J.D., University of Southern California – Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, 2013
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2009
Andy Tan is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Entertainment practice group.
Andy provides comprehensive legal counsel and services to writers, directors, actors, producers, financiers, production companies, and distributors. Andy’s experience includes advising, negotiating and drafting on both sides of development deals, production services agreements, rights acquisitions, shopping agreements, distribution agreements, and talent services agreements for film, television, streaming, podcasting, videogames, and new media. He has also taken the lead production legal role on independent feature films, podcasts, and a true crime docuseries.
Andy received his B.A. in rhetoric at UC Berkeley, and his J.D. from USC Law, where he was a Merit Scholar, a Tuverson & Hillyard Scholarship recipient, and a published Senior Submissions Editor for the Southern California Law Review. He completed a full-time judicial externship for the Chief Judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and a federal clerkship at the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, before returning to a global law firm as a transactional attorney, where he represented a variety of clients including major television networks, major league sports teams, reality television personalities, and prominent business owners. Prior to joining Weintraub Tobin, Andy was in-house at a private investment fund as its Deputy General Counsel, and then partnered with a 30-year entertainment industry veteran to co-found a boutique entertainment law firm that focused on independent financing, development, and production for film and television.
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The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2026 (Entertainment and Sports Law)
Weintraub Tobin’s legal podcast, The Briefing, published nearly 50 episodes in 2025 covering the latest legal developments shaping the media, entertainment, and creator economy industries. As we wrap up the year, we’re sharing the most popular episodes of 2025. 3: Court Drowns Pepperdine’s “Waves” Trademark Battle Against Netflix Pepperdine University challenged…
Weintraub Tobin is proud to share that 46 of the Firm’s attorneys have been honored in the 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ (up from 41 attorneys last year). Of the 46 attorneys recognized, 11 have been recognized as Ones…
Filmmaker Doug Liman and immersive content studio 30 Ninjas are partnering with Google to create an immersive extended reality project called Asteroid, one of the first major projects launching on Google’s forthcoming XR platform. Described as a high-stakes action thriller, an immersive short film follows a group of strangers who…
