Prometheus Global Media Entertainment Group co-president John Amato, left, with Lionsgate general counsel and chief strategic officer Wayne Levin, who was presented with THR's Raising the Bar award by Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer.
Ziffren Brittenham's Bryan Wolf chats with Bloom Hergott's Carlos Goodman, whose clients include director heavyweights Paul Greengrass, Steve McQueen, Quentin Tarantino and Darren Aronofsky.
Howard Weitzman, left, of Kinsella Weitzman, who reps Justin Bieber and made the 100 Power Lawyers list, poses with Ziffren Brittenham's John Branca.
Ever since Kirkland & Ellis' Mark Holscher won a famous $52 million settlement for Don Johnson in 2010 he has been taking on more and more Hollywood clients.
THR executive editor Matthew Belloni, right, led a Q&A with Thomas Tull, CEO of Godzilla studio Legendary Entertainment.
The eighth annual Power Lawyers Breakfast was hosted at Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills.
Spago in Beverly Hills, which this morning played host to some of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood.
Lionsgate general counsel and chief strategic officer Wayne Levin, left, this year's Raising the Bar honoree, stands with THR executive editor Matthew Belloni.
Winston & Strawn's Michael Elkin is the expert in technology litigation who helped digital upstart company Aereo win critical early legal battles before its case hit the Supreme Court.
Jackoway Tyerman's Deborah Klein, left, helped Will Ferrell's production company Gary Sanchez Productions launch a female-driven division (her comedy-heavy client list also includes Jim Carrey, Vince Vaughn and Paul Rudd), while firm partner Marcy Morris closed a flurry of recent deals for clients Cameron Diaz, Chloe Moretz and Kate Hudson.
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer spoke before a roomful of powerful entertainment attorneys at Beverly Hills' Spago.
Lionsgate's Jon Feltheimer presented THR's Raising the Bar award to colleague Wayne Levin.
THR executive editor Matthew Belloni posed with Lionsgate general counsel and chief strategic officer, Wayne Levin, holding his Raising the Bar award.
Hansen Jacobson's Jeanne Newman, left, has her hands full of reality TV from Top Chef to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, but also helped Rob Thomas crowdfund his Veronica Mars revival and negotiated a $30 million contract for Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. Lichter Grossman's Linda Lichter will see the release of client Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 next month along with Maleficent, written by client Linda Woolverton.
From left: Ziffren Brittenham's David Lande (clients include Justin Timberlake and Shakira) with Bloom Hergott's Carlos Goodman and P.J. Shapiro (clients include Emma Stone, Mindy Kaling and Andy Samberg), also of Ziffren Brittenham.
Legendary Entertainment general counsel Martin Willhite, left, poses with SingerLewak's Todd Northrup.
Kinsella Weitzman's Howard Weitzman (who reps Michael Jackson's estate in a continuing battle against sexual-abuse claims along with a $10 million profit-participation lawsuit from Quincy Jones) is flanked by publisher and senior vp of THR Lynne Segall and Prometheus Global Media Entertainment Group co-president and chief creative officer Janice Min.
Janice Min speaks to the crowd of entertainment lawyers at the Power Lawyers Breakfast at Spago.