Full Name
Jonathan Handel
Job Title
Entertainment & Technology Attorney, Feig/Finkel
Company
Legal Future of AI Panel
Speaker Bio
"Jonathan Handel is a transactional entertainment and technology lawyer at Feig/Finkel and independently, with an
additional specialty in Hollywood unions and guilds, and is also a journalist, media commentator and occasional writer of
screenplays, poetry and stories. A preeminent expert on Hollywood unions and guilds and the author of multiple books, Jonathan was a Contributing Writer for Puck news in 2022-2024 and a contributing editor at The Hollywood Reporter from 2010 to 2020, where he wrote about 1,400 articles. He has also appeared over 1,600 times as a commentator on entertainment law and business in most major television, radio, print and online outlets across the world. Jonathan has been an adjunct professor at UCLA, USC and Southwestern law schools.
Named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 100 lawyers in California, Jonathan has been profiled in a book, articles,
websites and podcasts. He is a member of the Television Academy and an associate member of the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Composers & Lyricists. He's a graduate of Harvard College (1982/83 AB magna cum laude in applied math and computer science) and Harvard Law School (1990 JD cum laude). Prior to law school, he worked in tech and was a Democratic party elected official and gay activist. Visit jhandel.com and jhandel.news."
additional specialty in Hollywood unions and guilds, and is also a journalist, media commentator and occasional writer of
screenplays, poetry and stories. A preeminent expert on Hollywood unions and guilds and the author of multiple books, Jonathan was a Contributing Writer for Puck news in 2022-2024 and a contributing editor at The Hollywood Reporter from 2010 to 2020, where he wrote about 1,400 articles. He has also appeared over 1,600 times as a commentator on entertainment law and business in most major television, radio, print and online outlets across the world. Jonathan has been an adjunct professor at UCLA, USC and Southwestern law schools.
Named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 100 lawyers in California, Jonathan has been profiled in a book, articles,
websites and podcasts. He is a member of the Television Academy and an associate member of the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Composers & Lyricists. He's a graduate of Harvard College (1982/83 AB magna cum laude in applied math and computer science) and Harvard Law School (1990 JD cum laude). Prior to law school, he worked in tech and was a Democratic party elected official and gay activist. Visit jhandel.com and jhandel.news."
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