John Genga

John began as a litigation associate at the international law firm Jones Day, spent twelve years as an associate and then partner at Hill Wynne Troop & Meisinger (the then-leading entertainment firm in Los Angeles), and four years as a partner and co-chair of the international entertainment practice at Paul Hastings before forming Genga & Associate... s in 2004. He has written dozens of articles and spoken at many bar association and industry programs on entertainment, copyright and other intellectual property and business litigation topics. Mr. Genga is a member of the American, California and Los Angeles County Bar Associations and the litigation, intellectual property and entertainment sections of each. He is admitted to practice law in California, all of its state courts and federal district courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. John graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Stanford University and with a J.D. from Michigan Law School. He has always operated his firm in Sherman Oaks and Encino in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, and lives down the street in Tarzana with his wife (an entrepreneur, children’s book author and World Series of Poker hopeful), two kids (when they come home from college) and always at least one dog and cat.