Our Professionals
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Nadia Davari
Attorney at Law — Entertainment · IP · AI · Business
An experienced attorney whose practice bridges entertainment, technology, corporate, and business law — for clients ranging from digital media companies and start-ups to production companies, studios, television networks, investors, and talent, including counsel on how artificial intelligence is reshaping their industries.
Nadia has an extensive record of accomplishment in entity formation, corporate maintenance, content acquisition, production, domestic and international distribution, finance, and internet, technology, and AI-related matters ranging from capital structuring to intellectual property protection.
She restructured international content licensing deals for the MAVTV cable network and guided Channel Factory and Planet Street through establishing new media entities. At Taurus Entertainment and Dream Factory she managed all aspects of production legal. At Gigapix Studios she negotiated and drafted scripted and unscripted television, animation, documentary, and feature film acquisition and financing agreements, and helped management launch Gigapix Releasing with domestic and international distribution deals.
Her client work has included Lightning Entertainment Group, WR Films Entertainment, Je'Caryous Johnson Entertainment, Konwiser Brothers, Entertainment Treasures, Film Roman, and Starz Entertainment. Earlier in her career she practiced as an associate with Rosen and Anderson and later Barnes Morris.
- EducationUSC Gould School of Law (Hale Moot Court Honors Program) · UCLA, B.S. Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
- TeachingGuest lecturer, USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Bar AssociationsBeverly Hills & Los Angeles County Bar Associations
- CommunityWomen in Film · Farhang Foundation · Brain Mapping Foundation · Food Bank · USC & UCLA Alumni Associations
Speaking & Media
- AI & the Creative Community — Representing the Interest of the ArtistDigital Hollywood: The AI & Entertainment Summit · July 21, 2026
- Money, Rights & AI: The New Reality of Independent FilmLFIFF Panel
- Full Episode InterviewBest in Fest Podcast
- Your AI Content Has No Copyright Protection — A Lawyer Explains WhyProfit Minds Podcast, Ep. 141
Colleague Recommendations
“I worked with Nadia in 2004. She is a fine attorney and a reliable colleague. Her work ethic is excellent. She would be a valuable addition to any firm or organization.”
Margaret Berciano — Senior Corporate Counsel, Haley & Aldrich“I would recommend Nadia for a senior legal or business affairs position.”
Jim Cardwell — Former colleague

Kimberlina McKinney
Of Counsel — Technology Start-ups · Music Rights · Entertainment · Sports
Kimberlina McKinney is the founder of KL&C, focusing on new technology start-ups, music rights, and the television, film, and sports industries. Before starting her own practice, she represented A-level talent in state and federal litigation — including Sandra Bullock, Tyra Banks, Halle Berry, Liam Neeson, Jude Law, and Hulk Hogan — and corporate clients such as World of Wonder Productions and Media Services, Inc., at Harder, Mirell & Abrams, LLP, where she was counsel on half a dozen high-profile lawsuits seeking over $60 million in total damages.
Early in her career, Kimberlina drafted state legislation in the California State Assembly's Jesse Marvin Unruh Fellowship, and as a legal consultant conducted over 45 independent audits of financial institutions including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. She serves as Deputy of Fundraising & Institutional Giving at Bet Tzedek and advises Helping Heroes. She is a licensed California Notary and Real Estate Broker, and received her law degree from UCLA School of Law, where she was president of her class. She studied International Law at The Graduate Institute in Geneva and International Relations at the Universidad de San Francisco in Quito, and holds a B.A. in Sociology and Black Studies from Scripps College.

Jacqueline Priel
Entertainment & New Media Consultant
Jackie brings over nine years of experience in the music, television, and motion picture industries, including work at Universal Music Group, Sony Pictures, and private law firms. Her background spans digital and mobile distribution, licensing, partnerships, music industry agreements, film production and talent agreements, copyrights, patents, and corporate legal and business affairs. She has also managed and developed emerging artists, including music production.
As an entertainment industry consultant, Jackie has drafted and negotiated management, producer, talent, artist, songwriter, joint venture, distribution, marketing, partnership, technology, publishing, and production agreements. She advises clients on digital marketing, film and TV licensing and music placements, financing, reality television pitching, copyright, trademark, legal liability, corporate formation, and risk assessment.
