Industry Contacts
Media and Entertainment
The firm has substantial experience representing debtors and creditors' committees in chapter 11 cases of some of the nation's largest production, distribution, and theater companies. The firm has also effectively represented many high-profile entertainers in chapter 11. Entertainment attorneys who are not up to date on their knowledge of bankruptcy and secured transactions cannot properly counsel and represent their clients. Entertainment bankruptcies can greatly affect contracts, financing, participations, residuals, royalties and litigation.
News
- The Hollywood Reporter, April 9, 2020
- James Stang’s firm represents committee of film studio’s unsecured creditors, which includes women who have claims for damages against companyApril 2018
- December 14, 2017
- September 24, 2012
- June 26, 2012
- September 2011
- March 9, 2010
Publications
- 37 ABI Journal 48 (No. 4 April 2018), April 2018
- What Happened to the "Fresh Start"?2006 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 309 (West 2006), 2006
Representative Cases
Events
- 11th Annual ABI Northeast Consumer ForumBretton Woods NH, July 15, 2016
- ABI International Insolvency & Restructuring SymposiumBerlin, Germany, October 25, 2013
- 86th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy JudgesSan Diego, October 24, 2012
- Beverly Hills Bar AssociationBeverly HIlls, August 22, 2012
- 10th Anniversary TMA Mid-Atlantic Regional SymposiumAtlantic City, June 14, 2012
- Orange County Bar AssociationOrange CA, April 17, 2012
- Jonathan Club Armchair SeriesLos Angeles, August 3, 2011
- Beverly Hills Bar Association, available at West's LegalEdcenter2009
- ABI 21st Annual Winter Leadership ConferenceLa Quinta CA, December 2009