Law Firm Overview

Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, LLP is a full service law firm of approximately 120 attorneys located in the Century City area of Los Angeles. The Firm's practice areas include litigation, corporate, real estate, commercial lending, construction, technology, entertainment, tax, environmental, and land use/government relations. The Firm's philosophy is that of a meritocracy, recruiting and promoting top legal talent based on successful results, client service and overall contribution to the law firm. The partners believe in providing the Firm's clients with the best possible results in the course of building long-term relationships and helping clients to achieve their goals. This philosophy has enabled the Firm to become one of the pre-eminent trial firms in Los Angeles and one of the most sought-after law firms in California in all of its practice areas.

Most of the Firm's partners have practiced together through their entire careers. The philosophy of the Firm acts as a cohesive force in the partnership. Attorneys at the Firm are trained to think creatively, always with the Firm's philosophy in mind.

• Major and independent motion picture and television studios, financiers, distributors and producers, in the U.S., Europe and Latin America;
• Internet companies, including an ISP, numerous web companies and several venture capital firms;
• The nation's largest gas utility and its subsidiaries (including gas pipeline and supply companies);
• Public entities, including the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Housing Authority, Metropolitan Transit Authority, County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Riverside, Pasadena and Carson;
• Hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Detroit and other parts of the nation, and around the world;
• Major commercial and residential real estate developers;
• International and regional accounting firms, including one of the Big Five;
• Recording artists and motion picture and television talent;
• Telecommunication companies, a television network and a major regional advertising agency;
• Health care providers;
• Securities brokerage/investment banking firms;
• Large, mid-size and independent banks;
• A major supermarket chain;
• Institutional lenders;
• The country's largest waste management company;
• A national retail chain;
• Manufacturing and industrial concerns;
• Foreign-based corporations and investors;
• National/international food and spirits manufacturing and distribution companies; and
• Record and music publishing companies.
• Gas and oil companies.