Experienced Entertainment Trial Attorney Joins Greenberg Traurig LLP's
Burgeoning Los Angeles Practice
Clients have included Pamela Anderson, Streisand, Halvorson and Rhino
Entertainment
LOS ANGELES, CA -- January 25, 2005 --
John M. Gatti, a litigator
with extensive trial experience in entertainment disputes, has joined the
Los Angeles office of Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder and co-chair
of the firm’s national Entertainment & Media Litigation group. Gatti’s entertainment
clients include several high profile entertainers, athletes and various
studios, production companies and other businesses involved in the development
and distribution of entertainment projects including motion pictures, television
shows, interactive games, music and internet content. The majority of Gatti’s
litigation practice is centered in the entertainment industry though he
also handles numerous complex business matters.
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A former partner at Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahn, Gatti counted among
his clients Barbra Streisand; Pete Sampras; Pamela Anderson; Emmy Award-winning
television director, Gary Halvorson; co-creator of The Simpsons, Sam Simon;
film producers, The Ladd Company; current Heavy Weight Boxing Champ, Lamon
Brewster; Rhino Entertainment and Boulevard Management. Gatti is skilled
in both prosecuting and defending complex civil cases ranging from defamation,
invasion of privacy and intellectual property infringement to insurance
bad faith, construction, media torts, employment matters and more. Prior
to Alschuler Grossman, Gatti was a name partner in White O’Connor Curry
Gatti & Avanzado LLP, a spin-off of Christensen, Miller, Fink Jacobs, Glaser,
Weil & Shapiro, LLP which he joined in 1990.
Gatti earned a bachelor of science degree magna cum laude from
University of Southern California and obtained his JD from the USC Law Center
in 1988. He serves on various community and charitable foundation boards
including the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Junior Achievement
of Southern California, and the Board of Trustees of Children’s Bureau.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with 1,500
attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The
firm is ranked seventh on The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 listing of the
largest law firms in the U.S., based on number of lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver,
CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL;
Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA;
Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tokyo, Japan;
Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, FL; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich,
Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent
law firms: Olswang, London and Brussels; Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome; and
Hayabusa Kokusai Law Offices in Tokyo.
For additional information, please visit the firm's Web site at
www.gtlaw.com.
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