Profiles Of Our Firm And Attorneys

Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis LLP is routinely profiled in legal journals and popular publications throughout the United States. Here are some selected highlights.

Daily Journal

Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis [formerly Lavely & Singer] has been named and profiled as one of the “Top Boutiques” in California by the Daily Journal in 2025. With only 22 law firms on the exclusive list, the firm is recognized as one of the very best boutique law firms in the entire state, among all practice areas.

Chambers USA

RANKED #1 in “CHAMBERS USA 2008”, and a leading firm in “CHAMBERS USA 2025” and every year consecutively back through “CHAMBERS USA 2009”, in the practice areas of Media and Entertainment Litigation.

The Chambers USA 2008 profile describes the firm as a whole as continuing “to do spectacular work” on behalf of its entertainment clients, with its success attributed to the winning combination of being “aggressive in representing the interests of its clients” and “immensely respected for its achievements.”

The Chambers USA 2011 profile describes the firm as having “a tremendous and well-earned reputation for the representation of A-list plaintiff clients.” Co-founding partner Marty Singer is described as “a genius within the entertainment industry” and co-founding partner John Lavely as “intellectually superior, effective and superb in everything he does.”

• The complete #1 CHAMBERS USA 2008 firm profile/ranking is available here.
• The complete Leading Firm CHAMBERS USA 2010 firm profile/ranking is available here.
• The complete Leading Firm CHAMBERS USA 2011 firm profile/ranking is available here.
• The current CHAMBERS USA 2025 firm ranking is available here.

Best Law Firms

RANKED as Tier 1 firm in “The Best Law Firms” nationwide (15th edition, for 2025). Only the top 4% of all law firms nationwide are eligible for this prestigious recognition. Attorneys of the firm have, likewise, individually been included as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” for their work in the practice area of Entertainment Law and Litigation, and have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the exclusive selection for over two-decades.

Additional Profiles

A further profile of the firm’s practice, as well as firm’s co-founders Jay Lavely (named to “Chambers USA 2011,” “Chambers USA 2010” and “Chambers USA 2008” #1 Media & Entertainment Litigation lawyers; and named to the Daily Journal’s lists of the “Top 100 Attorneys in California” consecutively from 2008 back through 2005) and Marty Singer (named to “Chambers USA 2017”, and every year consecutively since 2008, as #1 Media & Entertainment Litigation lawyers; named to The Hollywood Reporter, Esq’s list of “Top 100 Power Lawyers”; named to Super Lawyers Magazine’s lists of “Southern California Super Lawyers” every year consecutively from 2018 back through 2004; named to the Daily Journal’s lists of the “Top 100 Attorneys in California” every year consecutively from 2017 back through 2005, and honored with inclusion in Variety’s 2018 and 2017 “Variety500” list of influential leaders in the entertainment industry), can be found in:

“GET ME MARTY SINGER,” “The bane of studio chiefs and tabloid editors, Hollywood lawyer Marty Singer is a rabid defender of stars in trouble …,”Vanity Fair, Hollywood 2017 Edition”.

“LAVELY & SINGER — Martin Singer,” “Singer has etched a long-held rep as one of Hollywood’s most effective fixers for celebs, Fortune 500 execs and politicians wronged by the media…” “Variety500, Entertainment Leaders and Icons,” Variety, October 2018.

“Guard Dog to the Stars (Legally Speaking),” — “Martin Singer’s law firm shields celebrities from all kinds of annoyance, and is now a mainstay of Hollywood…,” New York Times, May 21, 2011.

“Raging Bulls: When It’s Time for the Gloves to Come Off, These Attack Dogs of L.A. Law Get the Call,” by Ross Johnson, Los Angeles Magazine, May 2000.

“Arnold’s Bouncer” — “Schwarzenegger’s long-time attorney … Singer has gained a national reputation for representing actors and other talent …,” The American Lawyer Magazine, December 2003.

“Court Appeal,” — “Marty Singer makes a career out of un-caging celebrity song-birds,” LA Confidential Magazine, Summer 2003.

“Cyberpirates Now May Have to Walk the Plank,” by Ritchenya A. Shepherd, The National Law Journal, December 16, 1999 — Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis LLP files the first ever suit under the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Reported Cases

Reported cases include but are not limited to:

• Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp., 517 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2008)
• Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, 454 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2006)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones v. Spice House, 372 F. Supp. 2d 568 (C.D. Cal. 2005)
• Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, 318 F.Supp.2d 923 (C.D.Cal. 2004)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co., 374 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2004)
• Kelsey Grammer v. CAA, 287 F.3d 886 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Cusano v. Klein, 196 F. Supp. 2d 1007 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
• Vincent Cusano v. Kiss Company, 264 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2001)
• La Cienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top, 53 F.3d 950 (9th Cir. 1995)
• Wood Newton v. Harry Thomason, 22 F.3d 1455 (9th Cir. 1994)
• Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Terri Welles, 7 F.Supp.2d 1098 (S.D. Cal. 1998)
• Charles P. Caudle v. Harry. Thomason, 992 F.Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1997)
• Bettie Page v. Something Weird Video, 908 F.Supp. 714 (C.D. Cal. 1995)
• Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc., 31 Cal.App.4th 1137 (1995)
• Robert Selleck v. Globe International, Inc., 166 Cal.App.3d 1123, 212 Cal.Rptr. 838 (1985)
• Heather Stone v. Lita Richardson, Labor Commissioner of the State of California, No. TAC 7-02 (2003)
• Richard Pryor v. David McCoy Franklin, California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Labor Commissioner, Case No. TAC 17 MP114
• Bo Derek v. Karen Callan, California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement, Labor Commissioner, Case No. TAC 18 80SFMP82-80

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