Attorney Profiles

Offices in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Area and Point Reyes Station.

Mr. Powsner's practice focuses on transactions, counseling and litigation in the areas of general business law, business organizations and start-ups, trusts and estates and entertainment law.  He has served as outside general counsel for individuals and companies, as general advisor on transactional and business matters as well as litigation counsel.  Mr.  Powsner received his degree from Stanford University (with high honors), where he was Editor and a Revising Editor of the Stanford Law Review; founded the Beverly Hills law firm of Hindin, Sterling, McKittrick & Powsner prior to going into private solo practice; and is rated A-V (highest rating) in Martindale-Hubbell legal directory.

Mr. Powsner also enjoys hiking, writing and spending time with his wife and five-month-old baby daughter.

Areas of Practice

• Transactions and Litigation
• Business Law
• Business Organizations and Start-ups
• Trusts and Estates
• Entertainment Law
• Copyright
• Literary Property Law

Litigation Percentage

• 40% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1953
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1953
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1965

Education

• Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1953
  J.D.
  Honors: With High Honors
  Law Review: Stanford Law Review, Editor and a Revising Editor, 1953
  
  
• Stanford University, 1951
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List Three Years
  
  

Representative Clients

• CURRENT CLIENTS
• AirSpun, Inc., : Start-up and business maintenance
• Jason Dove (vs. Tactics Computer Services, LLC)
• Equitable Progress, Inc.: Restaurant business corporate disputes
• National Park Service Concessionaire (Sharon Worlund)
• Point Reyes Light, Inc.: Counseling and litigation
• Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell Inc., literary agents: General counsel
• Gaining Insights, Inc.: Start-up and business maintenance
• PPGI, Inc.: Litigation against National Geographic re China television
• The Sieroty Company: Counseling, disputes and litigation
• Zigenis Trust and Estate: Dispute resolution
• PAST CLIENTS
• Allied Products Corporation(NYSE company): Counseling
• The Beatles: Royalty accounting litigation
• Beverly Hills National Bank: General counseling
• Peter Bogdanovich, Director and Producer: Litigation and transactions
• Betty Colman Vincent: Trust and estate litigation and counseling
• Gibraltar Savings and Loan: Counseling and transactions
• John Leggett: Copyright litigation
• National General Corporation Fox Theatres: Litigation & transactions
• Wayne Newton: Litigation
• Michael Ovitz, Creative Artists Agency: Counseling
• San Diego Chargers: Counseling
• Cybill Sheppard: Litigation against Playboy magazine and Hugh Hefner
• Randy Shilts vs. HBO

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
  Board of Directors - Fund for Psychoneuroimmunology
  
  
• San Francisco Bar Association,
  Section member: Litigation and Intellectual Property
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Public Interest Law Firm, Founder ("Public Counsel"), 1970
• U.S. Court, Special Master, 1980
• Hindin, Sterling, McKittrick & Powsner - Beverly Hills, Founder, 1960