Attorneys


Elsa Ramo
Managing Partner

At the dealmaking intersection of where content makers meet buyers, financiers and distributors, Elsa Ramo is often at the forefront of first-time deals with emerging and established streamers, guiding her clients into innovative terms that optimize their reach and prevalence in today’s...

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Michelle Chang
Managing Partner

Recently named among Variety’s 2022 Legal Impact Report  transactional attorney honorees and 2022 Dealmakers Impact Report, Michelle has been instrumental in executing Ramo Law’s unscripted initiative and expanding the department since joining the Firm in 2010.  As Managing Partner...

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Erika Canchola
Partner

In her leadership of production legal for such breakout works as the 2021 Sundance film “Wild Indian” and 2020 festival films “Four Good Days,” “Arkansas” and “Happily” as well as 2019 Golden Globe winner, “The Americans,” and Skydance’s “Grace and Frankie” and...

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Nicole Compas
Partner

Nicole brings her native New Yorker’s touch to Ramo Law PC’s bicoastal representation of indie productions, writers, producers, and directors by leading the firm’s New York office. She represents numerous clients in projects with Netflix and HBO such as Imagine Documentaries and...

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Chad Russo
Partner
Chad Russo joined Ramo Law PC in 2014 upon his graduation from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, after having worked as an intern for the firm since 2013. Formerly, he worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment and interned with The Walt Disney Company and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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Zev Raben
Partner
Providing guidance and advice to financiers and distribution companies, Zev Raben brings his depth of legal experience to bear for his clients in all aspects of their varied businesses. While his practice is primarily focused on representing financiers and distribution companies, Zev also assists producers...
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Sean Pope
Partner

Sean works with producers and production companies focusing on all aspects of production legal services from development to distribution, with a particular focus towards documentaries and docu-series. He serves as counsel for Emmy award-winning companies Boardwalk Pictures (“Chef’s Table”)...

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Robin Hilman
Of Counsel
With over twenty years of entertainment business and legal affairs experience, Robin Hilman serves as Of Counsel at Ramo Law where she advises clients in all general entertainment matters, including on all above the line guild issues. Recent projects she’s worked on include Guy Ritchie’s THE...
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Lindsey Wagner
Of Counsel
With a background in litigation and transactional matters for both employees and employers, Lindsey Wagner brings her previous employment attorney experience to Ramo Law, advising clients on, amongst other matters, employment deals, employment and severance agreements, and all employment compliance...
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Elliot Hill
Senior Associate
Elliot Hill brings his expertise as a corporate attorney with a focus on general corporate and corporate transactional matters to his role at Ramo Law. Elliot began his career in London where he first worked for Big Law, then a multi-national investment bank, leading IPOs, M&A transactions and fundraisings for a wide range...
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Geoff Lee
Senior Associate

Drawing on his background as a creative producer, Geoff Lee focuses his legal practice on facilitating his clients’ vision, providing them with the legal tools to actualize their ideas for mediums of all types. Lee is general counsel for unscripted and premium docu-series production companies such as Scout...

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Michael Peters
Senior Associate
After spending four years working as a musician, with musicians, and for music companies in various facets including song pitching, A&R, film and TV licensing, recording, producing, songwriting, and performing in musical groups around the greater Los Angeles area, Michael Peters went to law school...
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Mary Trier
Senior Associate

Mary Trier works primarily with production companies and creators on film and television projects, directing clients through varied development stages, whether it be through industry norms or complex chain of title issues. She oversees business and legal affairs at Imagine Entertainment...

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Jackie Ward
Senior Associate
Jackie Ward primarily represents producers and production companies, focusing on clearance legal services with respect to copyright, trademark, right of publicity, right of privacy, and defamation risks that might arise at any stage throughout a production’s lifecycle. Prior to joining Ramo Law in 2023 she gained substantial experience at a...
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Ana Arounian
Associate
As an associate at Ramo Law, Ana Arounian supports clients in all stages of their production legal needs. Focusing on all aspects of projects in the production legal space, Ana’s practice includes rights and clearance legal services as well as production legal services for both scripted and nonfiction productions.
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Blayne DeGiovanni
Associate

Blayne DeGiovanni provides production legal and development counsel for scripted and unscripted projects. She has in-depth experience drafting and negotiating contracts, particularly on the talent and management side, for live and streaming performances, television and film production, and other commercial...

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Anthony Glukhov
Associate

Anthony Glukhov joins the Ramo Law team with an extensive background in the unscripted space, having served as lead production counsel for game, historical, travel, and true crime shows at all stages in the project life cycle. In his previous role at Critical Content, LLC he served in a business affairs capacity...

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Cailin Grantham
Associate
Cailin Grantham’s interest and enthusiasm for entertainment singularly equips her for her role as an Associate at Ramo Law. Her Latina background gives her a love and admiration for the art and music at the heart of that culture, along with her previous positions at the Getty Museum, the Guggenheim Gallery, and...
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Laura LaBrecque
Associate

Laura LaBrecque has cultivated experience in her early career handling production legal for all types of productions, ranging from high profile unscripted competition series to low budget independent films. Laura attentively supports both new and experienced production companies and producers as they...

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Natalie Linn
Associate

As an Associate at Ramo Law, Natalie Linn leverages her experience working with both small and large entertainment companies, as well as her experience as a musician herself, to provide an innovative and solution focused approach for creative clients. Natalie is well-versed in music licensing, copyright and...

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Daniel McDill
Associate
Since joining Ramo Law as a Law Clerk in 2021 and becoming an Associate in 2022, Daniel has spent the early stages of his career providing legal services to clients across all aspects of the film and television industry. Specializing in unscripted production legal work and distribution and financing transactions...
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Tatiana Perez
Associate

An East Los Angeles native, Tatiana Perez works as part of the production legal team, assisting primarily on unscripted and scripted productions. Tatiana graduated cum laude from California State University, Los Angeles with a degree in English, and worked as a legal assistant to a business litigator prior to...

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Cooper Ward
Associate

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Cooper graduated the University of Georgia as an English and Philosophy double major. He then moved to the West Coast to pursue a Juris Doctorate from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. During his study, Cooper interned with a talent-side entertainment...

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Heather Yonkers
Associate

With production legal experience in both New York and Los Angeles, Heather Yonkers focuses on legal and distribution work for various production companies, which includes guiding financiers and distributors. Heather is particularly attuned to the talent perspective when drafting contracts and agreements...

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