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April 20th, 2022
Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2022: Top Attorneys Winning Cases and Making Deals
Entertainment Partners Marcie Cleary, Andrew Hurwitz, and Sasha Levites are included in Variety’s Legal Impact Report. Interactive Entertainment Counsel Dorian Slater Thomas is included as an “Up Next” honoree in the report.
Marcie represents Charla Lauriston and Rekha Shankar (NBC Television’s “Grand Crew”); writer-actor X Mayo (Amazon’s series “Yearly Departed”); actor Marcel Spears (CBS Television’s “The Neighborhood”); and Mandii B and Bridget Kelly for a seven-figure podcast distribution deal. Her comedy clients include Danielle Perez, Nori Reed, Sam Taggart, Jes Tom and Jeff Wright.
Andrew and Sasha repped the Roald Dahl Story Company sale to Netflix and Yla Eason, adding her Black superhero Sun-Man to Mattel’s Masters of the Universe roster.
Dorian advised Epic Games, publisher of “Fortnite,” on development of several projects. He helped Meta’s Horizon Worlds with its Metaverse initiatives and advised on the structure of the company’s Oculus Launch Pad Program.
Read the full report here.
Other Praise
2025 Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
Best Lawyers' “Best Law Firms” has named Frankfurt Kurnit the Law Firm of the Year for Entertainment Law — Motion Pictures & Television for 2025. Additionally, we are nationally ranked for Advertising Law, Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trusts & Estates, Commercial Litigation, and Trademark Law. The firm is metro ranked in 10 practice areas for 2025. Read more.
November 7 2024
Irish Legal 100 - 2024 Edition
Irish Legal 100 recognizes Catherine Farrelly and Sean Kane in their 2024 edition. The list recognizes distinguished legal professionals of Irish heritage.
October 17 2024
Law360’s Legal Lions Of The Week
Law360 mentions Tyler Maulsby, Tricia Legittino, Kristen Niven and John Harris as "Legal Lions" for their successful representation of former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Mark A. Perry. A California judge ruled that the firm must pay the well-known appellate attorney $141,000 in legal fees after losing their legal battle over his move to Weil Gotshal & Manges. Gibson Dunn already who owes approximately $585,000 to Mr. Perry, as the judge also affirmed an arbitrator's decision that he did not resign but retired, and was entitled to his retirement benefits. (Behind paywall) View Article
September 20 2024
