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December 9th, 2022
Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report 2022: Tough Times Take Tough Negotiators
Entertainment Partners Marcie Cleary and Andrew Hurwitz are included in Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report 2022. Andrew repped Rob Siegel as creator-showrunner for Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy” and “Welcome to Chippendales,” and his 20th Tele-vision overall deal at midyear. His other active this year include James Gunn writing-directing HBO Max’s “Peacemaker,” WEP auctioning Voltron toy property rights to Amazon for features and Dan Futterman scripting “The Bruce Lee Story,” directed by Ang Lee. Marcie negotiated a seven-figure deal in February for Mandii B and Bridget Kelly’s podcast “See, the Thing Is” with Gumball. She advised ThreeFourTwo Prods. for basketballers J.J. Redick and Tommy Alter’s podcast at Wondery, and also Warner Music’s podcaster Interval Presents for a multiyear iHeart Media distribution deal.
Podcasts as IP: Celebrities and athletes still get big paydays for podcasts, “but with the current shift in the economy we have seen distributors adjust their focus to podcasts that can serve as underlying IP for film and TV series” adaptations, Marcie says.
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Other Praise
54 Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2027
We are pleased to announce that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Congratulations to Lee Goldberg, who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television in New York City and Brian G. Murphy, who was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Advertising Law in New York City. (Best Lawyers awards a "Lawyer of the Year" honor to only one lawyer in each practice area and location.) Read more.
August 20 2026
Frankfurt Kurnit in Chambers USA 2026
For the 22nd consecutive year, Chambers and Partners has included Frankfurt Kurnit in its rankings of the country’s leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers recognized our Advertising, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, and Data Strategy, Privacy & Security practices.They also recognized 21 of our attorneys as industry leaders and included for the first time Christopher R. Chase in Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory law as well as Kimberly M. Maynard as an “Up and Coming” attorney in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets. Read more.
June 4 2026
The Hollywood Reporter’s New York’s Most Powerful Entertainment Attorneys
Marcie Cleary and Julie M. Murray were recently recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as two of New York’s Most Powerful Entertainment Attorneys for their outstanding work shaping some of the industry’s most compelling projects. Read more.
May 13 2026
