California Entertainment Law Lawyers | Reviews & Case Evaluations

California residents facing entertainment & sports law issues have access to attorneys who specialize in contract negotiations, intellectual property in entertainment, talent representation, endorsement deals, and licensing. The legal framework in California differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Superior Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern entertainment & sports law cases in this jurisdiction.

The statute of limitations for entertainment & sports law matters in California is generally 4 years written, 2 years oral, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on entertainment & sports law in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right entertainment & sports law attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

Before you choose an attorney, it helps to understand the legal landscape. Read our complete guide to entertainment & sports law law in California to learn about filing deadlines, state-specific rules, and what damages or remedies may be available in your case. Then use the directory below to find and compare qualified lawyers across California.

Marc Steven Applbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Midway Law Firm APC
 4275 Executive Square Ste. 200 La Jolla CA 92037
(619) 993-0288
Univ of Southern Calif
English, Spanish
Bar #222511
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Harrison Pierce Kordestani - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kordestani Legal Partners, Inc.
 8033 W Sunset Blvd Ste 798 Los Angeles CA 90046
(323) 628-7150
Boston University School of Law (1995)
Farsi
Bar #175220
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
David Martinez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Robins Kaplan LLP
 2049 Century Park E 3400 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 552-0130
Southwestern University School of Law (1997)
English, Spanish
Bar #193183
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Scott Anthony McMillan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The McMillan Law Firm, A Professional Corporation
 4670 Nebo Dr La Mesa CA 91941
(619) 464-1500
Western Sierra School of Law
Bar #212506
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate
David C. Codell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of David C. Codell
 5670 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1800 LOS ANGELES CA 92037
(310) 273-0306
Harvard Law School
English
Bar #200965
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
Michael J Maloney - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Michael J. Maloney, P.A
 5450 Telegraph Road Suite 100 Ventura CA 93003
(805) 804-5393
Stanford University (1979)
Bar #90452
Florida Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Construction Law
William Richard Conklin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of William R. Conklin
 643 Bair Island Rd Ste 200A Redwood City CA 94063
(650) 361-1163
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Bar #33779
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Steve Charles Vondran - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vondran Legal®
 One Sansome Street, Suite 3500 San Francisco CA 94104
(888) 551-2252
Whittier Law School
English
Bar #232337
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law Intellectual Property
Shaun Kendig Boss - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shaun Kendig Boss Law Firm
 306 Upas Street San Diego CA 92103
(619) 293-7937
University of San Diego
English
Bar #70227
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy
Bruce Emerson Methven - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Methven & Associates
 2232 6th St Berkeley CA 94710
(510) 649-4019
Boalt Hall (U.C. Berkeley)
Bar #95486
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Jason Brooks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Buchalter, A Professional Corporation
 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 los angeles CA 90025
(310) 230-5580
U of Wisconsin (2006)
Bar #307294
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Douglas B. Wroan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Wroan Law Firm, Inc.
 5155 W Rosecrans Ave Hawthorne CA 90250
(310) 265-3910
California St Univ Long Beach
Bar #177051
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Dmitriy Aristov - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Forward Estate Planning, A Law Corporation
 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 2000 El Segundo CA 90245
(424) 259-3550
Golden Gate University School of Law (2009)
Russian
Bar #298467
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Andrew Kevin Jacobson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bay Oak Law
 180 Grand Ave. Suite 700 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 208-5500
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Bar #148583
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Michael Thomas McColloch - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McColloch Law Firm
 545 2nd St 3 Encinitas CA 92024
(760) 632-1100
Loyola University Chicago School of Law (1975)
Bar #66766
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Mr Edward McLean Lyman III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Cochran Firm Los Angeles
 4929 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1010 Los Angeles CA 90010
(323) 931-6200
Univ of Miami
Bar #248264
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Employment Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Lizbeth L. Hasse - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Creative Industry Law Group
 155 Sansome St Ste 500 San Francisco CA 94104
(415) 433-4380
Univeristy of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
Bar #104517
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
David Lincoln Axelrod - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod
 Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod 121 Duncan Way Roseville CA 95678
(209) 533-4270
Univ of California Berkeley
Bar #138790
California State Courts Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights
Michael Terence Lyons - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Michael T. Lyons
 2421 Calle Linares Santa Barbara CA 93109
(805) 570-0269
University of California - Santa Barbara
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Kathleen Hunt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Unique Law
 6002 Barrett Ave El Cerrito CA 94530
(510) 289-2288
Hastings College of Law
Bar #230678
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Brad Andrew Hakala - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Hakala Law Group, P.C.
 One World Trade Center Suite 1870 Long Beach CA 90831
(562) 432-5023
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2004)
Bar #236709
Texas Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Employment Law
Huck Ingram - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ingram Brady LLP
 110 Bank Street Grass Valley CA 95945
(530) 432-1996
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Entertainment & Sports Law
William Robert Fuhrman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of William R. Fuhrman
 527 Encinitas Blvd Ste 202 Encinitas CA 92024
(760) 479-2525
University of San Diego School of Law
Bar #58751
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Gregory Thomas Meath - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Meath & Pereira Attorneys & Counselors
 20 N Sutter St Stockton CA 95202
(209) 942-3300
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Bar #180495
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Scott Wilsdon - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wilsdon Law
 Su Vecino Court (Dolores & Sixth) Carmel CA 93921
(831) 324-0627
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (1985)
French
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Thomas Michael Ferlauto - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Thomas M. Ferlauto, APC
 25201 Paseo de Alicia Suite 270 Laguna Hills CA 92653
(949) 334-8650
University of Texas - Austin (1988)
Bar #155503
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
Sebastian Gibson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson
 3541 Lilac Ave. Corona del Mar CA 92625
Univ of California at Los Angeles
English
Bar #74456
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Health Care Law
Antone F. Johnson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bottom Line Law Group
 2081 Center Street Berkeley CA 94704
(415) 729-5405
Columbia Law School (1993)
English
Bar #188041
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Ethan D Kirschner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kirschner Law, PC
 9696 Culver Blvd Ste 301 Culver City CA 90232
(213) 935-0250
University of California - Berkeley (2005)
English, German
Bar #235556
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Consumer Law
Sara Jill Brenner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
NBCUniversal
 100 Universal City Plaza 1440 Universal City CA 91602
Harvard Law School (2006)
Bar #247559
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Intellectual Property
Joshua Anthony Hiller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hiller Counsel
 660 Newport Center Drive Suite 1000 Newport Beach CA 92660
(310) 845-6122
Univ of California Santa Barbara
Bar #220133
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Construction Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Becky Mendoza - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Action Sports Law Group
 330 W. I Street #19 Encinitas CA 92024
(305) 562-7896
St. Thomas University School of Law (2002)
Italian, Spanish
Bar #257544
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Entertainment & Sports Law Immigration Law
Brandt Richard Stickel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hogan & Stickel, Inc.
 811 N MAIN ST,PO BOX 1286 FORT BRAGG CA 95437
(707) 961-4400
Willamette University College of Law
California Bar
Unknown Status
Agricultural Law Antitrust Law Business Law
Eric Jeffrey Farber - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Pacific Workers' Compensation Law Center
 6020 West Oaks Boulevard, Suite 310 Rocklin CA 95765
(916) 777-3000
Golden Gate University School of Law (1993)
English, Spanish
Bar #169472
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Intellectual Property
Paul David Murphy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Murphy Rosen LLP
 100 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1300 Santa Monica CA 90401
(310) 899-3300
Univ of California Santa Barbara
Bar #159556
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Alexander Shekarchian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
ASManagement
 10 Universal City Plaza Los Angeles CA 91608
(310) 895-7777
Univ of California Riverside
Bar #245062
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Business Law
Guy Edward Mailly - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mailly Law
 695 Town Center Dr 700 Costa Mesa CA 92626
(714) 384-6500
The University of Texas School of Law
Bar #135720
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Civil Rights
Bruce Howard Singman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Bruce H. Singman
 PO Box 1350 Pacific Palisades CA 90272
(310) 486-0995
Univ of Illinois
Bar #58317
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Real Estate Law
Joel Richard Strote - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Strote Law Group
 200 N Westlake Blvd Suite 204 Thousand Oaks CA 91362
(818) 707-1923
Univ of Michigan
Bar #40318
D.C. Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Intellectual Property
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