
  • Director of Entertainment Programming, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
  • Vice President and General Counsel, American Film Market
  • Head of Consumer Products, Amblin/Dreamworks
  • Technology Counsel, Amgen Inc.
  • General Counsel/Partner, Beverly Hills Sports Counsel
  • Director–Business Affairs, Body Glove
  • Manager-Business Development, Broadband Sports
  • Director of Legal Affairs, Carsey Werner Productions
  • Partner, Castle Rock Entertainment
  • Vice President–Business Affairs, CBS Entertainment
  • Senior Entertainment Correspondent, CNN
  • Vice President–Business Affairs, Columbia Tri-Star Television Distribution
  • Correspondent, Court TV
  • Vice President, Legal Affairs, David E. Kelley Productions
  • General Counsel, David Rose Publishing Company
  • Vice President Legal Affairs, Dick Clark Productions, Inc.
  • In-house Counsel, DreamWorks SKG
  • Supervisor–West Coast Royalty, EMI Music Group
  • Executive Vice President-Business Affairs, emusic.com
  • Director–Business and Legal Affairs, E! Networks
  • Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Famous Music Publishing
  • Vice President Legal Affairs, Fox Broadcasting Co.
  • In-house Counsel, Fox Family Worldwide
  • Executive Vice President, Fox Filmed Entertainment
  • Executive Vice President, Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • In-house Counsel, Fox Sports International
  • Patent Counsel, Genencor International, Inc.
  • Partner, Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman, Machtinger & Kinsella
  • General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Greystone Communications, Inc.
  • Partner, Hansen Jacobsen Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Sloane & Richman
  • In-house Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Corporation
  • Patents Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • In-house Counsel, Landmark Entertainment Group
  • General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Lions Gate Films
  • In-house Counsel, Live Entertainment
  • In-house Counsel, MCA, Inc.
  • Vice President, Intellectual Property Group, MGM Studios
  • In-house Counsel, MGM/UA Entertainment
  • Vice President of Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel, Minimed
  • Vice President-Business Affairs, Miramax Television
  • Partner, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp
  • Chief Financial Officer, Morgan Creek Productions
  • In-house Counsel, Motorola, Inc.
  • Business Affairs Attorney, Motown Record Corporation
  • Executive Vice President, Administration & Operations, NBC Enterprises
  • General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, NeoPets.com
  • Manager, Business and Legal Affairs Administration, New Line Cinema
  • General Counsel, Oakland Raiders
  • Chairperson, Ocean Cities Entertainment
  • Vice President–Legal Affairs, Orion Pictures Corporation
  • Senior Vice President Business & Legal Affairs, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Music Division
  • Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
  • Director, Legal and Business Affairs, Paxson Entertainment Communications
  • Executive Vice President, Quorum Broadcasting
  • Vice President Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs, Raven Biotechnologies, Inc.
  • In-house Counsel, Rhino Records
  • Senior Litigation Counsel, Screen Actors Guild
  • In-house Counsel, Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • General Counsel, Starlight International
  • Special Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  • General Counsel, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Partner, Tri-Tone Music
  • Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, Turner Broadcasting, Inc.
  • Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Twentieth Century Fox Television
  • Feature Attorney, Universal Pictures
  • Director, Business Affairs, Universal Television
  • Vice President-Business and Legal Affairs, USA Cable Entertainment
  • Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Viacom Productions
  • In-house Counsel, Vivendi Universal Music Publishing
  • Executive Director of Business Affairs, Walt Disney Records
  • Counsel, William Morris Agency