Expertise: Transactional Entertainment,
Intellectual Property, Licensing, Copyright and Trademark Law.
Key Words: lawyer, entertainment lawyers,
entertainment, law, attorney, entertainment law, transactional, advocate, legal
representation, San Diego, Los Angeles, Southern, California, legal services, copyrights,
intellectual property, publishing, artistic control, music, composition, songwriters,
theater, theatre, theatrical, legal rights, trademarks, licensing, contracts, agreements,
authors, writers, screenwriters, small business law, business lawyer, business,
entrepeneurs, copyright lawyer, trademark lawyer, entertainment lawyers, entertainment
contracts, entertainment agreements.
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
Born in 1954 in Sutton Surrey, England, Valerie moved with her family to Los
Angeles in 1955, then to San Diego in 1984, where she now resides with her son, Gordon.
EDUCATION
University High School Graduating Class of 1971
B.A. Sociology, Univesrity of California, Los Angeles, 1976
J.D. from Whittier College School of Law, 1979
PROFESSIONAL
Valerie has been in private practice since 1979, and as a sole practitioner since
1980. She has been active in the entertainment field since that time, forming a personal
management company in 1981 for entertainment and sports personalities, for whom she
remains an advisor.
Moving her practice to San Diego in 1984, she has concentrated her area of practice in the
entertainment and intellectual property arenas, performing such services as negotiation
and drafting of agreements in the music, film television and publishing fields, as well as
the protection and licensing of trademark and copyright ownership.
Valerie also has served as an arbitrator for the Superior Courts of both Los Angeles and
San Diego Counties since 1982.
She is presently an adjunct professor of business law at the University of Redlands, a
position she has held since 1995.
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
State Bar of California, Intellectual Property Section
San Diego County Bar Association, Sports and Entertainment Law Section
California Lawyers for the Arts
Independent Feature Project West
Writers Guild West Signatory
National Association of Female Executives
Who's Who of American Women
INTERESTS
The arts, music, film, travel, history, politics, the environment and people.
Email: vanemeth@cs.com
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