Yasmine O. Abdel-Aal
Yasmine O. Abdel-Aal is a partner at Kaufman Abdel-Aal LLP focusing on trademark, copyright, internet, and transactional entertainment law. She has been named one of the American Bar Association’s “On the Rise- Top 40 Young Lawyers” (2016). Yasmine has also been selected to the California Super Lawyers Rising Stars lists (2015-2018), and was awarded the “Outstanding Young Alumni” award by Whittier Law School (2013). Previously, Yasmine was principal of Markah Legal, General Counsel for the Doha Film Institute, In-House Legal Counsel for Qatar Foundation, Adjunct Professor of Law at Whittier Law School, and Associate at Fulwider Patton in Los Angeles. Yasmine… read more
Peter L. Kaufman
Peter Kaufman is an entertainment lawyer and partner at Kaufman Abdel-Aal LLP. He specializes in finance, production and distribution of film, television, music, publishing, digital and internet-based matters. His practice includes the representation of international and domestic distributors, financiers, content libraries, sales agents, producers, directors, writers and actors. Mr. Kaufman serves on the arbitration panels for the Independent Film and Television Alliance (“IFTA”) and the American Arbitration Association. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, and Film Independent. Mr. Kaufman is also a former chair of the Intellectual Property and… read more
Madonna Benson
Madonna Benson specializes in corporate and entertainment law. During law school, she was the president of the Media Law Forum, a research assistant to Professor Michael Epstein, and an intern for One, LLP, The Law Offices of Larry Verbit, and Kaufman Entertainment Law Group. After graduating from law school, she worked as an attorney with Kaufman Entertainment Law Group and subsequently, Kaufman Abdel-Aal LLP. Ms. Benson received her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School in which she completed the two year accelerated SCALE program. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A) with a degree… read more