Committees
Friday, October 9, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA
Planning Committee
Bruce M. Ramer
CHAIR
Partner
Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.
Daniel M. Yankelevits
CO-CHAIR
Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs
Sony Pictures Television
Juliette C. Youngblood
CO-CHAIR
President
Youngblood Group PC
Mark E. Halloran
CO-CHAIR EMERITUS
Partner
Media Law Limited
Mary S. Ledding
VICE CHAIR EMERITUS
Attorney
Law Office of Mary S. Ledding
W. Joseph Anderson
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Tom Ara
Partner & Chair,
Entertainment, Sports & Media
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Nancy A. Bruington
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Anitha Cadambi
Executive Director, Online & Professional Programs and
Adjunct Professor of Law
USC Gould School of Law
Joseph A. Calabrese
Consultant
Latham & Watkins LLP (Retired)
Vincent H. Chieffo
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Shaun C. Clark
Partner
Sheppard
Judith C. Dornstein
Owner and Attorney at Law
The Law Offices of Judith C. Dornstein
Scott Edel
Partner and Chair, Entertainment Department
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Hillel M. Elkins
Founder
Elkins Law, P.C.
Glenn D. Feig
Partner
Reder & Feig LLP
David E. Fink
Partner
Venable LLP
Keith G. Fleer
Owner
Keith G. Fleer, A Professional Corporation
Uri Fleming
Principal
Uri Fleming, Business and Legal Affairs, Inc.
Erin Harris Friedman
Executive Director, Business Affairs
The Walt Disney Company
Richard Ginsburg
Owner
Richard F. Ginsburg Attorney at Law, Inc.
Steven Goldfisher
Attorney
Law Offices of Steven J. Goldfisher
Justin M. Goldstein
Partner
Frost LLP
Karen Grant-Selma
EVP, Head of Business & Legal Affairs
Jesse Collins Entertainment
Ilan Haimoff
Partner
GHJ
Daniel D. Helberg
Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Shed Media / Warner Bros. Discovery Television
Michael S. Hobel
Partner and Chair,
Entertainment & Media Transactions Practice
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Azita Iskandar
Vice President, Legal Affairs,
Universal Studio Group
NBCUniversal
Neville L. Johnson
Founding Partner
Johnson & Johnson, LLP
Keith Kelly
Associate
Sheppard
Ari Lanin
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Belinda Macauley
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Beverly Hills Bar Association and Foundation
Beth Ann Millman
Co-Head/Executive Director, Entertainment Contracts
SAG-AFTRA
Gregg B. Ramer
Entertainment and Media Advisor
Ramer Entertainment Law, A.P.C.
Anita Rivas
Attorney
Law Office of Anita Rivas
Brian C. Schaller
Partner
InfoLawGroup LLP
Jeff D. Schneider
Executive Director, Center for Sports,
Entertainment, Media & Technology Law, and
Adjunct Professor of Law
USC Gould School of Law
Stanton "Larry" Stein
Partner, Head of Media & Entertainment Group
Russ August & Kabat
Matthew C. Thompson
Partner and Co-Chair,
Entertainment, Sports & Media
Sidley Austin LLP
Steve Tsoneff
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Lawrence Ulman
Retired Partner
Gibson Dunn
Silvia Vannini
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
C.J. Vranca
EVP, Business & Legal Affairs
Magenta Light Studios
Ellen C. Waggoner
Partner
Film & Ink Law Group PC
Thomas A. White
Artist Rights Consultant
Elizabeth Zee
Partner-in-Charge, Los Angeles & Culver City
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Syllabus Committee
Jonathan Altschul
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Managing Attorney
The Altschul Firm, PC
Lindsey Gleitman
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Anonymous Content
Pierre B. Pine
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Partner
McPherson LLP
Anastasia Alen
Counsel
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Doon Baqi
Senior Counsel, Original Content
Apple
Arthur K. Chan
General Counsel & Head of Business Affairs
Madison Wells
Keith L. Cooper
Partner
Cooper & Iravani, LLP
Scott C. Cutrow
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Avi Dahan
Founder and Managing Attorney
Dahan Law Group P.C.
Daniel Donohue
Associate
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Irina Dykhne
Associate
Gibson Dunn
Vera Golosker
Associate Principal Counsel
The Walt Disney Company
Michael Hartman
Partner
Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Briana Hill
Partner, Co-Chair of Media + Entertainment Group
Pryor Cashman
Katherine M. Imp
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Joseph Infantolino
Senior Vice President, Business Affairs,
International Production
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jessica Johnson
National Director, Entertainment Contracts
SAG-AFTRA
Josh Keesan
Director, Business & Legal Affairs
Netflix, Inc.
Erica S. Kim
Associate
Russ August & Kabat
Luis A. Patiño
Vice President, Business & Legal AffairsVersant Media
Jordan Raphael
Partner
Byron | Raphael LLP
Rachel Richards
Associate
Venable LLP
Diana A. Sanders
SVP, Business Affairs
Prescription Songs & Amigo Records
Zach Swartz
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Skydance Sports
Maryam Tashroudian
Vice President and Associate General Counsel,
Business & Legal Affairs
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Greg Thomson
Managing Partner, New York
Frost LLP
Stephanie Ward-Rubin
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Starz
Jourdan Williams
Corporate Counsel
Amazon MGM Studios
Jennifer Westhoff Zayas
Vice President, Business Affairs
Hulu and ABC Network
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