Brian G. Wolf - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1984
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1979
    B.A.
    Major: Pyschology / English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Clients

• Successfully pursued numerous claims and legal actions for copyright infringement on behalf of corporate and individual owners of literary works, audiovisual works and other intellectual property.

• Successfully pursued numerous claims and legal actions for trademark infringement on behalf of companies and individuals to protect and enforce brand identification.

• Successfully pursued numerous claims and legal actions on behalf of royalty rights holders and profit participants for payment of contingent compensation with respect to motion pictures and television series.

• Successfully pursued numerous claims to protect and enforce the rights of publicity and rights of privacy on behalf celebrities, public figures and high-net-worth individuals.

• Successfully pursued numerous audit claims on behalf writers, directors, actors, producers and studios with respect to motion pictures and television series.

• Represented financier and international distributor of theatrical motion pictures in claims against production company and bank for fraudulently inflating budgets of motion pictures.

• Successfully pursued and resolved federal and state legal actions on behalf of multi-Academy Award winning producer for unpaid royalties on Academy Award winning motion picture.

• Successfully defended national media buying company against claims by competitor for breach of contract and trade secret violations.

• Successfully pursued and resolved numerous claims and actions on behalf of celebrities, public figures and high-net-worth individuals for defamation.

• Successfully defended motion picture production company regarding breach of contract claims by producers, writers and actors for unpaid royalties.

• Successfully defended internationally known rock group against claims by former member, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.

• Successfully pursued and resolved claims on behalf of internationally known rock group for unauthorized use of signature song by advertising agency.

• Successfully represented collection actions on behalf of motion picture bridge and mezzanine lenders for unpaid loans.

• Represented numerous A-list writers, directors, actors and producers regarding credit claims and profit participation claims against all major studios.

• Represented numerous musicians and songwriters in actions for recovery of unpaid royalties.

• Represented production companies and producers in rights disputes with co-producers and studios.

• Successfully prosecuted claims on behalf of celebrities and public figures for commercial use of right of publicity.

• Successfully removed hundreds of false and defamatory articles referencing celebrity/public figure clients.

• Successfully represented numerous clients in recovery of confusingly similar and unauthorized domain names.

• Represented commercial clients and individuals in all manner of contractual disputes.

Representative Cases

• Vincent Cusano v. Kiss Company, 264 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2001)
• Heather Stone v. Lita Richardson, Labor Commissioner of the State of California, No. TAC 7-02 (2003)
• Cusano v. Klein, 196 F. Supp.2d 1007 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
• Cusano v. Klein, 280 F.Supp.2d 1035 (C.D. Cal. 2003)
• Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, 318 F.Supp.2d 923 (C.D.Cal. 2004)
• Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, 454 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2006)
• Axiom Foods Inc. v. Acerchem International, Inc. et al., Case Number: 2:15-cv-00870-PA-AJW (9th Cir. 2017)

Bar Admissions

• California, 1988
• Texas, 1985

Other Affiliations

• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association