The entertainment world is exciting,
stimulating potentially litigious.

No matter what your role in or around the entertainment industry — whether you’re in front of the camera, behind it, creating the next blockbuster or writing the Great American Novel — you know that the balance between success and disappointment can be delicate at best.

Welcome to The Law Office of Larry Zerner, a Los Angeles, California law firm specializing in entertainment law and related litigation with an emphasis on copyright infringement, trademark infringement, copyright registration, trademark registration, litigating copyright and trademark matters... and, most of all, on giving clients the legal representation and personal attention they deserve.

An entertainment lawyer with entertainment industry experience. Starting out as an actor before going on to earn his law degree, firm principal Larry Zerner knows the entertainment industry firsthand and he appreciates the intricacies of entertainment law. His work as a top copyright lawyer has led to outstanding results for his clients. 

For clients, this first-hand knowledge translates to personal attention and entertainment law expertise rooted in real-world experience. As a copyright lawyer, Larry is known for helping clients tackle issues and potential problems before they get out of hand. Larry is a top-tier entertainment lawyer, a “real guy” who gets the job done in a way that is efficient, never intimidating and always in your best interest. And Larry will always keep the client’s needs and desires paramount, giving the best care possible.

Hands-on and on-hand. Drawing on his extensive entertainment law experience, Larry is known for developing creative legal solutions customized to his clients’ needs. Handling both transactional and litigation work, he is highly sought after as legal counsel in the following areas:

• Copyright infringement law suits
• Entertainment-related contracts, including:
  • Screenplay option agreements
  • Screenplay purchase agreements
  • Actor agreements for movies
  • Actor agreements with agents or managers
  • Collaboration agreements for more than one writer
  • Producer agreements
• Trademark registrations
• Trademark-related contracts
• Trademark assignments
• Manuscript vetting
• Right-of-publicity litigation

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

It has been my great pleasure to work with Larry Zerner over the last 15 years. His insight and good counsel have been incredibly valuable to help negotiate the challenging waters of producing and releasing feature films.

Mark Burton, President of Production - IndieVest

I have known Larry Zerner for over 20 years and he has handled numerous trademarks for us.  He has also skillfully orchestrated the sale of trade names and handled a variety of other business matters for us with care and conscientiousness.  I recommend him highly  for his professionalism, promptness, effectiveness and most important to me, honest.

Karen Mandell, Kiss Me In The Garden, Inc.

I have worked with Larry Zerner now for several years and have found his work to be uniformly excellent. He has been a great pleasure to work with and I would heartily recommend him to anyone seeking help with their IP issues.

Garry Schyman - Film and Video Game Composer

Larry Zerner has been of immense service to our legal copyright and contract needs as a publisher of popular books. We are very impressed by his highly professional and successful work as an Attorney for us. Thank you, Larry!

Michael Miller, CEO of New Falcon Publications

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