USD School of Law Alumnus Adam Levin '91 (JD) Among Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys List
Adam Levin '91 (JD) Among Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys List
SAN DIEGO (April 14, 2023) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law alumnus Adam Levin '91 (JD) was recognized among Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys List. This distinction recognizes entertainment dealmakers and litigators at the top of their game in The Hollywood Reporter's 17th annual power list.
Levin is a Partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in Los Angeles. Levin represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including serving as lead counsel in numerous employment discrimination, wrongful termination and trade secret/unfair competition cases, labor arbitrations, National Labor Relations Board hearings, and other administrative proceedings. Counsels clients on compliance with FMLA, ADA, Title VII, FEHA, FLSA, ERISA, NLRA and state employment laws. He negotiates and drafts executive employment agreements, and also represents clients in litigation involving right of publicity, invasion of privacy and related claims involving models, celebrities and performing artists.
"A go-to for entertainment labor and employment disputes, Levin in 2020 helped Fox and the producers of The Simpsons resolve a discrimination lawsuit brought by composer Alf Clausen, and advocated on behalf of Warner Bros. in a Big Bang Theory employment discrimination case that was dismissed in federal and state courts. He’s also representing The Voice’s production company in a suit brought by the American Federation of Musicians union."
About the University of San Diego School of Law
Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest law and taxation.
USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 30th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 28th nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.