Martin D. Singer - a Los Angeles, US Entertainment and Media Litigation Lawyer

Los Angeles Entertainment and Media Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 04/20/2026

Areas of Practice

Entertainment and Media Litigation
Business and Civil Litigation
Right of Publicity Law
Libel / Defamation / Privacy Law
Employment Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Copyright Law

Attorney Information

Overview

Martin D. Singer is a founding member of Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis LLP, specializing in entertainment and business litigation. For over 40 years, Martin (“Marty”) Singer has represented high profile individuals and well-known entities in complex and sophisticated litigation matters. He has been involved in litigating all areas of intellectual property, privacy protection, defamation, accounting, business, and entertainment-related matters. Mr. Singer has represented some of the most respected and prominent actors, recording artists, writers, producers, directors, and athletes in high profile lawsuits. Additionally, he has handled litigation involving Fortune 500 companies and individuals included in the “Forbes 400," and a variety of individuals and businesses, having tried over 100 arbitrations and jury trials.

For many years, Marty Singer has been selected as one of the Top 100 attorneys in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal. He has consistently been named one of the Top 100 Power Lawyers by The Hollywood Reporter (THR), culminating in being named a "Legal Legend" by THR, and now recognized as a Legal Troubleshooter (2025). He has repeatedly made the Variety 500 List of Influential Leaders in the Entertainment and Media Industry Worldwide (one of only two litigators) and was also named as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in the United States by Lawdragon Magazine. In addition, he has consistently been honored for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, ranked as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among the top three of all attorneys) for Media & Entertainment Litigation in California in the publication Chambers USA (the most prestigious legal directory of U.S. lawyers and law firms published by Chambers & Partners), and received the prestigious Beverly Hills “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Award”.

Marty Singer has lectured at Harvard, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.C. Law School, U.C.L.A. Law School, and other Continuing Education of the Bar courses.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Martin D. Singer included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ (highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards for the past 35+ years).
Named “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” 2012 by the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA).
Ranked in “Chambers USA” — the leading individual ranking for “Media & Entertainment: Litigation” lawyers — every year consecutively from 2025 back through 2008.
Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2011” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys). “Chambers USA: American’s Leading Lawyers” is the most prestigious legal directory of U.S. Lawyers and law firms.
Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2010” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys).
Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2008” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys).
Voted “one of The Best Lawyers in America” for his work in the practice area of Entertainment Law, and has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in the exclusive selection for over two-decades.
Named to Super Lawyers Magazine’s lists of “Southern California Super Lawyers” from 2004 to 2024, including in 2018 receiving the honor of being designated “Top 100” attorneys in Southern California.
Consistently named to the Daily Journal’s lists of the “Top 100 Attorneys in California.”
Named to The Hollywood Reporter, Esq’s list of “Top 100 Power Lawyers,” consistently every year, including again in 2025.
Named as a “Legal Troubleshooter” by The Hollywood Reporter (2025) (See THR’s 25 “Top Legal Troubleshooters” article featuring Marty Singer).
Named as a “Legal Legend” by The Hollywood Reporter
Honored with inclusion in the Variety500 list of influential leaders in the entertainment industry, from 2017 to 2023 (one of only two litigators in Variety's 2019 index honoring the 500 most powerful people working in entertainment and media worldwide).
Named to the 2026 Lawdragon list of 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers

Other Sources of Feedback About Martin D. Singer

Included on the 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2006 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2005 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2004 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
  J.D.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Non Legal Education
- City College of New York, New York, New York
  B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Representative Cases

Grammer v. Artists Agency (9th Cir. 2002) 287 F.3d 886
Page v. Something Weird Video, 908 F. Supp. 714 (C.D. Cal. 1995)
Harris v. EMI Television Programs, 102 Cal.App.3d 214, 162 Cal.Rptr. 357 (1980)

Published Works

Articles

Author: “Regulation of Talent Agents,” 1983 Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member)
Century City Bar Association (Member)
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
State Bar of California (Member)
California Labor Commissioner
International Reputation Protection ("IRP") Collaborative Community (Member)
Distinguished invited speaker and sole U.S. Attorney Representative at the 2010 IRP Symposium in Madrid

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Los Angeles, CA

2049 Century Park East
Suite 2400
Los Angeles, CA 90067 - 2906

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Phone: 310-556-3501

Fax: 310-556-3615

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Website: https://www.singerlaw.com

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