Rachel Wilkes Barchie’s litigation practice covers a wide range of employment, intellectual property, and general business matters. Ms. Barchie defends employers against wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, and wage and hour claims. She also prosecutes and defends cases for copyright and trademark infringement, breach of contract, fraud, and business torts. Ms. Barchie has also successfully prosectured real estate cases involving claims for commercial unlawful detainer, construction defect, fraudulent conveyance, and breach of lease.
In addition, Ms. Barchie dedicates a significant amount of time to pro bono and community work. She is a member of Greenberg Glusker’s pro bono committee and currently leads a team of Greenberg Glusker attorneys who take turns presenting a monthly workshop and clinic to litigants in Small Claims Court, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Bet Tzedek, and Southwestern Law School. Previously, Ms. Barchie successfully represented a transgender person from Mexico seeking asylum. Ms. Barchie is also Vice President of the Board of Directors of Break the Cycle, the leading national nonprofit addressing teen dating violence.
Law Law Land is edited by its co-founder, Ken Basin, a Greenberg Glusker lawyer whose practice focuses on dealmaking for talent and producers, entertainment litigation, and copyright and trademark issues related to the entertainment industry. His extensive prior journalistic experience includes writing for his high school newspaper, his college newspaper, and his law school newspaper, yet his attempts to have his colleagues and bosses refer to him as “Chief” have been largely unsuccessful. Ken’s game show exploits have also made him the subject of numerous YouTube memes.
Law Law Land is administered by Brian Berman, a Greenberg Glusker estate planning attorney whose practice focuses on advising high net worth individuals and families on issues involving tax planning, wealth transfer, business succession, non-profit organizations and post-death trust administration. Brian is an internet entrepreneur and programmer who wandered into law school, liked what he heard and stayed a while. Brian lends his technical talents to Law Law Land to ensure that it stays up and running smoothly. You can also find Brian guest posting on Law Law Land, which the editorial staff allows only because he can bring down the site with a single keystroke if they don’t allow it.
Amber Burroff is a litigation associate at Greenberg Glusker with a focus in entertainment and media. Amber also specializes in business litigation and bankruptcy matters.
Amber joined the firm in 2011 after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Ernest M. Robles of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. During her tenure at the court, Judge Robles facilitated the reorganization of multiple major entertainment and real estate companies.
Before her clerkship, she served on the Board of the Ecology Law Quarterly at UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). While at Boalt, Amber worked as a research assistant to Professor Peter S. Menell, Faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, where she had the opportunity to assist in the preparation of articles on cutting-edge intellectual property issues. She also completed an externship with the Honorable Robin L. Riblet of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
Prior to law school, Amber earned her undergraduate degree from Western Washington University where she studied the integration of theatre performance techniques with trial skills. She spent several years performing in regional theaters and in independent films, with favorite roles including Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Denise Savage in John Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Limbo.
Ricardo Cestero represents a diverse group of clients in entertainment, real estate and business disputes. Mr. Cestero has particular expertise in First Amendment issues, such as defamation and restraint of speech, as well as extensive experience handling motion picture and television production and distribution disputes.
Matt Falley represents individuals and companies in the real estate and entertainment industries in various commercial disputes.
Aaron Gafni represents clients in a wide variety of general corporate and transactional matters, ranging from entity formation and initial capitalization to private equity financing and mergers and acquisitions. He advises entrepreneurs, start-ups and middle market companies across a broad range of business sectors, including internet, entertainment, consumer goods and clean tech.
Aaron also advises clients regarding bankruptcy related matters, including the minimization of financial risk pre-bankruptcy, the prosecution of claims in bankruptcy, and the defense of preference actions or other adversary proceedings. In addition, he has represented a number of private foundations in the formation, structuring and qualification of non-profit 501(c)(3) corporations.
Matt Galsor represents actors, directors, writers, and producers in their dealings with studios, networks, and production companies. In addition to established A talent, Mr. Galsor’s practice includes a talented group of up-and-coming artists.
Julia Haye has a diverse litigation practice in which she handles a variety of entertainment, intellectual property and general business matters.
Ms. Haye has successfully handled matters involving claims for copyright and trademark infringement, right of publicity, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract and fraud. Julia has also handled a number of matters involving complex partnership and shareholder disputes.
Jeff Krieger is a business lawyer specializing in bankruptcy related matters. He specializes in advising clients in minimizing financial risk when entering into a variety of types of agreements, including loan agreements, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, and settlement agreements. He also creates solutions for clients who have already entered into transactions with troubled companies, including representing them in proceedings before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Krieger also represents investors who are purchasing stock in private companies or acquiring assets both in and outside of bankruptcy proceedings.
Stefanie J. Lipson is an associate in Greenberg Glusker’s Family Wealth Planning Group. Ms. Lipson’s practice focuses on comprehensive estate planning for high net worth individuals, family business succession planning, probate and trust administration and the law of tax-exempt organizations.
Ms. Lipson works closely with each client to design and implement responsible, tax-efficient wealth transfer solutions structured to meet the client’s individual goals.
James Molen’s practice focuses primarily on intellectual property, entertainment, and general business litigation.
Law Law Land’s Seven Second Delay button is manned by a woman, Elisabeth Moriarty, a Greenberg Glusker lawyer who specializes in litigating high profile disputes involving profit participation, motion picture production and distribution, rights ownership, copyright and trademark infringement, and other entertainment-related conflicts. Far from being the Will H. Hays of our blog, Elisabeth embraces wince-inducing puns, edgy links and the occasional potty joke, particularly in her own posts. She helps maintain Law Law Land’s integrity through her hypnotic powers of persuasion and her recognition that our readers don’t want tuna with good taste; they want tuna that tastes good.
Law Law Land was co-founded by Aaron Moss, whose repeated attempts to cash out his shares in the fledgling enterprise and retire to Costa Rica have so far proven unsuccessful. As a result, he continues to contribute to and supervise the blog, which generally consists of reminding Ken to be funny but not in a way that gets the firm sued. In his spare time, Aaron serves as the Chair of Greenberg Glusker’s Litigation Group, where he handles a variety of entertainment litigation matters, often involving copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property.
Dan Nabel represents individuals, partnerships and companies of all sizes in federal and state court, in mediations, and before arbitration tribunals. His practice focuses primarily on real estate, entertainment and business disputes.
Megan Rivetti is an associate in Greenberg Glusker’s Litigation Group.
Jesse Saivar specializes in intellectual property matters specifically related to the entertainment industry, including copyright, trademark, and domain name/website issues, as well as the negotiation and drafting of entertainment industry contracts.
Stephen Smith’s practice focuses on representing entertainment companies in the motion picture, television and interactive gaming industries, and real estate development companies, as defendants or plaintiffs, and providing those companies with legal counseling related to all aspects of their businesses.
Mr. Smith also serves as outside employment counsel to small and medium-size companies in Southern California. He is a member of Greenberg Glusker’s five-member Management Committee.
Rachel Valadez’s practice focuses on entertainment and media litigation, with particular emphasis in profit participation, the videogaming industry, and general intellectual property and contract disputes. Rachel has experience in all phases of litigation as well as providing her clients with legal counseling related to all aspects of their businesses.
Lisa Wang is an associate in Greenberg Glusker’s Litigation Group.
