Steven Marenberg

Practice Areas

Steven Marenberg is the chair of the firm’s Entertainment and Media Litigation Group. Steve’s practice encompasses a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters in various industries, with particular concentrations in media and entertainment litigation, technology-related disputes, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property litigation, and antitrust and business tort disputes. His clients have included some of the nation’s leading technology companies, motion picture studios, television networks, production companies, music companies, interactive game companies and high-net-worth individuals.

Steve has also been recognized as one of the country’s foremost litigators by publications including Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon, National Law Journal, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and the Los Angeles Daily Journal, among others. The Los Angeles Business Journal has listed him as among Los Angeles’ most influential attorneys. He has been named to the Variety Impact and Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers list every year since their inception.

In its Chambers USA guide, Chambers & Partners has consistently ranked Steve in Band 1 or Band 2 for Media and Entertainment litigation, citing client comments such as: “He’s fantastic. There isn’t a single case that I wouldn’t trust Steve to handle and give me the best representation on” and “He is an exceptional litigator who understands complex situations and knows how to drive efficiently to the required result." In a recent Guide, Chambers reported another client’s praise: “Steve Marenberg is a great strategist and effective advocate. Judges love him.” One peer described him as an “excellent lawyer,” “I love to have him on my side and hate to be against him.” Another reviewer lauded his “excellent’ trial skills, in particular his connection with the jury,” and highlighted his ability to be “aggressive without being unpleasant,” noting that “he is very professional, very smart, and willing to think independently and creatively.”

Steve has extensive trial experience in both federal and state courts, and arbitrations.

Personal

The University of Chicago Law School, J.D.

Wesleyan University, B.A.