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Legal services |
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Regional |
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Bob’s practice focus is in handling complex, high asset domestic relation matters. His cases have included complex entertainment assets and motion picture financing structures, as well as intellectual property disputes and rights of privacy. |
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Los Angeles County Association, California State Bar, American Bar Association |
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He has successfully litigated and negotiated settlements for high-end divorce clients whose cases entangle multiple legal fields such as multi-state real estate holdings, white collar crimes, intellectual property, and technology startups, as well as mature technology companies and their founders. Bob has also been admitted pro hac vice in the States of Alaska and Hawaii, litigating cases in both jurisdictions over a 15-year period (1979 -1995). |
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Received J.D from Southwestern University School of Law; Received B.A from the University of California Los Angeles, |
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Since launching his legal career in 1964, Bob has represented clients internationally, including prominent individuals in the business, entertainment and sports communities. His clients include the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Michael Douglas, Neil Armstrong, and Neil Diamond. These cases involved, inter alia, issues such as the valuation of intellectual property rights, complex music industry issues, and celebrity/professional goodwill, as well as valuation issues of foreign and domestic corporations and trusts.
He is credited with developing the argument that "celebrity goodwill" can have economic value as a property right, and thus should figure into divorce settlements. He introduced this concept in the Lionel Richie divorce matter, which was the first California trial court decision finding celebrity goodwill to be a property right and also ascribing substantial value to it. Bob once again used the same rights in his representation of Neil Armstrong when Hallmark created an unauthorized Christmas “keepsake” ornament using his voice, name, and likeness for their own commercial advantage. The matter was successfully resolved and avoided litigation.
Additionally, he has advised on divorce matters in England, Switzerland, and Spain. He has also represented clients in cases involving French, Swiss, Italian, Spanish and Australian Domestic Relations and corporate claims. |
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