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Marcia J. Harris

Marcia J. Harris
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Marcia J. Harris

Special Counsel

mjharris@rkmc.com


Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Suite 3400
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3208

Phone: 310.552.0130
Toll Free: 1.800.553.9910
Fax: 310.229.5800

Practice Groups

Experience

  • Practice in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution forums focuses on entertainment litigation, with particular emphasis on accounting and profit participation disputes in the television and motion picture industries, and disputes involving talent agencies.
  • Areas of concentration include accounting and profit participation disputes, "vertical integration" claims by profit participants in the entertainment industry, and disputes involving talent agencies.
  • Clientele includes writers, directors, producers, and actors, as well as talent agencies and personal management companies, and more recently insurance companies insuring risks in the entertainment industry.

Outside Experience

  • The Chicago Tribune

Recognition

  • Recognized in the Los Angeles Daily Journal among the "Top 75 Women Litigators" in 2005**
  • Named in Chambers USA, 2007,2008, 2009**
  • Named in America's Leading Lawyers for Business**
  • Named in The Best Lawyers in America **
  • Selected as a WIN Outstanding Woman by the Women's Image Network, 2006
  • Named a "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2008**
**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

  • Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) Trial Lawyer Honor Society
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • Century City Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Cinematheque
  • Women in Film

Civic Associations

  • Western Center on Law and Poverty, Board Member

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • Loyola Law School, J.D.  (1977)
  • University of Missouri School of Journalism, Bachelors of Journalism, with honors(1967), Outstanding Senior Journalism Student

Articles

  • Vertically Challenged
    Los Angeles Lawyer (Co-author) (May 2003)

Selected Speeches

    • Has lectured at numerous seminars sponsored by the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, and by the Association of Talent Agents regarding entertainment litigation matters.
    • Guest speaker, Stanford, Boalt Hall, UCLA, USC, Loyola, and Pepperdine law schools regarding accounting and profit participation disputes and other litigation issues in the entertainment industry.

    * Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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