For over 25 years, Stephen Moeller has focused primarily on working in the entertainment industry, dealing with litigation and intellectual property matters. He has specialized in representing television, motion picture, and music producers and artists.
Mr. Moeller has advised numerous producers, artists, production companies, musicians, writers, talent agencies, distributors and other entities in the entertainment business. He has extensive experience in negotiations, arbitrations and lawsuits involving personal service contracts, profit participations, copyrights, recording agreements, talent guild disputes, distribution rights and other clearance and intellectual property issues. He also provides support related to general business matters.
One of Stephen’s clients was subject to a $750,000 claim for copyright infringement and stood a likely chance of losing the lawsuit, thereby facing a $1 million liability. By developing a sophisticated litigation strategy aimed at highlighting the plaintiff’s overreaching conduct, he was able to change the tenor and focus of the case and force a resolution for only $55,000.
Representative Clients
- Don Cornelius Productions, Inc.
- Guthy-Renker Corporation
- Med-Legal, Inc.
- Thunder Bay Pictures
- Acme Animation
- Greg Garrison Productions
- Soul Train Holdings, LLC
Areas of Practice
- Entertainment Group
- Litigation Group
Specialty Areas
- Entertainment Litigation
- General Business Litigation
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Law
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Education
- Harvard Law School – J.D.
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Harvard University – M.A.
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois – B.A.
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Entertainment and Intellectual Property Section – Member
- Beverly Hills Bar Association – Member
- Los Angeles Copyright Society – Member
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