Production Attorney

About the Role & Team

The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information. Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative and innovative entertainment experiences and related products in the world.  Supporting a key unit of The Walt Disney Company, one of the world's most admired vertically integrated media enterprises, Disney Entertainment’s Studio Motion Pictures produces global live action, animation, children’s entertainment, and original edgy dramas for theatrical and streaming release.

The attorneys for Studios are members of a diverse and dynamic Legal Affairs team.  Studios attorneys work collaboratively with other lawyers, Business Affairs executives, production executives, and creative executives who are redefining the future of media and entertainment. You will support the delivery of compelling creative and great storytelling while building your legal career in the entertainment industry.  Attorneys will be expected to provide guidance and direction reflecting sound judgment and substantive legal knowledge.  

If you've got a passion to join our team of talented professionals supporting Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures, we want to hear your story.  

In this role, on any given day, you might:

• Work in a supportive role to provide direction and guidance in connection with basic legal issues related to the development and production of motion pictures.

• Draft, review and negotiate both “below-the-line” and “above-the-line” agreements for the development and production of motion pictures.

• Analyze and research chain of title and other rights issues. 

• Provide guidance on basic intellectual property matters, claims, clearances, and other matters arising out of the day-to-day operations of a large motion picture studio to Business Affairs, Creative, Production, Casting and other internal clients.

• Liaise with internal business and creative clients, legal department contacts and other advisory departments within the company (Labor, Tax, Intellectual Property, etc.) as well as external talent attorneys and agents

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• At least one (1) year of relevant legal experience

• A collegial and collaborative lawyer with a commitment to a positive working environment within the legal organization.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, discretion and sound judgment.

• Strong drafting, organization, and time management skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to identify and analyze legal issues and propose solutions and strategies for resolution.

• Excellent work ethic and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build professional, interdepartmental relationships at multiple levels.

• Desire to immerse yourself fully and learn all aspects of the studio business.

• Ability to multitask and prioritize deadlines/deliverables.

It would be great if you also had these skills:

• Experience at The Walt Disney Company or other major studio or production company; and

• Experience working in a large public corporation.

Required Education

• JD degree or equivalent from an accredited law school.

• Admission to the California State Bar in good standing or, willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel.

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $117,900.00 to $152,500.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.