Pierce Law Group Shuttering Nearly A Year After Boutique Firm Founder Dies; Key Staff Joining Pessah Law Group
Exclusive: Several months after entertainment attorney David Albert Pierce passed away last year, the boutique firm that bears his name is closing the doors.
Pierce Law Group will cease to exist immediately, with a number of partners and key staff moving on to the Pessah Law Group, I’ve learned. Managing Partner Aditya Ezhuthachan, partner and SAG vet Tony Hanna, and Controller Ben Kuerschner are among those joining litigator Maurice Pessah’s firm.
A former Chair of the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Board member of the Friars Club in Beverly Hills and a regular columnist for MovieMaker Magazine, Pierce died on July 29, 2023. The 56-year-old lawyer’s cause of death was never made public.
Representing the likes of Netflix, The Comedy Store, Lionsgate and now relocating Slamdance over the years, Pierce formed his Bev Hills-based firm in 1996.
“David Pierce was a prolific entertainment lawyer, and I...
Pierce Law Group will cease to exist immediately, with a number of partners and key staff moving on to the Pessah Law Group, I’ve learned. Managing Partner Aditya Ezhuthachan, partner and SAG vet Tony Hanna, and Controller Ben Kuerschner are among those joining litigator Maurice Pessah’s firm.
A former Chair of the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Board member of the Friars Club in Beverly Hills and a regular columnist for MovieMaker Magazine, Pierce died on July 29, 2023. The 56-year-old lawyer’s cause of death was never made public.
Representing the likes of Netflix, The Comedy Store, Lionsgate and now relocating Slamdance over the years, Pierce formed his Bev Hills-based firm in 1996.
“David Pierce was a prolific entertainment lawyer, and I...
- 5/8/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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