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Jessica Cullen Smith is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Los Angeles Office. She is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department with responsibility for transactional matters for media and entertainment companies including M&A and financing matters.
Jessica's experience includes work on the acquisition of television stations, the acquisition, sale and distribution of cable channels, the creation of international joint ventures for the distribution of sports programming, financing arrangements for media companies and the acquisition, sale and licensing of various media properties. She also has advised companies including media and telecommunications companies on document retention and electronic discovery issues.
Jessica is a member of the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), and The Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries of the ABA. She is co-chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Document Retention and Electronic Documents.
Jessica is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts.
Education
Boston University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1991
Vassar College, B.A., 1985 | 