Tara Sattler is a shareholder in the Firm’s Entertainment group and serves as an ex-officio member of the Firm’s Managing Board.
Tara represents Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award winning clients. Her practice is focused on representing production companies, producers, financiers, and content creators across various media, including film, television, audio, and digital spaces. Her expertise encompasses all of the phases of development, financing, production, and distribution of scripted and non-scripted content for all budget levels. Tara emphasizes providing advice to her clients in every stage of their entertainment industry endeavors, which includes comprehensive representation on groundbreaking partnerships, arrangements, experiences, and agreements. Her extensive experience drafting and negotiating agreements includes:
Tara graduated cum laude from Southwestern University School of Law. Her note “Plagued by the Paparazzi: How California Should Sharpen the Focus On Its Not So Picture Perfect Paparazzi Laws” was published in the Southwestern Law Review. Tara also participated in the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition and served as the Entertainment Vice President of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society. She worked with both the California Lawyers for the Arts and Westwood One’s Grammy Radio Remote during law school. Tara received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance, with minors in Business Management and Legal Studies, magna cum laude, from Hofstra University Honors College.
Outside of the office, Tara can be found at the zoo and the park with her young son. She enjoys traveling and skiing, in addition to attending dance and theater shows.
Female Executives in Media and Entertainment (FEME)
Member
California Lawyers for the Arts
Member
Phi Betta Kappa
Member
Assistance League, South Bay & San Pedro Chapter
Volunteer
San Pedro City Ballet
Volunteer
Awards
Variety Magazine’s “Legal Impact Report”, 2023
Variety Magazine’s “Legal Impact Report” Up Next, 2017
Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2020 – 2023
J.D., Southwestern Law School, 2011
-cum laude
B.A., Hofstra University, 2007
– magna cum laude
Weintraub clients screen several new projects during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 7th through September 17th. The world premiere of AGC Studios’ true crime film Woman of the Hour is scheduled for Friday, September 8th. Directed by Anna Kendrick, the film retells the story of…
Talent and literary management firm Elevate Entertainment has created a podcast division, Highwire. The new unit will produce scripted and unscripted podcasts featuring in-house talent and unaffiliated guests. The division will launch with an initial slate of four unscripted podcasts. Details regarding its initial set of shows have not yet…
The digital media platform Wondermind is in development on a mental health docuseries that aims to shed light on some struggles within the tennis industry. Each one-hour episode will feature candid conversations with athletes as they discuss the challenges they face both on and off the court. The series will…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that attorneys Tara Sattler, Shaun Gordon, and Jamie Lincenberg have been selected to the 2023 Southern California Rising Stars list. This list, compiled by Super Lawyers®, recognizes attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice less than 10 years. All three…
Production has begun in Rome on the new gladiator action series presented by Weintraub client AGC Studios along with High End Productions, “Those About to Die.” Directed by Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”), the series features a star-studded cast led by Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) and including Iwan Rheon (“Game of…
Weintraub client AGC Studios began production this week on their new crime thriller, The Order. Actors Alison Oliver, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron, and Odessa Young recently joined the ensemble cast, which will be led by Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One). The film,…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that the Firm’s Audio Team of partners Shaun Gordon, Jessica Marlow, Tara Sattler, and associate Jamie Lincenberg have been named to Variety’s 2023 Legal Impact Report. Variety spotlights the world’s top lawyers in entertainment and media in the annual Report, highlighting their groundbreaking work…
Weintraub client Picture Perfect Federation is teaming up with Picturestart to produce an English-language remake of the hit Thai film Bad Genius. The film will star Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Callina Liang (Tell Me Everything), and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air). Writer JC Lee (Luce) will make…
All Too Well: The Short Film, directed by Taylor Swift and produced by Weintraub client Saul Germain, was awarded Best Music Video at the 2023 Grammys on February 5, 2023. The 14-minute video stars Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf), and was shot by Rina Lang. The…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that attorneys Tara Sattler, Shaun Gordon, and Jamie Lincenberg have been selected to the 2022 Southern California Rising Stars list. This list, compiled by Super Lawyers®, recognizes attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice less than 10 years. Each year…
On March 27, 2022 CODA won all three Academy Awards for which it was nominated (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay). It made history as the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast and the first film produced by a streaming service (Apple TV+) to win Best…
Weintraub is pleased to announce that Jessica Rankin Corpuz and Tara Sattler have been recognized as 2021 Southern California Rising Stars. To be eligible for inclusion in this list, candidates must be 40 or younger or have been in practice for less than 10 years. Each year Super Lawyers selects only…
Tara Sattler negotiated the rights for Emmy nominated director Jennifer Fox to write and direct the film adaptation for The Other Dr. Gilmore. The story includes important social issues that are relevant to today such as universal healthcare, mental health care, and how lack of these resources can contribute to…
Los Angeles, CA (June 9, 2020) – Weintraub Tobin, a leading California full-service law firm, is pleased to announce that Tara Sattler and Jessica Rankin Corpuz have been recognized as 2020 Southern California Rising Stars. To be eligible for inclusion in this list, candidates must be 40 or younger or…
Weintraub is pleased to announce that Tara Sattler and Mark E. Ellinghouse have been named as Shareholders in the law corporation. Mark Ellinghouse provides counsel to his clients in commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, development, joint ventures, financing, and other matters in every real estate sector.…
Weintraub Tobin’s Entertainment Associate, Tara J. Sattler, has been featured as one of the leading entertainment lawyers in Variety’s 2017 Legal Impact Report: Up Next. The report showcases the most impactful attorneys in the entertainment industry over the past year. 2017 has seen Tara represent client, Ryland Aldrich, a producer on 2017 Sundance…
There is some concern that the Supreme Court’s decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith will harm the documentary filmmaking community. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss the implications of this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here. Listen to this podcast episode here:
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided that trademark infringement claims under the Lanham Act only apply if the infringing “use in commerce” occurs in the United States. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler talk about this case on this installment of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here. Listen to this podcast…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the USPTO’s appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling that allows individuals to register trademarks using the name of a living person without their consent. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here. Listen to this…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith that Andy Warhol’s portrait of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler talk about this decision on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Cases Discussed: Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith…
While iconic catchphrases from TV and film can hold significant equity, protection of them can be spotty. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler talk about the protectability of short phrases on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/TAZlDxCC2zg
