Venable LLP partner Max Wellman was named as a 2025 Power Lawyer by the Hollywood Reporter. This recognition highlights the most influential legal advocates practicing in the entertainment industry today.
Mr. Wellman is the chair of Venable’s litigation department in Los Angeles. In addition to his entertainment and business litigation practice, he serves as outside general counsel for talent, studios, agents, managers, production companies, merchandising companies, celebrity-founded consumer brands, artists, entrepreneurs, and content creators. Mr. Wellman builds personal relationships with his clients and takes a proactive role in their businesses by litigating their “bet the company” cases, negotiating their complex corporate transactions, managing their public crises, and helping protect their significant assets. His litigation matters involve defamation, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, right-of-publicity, unfair competition, and other complex commercial and probate disputes.
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