Matthew D. Barzman is a trial attorney at the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office. Mr. Barzman’s practice primarily focuses on labor and employment matters, commercial matters, entertainment and media matters, general business litigation, and resolving corporate governance issues and partnership disputes. Mr. Barzman also handles general casualty litigation and product liability cases involving catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death.
 

Mr. Barzman also has a transactional practice which includes advisory and counseling service for businesses and individuals on corporate matters, as well as negotiating various agreements for services, the use and protection of intellectual property, and business transactions in the entertainment industry. Mr. Barzman also serves as outside general counsel for a specialty design and fabrication company that provides a multitude of services across a wide array of industries.

 

Mr. Barzman is a member of several professional associations, including the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and was a SideBar nominee for the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2017 and 2019. Mr. Barzman received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara in 2007, and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2015. Mr. Barzman is admitted to practice law before all courts in the State of California and in the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California.


Mr. Barzman was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine in 2022 and 2023.

 

Areas of Practice

  • ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA LITIGATION
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
  • COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE &
          MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
  • LITIGATION
  • SECURITIES LITIGATION