Diana A. Sanders was selected for inclusion in Billboard’s 2020 ‘Women in Music Executives’ list, which was published on December 03, 2020. Billboard’s annual ‘Women In Music’ list celebrates a select and diverse group of high-achieving and influential female music executives from across the industry’s sectors who’ve had compelling, newsworthy and measurable achievements in the past 12-18 months. These women are especially acknowledged for their resiliency and strength this year. Click here to view Billboard’s ‘2020 Women in Music’ list.
Diana Sanders is an associate at Russ August & Kabat. She represents clients in the media and entertainment industry, including songwriters, producers, musical artists, actors, production companies and other high-profile individuals and executives. A classically trained singer with a depth of understanding of music, Diana advises clients on diverse music related matters ranging from transactions to litigation. Her practice also includes matters involving copyright, trademark, breach of contract, and defamation.
Diana is a proud member of the Recording Academy, and is admitted to practice law in both California and New York. From 2018-2020, Diana has been chosen as a SuperLawyers “Rising Star” by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. She was also selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition) for Entertainment and Sports Law. For additional information, https://www.raklaw.com/attorney/diana-sanders/
Russ August & Kabat is honored to have been ranked in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list. U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers joined to rank more than 14,000 firms across the United States. Firms included in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. It is a great honor.
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Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ and Stanton ‘Larry’ Stein, who have been named to the Best Lawyers in America (2021 Edition), as well as of Jacob M. Agi, Diana A. Sanders, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition).
Larry C. Russ for Litigation – Patent, and Stanton “Larry” Stein for Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television as well as Music. Additionally, Jacob M. Agi, Diana A. Sanders, and Ashley R. Yeargan have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition). Jacob M. Agi for Real Estate Law, and Diana A. Sanders and Ashley R. Yeargan for Entertainment and Sports Law.
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Stanton “Larry” Stein was selected for inclusion in Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers 2020 list, which was published on July 25, 2020. This issue of Billboard recognizes the biggest names and most prominent legal minds in the world of music and entertainment law. Click here to view Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers 2020 List.
Stanton “Larry” Stein is a partner and the head of Russ August & Kabat’s Media & Entertainment group. Larry’s clients include actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, high-net-worth individuals, entertainment guilds, talent agencies, personal and business management companies, independent production companies, and interactive gaming companies. Larry is widely known in the entertainment industry for his work taking on Hollywood studios. Throughout the last decades, Larry created legal theories for challenging the film and television accounting practices of vertically integrated studios and media conglomerates through litigation. He is literally the father of vertical integration accounting lawsuits. His efforts have changed the face of talent and rights holders’ contract negotiations with studios, networks, and their affiliated production companies, seeking to more evenly allocate revenue to profit participants including actors, directors, writers and producers. Larry has brought countless lawsuits on behalf of his clients against companies that were self-dealing on licensing fees and a variety of other revenue streams. In addition to his groundbreaking litigation in the profit participation space, Larry has also fought to establish copyright protection for formats in reality television, bringing the seminal lawsuit in that area of law. For additional information, https://www.raklaw.com/attorney/stanton-larry-stein/.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Christine S. Shin who has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Investors & Advisors list. Christine S. Shin, one of only eleven attorneys honored on the list, is among some truly outstanding professionals making up the Los Angeles private equity lending and advising landscape. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner Ashley R. Yeargan, who has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star since 2012, was interviewed in the 2020 Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine. Read more.
Rising Stars are the top 2.5% percent of attorneys in each state, under 40 years old and/or who have been practicing for 10 years or less, as chosen by their peers and through an independent research. The Rising Stars process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars is a comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys, representing a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic locations.
