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Thomas joins Jenner & Block in L.A.

By Richard Binder

Andrew J. (?A.J.?) Thomas, has joined Jenner & Block as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Thomas has significant experience in copyright, trademark, misappropriation, theft-of-ideas, First Amendment, and complex business litigation matters.

Mr. Thomas has represented both traditional and new media clients at the trial and appellate levels in a wide variety of intellectual property rights, First Amendment, and commercial matters. Last year, for example, a summary judgment Mr. Thomas obtained on behalf of a publisher of a Marilyn Monroe biography was affirmed on appeal by the Ninth Circuit, establishing new protections for the use of publicity photos. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari, leaving the appellate ruling in place. Mr. Thomas has represented clients such as NBC/Universal, Fox, Sony Pictures, Viacom, Nielsen, and many others.

Mr. Thomas was named a leading California Media and Entertainment Litigation lawyer by Chambers USA in 2009 and 2010 and selected as a Southern California ?Super Lawyer? in Business and Intellectual Property Litigation in recent years as well. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Board Member of the Copyright Society of Los Angeles, and he has been a guest lecturer at a number of educational institutions on topics related to entertainment and media law.

Mr. Thomas is a 1991 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University in 1988, graduating with distinction and department honors, where he was editor of The Stanford Daily. Prior to joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Thomas was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine. Mr. Thomas previously served as a law clerk to Judge Alfred T. Goodwin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).