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Theresa Troupson is an associate at Russ August & Kabat in the Intellectual Property and Litigation & Trial practice groups.. Before joining Russ August & Kabat, Ms. Troupson practiced at Grodsky & Olecki LLP and Hueston Hennigan LLP, focusing on business, entertainment, and intellectual property disputes. She has successfully represented clients in matters involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; false advertising and unfair competition; health care, commercial, and real estate disputes; and state and federal constitutional law.. Ms. Troupson received her law degree from New York University School of Law. While at NYU, Ms. Troupson served as a Senior Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review and as co-chair of the NYU OUTLaw LGBT student group. She was a two-time finalist in the Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition and received the Albert Podell Oral Advocacy Award.

Paul I. Menes is an AV-rated entertainment and digital media transactional lawyer who provides “Creative Solutions for Creative People” - individuals and entities, from start-ups to award-winners, in the U.S. and internationally.Why Paul? He has a business mindset and solution-based approach, focusing on his clients’ overall, long-term objectives, not just their individual components.. He has experience on the business and creative sides, not just the legal side, of entertainment and media projects. This unique background gives Paul a deep empathy for his clients’ challenges, and how the delicate balance between the business and creative sides need to be accommodated for a deal/contract to be successful for the parties.. His contracts work. He learned from his many years as a media and IP litigator what can go wrong with contracts, and ways to prevent it. He’s never had a contract litigated that he wrote or extensively revised — except once. His client won.. He works closely alongside his clients, offering advice and strategizing with them. He's passionate about protecting them from the myriad issues that can derail their efforts. He helps creatives successfully navigate a fluid and increasingly complicated environment, and maximize their opportunities.. Paul represents many clients within the entertainment industry, including artists, writers, performers, entrepreneurs, and other creators. He also represents personal managers, agents, executives, and those involved in content production, licensing, distribution, and live events. His services span various media spaces, such as TV, music, film, radio/podcasts, and digital media.. Paul’s digital media clients include social media influencers (Paul’s become known as The Influencer Lawyer®), those in content, software and app creation in both online and mobile portals (for whom he vets and protects their content, and drafts their Terms of Use and Privacy Policies).. Paul also keeps his ear to the ground for new alliances and opportunities for his clients.

John P. Godsil possesses over eighteen years of experience litigating complex business, real estate and insurance disputes. During that time he has handled all aspects of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, law and motion, settlement conferences, mediations, arbitrations and trials. The subject matter areas of those cases include real estate disputes, contract disputes, partnership disputes, bad faith matters, title matters, receiverships, commercial lease disputes together with matters involving claims of lender liability, trade secret misappropriation and business torts.. Mr. Godsil has tried or arbitrated over a dozen cases as lead trial counsel, and participated in multiple additional trials and arbitrations as part of a larger team.

I am a well-known and highly respected litigation attorney with almost 30 years of experience handling matters for both plaintiffs and defendants.  I have been at the forefront of almost every major issue affecting the intellectual property and online communities as well as the entertainment industry, and was instrumental in developing and shaping new media and Internet piracy law.  I litigated the landmark cases against , Napster, Aimster, Grokster, LimeWire, and Grooveshark, in addition to the industry leading cases against “user generated content” websites.  I also litigated the groundbreaking case against Napster’s investors, and was instrumental in creating one of the largest and most successful nationwide anti-piracy programs ever instituted in the United States.  I am currently leading the trailblazing class actions involving the protection of pre-1972 recordings brought by Flo & Eddie (The Turtles) against Sirius XM and Pandora.. But my expertise expands well beyond entertainment, new media, and intellectual property issues.  I also have broad and significant experience litigating a wide range of matters involving antitrust, business torts, defamation and trade libel, contract disputes, accounting and royalty disputes, bankruptcy, employment, real estate, insurance, and personal injury.  I have litigated extensively in state and federal court around the country as well as abroad and is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including trials and appeals, and class actions.. Prior to joining Gradstein & Marzano as Of Counsel, I was was Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music Group (UMG) – one of the largest entertainment companies in the world with interests in recorded music, music publishing, distribution, artist management and merchandise where for more than 15 years, I was its head of litigation and its primary legal affairs counsel.  Before joining UMG, I was a partner with a prominent mid-sized general practice law firm in Los Angeles, where I built a complex business litigation practice with an emphasis on intellectual property, unfair competition, unfair business practices, antitrust, securities, and entertainment.