Entertainment Lawyer James Feldman

He represents actors, directors, writers and producers in the film, television and digital industries, and also acts as a sales agent for selected independent films. His clients include Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winners, and he has been included since 2014 on The Hollywood Reporter’s top 100 list of “Power Lawyers.”

Jamie was born and raised in Montreal. He graduated from Yale College, where he sang with the Whiffenpoofs, and from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal and also wrote and directed the annual spring musical. Before starting work in the entertainment industry, Jamie worked as a law clerk for Judge Sidney Stein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and for Justice John Major of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Jamie is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, where he teaches a course in motion picture law. He also sits on the board of the Friends of Hollywood Central Park, a nonprofit organization seeking to build a 38-acre public park over the top of the 101 freeway. He lives in Windsor Square with his wife, Laura Putney, and their three children.

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