Russ August & Kabat congratulates Stanton “Larry” Stein, Bennett A. Bigman, Ashley R. Yeargan, and Erica S. Kim who have been profiled among Variety‘s 2023 Legal Impact honorees. The highly anticipated annual Legal Impact Report, published on April 19, 2023, features this year’s top entertainment attorneys who are making a significant impact on the industry in film, television, music, theatre, and digital media.
Read the report.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates partners, Ashley R. Yeargan and Stanton “Larry” Stein, who are included in The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys’ list and The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Legal Legends’ list, respectively. The 17th annual power list, published on April 12, 2023, includes “entertainment dealmakers and litigators at the top of their game.” Click here to view The Hollywood Reporter Power Lawyers issue.
Ashley R. Yeargan was selected for inclusion in The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers 2023 list. Click here to view her THR profile.
Stanton “Larry” Stein is recognized among The Hollywood Reporter’s Legal Legends list as part of the annual Top 100 Power Lawyers report, which was published this week by The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter describes the Legal Legends list as a class of attorneys whose “impact on Hollywood is so historic and lasting, they transcend the Power Lawyers list.” Click here to view The Hollywood Reporter’s Legal Legends list.
Stanton “Larry” Stein, Ashley R. Yeargan, and Irene Y. Lee were selected for inclusion in Billboard’s ‘2023 Top Music Lawyers’ list, which was published on April 01, 2023. This issue of Billboard recognizes the biggest names and most prominent legal minds in the world of music and entertainment law.
Russ August & Kabat is pleased to announce the opening of its new Texas office space. Peter Tong, who joined Russ August & Kabat as a partner after completing a clerkship with the Honorable Judge Alan D. Albright in the Western District of Texas, will head the office. As Judge Albright’s most experienced former clerk now in private practice, Mr. Tong looks forward to building a local counsel and patent plaintiff contingency practice.
With nearly a decade of patent litigation and prosecution experience, Mr. Tong brings a wealth of unique insight and technological understanding to any patent team. Mr. Tong has represented companies in numerous patent lawsuits and helped a client secure a jury verdict for hundreds of millions of dollars. He has won inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the USPTO and matters for both plaintiffs and defendants before federal courts. Besides patent litigation, Mr. Tong has also handled cases regarding thefts of trade secrets and breaches of confidentiality.
Opening a Dallas office near the popular Texas venues in Waco and Marshall allows the firm to better serve its clients who frequently litigate there. Now that Delaware requires detailed finance disclosures from plaintiffs, Texas will become more important than ever. Russ August & Kabat also looks to grow its Texas presence through experienced lateral attorneys.
Read the press release. Read the Texas Lawyer article.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2023 list of ‘Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys’. The list highlights stellar minority attorneys who are considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene, while serving as trusted advisors, along with maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards. The California State Bar has reported that “having a diverse legal profession positively impacts the administration of justice, ensures fairness, and promotes the rule of law.” Ms. Lee’s profile is on Page 10 of the PDF and Mr. Wang’s profile is on Page 20 of the PDF.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of
Larry C. Russ,
Jules L. Kabat,
Marc A. Fenster,
Irene Y. Lee,
Bennett A. Bigman,
Adam S. Hoffman,
Paul A. Kroeger,
Brian D. Ledahl,
Matthew A. Rips,
Stanton “Larry” Stein,
Benjamin T. Wang,
Reza Mirzaie,
Neil A. Rubin,
Jean Y. Rhee, and
Ashley R. Yeargan, all of whom have been recognized as
2023 Southern California Super Lawyers by the publishers of
Los Angeles Magazine. In addition,
Larry C. Russ, and
Irene Y. Lee, have been recognized as
Top 100 Super Lawyers, and
Irene Y. Lee has also been recognized as a
Top 50 SuperLawyer in the Southern California Women’s Edition. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
