Lauren Sudar
Experience
- Experience representing a diverse clientele in all aspects of litigation in federal and state courts, arbitration, and mediation.
- Areas of concentration include royalty and profit participation disputes, copyright and trademark actions, contract disputes, unfair competition claims, defamation, and idea theft.
Outside Experience
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen V. Wilson, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Selected Results*
Copyright infringement action on behalf of independent record label against Universal Music Group. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Personal injury action for runway model against advertising agency and commercial production company. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Profit participation action for major simulator film creator against film production and distribution company. (Prior to joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.)
Declaratory relief action on behalf of screenwriter regarding an option agreement to purchase the rights to a motion picture screenplay. (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 (2007 and 2008)**
Languages
- Proficient in Spanish and Hebrew
Memberships
- Member, WITI (Women in "the Industry"), a networking organization for women in the entertainment industry
- Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
Civic Associations
- Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Anti-Defamation League
- Member, Planning Committee, Bet Tzedek's "The Justice Ball," an annual fundraising event for pro bono legal services
- Member, Bet Tzedek's The Justice Society
- Participant, Anti-Defamation League's Glass Young Leadership Institute (2009)
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Education
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D., Order of the Coif (2002); Executive Editor, California Law Review; Executive Editor of Public Relations, Berkeley Technology Law Journal
- Duke University , B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (1999)