Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
David Hochman
Senior Associate | Los Angeles
David Hochman is a senior associate with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on serving the entertainment field, primarily with regard to corporate, intellectual property, and transactional matters.
Practice Groups
Areas of Practice
Licensing and Merchandising
- Provide strategic branding and planning
- Review existing or draft new, agreements for celebrity endorsements/product sponsorships
Film, Television & Direct to Video
- Review and revise existing, or draft new, financing, production, and distribution agreements for live and animated features
- Negotiate, draft, and finalize actor, writer, director, and producer agreements
- Advise clients in the dramatic, reality, live, as well as, animated, genre regarding production and music distribution agreements
- Represent clients in connection with recording, distribution, publishing, licensing, and management agreements
New Media
- Counsel clients regarding all forms of exploitation, including Internet, wireless, and mobile programming and distribution
Intellectual Property
- Ensure copyright and trademark protections, registrations, and counsel clients in strategic planning
- Provide guidance regarding chain of title and rights clearance issues
General Business & Corporate
- Corporate formation for any choice of entity and transactional agreements/documentation
Education
- Juris Doctor (1998), Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
- Bachelor of Arts in History (1987), University of California, Los Angeles, California
Memberships
- Member of the State Bar of California
- Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section
- Member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Entertainment Law Division
Honors & Outside Activities
- Member of the Board of Governors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Executive Committee Member of the Legal Services Division of the United Jewish Fund of Los Angeles
- Member of the Wexner Heritage Foundation