Lawyers

E. LACEY RICE

Associate — Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE

E. Lacey Rice is an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley.  Ms. Rice focuses her practice on a wide range of litigation matters involving copyrights, trademarks, right of publicity, trade secrets, business tort and contract disputes.  She works in the Los Angeles office as part of a seven attorney intellectual property litigation team. 

Ms. Rice has experience in federal and state court litigation including the taking and defending of depositions, the drafting of discovery requests and responses, the preparation of summary judgment and other dispositive motions, the negotiation and drafting of settlement agreements, and the preparation of pre-trial and trial submissions.  She also has significant experience with all facets of large scale electronic discovery projects.  A few of the highlights of her professional experience include: drafting a successful opposition to a petition for writ of mandate in the California Court of Appeal; authoring an effective discovery motion which resulted in sanctions against her opponent for its discovery abuses and led to early resolution of the case; preparing effective trial motions to exclude evidence in a trademark and trade secret action involving the real estate industry, which forced the opposing party to accept a settlement of the action highly favorable to her client; and drafting a trial motion that successfully obtained judgment as a matter of law in a copyright and trademark dispute involving an Italian restaurant and its licensee.

Prior to pursuing her legal career, Ms. Rice was a project director and new media producer at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in which she formed the foundation for her extensive expertise in entertainment industry transactional matters, including the negotiating and drafting of talent and producer attachment agreements, releases, option agreements, and deal memos for writers.

Ms. Rice received her J.D. in 2009 from Loyola Law School, in which she was Chief Production Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.  She also served as an extern to the Honorable Samuel L. Bufford of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ninth Circuit.

Ms. Rice received her B.A. in Film Studies from Emory University in 2003 and she also played varsity soccer as goalkeeper.