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Johnson & Johnson LLP, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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Erin L. Pfaff

Johnson & Johnson, LLP

Neville L. Johnson, Founding Partner
Douglas L. Johnson, Founding Partner
Lan P. Vu, Associate
Mathias D. Maciejewski, Associate
Erin L. Pfaff, Associate
James T. Ryan, Of Counsel


439 N. Canon Drive, Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 975-1080
www.jjllplaw.com

Erin L. Pfaff
Email: epfaff@jjllplaw.com

Practice Areas       


Johnson & Johnson, LLP has garnered extensive experience in the following areas: 

Entertainment Litigation

The firm’s lawyers are well known for handling numerous high profile and wide-reaching entertainment matters. We have represented actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, authors, personal managers, production companies, musicians, composers, publishers, and independent record companies. 

Complex Business Litigation/Class Action Litigation

We represent companies and individuals in complex business litigation. Representative matters include: partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, actions for breach of contract, unfair competition, and consumer class actions. 

Intellectual Property Litigation

The lawyers at the firm specialize in copyright law, idea protection law, trade secret law, trademark law, domain name disputes, and cybersquatting litigation.

Defamation, Media, and First Amendment Law  

Rights of Privacy and Publicity

 

Erin L. Pfaff is an associate at Johnson & Johnson, LLP. She specializes in media, entertainment and complex business litigation matters.

Ms. Pfaff graduated with honors and distinction from The University of Iowa, earning her B.A. in communication studies, along with minors in Journalism and French. She then completed a joint degree program in Law and Journalism, earning her J.D. in 2007 and her M.A. in 2008 from The University of Iowa. While in law school, Ms. Pfaff taught undergraduate journalism law courses, worked as a research assistant for a new media law professor, and served on the Moot Court Board. Additionally, Ms. Pfaff authored articles exploring the following contemporary media law issues: journalists & confidential sources, the legal & economic implications of the 2007 WGA strike, and freedom of speech in the context of schools and online social networks.

Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, LLP, Ms. Pfaff gained broad litigation experience clerking as an associate district attorney in Boston, and handling complex business and insurance-related matters as an associate in Los Angeles.

Bar Admissions:

  • State of California
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Memberships:

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association, Barristers Executive Committee
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association, Entertainment & Intellectual Property Sections
  • Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
  • Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel
  • Women In Film