Susan Rabin has been honored on the Super Lawyers list for six consecutive years. In fact, She has been selected a "Southern California Super Lawyer" for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Susan serves Of Counsel to our firm. She has worked  in a consultant capacity with Universal Pictures.

Susan, with her more than 24 years in entertainment law will advise and support the firm on a wide range of entertainment matters including drafting and negotiating deals in film, television and music as well as copyright and trademark disputes and enforcement matters. She will also bring her experience serving as production counsel on feature films, preparing and managing company formation, financing agreements, rights acquisitions, chain of title, releases, talent deals, crew contracts, compliance with Guild regulations, insurance, distribution, music clearance and supervision.

Susan chairs the Beverly Hills Bar Association entertainment section and moderates seminars on industry issues. She previously headed her own firm in San Francisco and has been a law professor teaching entertainment and copyright law at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco State University, and Monterey College of Law. Susan is active with the Los Angeles Copyright Society.

EDUCATION

J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA. Law Review: Moral Rights and the Realistic Limits of Artistic Control, 14 Golden Gate 447.
M.A., Broadcasting, Northwestern University, Evanston ILL.
B.S., Speech/Theatre, Northwestern University, Evanston ILL.
A.S., Music, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco CA, (Dean’s List).

WORKSHOPS
“Protecting, Enforcing Publishing Rights,” LAWIM, Los Angeles, MAY 2010
“Clearing Music Rights for Film and TV,” Beverly Hills Barristers, Beverly Hills, FEBRUARY 2010
“Setting Up an Indpendent Record Label,” CA Lawyers for the Arts, San Francisco, 2000

TEACHING
University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles
University of San Francisco Law School, San Francisco CA
San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA
Monterey College of the Law, Monterey CA
Courses in Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry, Copyright, Contract Law, Film Production Agreements, Music Publishing, Recording Agreements, Trademark, Digital Rights, Compliance with Guild Agreements.


HONORS/AWARDS/ SPECIAL POSITIONS

CHAIR, Entertainment Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association. 2009-2010
Co-CHAIR, Entertainment Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association. 2008 – 2009
“SUPER LAWYER,” (Law & Politics/LA Magazine). 2006 - 2011
VICE PRESIDENT, Board of Governors, NARAS, (San Francisco). 1993-1999
MARIN ARTS COUNCIL PLAYWRITING GRANT 1999
CHAIR, Entertainment Law Section, Bar Association of San Francisco 1992 - 1998


PUBLICATIONS

The Role of Production Counsel in Independent Film, Los Angeles Lawyer. Oct. 2008
Authorship Issues in Entertainment Contracts, Los Angeles Lawyer. May 2006
Contracts of Adhesion, Los Angeles Lawyer. Feb 2006
Creating Independent Record Labels, Los Angeles Lawyer. June 2005
Public Performance of Music, All Access Magazine, March April 2005
Work for Hire Change in Copyright Law/Napster, Museletter. Aug 2000


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Beverly Hills Bar Association Board of Governors.
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Executive Committee, Entertainment Section.
Los Angeles Copyright Society.
California Copyright Conference.
Association of Independent Music Publishers.
American Bar Association Committee on Entertainment.
USC/BHBA Symposium on Entertainment/Syllabus Committee.

Practice Areas:
Entertainment; Copyright; Trademark Law; Business Litigation; Copyright Infringement; Copyright Licensing; Copyright Prosecution; Copyright Litigation; Copyright Protection; Copyright Registration; Internet Copyright Law; Art Law; Artists Rights; Cultural Property; Entertainment Contracts; Entertainment Finance; Entertainment Law; Entertainment Liability; Entertainment Litigation; Entertainment Syndication; Fine Arts; Interactive Multimedia Law; Motion Picture Finance; Distribution; Motion Picture Production and; Motion Pictures and Television; Multimedia Law; Museum Law; Music Copyright; Music Law; Music Licensing; Music Publishing; Theater Law; Video Law; Newspaper Contracts; Newspaper Law; Publishing Contracts; Publishing Law; Professional Sports Law; Sports Contracts; Sports Facilities Development; Sports Injury; Sports Licensing; Sports Marketing Law; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Theft of Trade Secrets; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Infringement; Internet Trademarks; Trademark Litigation; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Protection; Trademark Registration.