Jeanine Percival Wright
Experience
Has represented a diverse clientele in all aspects of federal and state courts, arbitrations, and mediations.
Areas of concentration include: defamation, rights of privacy, rights of publicity; copyright and trademark; contract disputes and unfair competition claims; royalty and profit participation disputes; Talent Agencies Act; and malpractice.
Outside Experience
Law Clerk, Hon. Manuel L. Real, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Court Certified Law Student, USC Gould School of Law Domestic Violence Clinic, assisting victims in filing for protective orders and representing them in State Court proceedings
Selected Results*
Represented multi-platinum selling musicians in profit participation action against a major record label for.
Represented transactional entertainment attorneys in malpractice action brought by former client.
Represented television personality in confidential arbitration against a major talent agency over payment of commissions.
Represented actors and actresses in Talent Agency Act disputes with former managers. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Represented writer/producer in a dispute regarding the screenwriting credit on a major motion picture.
Represented developer of software IP in copyright infringement, trade secret, misappropriation, and unfair competition action against a major bank.
Represented musicians in a breakup-of-the-band dispute regarding the use of the group's tradename and trademark.
Represented independent film producer in IFTA (Independent Film and Television Alliance) arbitration.
Represented well-known radio personality in defending defamation action.
Represented idea submission actions for television show creators against major networks. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Represented production company in a dispute with former employee over credit on a major motion picture. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Recognition
- Named a "Rising Star" by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine (2010)**
Languages
Memberships
- Co-Founder and Member, WITEI (Women in the Entertainment Industry), a networking organization for women in the entertainment industry
- Secretary, Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers Board of Governors (and Domestic Violence Prevention Project Committee Co-Chair)
- Member, USC Law School/BHBA Entertainment Law and Business Symposium, Syllabus Committee
- Member, Barristers, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
Civic Associations
Founding Member and Event Committee Chair, Project Resilience, a Los Angeles-based non-profit working to end violence against women
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, an organization advocating for legislative and policy solutions for ending domestic vioence
Pro bono representation of domestic violence victims
Volunteer, American Red Cross Disaster Response Team
Volunteer, West Side Special Olympics Coach
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Education
- USC Gould School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif (2006); Articles Editor, Southern California Law Review; Recipient, Eleanor Klein Merit Award and USC Merit Scholar Award; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in three courses
- UCLA, B.A., cum laude, Political Science Major, Spanish Minor (2002)
Articles
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The Price of Silence: The Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases in Light of Crawford v. Washington (repeatedly cited in briefing to the Supreme Court of the United States)
79 S. Cal L. Rev. 213
(2005)
Selected Speeches
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The Great Debate: Privacy vs. the First Amendment - California's New Anti-Paparazzi Law and What it Means for Your Clients
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Beverly Hills, California
(April 6, 2010)
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Fed Court Boot Camp: How to Practice in Federal Court - Law Clerks Teach the Nuts and Bolts of Federal Practice
MCLE, Los Angeles, California
(May 8, 2009)
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Fed Court Boot Camp: How to Practice in Federal Court - Law Clerks Teach the Nuts and Bolts of Federal Practice
MCLE, San Francisco, California
(April 3, 2009)
- Regular MCLE Course Panelist: "Fed Court BOOT CAMP: How to Practice in Federal Court - Law Clerks Teach the Nuts & Bolts of Federal Practice", Pincus Communications