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Johnson & Johnson LLP, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Nicholas Kurtz, JJLLPLAW, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

 Johnson & Johnson LLP
Neville L. Johnson, Douglas L. Johnson,
Nicholas A. Kurtz, Mathias D. Maciejewski
439 N. Canon Drive, Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 975-1080
www.jjllplaw.com

Nicholas A. Kurtz
Email: nkurtz@jjllplaw.com

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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

 

Nicholas A. Kurtz is an associate at Johnson & Johnson LLP. He specializes in entertainment, class actions, and complex business litigation matters.

Mr. Kurtz earned a B.A. in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government from American University in Washington, DC where he was a Presidential Scholarship recipient and a member of the School of Public Affairs Leadership Program.

In 2004, Mr. Kurtz earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School, where he served as the Chief Research Editor on the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review and garnered a First Honors Award in his Title IX Seminar course.

Some of his significant experiences include:

  • Handled numerous large-scale litigations, including copyright, breach of contract, and class actions for unfair business practices.
  • Successfully represented musical artist in breach of contract litigation resulting in $350,000 judgment against former manager.
  • Contributed to multiple appellate briefs to the California Court of Appeals and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Memberships:

  • American Bar Association
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association

Bar Admissions:

  • State Bar of California
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
 

Nicholas Kurtz, JJLLPLAW, Beverly Hills, CA 90210