Joshua Zetlin is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Josh is an experienced corporate and intellectual property attorney, with a background in corporate formations and governance, trademarks and copyright, and commercial transactions. He advises clients on a wide range of corporate, intellectual property, and commercial matters, including film and television transactions, corporate equity and structuring, trademark prosecution, brand protection, and licensing, copyright clearance, enforcement and licensing, and commercial agreements.

Prior to joining WRSSR, Josh was a partner at a prominent Bay Area law firm, where he represented a diverse portfolio of business and individual clients across a range of regulated industries, including cannabis, hemp, and beverage (wine, beer, spirits). Josh also worked in-house at a globally recognized film and television studio, and he began his career assisting clients with intellectual property litigation and transactional matters at a boutique law firm in Beverly Hills.

Josh was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he worked in television production before beginning his career as an attorney.

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor (2010), University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
• M.A. Comparative History (2004), Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
• B.A. History, (2003), Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

ADMISSIONS

• Member of the State Bar of California
• U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• Beverly Hills Bar Association: MCLE Presentation, “Introduction to Cannabis Law in California,” January 31, 2024
• “The Agony of War and a World Without Law,” 32 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 409