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Two new partners at Sheppard Mullin in LA

By Richard Binder

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP have announced the addition of Kelly C. Crabb and Richard W. Kopenhefer as partners in their Los Angeles office.  Crabb joins the firm's Entertainment, Media & Technology practice and Kopenhefer joins Labor & Employment.

Crabb, most recently with Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles, has served as legal counsel in connection with three Olympic Games including representation of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). His practice includes a mix of sophisticated and complex financing, production and content work for international clients such as NBA China, The Magic Store/Yo Gabba Gabba, Skinit and LightStream Entertainment. He received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1984, and a M.P.A. in 1973 and a B.A. in 1971 from Brigham Young University.

Kopenhefer specializes in entertainment industry labor law matters including residuals, credits disputes, union organizing, labor arbitration, civil litigation, collective bargaining and practice before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He received a J.D. from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1978 and an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Duke University in 1975. He comes to Sheppard Mullin from McDermott Will & Emery in Los Angeles.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).