Brian Turnauer is a civil litigator focusing on entertainment, sports, privacy and crisis management, employment, and commercial litigation. Throughout his twenty-three years of litigation and trial experience, he has represented clients in both State and Federal Courts and has arbitrated before numerous arbitration tribunals including the California Labor Commissioner, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the International Television and Film Alliance (IFTA), and various entertainment guilds.
Brian regularly represents clients throughout the worlds of entertainment and sports, including talent agencies, personal managers, actors, musicians (DJs, songwriters, composers), social media and cultural influencers, motion picture and television producers, and film financing companies. He also represents professional athletes in areas concerning privacy rights, contract disputes, and endorsements, and he is certified as a Player Agent by the National Basketball Players’ Association (NBPA). Additionally, he has held boxing manager licenses issued by the California, Arizona and Texas Athletic Commissions
Brian is skilled at handling all aspects of celebrity crisis management, privacy, and protection, and he works closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Los Angeles Police Department’s Major Crimes, Celebrity Protection, and Cyber-Crime division. His privacy and internet security practice focuses on privacy issues, SEO practices, internet security, and the policing and removal of defamatory and disparaging statements published online through various social media outlets.
Brian handles a range of employment issues for clients, including C-Suite executive transition, sexual harassment, discrimination, and wage and hour claims. In his commercial litigation practice, he represents corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of civil claims including trade secret and partner disputes.
Select representative clients include pro athletes Terence Crawford, Floyd Mayweather, Mikey Garcia, Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez, Chris Algieri, Shaun White, Kyle Kuzma, Ryan Miller; musicians Alanis Morissette, Thomas Wesley Pentz aka “DIPLO;” social media influencers Logan Paul, Rich Campbell, Zach Hsieh “ZHC;” talent and sports agencies UTA, Klutch Sports, ICM, Rize Management; talent managers Night Media, Primary Wave, The Collective; actresses Julia Roberts, Octavia Spencer, Bella Thorne, Aubrey Plaza, Taryn Manning, Emmy Rossum; television and film makers Chris Nolan, Brad Fuller, Taika Waititi, Jason Shuman and Kings Road Entertainment.
