Practices
- ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Celebrity Branding
- Employment - Executive Talent: Entertainment
- Entertainment Litigation
- Entertainment and Film Production Financings
- Entertainment, Film and Sports: Tax
- Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark Litigation
- Motion Picture and Television Talent
- Motion Picture, Corporate Media and Entertainment
- Music
- Music Litigation
- Publishing
- Theater
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- LITIGATION
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Mediation)
- Appeals
- Bankruptcy Court Litigation and Appeals
- Class Action Defense
- Complex Contract and Commercial Litigation
- Entertainment Litigation
- Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark Litigation
- Internet and E-Commerce Law
- Music Litigation
- Patent Litigation
- Privacy and Defamation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Secret Litigation
- BANKING AND FINANCE
- CORPORATE
- LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Education
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2003
- B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, cum laude, 1997
Bar Admissions
- New York (2005)
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of N.Y. (2005)
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Eric S. Lerner
Associateelerner@pryorcashman.com
New York, NY 10022
Eric Lerner joined the firm in April 2008 as an associate in Pryor Cashman’s Entertainment, Intellectual Property and Litigation Groups. His practice in the Entertainment Group focuses primarily on film financing and production. Mr. Lerner has handled a variety of transactional entertainment matters, provided advice to clients on numerous copyright and trademark issues, and drafted a broad range of production and talent agreements. Mr. Lerner is actively engaged in pro bono matters for the arts, serving as pro bono counsel to the Marilyn Horne Foundation since 2006.
Mr. Lerner’s litigation practice focuses on complex commercial, intellectual property and entertainment litigation. His practice is broadly based and he has represented clients in cases involving patent, copyright, trademark, bankruptcy and securities fraud. He has successfully argued and defended dispositive motions, defended depositions, participated in hearings in federal district and state courts, and has proactively engaged in all aspects of the discovery process.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Lerner served as liaison to the Fifth Committee Secretariat of the United Nations, where he worked in conjunction with UNICEF and the World Health Organization on transnational efforts to curb the spread of HIV. He also spent a number of years working with actors, writers, directors and producers at two major Los Angeles talent and literary agencies.
Mr. Lerner is a 2003 graduate of Fordham University School of Law, where he was a Dean’s List student, a recipient of the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award Cum Laude, a founding Committee Chair of the Entertainment Law Society and a Research Assistant for Prof. Abraham Abramovsky and Prof. Russell Pierce. He graduated cum laude in 1997 from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he received a B.A. in Economics.
Previous Positions
- Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Associate (2005-08)
- Taub & Marder, Esqs., Associate (2004-05)
- Richard W. Lerner, P.C., Associate (2003-04)
- Rudolph & Beer LLP, Summer Associate (2002)
- U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of N.Y., Summer Extern (2001)
- Endeavor Talent Agency, Agent Training Program (1999-2000)
- Creative Artists Agency, Agent Training Program (1999)
- United Nations, Liaison to Fifth Committee Secretariat (1998)
- International Creative Management, Assistant (1996-97)
Professional Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
