Biography:
Joseph D. Schleimer has a double B.A. in Communication Arts and Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1976), an M.F.A. in Theater, Film & Television from UCLA (1980), and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (Magna Cum Laude, 1986).
He was admitted to the California Bar in 1986, and practiced from 1987 to 1995 at Lavely & Singer P.C., the premier entertainment litigation firm in Century City. While at Lavely & Singer, Mr. Schleimer handled or assisted in litigation matters for Sigourney Weaver, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Jackson, Rodney Dangerfield, Sherman ("George Jefferson") Hemsley, Thomas Haden Church, David Zucker, Walter Hill, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Gordon Carroll, Seymour Rosen and David Giler, among others.
In 1995 Mr. Schleimer started his own firm and continued representing prominent artists and small companies in litigation matters, including Walter Matthau, Dick Wolf, ZZ Top, The Spin Doctors, Lone Wolf Management Company, Hamstein Music Company, John Milius, Frank Wildhorn, Bob Rafelson, Norman Barasch, Beacon Communications, Snow Lion Interactive, Freddie Perren, Arnold Preston, and a number of other actors, producers, directors, recording artists, composers, managers, and industry executives.
