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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
The Best Lawyers in America 2026
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. 56 Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys are recognized in the 2026 edition. Read more.
August 21 2025
Best Places to Work in Los Angeles 2025
The Los Angeles Business Journal ranked Frankfurt Kurnit the #13 medium-sized business on its list of the 100 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles.
August 12 2025
The Hollywood Reporter’s 2025 Power List: The Top 33 Attorneys for A-List Athletes, Teams, and Leagues
The Hollywood Reporter includes Marcie Cleary and Christopher R. Chase on its 2025 "Power" list of the top 33 attorneys for A-list athletes, teams, and leagues. Honorees were selected based on client portfolios, groundbreaking cases, scope of deals and for their reputation among their colleagues. View Article
July 11 2025