Segal Law Group offers high-quality, cost-effective legal representation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation matters involving business, real estate, entertainment, employment, insurance, and intellectual property. Segal Law Group is the “go-to” firm for many companies and organizations when the size of the matter does not warrant big firm fees or staffing. We provide big-firm quality work at an effective price point with consistently outstanding reults for our clients. Segal Law Group also offers general counsel services and advice to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals.
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Segal Law Group News
Lawrence Segal and Andrew Shupe of Segal Law Group, featured on the front cover of
Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine—read the full article.
Lawrence Segal and Andrew Shupe of Segal Law Group were featured in a cover story published by Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine in connection with a scholarly article that they authored on privacy rights under California law. The article was inspired by the firm's $3.9 million jury verdict in favor of four plaintiffs whose private telephone conversations were wiretapped and recorded by the defendants without the knowledge or consent of the firm's clients. McDougall v. Pellicano, et al, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 381720.
Updates
• Segal Law Group successfully located (and then levied upon) bank accounts of a judgment debtor who owed over $7 million to the firm's clients after he declared bankruptcy in an attempt to evade the judgment. Segal Law Group, in coordination with bankruptcy co-counsel, successfully obtained a Court ruling declaring that the multimillion-dollar judgment was not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
• The firm also prevailed in Court on five separate pre-trial, case-ending motions in five separate lawsuits—two motions for summary judgment, two anti-SLAPP motions, and a motion to quash—successfully defeating claims for defamation, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and unauthorized use of likeness brought against the firm's clients. All five cases against the firm's clients were dismissed, based on strategic maneuvering and compelling, well-researched briefs.
• On the plaintiff's side, the firm collected a trial court judgment for $207,000—100% of the amount awarded. The firm also continues to collect a monthly contribution toward a $3.9 million judgment for its client.
• In the negotiated resolution arena, the firm recently negotiated a settlement of a contentious litigation between the firm's executive concierge client and the National Academy of Recording Artists and Sciences over the sale of Grammy tickets, negotiated the settlement of highly emotional partnership dissolution/buyout concerning a jointly owned business, and negotiated the settlement of a heated battle between commercial landlord and tenant, all resulting in settlements with favorable terms for the firm's clients.• In other developments, the firm prevailed before the Court of Appeal and obtained a partial reversal and remand of an erroneous court judgment. Tradewind Consulting LLC v. Wildcat Distributors, Inc., et al, California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District) Case No. B250835.
Trial Victory in Case involving Use of Audrey Hepburn's Name & Likeness
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After a four-week trial regarding the use of Audrey Hepburn’s name and likeness without the collective permission of her heirs, Segal Law Group (representing Sean Hepburn Ferrer, one of Hepburn’s sons) obtained a victory, resulting in a Court judgment against a corporation endeavoring to exploit Audrey Hepburn intellectual property rights without her son's permission. Ms. Hepburn was an Academy Award winning actress who is perhaps best known for her work in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” but whose later life involved tireless work for children’s causes throughout the world. By preserving the valuable intellectual property rights in the name of her heirs, Segal Law Group prevented dilution of the value of her name and likeness which, even today, more than 25 years after her death, is worth millions of dollars.Other Updates
• In two other matters, Segal Law Group’s tenacity resulted in the Court’s dismissal of two separate lawsuits brought against the firm's clients. Both cases were dismissed by Court order and Segal Law Group’s clients paid no money to the opposing party, successfully defeating claims where the Plaintiffs were seeking $10 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
• After prevailing on an anti-SLAPP motion that resulted in the striking of the entire Complaint filed against the firm’s client, Segal Law Group was successfully awarded $101,000 in attorney's fees.
• On the eve of two separate trials where Segal Law Group represented the Defendants, in both instances, the Plaintiffs simply gave up and dismissed the suits rather than go to trial and face the defenses that Segal Law Group had developed.Attorneys of Segal Law Group
Lawrence Segal
With over 30 years of civil litigation and trial experience, Lawrence Segal founded the firm with a concentration on business, entertainment, and real estate disputes. He also provides general counsel services and strategic advice to small businesses and entrepreneurs who are either contemplating litigation or attempting to avoid it. He conducts contract and agreement review in appropriate circumstances.
Capable of representing either plaintiffs or defendants in state or federal court, Lawrence successfully defended MCA Television in a four-week federal court jury trial, defeating the plaintiffs' $15 million claim and obtaining a defense verdict that was upheld on appeal. On the plaintiff's side, he obtained a $2.7 million settlement for the son of a prominent rock musician who was deprived of inclusion in the division of his late father's estate and copyrights. Lawrence also obtained a $3.9 million jury invasion of privacy verdict on behalf of plaintiffs.A substantial number of cases have involved business and partnership-type disputes between partners, shareholders or members in companies where relations have soured, but the stakes remain high. Lawrence has also successfully resolved breach of contract and false light claims against Michael Jackson and Oprah Winfrey, but more commonly represents parties in less high-profile matters where the outcome remains just as important to those involved.
Having received his training and experience at large national and local firms before embarking on an independent practice, Lawrence prides himself on providing extraordinary outcomes for his clients.Email: lawrence@legalsegal.com
Credentials
Bar Admissions: Lawrence is licensed to practice before all courts throughout California, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and in various federal courts in California, Arizona, and Texas.
Law School: Lawrence graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He served as an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal and was selected as a Law Fellow, instructing first year students in legal writing and research.
Undergraduate School: Lawrence graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Benjamin Franklin National Scholar.
Awards, Honors & Distinctions: Lawrence Segal has been named a California Super Lawyer in the area of civil litigation in 2006, 2007, and for the last 10 years, 2015 through 2024, consecutively. Super Lawyers is a designation of lawyers who have attained peer recognition for outstanding professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
Lawrence has also received a five-star rating (the highest possible rating) by his peers on Lawyers.com as well as an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell (the highest possible award and recognition for professional excellence, legal acumen, and ethics).
Andrew Shupe
Since graduating from the UCLA School of Law, Andrew Shupe has worked as an associate attorney for boutique law firms in Los Angeles specializing in business litigation and intellectual property matters. Andrew joined the firm in 2009. He has practiced before California courts, federal courts in California, Illinois, and Texas, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and the International Trade Commission (ITC).
Andrew's experience includes general business litigation matters, partnership disputes, entertainment law, copyright and trademark litigation, trademark applications and inter partes proceedings before the TTAB, and ITC investigation proceedings.
Andrew is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.Email: andrew@legalsegal.com
Credentials
Bar Admissions: Andrew was admitted to the California Bar in December 2005, and is admitted to practice before California courts, the U.S. District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Law School: Andrew graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 2005, where he participated in the Moot Court Honors Program.
Undergraduate School: Andrew graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, receiving his B.F.A. in 1998.
Tabitha Chan
Tabitha Chan has superior organizational skills and specializes in preparing cases for depositions and trial.
For several years prior to joining the firm, Tabitha was an intellectual property and business litigation paralegal at a large national/international law firm. She has assisted in trials in Superior Court, Federal Court, and before the International Trade Commission in Washington D.C.
Tabitha graduated from Whittier Law School in 2009, and joined Segal Law Group in 2012.
Tabitha assisted at a jury trial which resulted in a $3,895,000 jury verdict in favor of clients whose private telephone conversations were wiretapped and recorded.
More recently, she was second chair at a bench trial for a case involving questions of the ownership and management of a family-owned business and was also assisted in the appeal of the same case which resulted in a partial reversal and remand of an erroneous court judgment.
Email: tabitha@legalsegal.comCredentials
Bar Admissions: Tabitha is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Law School: Tabitha graduated from Whittier Law School in 2009, where she was on the Dean’s list and graduated in the top 25% of her class. During her first year of law school, Tabitha was awarded a Public Interest Law Foundation Grant to work for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights where she assisted on a campaign for a bill which was later signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger. Tabitha was an active participant in various campus organizations such as the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Environmental Law Society, Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, and the Tax Law Society. Tabitha was also selected to represent Whittier Law School at the 10th Annual Environmental Negotiations Competition sponsored by the California Bar.
Undergraduate School: Tabitha graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and received her B.S. in Political Economy of Natural Resources/Environmental Economics and Policy in 2000.
Languages: English and Cantonese (spoken)
