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M Melisse Lewis

5.0
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 32 years

Entertainment Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA
Practice Areas: Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Incorporation ... +2 more

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Practice Areas

Entertainment 35%

15 years

35%
Internet 20%

15 years

20%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 32 years

State: California

Acquired: 1993

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of M Melisse Lewis

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90067

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M Melisse Lewis's Reviews

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Showing 1 - 1 of 1 review | Licensing

Posted by anonymous | July 28, 2011 | Licensing

Great lawyer with a keen sense of the other side's perspective

Ms. Lewis has been extremely helpful with some difficult legal situations that required a thorough understanding of our various counterparts. Ms. Lewis not only guided us through difficult negotiations but also offered numerous suggestions on how to best approach our licensing agreements and contract...s. Our agreements stretch over years and occasionally decades and have significant consequences for the future of our business endeavors. Ms. Lewis has been instrumental in avoiding many pitfalls and made our exchanges with the other party a little easier. I would highly recommend working with Ms. Lewis and make sure you write down some of her comments. She thinks fast and out of her quick mind comes real nuggets. It is up to you to catch them. Don't be afraid to ask her "why" when discussing the minutiae of a paragraph or a line in a contract. Ms. Lewis will go into all the possible angles on your counterpart's side and yours. It is occasionally scary but ultimately helpful since it gives you an opportunity to choose the best possible path knowing full well what all the possible options are. Take your time to review all her suggestions and comments on your documents. Sleep on them ! It will be worth your time. You won't regret it. I could not recommend Ms. Lewis enough.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Work Experience

2006 - 2009

Chief Legal Officer, COO, Corporate Secretary, BrainBox

1997 - 2003

Director of Legal Affairs, Discovery Communications

1995 - 1997

Tribune Company, Counsel

1992 - 1992

Legal Summer Associate, New Line Cinema

Associations

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Television Executive Section

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Education

2015

YouTube Academy

Graduate

N/A

George Washington University National Law Center

law

N/A

New York Univ

undergraduate

Speaking Engagements

2015

Digital Hollywood (Spring) 2015

Making the Deal

2015

Digital Hollywood (Fall)

The DealMaking Process: Producers, Showrunners, Actors, Directors, Agents, Lawyers - Who’s in Charge Here!

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International Documentary Association

Legal Seminar

N/A

DC International Film Festival

Film - Production, Distribution

N/A

DC Independent Film Festival

Working with Talent Unions

N/A

DC Independent Film Festival

Music Use in Film & Television

N/A

DC Bar Association

Collective Bargaining Agreements

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Beverly Hills Bar Association

Film Licensing & Distribution

N/A

Australian Independent Documentary Conf.

Rights & Production

Publications

2014

Sashay Communications Contests and Sweepstakes Law: A Guide Through the Legal Jungle Practice Manual

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Joy Butler's Permission Seekers Guide Through the Legal Jungle Section Reviewer

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Joy Butler's Cyber Citizen's Guide Through the Legal Jungle Section Reviewer
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