Kirk Hallam is an attorney specializing in complex business litigation including intellectual property, antitrust, and partnership disputes. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and has over 30 years of litigation experience, successfully trying or settling 10 consecutive cases involving copyright, patent, and computer fraud issues. Hallam resides in Brentwood, California where he serves on the board of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund and enjoys golf and tennis in his free time.

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Kirk M. Hallam
Attorney at Law
Education
Law Offices of Kirk M. Hallam
201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, California 90401
kirkmhallam@gmail.com
310.393.4006 telephone
310.564.7623 facsimile
Harvard Law School, J.D. (1981)
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (1978)
Federal Court Clerkship
U.S. District Court, The Honorable Judith N. Keep (1981-82)
Kirk Hallam has been a highly successful business litigator for more than thirty years,
specializing in trademark, trade dress, copyright , patent, antitrust, computer fraud and
data theft litigation, as well as disputes regarding rights of publicity, partnership
dissolutions, real property, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
Kirk received his law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1981 and his Bachelor of
Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles in 197 8 (Summa Cum Laude).
After clerking for United States District Court Judge Judith Keep (SDCA), Kirk became an
associate in 1983, then partner in the Beverly Hills law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer &
Susman (1987-98), where he represented clients such as Universal Studios, Nike, Lisa
Frank, MGM studio president Alan Ladd, director/producer Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the
Audrey Hepburn Estate, Beach Boy Brian Wilson, music producer Alan Douglas, film
producer and distributor Rene Malo and Jimi Hendrix Music Publishing Co, Bella Godiva.
In 1998, Kirk left Rosenfeld to pursue business opportunities with friends and clients in
the entertainment field, while continuing to handle select complex litigation for his
clients. Having returned to the full-time practice of law in 2008, since that time Kirk has
tried and won, or prevailed by summary judgment or dismissal, in 10 consecutive
trademark, copyright, patent and computer fraud and data theft cases, suits involving,
among other things, copyrights in a Jimi Hendrix documentary film, copyrights in the
Superman Shield, trademark rights in Rin Tin Tin, patent rights in a revolutionary
nontoxic pesticide, theft and destruction of computer data and software, and theft of
trade secrets by former employees.
Kirk has served on the Board of the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund since 1993, and is
an avid golfer and tennis player, residing with his family in Brentwood, California.

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Representative Matters
Cohen, et al v. Everest, Inc. (2016)
Challenged legal validity of patent rights to obtain dismissal of patent
infringement suit in the Federal Court for the Central District of California.
Opus One v. Strutta, Inc. (2016)
Challenged legal validity of patent rights to obtain dismissal of federal patent
infringement suit in the Federal Court for the Central District of California.
Brooke v. Casa Larrea Hotel (2016)
Prevailed by motion and obtained federal court dismissal of action brought by
serial ADA litigant against the owner of a Palm Desert hotel.
Brooke v. Felipe and Lisbet Castaneda, dba Los Arboles Hotel (2016)
Obtained both federal court and state court dismissals of suits brought by
serial ADA litigant against owners of a Palm Springs hotel.
DC Comics v. Mad Engine, Inc. (2016)
Obtained dismissal of Trademark and Copyright claims in federal court case
involving trademarks and copyrights in the Superman Shield.
Kleven v. Hereford re Rin Tin Tin (2015)
Obtained judgment for plaintiff following federal court trial in the Central
District of California, awarding clients all trademark rights in Rin Rin Tin.
Cal Agri v. Steckler (2014)
Following 4 week trial, won $5 million judgment and ownership of valuable
patents for revolutionary nontoxic pesticides.
PhotoFixItPro, Inc. v Gerald Harper (2013)
Won $671,000 Judgment against client's former programmer for theft and
destruction of computer software and data, following trial in California
Superior Court, including all attorneys' fees and costs.
Douglas v. Experience Hendrix (2012)
Won Seattle Federal Court trial awarding client all copyrights in Jimi Hend rix
documentary film, along with reimbursement of all client's fees and costs.
Brown v. Lisa Frank, Inc. (2011)
Won dispute for Arizona company re ownership of patents, aff'd by Arizona
Court of Appeals and Arizona Supreme Court.
Sean Hepburn Ferrer v. Carol Publishing Co., 69 F. Supp. 2d 495 (SDNY 1995)
Prevailed on summary judgment and obtained settlement and permanent
injunction for family of Audrey Hepburn in Lanham Act trademark and false
endorsement case in the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York.
Dove Audio v. RMS, 47 Cal. App. 4th 777
Obtained dismissal of California defamation action involving Estate of Audrey
Hepburn, reimbursement of all fees and costs.
Experience Hendrix v. Alan Douglas
Prevailed for Jimi Hendrix music producer, defeating motion for preliminary
injunction in the Federal Court for the Western District of Washington, in case
involving ownership of all Jimi Hendrix music rights and rights of publicity.

3. Lisa Frank, Inc. v. Mega Toys, 79 F.3d. 1153
Obtained preliminary injunction in federal trademark case, aff'd by Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeal in published opinion.
Brian Wilson v. Von Gentile, 8 Cal. App. 4th 759
Won ownership of Malibu Beach oceanfront property for leader of the Beach
Boys, aff'd in published opinion by California Court of Appeal.
Unique Industries, Inc. v. Lisa Frank, Inc ., 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13590
Won dismissal of Trademark and Copyright case in Arizona Federal Court.
Levin and Lipton v. Phillip Knight
In jury trial obtained directed verdict for Founder and Chairman of Nike in
complex contract and securities litigation involving ownership of the Los
Angeles Clippers.
Lisa Frank, Inc. v. Impact, 799 F. Supp. 980
Won permanent injunction and substantial monetary damages in trade dress
and copyright case in Arizona District Court, establishing important legal
precedent that client's color patterns constitute a protectable trade dress.
Paul Newman v. Universal Studios, 813 F. 2d 1519 (9th Cir. 1987) Drafted
motion dismissing all antitrust claims against major motion picture studios
for alleged price-fixing regarding home entertainment profit participation .
Bar Admissions
California, 1983
U.S. District Courts
Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern
Districts of California , District of Arizona
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeals Board
Supreme Court of California