Attorney Marty Singer, co-founder of Lavely & Singer PC, one of the world’s leading talent-side entertainment litigation firms, adds another accolade to a considerable list of awards when he is named 2012 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) at its prestigious annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Tom Arnold serves as Master of Ceremonies. Proceeds from the event support the bar association’s education and community outreach programs.
Singer is described as “a genius within the entertainment industry†by Chambers USA, the widely respected agency that ranks leading firms and lawyers. The New York Times proclaims him “Guard Dog to the Stars (Legally Speaking)…Martin Singer’s law firm shields celebrities from all kinds of annoyance, and is now a mainstay of Hollywood.”
BHBA Entertainment Law Section Co-Chairs Joe Schleimer and Adam Siegler state, “We are excited to be honoring Marty, a true giant in the entertainment law field.†They also note that there will be plenty of star power on hand at the dinner paying him tribute. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis are Honorary Dinner Chairs.
The Dinner Committee includes American Media, Inc.; Jill and Thomas Barad; Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman, LLP; Bud Yorkin Productions; Content Partners LLC: Gold Circle Films; Green Hasson Janks; Jacobson, Russell, Saltz & Fingerman LLP; JAMS; Lavely & Singer; MacAndrews & Forbes; Main Street Advisors; Steven Seagal; Sharon Stone; and Ziffren Brittenham LLP. The Hollywood Reporter is the exclusive media sponsor.
The Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Award honors leaders of the entertainment law field for their contributions to the profession and has been presented annually since 1989 by the BHBA, which has the largest entertainment law section of any bar association in the world.
Previous Entertainment Lawyer of the Year recipients include Ken Kleinberg, Eric Weissmann, Maren Christensen, Patti Felker, Barry Hirsch, Ken Ziffren, Tom Hansen, Stanton “Larry†Stein, Jay Cooper, Don Passman, Russell Frackman, Don Biederman, Louis Meisinger, John Schulman, Melanie Cook, Bruce Ramer, Peter Dekom, Frank Rothman, Bertram Fields, Martin Gang, Norman Tyre, Marvin Meyer, Allen Susman, Leon Kaplan and Edward Rubin.
Past BHBA honorees for Outstanding Entertainment Law Scholarship are Jay Dougherty and Lionel Sobel.
The Beverly Hills Bar Association, founded in 1931, is the sixth largest bar association in California with 5,000 members. Its mission is to serve its members, to lead the legal profession and to advocate for justice in the community. Its wide range of community outreach programs includes Wills for Heroes, Citizens Law School, an annual, free, one-day seminar to help laypeople understand their legal rights; Committee for the Arts, which provides legal and business programs for artists, musicians, and the arts community; “And Justice For All,†a series of programs covering a variety of topical legal issues; Tax Court Pro Se Assistance, in which BHBA members volunteer to assist tax payers – at no cost – who are representing themselves before the Tax Court; the Lawyer Referral and Information Service, which matches individuals with specific legal matters with qualified attorneys with appropriate specialties; and the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program, which resolves fee disputes between clients and attorneys.
For tickets ($215 per person ($245 after April 9, 2012). Sponsorship packages and information: www.bhba.org
The Beverly Hills Hotel is located at 9641 Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills.
