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 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.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates Ashley R. Yeagan who was selected for inclusion in Variety‘s ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2022’ list, which was published on November 09, 2022. The list profiles newly emerging executives and talent in the entertainment business. Click here to view Variety‘s 2022 ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders’ list.
Ashley R. Yeargan is a partner at Russ August & Kabat and a member of its Media & Entertainment and Litigation & Trial groups. She has represented a variety of clients in the media and entertainment industry, including actors, directors, writers, producers, musical artists, managers, small studios, production companies, and video game companies. Ashley focuses her practice on matters involving defamation, rights of privacy and publicity, copyright and trademark infringement, and breach of contract. She has litigated in federal and state courts as well as before various arbitral tribunals in California.
Billboard recognized Ashley in its 2022 “Top Music Lawyers” list. The Hollywood Reporter recognized Ashley in 2021 and 2022 on its “Power Lawyers: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys” list and on its “2016 Top 35 Under 35” list of executives in the entertainment industry. Also in 2016, Ashley was named in Variety‘s Legal Impact Report as “Up Next” in Entertainment Litigation. Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Ashley as one of LA’s most influential attorneys on its 2020 “Top Women Lawyers” list. She has been recognized as a Rising Star by Southern California Super Lawyers from 2012-2020 and 2022, as well as selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch from 2021 – 2023.
