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Players On the Move
Paul Hastings has hired veteran entertainment litigator Tamerlin (Tammy) Godley, formerly of Munger, Tolles & Olson, as a partner to its Los Angeles office. "The entertainment and media landscape is undergoing significant transformation and our clients in this industry are looking to us to help them navigate through these unprecedented times and protect their value," Seth Zachary, chairman of Paul Hastings, said in a statement. Godley handles investigations and commercial disputes for media, technology and entertainment clients, but specializes in entertainment and sensitive investigations within that arena. "Paul Hastings' impressive growth story and strong performance — both in serving the entertainment industry and more broadly across the firm's global platform — were very attractive to me," Godley said in a statement. Godley spent the last 23 years at Munger before making the move to Paul Hastings. "Part of why I came to Paul Hastings was to build out a bold entertainment litigation practice and use my experience to facilitate that," she said in an interview. "I do a lot of sensitive executive investigations, and Paul Hastings is a good fit as I can build off their outstanding employment practice." While the entertainment space was hit harder by the pandemic than most industries and litigation as a whole fell off for a time in 2020, Godley is optimistic that things are turning around. Regarding her existing clients, Godley said that she looks forward to continuing to serve them to the best of her ability at her new firm. Paul Hastings' entertainment and media practice is relatively new, starting in 2018, while the entertainment litigation end of things is even more fresh, coming online in 2020. The firm added litigators Steven Marenberg and James Bo Pearl early last year. A long-time Big Law attorney has left private practice to become the senior vice president of business and legal affairs, entertainment and talent management at Stamford, CN-based World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Previously based in New York, Darren Traub said that in his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing production for television, film studios, record label, live events and all of the talent management group. "My specialty has been putting together unique opportunities for different clients, finding unique deals in the gaming, music or live events. The opportunity to do all of that for one brand, especially for one as iconic as the WWE, was too good to pass up," Traub said in an interview. Traub had most recently served as a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine and has also held roles at Akerman LLP and Herrick Feinstein.
Jordan Fasbender is New York-based iHeartMedia Inc.'s new executive vice president, general counsel. Fasbender reports to iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and chief operating officer Rich Bressler. Her responsibilities encompass overseeing all legal functions for the company's divisions and multiplatform assets, which include 860 live broadcast stations in over 160 markets in the United States. Before joining iHeartMedia in July 2019, Fasbender served as associate general counsel at 21st Century Fox, where she was a lead team member in The Walt Disney Co.'s acquisition of the company and the spinoff of Fox Corp. She previously served as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. "Jordan is a proven and effective leader whose extensive legal, corporate governance and media and entertainment industry expertise makes her the perfect person to succeed Paul McNicol as our general counsel," Pittman said in a press release. McNicol became iHeartMedia's general counsel in November 2018, just as the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He plans on retiring at the end of 2021 and currently serves as iHeartMedia executive vice president and counsel to senior management.
Hornets Sports & Entertainment, which operates the Charlotte Hornets professional basketball team, has brought on its next general counsel from the National Hockey League (NHL). The Charlotte, NC-based Hornets announced that Tamara Daniels, the Las Vegas Golden Knights' general counsel, would be the Hornets next senior vice president and general counsel. As general counsel to the Vegas Golden Knights, Daniels was responsible for the team's government affairs, investor relations, team business agreements, human resources and large-scale projects supporting growth into new industries. One of those projects, she said, had been helping to build an arena for the Golden Knights' American Hockey League Team, the Silver Knights. Daniels said in an interview that she imagined much of the day-to-day work at the Hornets would be similar to her work at the Golden Knights. However, she said the National Basketball Association has more resources to offer member clubs than the NHL. The Hornets also operate the Spectrum Center and she will handle legal issues associated with the arena. Daniels has also served as general counsel of Foley Family Wines, associate general counsel of Fidelity National Financial, and held associate roles at law firms Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Phillips Lytle. Daniels replaces Joe Pierce, who was with the Hornets from October 2013 to December 2020. According to his LinkedIn profile, Pierce now serves as the senior vice president and general counsel of AMB Sports + Entertainment in Atlanta.
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