David Pierce

David's 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, he has taught a course on legal and business aspects of running production companies at UCLA Extension. He is an Adjunct Professor at Elon University (Semester In LA Program) teaching "Media Law & Ethics." He has also taught a course on the "Business of Screenwriting" as an Adjunct Professor at LMU School of Film & Television. He 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. He is an annual speaker at Slamdance Film Festival and teaches an annual course on "Film & TV Clearance" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Visiting Professor Series. He has also testified as Expert Witness on Joint Employment in Entertainment (Bell v. GM). Sample listing of current & past company clients: Lionsgate Film & TV (with work on multiple Academy award and Emmy award winning projects such as "Madman," "Nurse Jackie," and the entire "Hunger Games" franchise); Profiles Television Productions (Emmy award producers of "Amazing Race"); La Petite Reine (Academy award producers of "The Artist). Bank Leumi and Bank of Scotland in transactions involving entertainment libraries; The Comedy Store. Sample listing of current & past talent clients: Rising comedic stars: Leslie Jones ("Saturday Night Live"), Stephen Kramer Glickman ('Big Time Rush"), Tony Hinchcliffe ("The Burn w/Jeff Ross"), Willie Hunter ("NBC's Untitled Jerrod Carmichael Project" set for '15), Jesus Trejo ("Sullivan & Sons"); Established star names: David Arquette, Dana Carvey, Jeff Garlin, Pauly Shore, David Spade, and estate of Milton Berle.