Martin D. Singer

Martin D. Singer is a founding member of Lavely & Singer (renamed, in 2026, to Singer Weinsten Wolf & Jonelis), specializing in entertainment and business litigation. For over 40 years, Martin (“Marty”) Singer has represented high profile individuals and well-known entities in complex and sophisticated litigation matters. He has been involved in litigating all areas of intellectual property, privacy protection, defamation, accounting, business, and entertainment-related matters. Mr. Singer has represented some of the most respected and prominent actors, recording artists, writers, producers, directors, and athletes in high profile lawsuits. Additionally, he has handled litigation involving Fortune 500 companies and individuals included in the “Forbes 400,” and a variety of individuals and businesses, having tried over 100 arbitrations and jury trials.

For many years, Marty Singer has been selected as one of the Top 100 attorneys in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal. He has consistently been named one of the Top 100 Power Lawyers by The Hollywood Reporter (THR), culminating in being named a “Legal Legend” by THR, and now recognized as a Legal Troubleshooter (2025). He has repeatedly made the Variety 500 List of Influential Leaders in the Entertainment and Media Industry Worldwide (one of only two litigators) and was also named as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in the United States by Lawdragon Magazine. In addition, he has consistently been honored for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, ranked as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among the top three of all attorneys) for Media & Entertainment Litigation in California in the publication Chambers USA (the most prestigious legal directory of U.S. lawyers and law firms published by Chambers & Partners), and received the prestigious Beverly Hills “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Award”.

Marty Singer has lectured at Harvard, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.C. Law School, U.C.L.A. Law School, and other Continuing Education of the Bar courses.

• AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ (highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards for the past 35+ years).
• Named “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” 2012 by the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA).
• Ranked in “Chambers USA” — the leading individual ranking for “Media & Entertainment: Litigation” lawyers — every year consecutively from 2025 back through 2008. “Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers” is the most prestigious legal directory of U.S. lawyers and law firms, published by Chambers & Partners.
• Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2011” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys). Chambers USA: American’s Leading Lawyers is the most prestigious legal directory of U.S. Lawyers and law firms.
• Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2010” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys).
• Featured profile listing “Chambers USA 2008” as #1, a “Star Individual” attorney (among top three of all attorneys).
• Voted “one of The Best Lawyers in America” for his work in the practice area of Entertainment Law, and has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in the exclusive selection for over two-decades.
• Named to Super Lawyers Magazine’s lists of “Southern California Super Lawyers” from 2004 to 2024, including in 2018 receiving the honor of being designated “Top 100” attorneys in Southern California.
• Consistently named to the Daily Journal’s lists of the “Top 100 Attorneys in California.”
• Named to The Hollywood Reporter, Esq’s list of “Top 100 Power Lawyers,” consistently every year, including again in 2025.
• Named as a “Legal Troubleshooter” by The Hollywood Reporter (2025) (See THR’s 25 “Top Legal Troubleshooters” article featuring Marty Singer).
• Named as a “Legal Legend” by The Hollywood Reporter
• Honored with inclusion in the Variety500 list of influential leaders in the entertainment industry, from 2017 to 2023 (one of only two litigators in Variety’s 2019 index honoring the 500 most powerful people working in entertainment and media worldwide) (See the Variety500 2019 Profile).
• Named to the 2026 Lawdragon list of 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers

• The Hollywood Reporter’s “Hollywood’s Top Legal Troubleshooters,” featured inclusion and profile naming Marty Singer as “arguably the most feared troubleshooter in Hollywood.” The Hollywood Reporter, November 21, 2025.
• “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”.
• “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…,” by Michael Cieply, 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.