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Gail Migdal Title of Katten Named One of California’s Top Women Litigators for Second Consecutive Year
May 16, 2007
LOS ANGELES – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Gail Migdal Title, head of the Firm’s Entertainment Litigation Practice and managing partner of its Los Angeles office, has been named one of California’s Top Women Litigators by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals for the second consecutive year. The full list of honorees will be published in a special supplement to the May 10 issues of both publications.
The Daily Journals selected California’s Top Women Litigators based on a number of criteria, including each nominee’s major litigation victories in last year, demonstrated leadership within their firm, involvement in the legal community, endorsements from their peers, and overall career accomplishments.
Selected in 1997 as one of the first-ever female managing partners of a major law firm office, a position she continues to hold today, Ms. Title has litigated many of the entertainment industry’s highest profile matters. Her practice includes all aspects of the entertainment industry, from motion picture and television development, finance, and production, to distribution in all media worldwide. Her representation covers a broad range of legal and business issues arising in the entertainment industry, including copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, contract disputes, and business torts, and she is regularly called upon to handle her clients’ most significant matters. Ms. Title has extensive experience in state and federal, trial and appellate courts and in arbitration tribunals. She also frequently provides her clients with non-litigation advice and counsel.
Ms. Title has been involved in numerous precedent-setting intellectual property cases, including representing several studios as amici in Grosso v. Miramax, a recent Ninth Circuit decision regarding copyright preemption, as well as representing petitioner Miramax in the United States Supreme Court in the same matter. She also represented Tom Clancy in Sohmer v. Clancy, a case of first impression that focused on the impact of the Labor Management Relations Act on an author's rights under the Copyright Act.
Ms. Title has also handled many entertainment industry accounting disputes, primarily in defense of producers in actions brought by profit participants. She won judgments in favor of such producers in Anthony Yerkovich v. Universal; James Garner v. Universal; and DeGuere v. Universal.
Additionally, Ms. Title prevailed in the case of Enright, et al. v. Universal, et al., in which she successfully defended a multi-billion dollar suit challenging the studio's distribution practices worldwide.
Ms. Title is also recognized as a leader in the Los Angeles legal community. She serves on the executive committee of the Public Counsel Law Center, the largest pro bono organization in the world. She also acts as co-chair of the organization’s William O. Douglas dinner, which raises the bulk of the money to support the Law Center. In addition, Ms. Title sits on the executive committee of the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Ms. Title was selected in 2006 as one of California’s Top 100 Leading Lawyers. In addition, she was recognized in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and last year received the Top Women Lawyers in Business WLALA Women of Distinction award. Ms. Title also regularly lectures on a wide range of entertainment, business, and ethics-related matters, and has served as a legal commentator on MSNBC and in various print publications.
Ms. Title is a lawyer representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference and Vice-Chair of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Central District of California. She is an Advisor on Intellectual Property to the ALI-ABA Continuing Professional Education Board's Program Committee.