Panelist:David Pierce, Esq.
Pierce Law Group LLP
David Albert Pierce is Managing Member of PIERCE LAW GROUP LLP a boutique law firm practicing exclusively in all aspects of entertainment law. David predominately represents independent film and television production companies. His company clients include, among others: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Television, Starz!/Encore, Cartoon Network, Film Roman, as well as Courteney Cox's & David Arquette's Coquette Productions, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, and Worldrace Productions (producers of "Amazing Race").
David is a frequent lecturer on the legal issues confronting the entertainment industry. For the past ten years, he has served as an adjunct professor at UCLA Extension for the course entitled "Organizing, Financing and Running A Start-Up Entertainment Production Company." He is also a regular columnist for MovieMaker Magazine and is the author of several entertainment law articles.
David is admitted to the State Bar of California. He is a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's Entertainment Law Section, the American Bar Association's Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries, and the American Film Institute.
David earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Cornell Law School with a concentration in Business Law & Regulation. While at Cornell, he was an editor of the Cornell Law and Public Policy Journal and a member of the Entertainment & Sports Law Association. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors from Binghamton University, where he majored in Political Science and minored in Business. David is originally from Niagara Falls, New York.
