Hollywood has its famous attorneys.
Their names appear year after year on power lists. They negotiate nine-figure deals, represent global superstars and have spent decades building some of the most influential legal practices in entertainment.
This isn’t a list about them.
Instead, LA Note went looking for the next group of entertainment attorneys worth knowing — lawyers building impressive practices in film, television, music, digital media, intellectual property and the rapidly changing creator economy.
Some are partners. Others are rising litigators or transactional attorneys. Several have already started appearing on industry and peer-recognition lists, but most aren’t household names outside legal and entertainment circles.
That’s exactly the point.
Here are 12 entertainment lawyers in Los Angeles worth watching.
The list at a glance
- Brandon Milostan — Greenberg Glusker
- Erica Kim — Russ August & Kabat
- Jason Sunshine — Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley
- Kelsey Leeker — Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis
- Mindy Lewis — Michelman & Robinson
- Reena Sehgal — Sehgal Law
- W. Joseph Anderson — Manatt
- Lauren Woodland — Novian & Novian
- John R. Meller — Manatt
- Briana Hill — Pryor Cashman
- Ryan Keech — K&L Gates
- The Next Name — yet to be written
1. Brandon Milostan — Greenberg Glusker
Brandon Milostan represents both emerging and established actors, writers, producers, directors, musicians and social media influencers, while also working with financiers, distributors and production companies.
That range makes him particularly interesting as entertainment continues expanding beyond traditional film and television.
Milostan graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2017 and has already accumulated significant industry recognition. Variety previously placed him in its “Up Next” category, the Daily Journal named him to its Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers list in 2024, and he has been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers as a Rising Star.
Why we’re watching him: Milostan is building experience on both sides of the entertainment equation — representing creative talent while understanding the companies, financiers and distributors making the deals.
2. Erica Kim — Russ August & Kabat
Erica Kim represents clients in entertainment and sports from the Los Angeles office of Russ August & Kabat.
A UCLA School of Law graduate who began practicing in California in 2016, Kim has now been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star for both 2025 and 2026.
She practices within a firm with a substantial history in entertainment disputes, giving her exposure to the legal issues that emerge when entertainment, intellectual property and business collide.
Why we’re watching her: Kim is still relatively early in her career while already receiving repeated recognition specifically within entertainment and sports law.
3. Jason Sunshine — Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley
Jason Sunshine represents clients across entertainment and sports as well as civil litigation.
A Columbia Law School graduate, Sunshine entered legal practice in 2019 and has already been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2025 and 2026.
His combination of entertainment work and litigation makes him particularly interesting. As content ownership, compensation, intellectual property and business relationships become more complicated, entertainment attorneys who understand both dealmaking and disputes can have an advantage.
Why we’re watching him: Sunshine represents a younger generation of entertainment attorneys developing litigation experience alongside industry-specific expertise.
4. Kelsey Leeker — Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis
Kelsey Leeker is a Los Angeles attorney focused on entertainment and sports law.
She graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law and began practicing in California in 2016. Her work has subsequently earned her selection as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star for both 2025 and 2026.
Operating in Century City also places Leeker at the geographic center of Los Angeles’ entertainment-business ecosystem.
Why we’re watching her: A focused entertainment practice combined with consecutive Rising Star recognition makes Leeker one of the younger attorneys whose career trajectory deserves attention.
5. Mindy Lewis — Michelman & Robinson
Mindy Lewis brings an interesting combination to entertainment law.
Her practice encompasses entertainment and sports, intellectual property litigation, business litigation, media and advertising.
Lewis graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2018 and began practicing that same year. She has since been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2025 and 2026.
That intersection of entertainment, IP, advertising and business disputes could become increasingly valuable as creators and entertainment companies build businesses across multiple platforms.
Why we’re watching her: Lewis isn’t confined to traditional entertainment law. Her practice touches several areas becoming increasingly important to creators, brands and media companies.
6. Reena Sehgal — Sehgal Law
Reena Sehgal offers something different from many attorneys on this list: she’s building under her own name.
Sehgal Law focuses on entertainment and business matters, and Sehgal has developed a track record of recognition within entertainment and sports law.
She was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2025 — her seventh consecutive selection after receiving the distinction each year from 2019 through 2024.
Building an independent practice is difficult in any legal specialty. Doing it in an industry as relationship-driven as entertainment makes Sehgal’s progression particularly notable.
Why we’re watching her: Entrepreneurship. Sehgal isn’t simply climbing within an established entertainment firm; she’s building a legal brand and practice of her own.
7. W. Joseph Anderson — Manatt
W. Joseph “Joe” Anderson sits at one of the most interesting intersections in modern entertainment: music, film, television and technology.
His work has included advising recording artists, entertainment businesses and technology companies while also navigating emerging questions surrounding artificial intelligence.
Anderson has already received significant industry recognition, including being named one of Variety’s New Leaders and receiving repeated Southern California Rising Star recognition earlier in his career.
He’s also advised finalists from The Voice on recording, publishing, merchandising and touring agreements and has worked on transactions involving emerging music technology businesses.
Why we’re watching him: Anderson appears positioned for where entertainment is going rather than where it has been — particularly the convergence of music, technology, intellectual property and AI.
8. Lauren Woodland — Novian & Novian
Lauren Woodland is a Los Angeles litigator whose practice includes entertainment and intellectual property alongside business, employment and real estate litigation.
A UCLA School of Law graduate and former managing editor of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Woodland has received repeated professional recognition, including Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honors and multiple Southern California Rising Star selections.
Entertainment companies increasingly face disputes that don’t fit neatly into an “entertainment law” box. They may involve employment, ownership, contracts, intellectual property or broader commercial disagreements.
Why we’re watching her: Woodland’s broader litigation background gives her a potentially valuable perspective on entertainment disputes that spill into other areas of business law.
9. John R. Meller — Manatt
John Meller’s practice reflects how much the definition of an entertainment lawyer has expanded.
His transactional work includes music, branding, endorsements, film and television talent agreements and high-value intellectual property acquisitions.
He represents musicians and entertainers while also working with athletes and influencers on substantial endorsement arrangements.
Before joining Manatt, Meller practiced at a boutique entertainment and intellectual property firm in Los Angeles, giving him experience in both boutique and larger-firm environments.
Why we’re watching him: Meller’s practice follows the modern entertainer — someone whose business may simultaneously involve content, intellectual property, endorsements, licensing and personal brand.
10. Briana Hill — Pryor Cashman
Briana Hill may be somewhat further along than some of the lawyers on this list, but her practice makes her difficult to ignore.
Hill is a partner and co-chair of Pryor Cashman’s Media + Entertainment and Film, TV + Podcast Groups and also co-chairs its media and entertainment transactions and financing practice.
Her work focuses on company-side business and legal affairs and sophisticated rights transactions involving television, streaming, film, podcasting and interactive entertainment.
That breadth matters. The next generation of entertainment power lawyers won’t necessarily specialize exclusively in movies or television because the companies they’re advising increasingly don’t either.
Why we’re watching her: Hill’s practice stretches across traditional entertainment and emerging formats, particularly streaming, podcasting and interactive media.
11. Ryan Keech — K&L Gates
Ryan Keech combines entertainment and sports work with substantial litigation experience.
A graduate of NYU School of Law, Keech began practicing in 2011 and received Southern California Rising Star recognition from 2021 through 2025.
His broader practice has included business litigation, intellectual property disputes and employment matters alongside entertainment.
While he’s more established than some of the youngest attorneys on this list, Keech remains outside the handful of celebrity lawyers typically dominating mainstream Hollywood coverage.
Why we’re watching him: Keech’s combination of entertainment knowledge and broader commercial litigation gives him the versatility to handle disputes extending beyond a traditional talent contract.
12. The Next Name Could Be the Most Interesting One
Entertainment law is changing too quickly for tomorrow’s leading lawyers to look exactly like yesterday’s.
- Streaming transformed television.
- Social media transformed celebrity.
- Athletes became content companies.
- YouTube and TikTok created entirely new categories of entertainment businesses.
Artificial intelligence is now forcing creators, studios, musicians and technology companies to reconsider fundamental questions about likeness, copyright, ownership and compensation.
That means some of the most consequential entertainment attorneys of the next decade may not yet appear on Hollywood’s biggest power lists.
- They may be associates becoming partners.
- Boutique attorneys building their own firms.
- Music lawyers becoming AI experts.
- IP litigators learning the creator economy.
- Or young transactional attorneys representing today’s emerging talent before anyone knows their clients’ names.
That’s why LA Note will continue watching the lawyers behind the next generation of entertainment — because sometimes the best time to know a name is before everyone else does.
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