Biography

Matthew G. Stein focuses his practice in the areas of products liability, complex litigation, general liability and entertainment litigation. As an active trial attorney, Mr. Stein has experience in tort, contract and business litigation.  He represents clients in a wide range of matters, including insurance, entertainment, corporate, construction and regulatory matters, with extensive experience drafting pleadings, motions and discovery documents in connection with state, federal and appellate cases.  Mr. Stein has mediated complex cases, conducted oral arguments, and taken and defended numerous client and expert depositions.

Mr. Stein is experienced negotiating a wide variety of entertainment-related agreements, including recording contracts, licensing agreements and product endorsement contracts. His experience also includes registering copyrights and trademarks, as well as defending large and small businesses accused of infringing competitors’ trademark and trade dress claims.

Publications

• Co-author, “The Wheels Keep Spinning Against Lance Armstrong,” Sedgwick’s Live Entertainment News, Summer 2012.
• Author, "Flagrant Foul: NFL Sued by 12 Former Players Over Concussions,” Sedgwick’s Live Entertainment News," December 2011.
• Author, "Excluding Scientific Evidence Leads to Million-Dollar Judgment in Vehicle Rollover Case," Sedgwick’s Product Liability Advisory, February 2011.
• Author, “Liability Lurking in the Maintenance Manual,” Sedgwick’s Product Liability Advisory, July 2010.
• Co-author, “NFL Sacked by the Sherman Antitrust Act,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 2010, Sedgwick’s Live Entertainment News, Summer 2010, MLRC MediaLawLetter, September 2010.
• Co-author, "The Future of the FCC's New Indecency Policy," Los Angeles County Bar Association's Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2010.
• Co-author, "The FCC's New Policy May Be Obscene," Sedgwick's Live Entertainment News, Spring 2010.
• Author, “NBA Star Scores Against Cybersquatter,” Daily Journal, December 2009.
• Author, “NBA Star Scores Big With Slam Dunk Court Win Against Cybersquatter,” Sedgwick's Media Law Bulletin, December 2009.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Mr. Stein is a member of the Los Angeles Bar Association and the Long Beach Bar Association.  He is the Vice-President of Hollywood United Football Club. While attending Southwestern University School of Law, Mr. Stein served as President of the Student Bar Association and was also recognized as a Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.  He also was a member of the Interscholastic Trial Advocacy Honors Program, and University of Board of Directors Student Representatives. Stein played Division I collegiate soccer for the University of California, Irvine.