"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the attorneys behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's litigation, Bill O'Reilly's downturn, the year's most significant media megamergers and pretty much anything that matters in Hollywood. Extortion. Messy divorces. Nine-figure deals with Chinese media conglomerates. It's been a busy year for Hollywood's potential lawyers, who once again gather in THR's pages for its magazine's annual Power Attorneys issue. The women and men on this list handle a range of instances, from simple gift contracts to complex corporate mergers which take weeks to iron out, but they all have things in common. All of them love working in the entertainment market. They all play a very important role in maintaining Hollywood's wheels turning. They're all at the very top of the area. And -- judging from THR's survey -- they drink a lot of coffee (an average of 5.5 cups every day, even if calculations include the guy who claimed to down 97 cups). Below, the Electricity Lawyers of 2017 talk about their most significant cases, disclose their private political beliefs (only 14 percent think Donald Trump will get impeached) and answer the age-old question, "Which superhero would you want to represent? ""
Michael Kump
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert Alma mater University of Michigan Law School Why he matters The Kardashian-Jenner clan turns to Kump to guard their business ventures and, um, intellectual property. In August, sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe won an injunction barring Haven Beauty by using their trademarks in a $200 million suit. He also represented five sisters in a lawsuit against their former licensing agency APA over alleged unpaid commissions. Now Kump is tackling The Management Group's multimillion-dollar dispute with former customer Johnny Depp, where both sides are alleging fraud. Comfort food "Ice cream. "
Jared Levine
Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman Alma mater Harvard Law School Why he matters Levine was a celebration to one of Hollywood's biggest success stories of the year: Jordan Peele's deal to make Get Out with QC and Blumhouse ($170 million gained up to now on a $4.5 million budget). The Dodgers superfan additionally negotiated Skip Bayless' jump to Fox Sports and Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon's long-term extension at ESPN. Client Mike Royce co-created Netflix's One Day at a Time reboot, Aziz Ansari won an Emmy for writing Master of None and Zach Galifianakis watched his FX comedy Baskets revived for a third season. Best present a customer ever gave me "A Segway. "
Schuyler Moore
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Alma mater UCLA School of Law Why he matters His extensive experience with foreign financing often is useful for the Globalgate Fund, the Lionsgate-led consortium that's raising $100 million to remake films in local languages around the globe. "You're up at 3 in the morning organizing calls round the world," he says. He managed the $60 million financing for Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated 2016 movie Silence and is negotiating the deal for his follow-up, The Irishman, which may visit Netflix. In addition, he helped Morgan Freeman's former driver launch Motev, an all-Tesla black car agency (the actor, who was Moore's client for 25 years, given the firm 's first $25 million investment). Most dangerous thing I've done in a decade "Either going 140 miles on my motorcycle or hang gliding. "
Kalpana Srinivasan
Susman Godfrey Alma mater Stanford Law School Why she matters From the ever-changing world of audio streaming solutions, Srinivasan makes certain artists get paid what they're due, particularly if long overdue. The litigator served as co-lead counselor to the legendary rock group The Turtles in their class-action copyright-infringement case against satellite radio firm SiriusXM, looking for royalty payments for songs recorded before 1972 -- and winning a settlement deal that was valued at up to $99 million. Who should play me in the movie of my life "Archie Panjabi. She brings just the perfect amount of sass and, of course, the wonderful boots. "
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