Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, who has been recognized as a 2022 ‘Top 100’ Southern California Super Lawyer and a 2022 ‘Top 50 Women’ Southern California Super Lawyer, was profiled in the Super Lawyers Magazine article, “The Two Culture Edge – Irene Y. Lee’s motto is ‘avoid drama’; opposing attorneys don’t always help.”
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Irene Y. Lee is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where she focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and right of publicity. Irene helps clients navigate through the issues surrounding creating, acquiring, securing, protecting, defending, enforcing, licensing, and monetizing their rights in various forms of intellectual property worldwide and counsels them on risk management. Read more.
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. Irene Y. Lee has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2014 and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star prior to that.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2022 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.” Ms. Lee’s profile is on Page 10 of the PDF and Mr. Wang’s profile is on Page 17 of the PDF.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates Diana A. Sanders who was selected for inclusion in Variety‘s 2021 ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders’ list, which was published on November 10, 2021. The list profiles newly emerging executives and talent in the entertainment business. In 2021, the focus was on execs, entrepreneurs, and performers, 40 and under, who have solidified their positions in the industry and risen to prominence across film, TV, digital, music, finance, law, and content creation, during a period of disruption like no other. Click here to view Variety‘s 2021 ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders’ list.
Diana Sanders is a partner at Russ August & Kabat. Diana represents a variety of clients in the entertainment industry, including recording artists, writers, producers, managers, influencers, actors, production companies, and other high-profile individuals. Diana’s practice ranges from advising her clients on diverse music and media-related transactions to litigating disputes involving copyrights, trademarks, contracts, rights of privacy and publicity.
Billboard recognized Diana in its 2021 “Top Music Lawyers” list as well as its 2020 “Women in Music” Executives List. From 2018-2021, Diana has been selected as a SuperLawyer Rising Star by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. She has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 and 2022 Edition) for Entertainment and Sports Law.
Diana served as the elected President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Barristers/Young Attorneys Section for 2019-2020. She currently serves on the Syllabus Committee for the USC-Beverly Hills Bar Association Institute on Entertainment Law and Business.
Diana is a proud member of the Recording Academy and is admitted to practice law in both California and New York.
Russ August & Kabat is honored to have been ranked in the 2022 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 2022 “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, Marc A. Fenster, and Stanton ‘Larry’ Stein, who have been named to The Best Lawyers in America (2022 Edition), as well as Jacob M. Agi, Justin Maio, Diana A. Sanders, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2022 Edition).
Larry C. Russ for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Patent, Marc A. Fenster Litigation -Patent, and Stanton “Larry” Stein for Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television as well as Music.
Additionally, Jacob M. Agi, Justin Maio, 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 Agi for Real Estate Law, and Justin Maio, Diana Sanders, and Ashley Yeargan for Entertainment and Sports Law.
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Russ August & Kabat is proud of Christine S. Shin who has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Investors & Advisors list. Christine S. Shin is among some truly outstanding professionals making up the Los Angeles private equity lending and advising landscape. Read the article. Read the profile.
