Attorneys
BENJAMIN R. REDER
Mr. Reder is a founding member of the law firm of Reder & Feig LLP. His practice focuses on motion picture financing, development, production, distribution and acquisition. He represents studios, production companies, distributors, completion bond companies, financiers and rights holders.
Mr. Reder brings extensive experience to this practice. He has represented a number of leading film and entertainment companies and studios in connection with the financing of motion pictures ranging in budget from $5 million - $70 million, acquisition of literary properties, motion picture production and distribution, completion guaranty and interparty issues, corporate formation and maintenance and guild arrangements for off-balance sheet financed films. He has also advised technology and content providers in the new media world.
Before founding Reder & Feig, Mr. Reder was a partner in the Entertainment Law Group of Hogan & Hartson LLP. Previously, he spent four years as vice president of business affairs for a prominent film company where he handled all legal and business affairs aspects of the company's independent feature film production and distribution. Mr. Reder began his career as a corporate and transactional entertainment attorney at a major international law firm.
Mr. Reder received both his law and undergraduate degrees from Harvard. He is a member of the California and Massachusetts bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
GLENN D. FEIG
Mr. Feig has provided full service legal production counsel on over 150 motion picture productions during his tenure as an entertainment attorney. He has represented dozens of domestic and foreign independent motion picture production companies, distributors, sales agents and financiers, as well as writers, directors, and actors. He has extensive experience in the structuring, negotiating and drafting of agreements that govern domestic and foreign production deals, international co-productions, the acquisition of rights, above and below-the-line talent, motion picture financing and loan procurement, completion bonds and various musical services, as well as merchandising, licensing, the clearance of rights and new media issues. Mr. Feig also possesses an expertise in dealing with the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America and advises the firm's clients regarding all necessary interactions with those guilds.
Prior to founding his own firm in May of 2001, Mr. Feig was an associate with the law firm of Barab, Kline & Coate LLP, specializing in entertainment law. He also spent two years as a business representative at the Screen Actors Guild, where he signed independent producers to the SAG Basic Agreement, filed and settled grievances on behalf of performers and authored interpretive rulings on the various SAG c ollective bargaining agreements.
Mr. Feig is a member of the California State Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He is a member of the U.S.C. Entertainment Law Institute Planning Committee and has given lectures on independent filmmaking at U.C.L.A. Extension and at Southwestern University School of Law's Entertainment Law Symposium. Additionally, he raises money on behalf of the Starlight Children's Foundation, the Leukemia Society and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mr. Feig received a degree in Economics from the University of California at San Diego, and his juris doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law.
SUSAN KAUFMAN
Ms. Kaufman joined the firm in December of 2005, returning to entertainment law after working in production. Immediately prior to joining Reder & Feig, she worked as an executive for Gran Via Productions working on such films as The Alamo, The Notebook and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Before venturing into producing, she spent five years at ICM, first as a business affairs attorney and later as an agent. Her practice focuses both on motion picture production (from development through distribution) and individual talent representation (i.e. writers, directors, producers and actors).
Ms. Kaufman received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and her law degree from George Washington Law School. She is a member of both the New York and California bars.
MIKE PARK
Mr. Park joined the firm in August of 2007. His practice focuses on all aspects of transactions in the entertainment industry including advising clients through all stages of (live action and animated) motion picture production. He also has experience with corporate and limited liability company formation and maintenance, drafting and negotiation of financing agreements and acquisition of literary property rights.
Mr. Park received his B.A. in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with distinction in general scholarship. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he graduated cum laude and is a member of the State Bar of California.
DAVID PATINELLA
Mr. Patinella joined Reder & Feig in June of 2009. His practice focuses on all aspects of entertainment transactions, including motion picture production and distribution, rights acquisition, and music and content licensing. Prior to joining the firm, he was Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Millennium Films. There he performed legal work on over fifty feature films with budgets of up to sixty million dollars, in every stage from rights acquisition and financing through production, sales, and distribution.
Mr. Patinella received his B.A. in Speech Communications and Theater Arts from Monmouth College in 1995 under a Presidential Scholarship. He received his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 2006, where he focused on entertainment law. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
NOOR AHMED
Mr. Ahmed joined the firm in 2005 and currently heads up the firm's Sales & Packaging division as the in-house Producer Rep. Mr. Ahmed is the son of Pakistani immigrants and is the first person in his family to be born in the United States. He began his career in Ohio working as a production coordinator on various television commercials and indie feature films. Before leaving for Los Angeles, he worked on the indie feature Blue Car which premiered at the Sundance film festival and was released by Miramax.
After moving from Ohio, Mr. Ahmed worked at New Line Cinema on various productions including Son of the Mask, Freddy vs. Jason, and Dumb and Dumber 2. Following his time at New Line, Mr. Ahmed worked as an Associate Producer on the PBS documentary, California and the American Dream, a four part series that received a national broadcast in the U.S. After leaving PBS, Mr. Ahmed worked for the distribution company Roadside Attractions traveling to various film festivals as their Acquisitions Coordinator. During his time at Roadside Attractions the company acquired several high level indie films including Supersize Me and What the Bleep Do You Know. Mr. Ahmed left Roadside Attractions to join Reder & Feig where he worked with the firm as a paralegal on films including, Brick, Thank You for Smoking, La Misma Luna, Southland Tales, and other indie features (full list on IMDb) before becoming the firms in-house Producer Rep.