David Albert Pierce
\"A Transactional Entertainment Attorney Who Litigates\"| Media Studies Adjunct Professor| Columnist on Film Legal issues
- Role
- Business Legal Columnist & Business Affairs Representative on Editorial Board at Moviemaker Magazine
- Location
- Beverly Hills, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Albert Pierce
David\'s law practice includes entertainment law, intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, right of publicity), film finance, production counsel, and labor & employment issues affecting the entertainment industry with an emphasis on film, television and new media. Since \'98, he has taught a course on legal and business aspects of running production companies at UCLA Extension. He is an Adjunct Professor at Elon University (Semester In LA Program) teaching \"Media Law & Ethics.\" He has also taught a course on the \"Business of Screenwriting\" as an Adjunct Professor at LMU School of Film & Television. He frequent lectures at film festivals and seminar programs throughout the US and the world, serving as a guest lecturer at the University of St. Petersburg School of Film in St. Petersburg, Russia and as a seminar panelist in the Dominican Republic. He is an annual speaker at Slamdance Film Festival and teaches an annual course on \"Film & TV Clearance\" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences\' Visiting Professor Series. He has also testified as Expert Witness on Joint Employment in Entertainment (Bell v. GM). Sample listing of current & past company clients: Lionsgate Film & TV (with work on multiple Academy award and Emmy award winning projects such as \"Madman,\"\"Nurse Jackie,\" and the entire \"Hunger Games\" franchise); Profiles Television Productions (Emmy award producers of \"Amazing Race\"); La Petite Reine (Academy award producers of \"The Artist). Bank Leumi and Bank of Scotland in transactions involving entertainment libraries; The Comedy Store. Sample listing of current & past talent clients: Rising comedic stars: Leslie Jones (\"Saturday Night Live\"), Stephen Kramer Glickman (\'Big Time Rush\"), Tony Hinchcliffe (\"The Burn w/Jeff Ross\"), Willie Hunter (\"NBC\'s Untitled Jerrod Carmichael Project\" set for \'15), Jesus Trejo (\"Sullivan & Sons\"); Established star names: David Arquette, Dana Carvey, Jeff Garlin, Pauly Shore, David Spade, and estate of Milton Berle.
Experience
Business Legal Columnist & Business Affairs Representative on Editorial Board
Jan 2003 — Present · Santa Monica, US
I have written a column on Business/Legal Issues in Film For MovieMaker Magazine since 2003. Since 2013 I have served on the Editorial Board as the Business Affairs Representative of the Magazine.
Education
Cornell Law School
Doctor of Law (JD) with concentration in Business Law & Regulation, law
1989 — 1992
Elon University
Adjunct Professor "Media Law & Ethics", Spring 2011, Spring 2015
Loyola Marymount University School of FIlm & Television
Adjunct Professor graduate level course "The Business of Screenwriting", 2009 - 2010
Binghamton University
Bachelor of Science (BS) with honors, Political Science/Business
UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies
Adjunct Lecturer on "Organizing, Financing & Running An Entertainment Start-Up Production Company"
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