Introduce Yourself : Hello Everyone, I am David Albert Pierce - an Entertainment Attorney in California by David Albert Pierce

My law practice includes entertainment law, intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, right of publicity), film finance, production counsel, and labor & employment issues affecting the entertainment industry with an emphasis on film, television and new media. Since ’98, I have taught a course on legal and business aspects of running production companies at UCLA Extension. I am an Adjunct Professor at Elon University (Semester In LA Program) teaching “Media Law & Ethics.” I have also taught a course on the “Business of Screenwriting” as an Adjunct Professor at LMU School of Film & Television.I frequent lectures at film festivals and seminar programs throughout the US and the world, serving as a guest lecturer at the University of St. Petersburg School of Film in St. Petersburg, Russia and as a seminar panelist in the Dominican Republic. I am an annual speaker at Slamdance Film Festival and teach an annual course on “Film & TV Clearance” at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Visiting Professor Series. I also testified as Expert Witness on Joint Employment in Entertainment (Bell v. GM).