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.

For clients, this first-hand knowledge translates to personal attention and entertainment law expertise rooted in real-world experience. As an entertainment attorney, 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