Glenn T. Litwak, Esq.
glenn@litwakandhavkin.com

A founding member of Litwak & Havkin, Mr. Litwak specializes in entertainment law. He has extensive expertise in negotiating and drafting a wide variety of contracts relating to the entertainment industry, representing filmmakers, film and TV producers, directors, writers, digital content providers, actors, models, personal managers, recording artists, music producers, songwriters as well as music production and management companies.

Mr. Litwak also has extensive experience in handling entertainment industry litigation.

Background:

• Stanford University, Visiting Student (1974)
• Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., With Honors, 1976)
• Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 1979)

Admissions:

• California State Courts
• Federal District Court
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Affiliations:

• Instructor - UCLA Extension, Entertainment Studies Program
• Joint Advisory Committee for Continuing Education of the Bar - Former Member
• Beverly Hills Bar Association - Entertainment Law Section and Mentor
• California Lawyers for the Arts - Member of Referral and Arbitration Panels
• State Bar of California - Member
• Crash Settlement Program, Los Angeles Superior Court, North Central District - Former Settlement Officer
• Film Independent - Member
• International Documentary Association - Member
• National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. - Associate Member
• National Association of Recording Industry Professionals - Member
• Association of Independent Music Publishers - Member
• Licensed Real Estate Broker in California

Music

Mr. Litwak has represented platinum selling recording artists in all aspects of their careers, including artists who have successfully branched out into acting. He has also represented prominent music producers who have produced for recording artists such as Destiny’s Child, B2K, Omarion, Marques Houston and Ginuwine. Mr. Litwak has negotiated recording and management agreements for artists who have been signed (through production deals) to major record labels such as Sony/BMG, Interscope/Geffen/A&M, and Warner Music. He has represented recording artists who have been signed (through production deals) to such labels as Elektra, Atlantic, and Universal Music Group. Glenn also has experience in negotiating music publishing deals with publishers such as EMI Music, Zomba, and Notting Hill Music.

Mr. Litwak has extensive experience and expertise in representing teen R&B/Pop groups in all aspects of their careers, including the platinum selling group “B2K” and “Immature” (which later became “IMX”).


Film & TV

In the motion picture field, Mr. Litwak represented ten individuals involved in the 2004 hit movie “You Got Served,” including the writer-director, five of the stars and two of the producers. Glenn has prepared/negotiated option and literary purchase agreements, life story rights agreements, non-disclosure agreements and has been production legal counsel on a number of independent films. He has also prepared/negotiated writer collaboration agreements, merchandising agreements, and contracts involving soundtrack albums.

In television, Mr. Litwak has negotiated deals for actors on network television shows. Furthermore, he has experience representing actors, producers and directors of reality T.V. programs.

New Media

Mr. Litwak has represented content providers in preparing and negotiating Digital / Mobile Distribution Agreements. These contracts include representing recording artists in ringtone/ringback/wallpaper type deals as well as Digital Fan Clubs. In addition, Mr. Litwak has represented clients who produce short films for digital/mobile distribution.


Entertainment Litigation

Mr. Litwak has handled over 100 trials and arbitrations over the last 28 years. Trials successfully handled by Mr. Litwak have appeared in the “Verdicts and Settlements” section of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the largest legal newspaper in the country. He has represented producers and documentary filmmakers in connection with Entertainment Litigation. Some of these cases have been reported in the press by the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and the Hollywood Reporter.

Glenn has handled litigation for and against celebrities and has successfully represented clients in a number of high profile entertainment industry cases.

Real Estate, Business & General Civil Litigation

Mr. Litwak has extensive experience in handling a wide variety of Civil Litigation including breach of contract cases, fraud, unfair competition, injunctive relief, copyright infringement and personal injury claims. Glenn also has extensive experience in business and real estate related litigation. He has represented real estate brokers, buyers, sellers, entrepreneurs, retailers and manufacturers.

Glenn has been a licensed real estate broker in California since 1988, and is the founder and President of GTL Realty, Inc., a real estate brokerage company.


Teaching & Writing

Glenn is a frequent speaker at music, digital, and entertainment conferences around the country. He has spoken at the Urban Network Conference in Palm Springs, California, the "Get Seen Get Signed" Conference in Chicago and the Brand Access Forum in Los Angeles.

Mr. Litwak has been a speaker at entertainment law seminars at UCLA Law School, Loyola Law School, and for the California Lawyers for the Arts and the California Alliance of Paralegal Associations. He conducts a seminar entitled “Self Defense in the Music Industry” at the UCLA Extension, Entertainment Studies Program.

Mr. Litwak has been profiled in California Law Business Magazine (February 1998). He has also been interviewed on a number of television shows including: Celebrity Justice, Inside Edition, “Xtra,” and Fox Cable News.

Glenn was the keynote speaker at California Lawyers for the Arts annual Music Business seminar on October 28, 2007. In addition. Glenn taught his course, "Self-Defense in the Music Business" at the UCLA Extension on November 4, 2006. Glenn spoke on a panel at the Digital Music Conference in Miami on November 16, 2006.

Mr. Litwak has led various seminars and workshops for California Lawyers for the Arts on such topics as “How to Protect your Ideas” and “Turning Music into Money”.  To learn more about CLA visit their web site: www.CAlawyersforthearts.org

Mr. Litwak has written and lectured on entertainment industry litigation and published an article in the International Documentary Magazine. An article written by Mr. Litwak on Entertainment Law was also published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

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