First Admitted: 1975, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.jjllplaw.com/nevillle-johnson

Bar/Professional Activity:

Beverly Hills Bar Association, Co-Chair Entertainment Section, 2009-2011
Consumer Attorneys of California
United States District Court for the Central Districts of California
National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Loyola Productions, Co-Chair of the Board, 2009-present
United States Supreme Court
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Board of Governors, 2006-present
State Bar of California
Los Angeles County Bar Association
United States District Court for the Northern Districts of California
Fellow of the American Bar Association
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Board of Governors, 2012-2015, 2020-2024
Los Angeles Copyright Society
United States District Court for the Eastern Districts of California
Public Justice, Board of Governors, 2011-present
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Planning Board USC Entertainment Law Institute, 2011-present
American Board of Trial Advocates (invitation only)

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Richert v Writers Guild of America west, Inc.
Sanders v. ABC
Parsons v. Tickner, 31 Cal. App.4th 1513 (1995)
Gerbosi v. Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein LLP (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 435
Webb v. Directors Guild of America, Inc.
Osmond v. Screen Actors Guild, Inc.

Honors/Awards:

One of the top 50 entertainment attorneys in the last two rankings, The Daily Journal, the legal newspaper of Los Angeles
Alumnus of the Year (2020)
Top 100: Southern California (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Selected as one of the top 100 Power Lawyers in entertainment law by the Hollywood Reporter, 2008-present
Nominated for 2005 California Consumer Attorney’s Association of Los Angeles “Trial Lawyer of the Year.”
One of the top 50 lawyers in entertainment in 2013
Super Lawyer

Educational Background:

University of California, Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa, 1971

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

“Studios Keep Tight Grip on Talent Pay,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 13, 2015)
“The Man Who Seduced Hollywood,” 36 Los Angeles Lawyer 41 (September 2013, review of book about famed entertainment attorney Greg Bautzer)
“To Find Employment as a Lawyer, You Must Market Yourself,” 36 Los Angeles Lawyer 12 (June 2013)
“Remedies for Web Defamation,” California Lawyer 36 (May 2013)
“Talent Agency Act Survives Suit, Clarity Remains Elusive,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 2013)
What Happened to Unjust Enrichment in California? The Deterioration of Equity in the California Courts, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review Vol. 44:277, Fall 2010
Elder, Johnson & Rishwain, Establishing Constitutional Malice for Defamation and Privacy/False Light Claims When Hidden Cameras and Deception Are Used by the Newsgatherer, 22 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 327 (2002)
Chapter, Johnson and Aradi, “Defamatory Tweeting and Other Name and Likeness Violations” in Building Your Artist’s Brand as a Business, International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (2012)
Chapter, Johnson and Fowler, “Litigation: How to Draft Defensively Without Killing the Deal” in Licensing of Music from BC to AD (Before the Change/After Digital), International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (2014)
“Privacy and the First Amendment,” California Litigation (2006)
In The Musician’s Business & Legal Guide, revised fifth edition (2016), co-author of the chapters, “Analysis of a Personal Management Agreement” and “Music Publishing.”
“Ten Rules of Success for the Practice of Law,” Los Angeles Lawyer (2008)
Johnson, Walsh and Tweed, “The Danger of “Anti-Libel Tourism” Legislation in America,” Los Angeles Lawyer (2009)
Johnson, Rishwain & Elder, Caught in the Act, Los Angeles Lawyer, 33 (April 1998) (an analysis of current trends in the right of privacy)
Johnson & Lang, 1979, The Personal Manager in the California Entertainment Industry, 52 Southern California Law Review 375
Authored the best-selling, authorized biography of legendary basketball coach, John Wooden: The John Wooden Pyramid of Success, Second Revised Edition, subtitled The Biography, Oral History, Philosophy and Ultimate Guide to Life, Leadership Friendship and Love by the Greatest Coach in the History of Sports (2004) and Woodenisms (2011), and a book of love poems, What Took You So Long (2016)
Adjunct Professor at Southwestern Law School, teaching Entertainment and Media Litigation, 2012-present

Neville L. Johnson