Ken Kleinberg Named 2011 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year

Ken Kleinberg, founding partner of Lopez Lange Cuddy & Klein LLP and one of the most effective and highly regarded attorneys in the entertainment industry, will be named the 2011 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) at its prestigious annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 5:30 p.m., at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Proceeds from the event support the bar association's education and community outreach programs.

BHBA Entertainment Law Section Co-Chair Neville Johnson, who is chairing the event, note that, throughout his illustrious career, Kleinberg has made "a tremendous contribution to the both the profession and the community. He is widely regarded for his broad experience in international entertainment law transactions involving complex arrangements for development, financing, production, and distribution of motion picture and television product; co-financing and so called ‘soft money' transactions; the purchase and sale of film and music companies and libraries; television licensing agreements; and participation and royalty audits. He understands transactions from the point of view of owner-entrepreneurs, as well as talent." 

Honorary Dinner Chairs are Stefania & Vito Campese, M.D.; Peter Cetera; Christine Cuddy; Natalie and E.K. Gaylord II; Marlene and Marshall Grossman; Linda and Glen Keane; Jacquie and Robert Lange; Jack Nicholson; Keith Richards; and Julia and Douglas Trumbull.

The Dinner Committee includes Johnson & Johnson LLP; Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy & Klein LLP; Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP; NBC Universal; Valensi Rose PLC, and Venable LLP.

The Beverly Hills Bar Association, founded in 1931, is the sixth largest bar association in California with more than 4,000 members. Its mission is to serve its members, to lead the legal profession and to advocate for justice in the community. Its wide range of community outreach programs includes Wills for Heroes, Citizens Law School, an annual, free, one-day seminar to help laypeople understand their legal rights; Committee for the Arts, which provides legal and business programs for artists, musicians, and the arts community; "And Justice For All," a series of programs covering a variety of topical legal issues; Tax Court Pro Se Assistance, in which BHBA members volunteer to assist tax payers - at no cost - who are representing themselves before the Tax Court; the Lawyer Referral and Information Service, which matches individuals with specific legal matters with qualified attorneys with appropriate specialties; and the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program, which resolves fee disputes between clients and attorneys.

The Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Award honors leaders of the entertainment law field for their contributions to the profession and has been presented annually since 1989 by the BHBA, which has the largest entertainment law section of any bar association in the world.

Previous Entertainment Lawyer of the Year recipients include Eric Weissmann, Maren Christensen, Patti Felker, Barry Hirsch, Ken Ziffren, Tom Hansen, Stanton "Larry" Stein, Jay Cooper, Don Passman, Russell Frackman, Don Biederman, Louis Meisinger, John Schulman, Melanie Cook, Bruce Ramer, Peter Dekom, Frank Rothman, Bertram Fields, Martin Gang, Norman Tyre, Marvin Meyer, Allen Susman, Leon Kaplan and Edward Rubin. Past BHBA honorees for Outstanding Entertainment Law Scholarship are Jay Dougherty and Lionel Sobel.

Tickets for the BHBA Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Dinner are $195 per person. Sponsorship packages are also available. The Beverly Hills Hotel is located at 9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA. For tickets and information, please call (310) 601-2422 or visit www.bhba.org.

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