Anjani Mandavia is a partner in the firm's litigation department. Ms. Mandavia’s practice includes trial and appellate work in the state and federal courts, touching on all aspects of business litigation, but with a concentration in litigation related to the motion picture and television industries. She has been involved in a number of significant appellate matters, including representing DC Comics in DC Comics v. Winter case, which resulted in a major California Supreme Court opinion regarding First Amendment rights and the right of publicity, and representing Scholastic Entertainment Inc. in a significant published Ninth Circuit decision concerning federal copyright jurisdiction.

Ms. Mandavia graduated from Stanford University in 1977 with a degree in Philosophy, and obtained her J.D. in 1980 from Boalt Hall School of Law of the University of California, Berkeley. She joined the firm in 1982, and has been a partner since 1987.

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