Jonathan Handel

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Jonathan Handel
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Jonathan Handel
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)

Jonathan Handel is an American entertainment lawyer, journalist and author.

He practices entertainment and technology law at TroyGould.[1]and independently[2]and has served as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.[3] Previously, he was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times and Variety.[4][5][6]

Additionally, he has authored five books and is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School[7] and lecturer in law at USC Law School.[8] He is also an executive at entertainment tech startup WIO LLC.[9][10]

Education and Career[]

Handel graduated from Harvard College in 1982, and Harvard Law School in 1990.[11][12]

He began his law career clerking for Judge Irving Goldberg on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Dallas, TX.[13]

In 1991, he was selected to serve as a federal associate independent counsel to investigate alleged White House political misconduct related to the search of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's passport files.[14][15][16][17]

In the months prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Handel began publishing a series of blogs on the Huffington Post, leading to him becoming recognized as an expert regarding Hollywood unions.[15][18][19][20]

His blogging and media appearances[21] during the strike also led to a part-time, long-term job offer from The Hollywood Reporter.[22][23][24] From 2010 to 2020, Handel was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter.[25]

In 2020, he was appointed as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.[3]

Residuals[]

Handel has written the only book[26] on specialized entertainment royalties called Residuals and was described by Prof. Catherine Fisk[27] as a residuals expert [Catherine L. Fisk, The Writer's Share, 50 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 621, 623 (2017)].[28] He has written and appeared in the media regarding residuals,[29] including in usage examples for "residuals" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.[30] He is chief strategy and legal officer at WIO LLC, a startup offering a software service focusing on residuals, called WIOpro.[31]

Personal[]

Handel is the son of late sociologist Gerald S. Handel.

Works[]

  • Entertainment residuals: a full color guide, Hollywood Analytics, 2014[32]
  • The New Zealand Hobbit crisis: how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[33]
  • Entertainment labor: an interdisciplinary bibliography, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[34]
  • Hollywood on strike!: an industry at war in the internet age, Hollywood Analytics, 2011[35]
  • How to write loi's and term sheets, Jonathan Handel, 2009[36]

References[]

  1. ^ "troygould". www.troygould.com.
  2. ^ "independent". jhandel.com/.
  3. ^ a b McNary, Dave (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Taps Journalist Jonathan Handel as Special Counsel". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2020-06-19). "Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2009-06-11). "Why the film biz still has far to go". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  6. ^ "Film school's ties with Matthew Modine face scrutiny in heated SAG-AFTRA election". Los Angeles Times. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. ^ "adjunct prof". swlaw.edu.
  8. ^ "law lecturer". usc.edu.
  9. ^ "entertainment exec". hollywoodreporter.com.
  10. ^ "entertainment exec 1". backstage.com.
  11. ^ Robb, David (2020-09-09). "Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  12. ^ "Jonathan Louis Handel # 150126 - Attorney Licensee Search". apps.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  13. ^ Elliott, William D. (2013). "Judge Irving L. Goldberg and The Federal Tax Law". Texas Tech Law Review: 994.
  14. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Names Jonathan Handel as an Outside Special Counsel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  15. ^ a b Navarre, Jayne L. (2010). Social.lawyers : transforming business development (2010-2011 ed.). [Eagan, Minn.]: West. ISBN 978-0-314-93267-9. OCLC 698625345.
  16. ^ Johnston, David (1995-12-01). "File Search In 1992 Race Wasn't Illegal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  17. ^ "ref/archive". web.archive.org.
  18. ^ "Was This Strike Necessary? | Which Way, L.A.?". KCRW. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  19. ^ "Directors uncertain about their contract talks". Los Angeles Times. 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  20. ^ "Jonathan Handel | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  21. ^ "blog/media". jhandel.com.
  22. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2010-07-18). "Transportation strike may paralyze Hollywood". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  23. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2020-08-21). "The Fight Within SAG-AFTRA Over Health Care". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  24. ^ "Jonathan Handel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  25. ^ "reports". muckrack.com.
  26. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2014). Entertainment residuals : a full color guide. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3935-2. OCLC 932128926.
  27. ^ "residuals described by Fisk". law.berkeley.edu.
  28. ^ "more on residuals" (PDF). law.berkeley.edu.
  29. ^ "Handel on residuals". jhandel.com.
  30. ^ "residuals in dictionary". merriam-webster.com.
  31. ^ "WIOpro". wiopro.com.
  32. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2014). Entertainment residuals : a full color guide. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3935-2. OCLC 932128926.
  33. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2013). The New Zealand Hobbit crisis : how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit. Pip Bulbeck, Warner Bros. Los Angeles, Calif.: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-0-615-73100-1. OCLC 824738370.
  34. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2013). Entertainment labor : an interdisciplinary bibliography. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3978-9. OCLC 835633311.
  35. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2011). Hollywood on strike! : an industry at war in the internet age. Los Angeles: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-1-4382-3385-7. OCLC 708263713.
  36. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2009). How to write loi's and term sheets. Los Angeles, CA: Jonathan Handel. ISBN 978-1-4414-7578-7. OCLC 662606582.

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