* * * * * * * THE LAW OFFICE OF BONNIE J. CHERMAK * * * * * * * Experienced and Personalized Legal Counsel for the Entertainment Professional
Legal Practice Focusing on:
Business and Entertainment
Transactions and Litigation; Intellectual Property Matters and Defamation and Privacy Law
Ms. Chermak has experience inall aspects of litigation including trial, and has drafted motions and argued matters on a broad range of issues in both State and Federal Court. Ms. Chermak has negotiated and drafted: book, television and motion picture contracts; and intellectual property licensing agreements.
Ms. Chermak has provided assistance to the Los Angeles Superior Court as a settlement counselor in their VAST program, and their Mediation program, and as a Judge Pro Tem.
She is credited as a contributing editor of the defamation chapter of a legal resource text.
She has been an Adjunct Professor of Entertainment Law at the University of West Los Angeles, College of Law, and a guest lecturer on entertainment law at college campuses across Southern California.
Ms. Chermak is admitted to practice before: all Courts of the State of California; The United States District Court for the Central District; The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and The United States Supreme Court.
Ms. Chermak has an extensive entertainment background, having come from a family of entertainment professionals, and having herself worked in the entertaiment industry, in feature development, and television production and post-production prior to entering into the legal proefession.
Ms. Chermak is also a published songwriter and a member of The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
EDUCATION
JURIS DOCTOR University of La VerneCollege of Law. Valedictorian; Cum Laude, Editor of Law Review; Finalist, California Roger Traynor Moot Court Competition; West Publishing Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement; American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence, Moot Court, and Constitutional Law. BACHELOR OF ARTS CaliforniaStateUniversity, San Diego. Graduated with Honors and Distinction.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY LEGAL Lavely & Singer, P.C. --- Associate Attorney.
ENTERTAINMENT ITC Productions and Hemdale Productions -- Motion Picture Development Steven J. Cannell Productions -- Post Production Coordinator. Francy Productions and Paramount Studios -- Production Associate.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Weisberg v. Fogelberg; ("Twin Sons"); Cole v. Home Box Office ("Arliss"); Randall v. NBC.; Barry Katz Management v. Smith; Kaplan / E! Entertainment ("Celebrities Uncensored"); M.E.A.T., Inc. v. Exit 32 Productions ("Coyote Ugly"); Saffron v. Rasmussen ("Behind The Red Door"); Paolina v. dcp ("Celebrity Boxing"); Heitland v. Ember Entertainment ("Man From U.N.C.L.E".); Genuine Imitation v. Maverick Films; Shenkel v. Garrison Productions; Cops And Jocks; Ron Burns (George Burns and Gracie Allen Publicity Rights); Preferred Artists Talent Agency; Precision Entertainment; Beachport Entertainment; World International Network, and U.S. Films.
AFFILIATIONS
Ms. Chermak is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.
