Marilyn Haft

Partner

Duval & Stachenfeld, LLP

United States

Professional Summary

Marilyn Haft chairs the firm’s Entertainment and Digital Media Practice Group. She specializes in the business and legal affairs of the multimedia and communication industries, including the film, television, digital and publishing sectors, representing companies as well as individuals in those businesses. Ms. Haft has been a partner at a number of firms and was a test case constitutional law litigator at the national level for six years when she litigated in the State and Federal courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Haft has served as General Counsel and Managing Director of a financial services company that provided short-term funding requirements for major film studios, independent film producers and distributors. In that capacity, she was responsible for co- creating the financing structure of the transactions. Ms. Haft was also General Counsel to a publicly traded multimedia and digital acquisitions company, where she was responsible for all aspects relating to acquisitions, including intellectual property issues involving patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets.Ms. Haft is also an award-winning independent film producer and has worked at NBC News and ABC News as a producer on Peter Jennings’ specials. She Executive Produced an Emmy award-winning documentary on Preston Sturges for “American Masters

Skills

Specialization

Entertainment Law