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Variety Selects 3 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys for 2016 Legal Impact Report

LOS ANGELES – April 14, 2016 – Three shareholders from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP have been included among the 68 leading entertainment lawyers in Variety’s Legal Impact Report: Dan Black, Bobby Rosenbloum, and Mathew Rosengart. The report highlights the globe’s most impactful attorneys in the entertainment industry over the past year. Black and Rosenbloum are shareholders in Greenberg Traurig’s Entertainment & Media Practice, while Rosengart is a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice.

Black, based in the Los Angeles office, is chair of Greenberg Traurig’s West Coast Entertainment & Media Practice. He has extensive experience in the television, motion picture, and digital media arenas, having practiced law both in the major studio and law firm settings. Equally comfortable in the traditional and new media areas, representing corporations and individuals, Black has served as lead counsel on numerous transactions with the major motion picture studios and television networks, in addition to major Internet content producing, licensing, and advertising entities. Black’s clients include production and distribution, Internet, and video game companies, as well as advertising agencies, show runners and producers, and on-air television and sports personalities. He also possesses substantial experience in representing internationally-based clients in their entertainment endeavors.

Rosenbloum, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta Entertainment & Media Practice, is one of the leading attorneys globally in the field of digital media, entertainment, and technology and represents dozens of leading technology companies and digital service providers that negotiate licensing deals with entertainment content owners. He also represents numerous recording artists, entertainment industry executives, and institutions, such as The Recording Academy and The Latin Recording Academy. Rosenbloum has over 20 years of experience negotiating complex content agreements with record companies, music publishing companies, music publishing rights organizations, motion picture studios, television networks, and various independent content providers and aggregators.

Rosengart is also based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. A former law clerk to Justice David Souter on the N.H. Supreme Court and Justice Department Trial Attorney, he is noted for representing a host of celebrity clients in entertainment matters.  Rosengart’s practice focuses on entertainment and complex commercial litigation. A former federal prosecutor with substantial and diverse experience in entertainment litigation, Rosengart is noted for his trial experience and expertise, and for representing a number of Academy-Award-nominated writers, directors, and actors, as well as film production companies in high-profile entertainment litigation matters ranging from breach of contract to defamation to a range of film and television disputes.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GTLaw) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and is celebrating its 50th anniversary. One firm worldwide, GTLaw has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and among the Top 20 on the 2016 Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.