R. Christopher Harshman, Esq., who is of counsel to the firm, earned his undergraduate degree in Information Systems and Media Production from the Johnston Center at the University of Redlands, and his Juris Doctor from the highly competitive Southwestern University School of Law.  In law school he received academic awards in Computer and Trademark Law, and high marks in Information Privacy Law, Mass Media Law, and Motion Picture Production Law.

He has been on the cutting edge of intellectual rights enforcement and copyright litigation while at the Motion Picture Association of America and seconded to Loeb & Loeb, LLP. Additionally, Mr. Harshman has represented clients ranging from solo content creators to multimillion dollar companies in all aspects of establishing contractual relationships with prominent multinational corporations, including The Miss Universe Organization, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Source Interlink's Shutterbug Magazine, and the Peachpit Press imprint New Riders.

Mr. Harshman has worked extensively with technology, and has been an author or technical reviewer on a number of computer science and information technology books.  He has continued his post-baccalaureate education in computer science at California State University Long Beach's well-ranked engineering department, and was admitted to the Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society.

June Weiss, Paralegal,
Corporate Paralegal Certification, University of Southern California

June has worked in the field of law for over 20 years and is an accomplished and published paralegal, with expertise in traditional entertainment and corporate procedures. She also knows how to cut to the chase.

June came from the entertainment law trenches, drafting, reviewing and revising contracts in all aspects of the music industry including recording, merchandising, licensing, music publishing, artist/management agreements, etc. while working for a well known (but now disbanded) boutique entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills, of which Michael Leventhal was the managing partner.

She went on to become Director of Business Affairs for a small record label where she drafted, negotiated, reviewed and revised music industry contracts such as recording, producer and bandmember agreements; master use, coupling and sample licenses; merchandising, foreign distribution, music publishing, and artist management agreements. She also monitored and assisted outside counsel on litigation matters. She interacted with foreign distributors and acted as artist liaison for recording budgets, exercise of options, album artwork and securing commitments and contracts for guest performers. June personally arranged concert tours of both Europe and Japan for numerous artists, and even branched out into the design and creation of flyers and promotional mailings. Following her departure from the record label she continued to work with musical artists such as the Jazz Crusaders on a freelance basis.

After making her escape from the entertainment end of the law, she returned to more traditional law firms where she specialized in the formation, statutory maintenance and dissolution of various types of business entities, including corporations, LLCs, LPs, professional corporations and general partnerships. During this time she was also the lead paralegal on numerous multi-million dollar mergers and acquisitions and both formed and secured tax exempt status for several charitable trusts.

June has contributed to the Leadership Exchange, the magazine of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, and is currently working on articles for KNOW, a new national magazine for paralegals whose premier issue was published in February 2008. She served two terms with the Southwest Missouri Paralegal Association as the First Vice President/Membership, and was editor in chief of its monthly newsletter for two and a half years.