O'Melveny & Myers LLP 
Latham & Watkins LLP 
Constitutional Rights Foundation 
Marvin Putnam is joining Latham & Watkins as partner in the firm's Century City litigation department.He joins a number of other former O'Melveny & Myers attorneys who left for Latham & Watkins last year.Putnam specializes in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the entertainment, media and sports sector. He was lead defense counsel for concert promoter AEG Live in the six-month wrongful death trial brought by the family of Michael Jackson. A jury in 2013 found AEG not liable.Putnam...
Latham & Watkins LLP
Joseph
Calabrese
Partner / Chair, Entertainment, Sports & Media
Calabrese tackles cases for big-name clients in sports, entertainment and media, such as the International Olympic Committee’s rights deals and the Hollywood Foreign Press’ discussions with NBC regarding the 2022 Golden Globe Awards and future broadcast rights to the show. Recently, he counseled Illumination Entertainment and its founder Chris Meledandri in connection with co-financing and distribution arrangements; Korea-based JTBC Studios on the acquisition of the outstanding equity interest in Wiip Productions (“Mare of Eastown”) from CAA; and Warner Bros. on its joint venture with Universal to handle all of the studio’s “hard goods” home video business. Among the numerous production and distribution companies he reps are A24, Byron Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios, Disney, Miramax and Skydance.
