David P. Crochetiere
David P. Crochetiere graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, and received his undergraduate degree in Economics/Political Science from McGill University with First Class Honors. Mr. Crochetiere also studied economics for one year at Claremont McKenna College where he was on the Dean's List for Academic Excellence.
Mr. Crochetiere practiced until 1996 with the litigation group
in the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb LLP, where he handled complex
intellectual property and entertainment-based litigation. In September,
1996, Mr. Crochetiere left Loeb & Loeb to join Baute Crochetiere & Maloney LLP.
Mr. Crochetiere has extensive litigation and transactional experience in the
areas of trademark and copyright, First Amendment, entertainment finance
litigation, breach of contract and general entertainment litigation, and has
represented motion picture production and distribution companies, software
companies, financial institutions, educational toy manufacturers, networks and
authors and publishers of literary works. He has served as lead counsel
prosecuting and defending federal and state court actions involving copyright
and trademark infringement, Lanham Act violations, unfair competition, prior
restraint, name and likeness issues, rights of privacy, trade secrets, breach of
distribution and product placement agreements and film finance issues, and
extensive TRO and preliminary injunction experience, both offensive and
defensive. Mr. Crochetiere’s clients have included NBC, Morgan Creek Productions,
Orion Pictures and Nintendo of America. Mr. Crochetiere also has a stand
alone appellate practice, and has represented clients before the California
Courts of Appeal, including the California Supreme Court, and the Ninth and
Federal Circuits.
Mr. Crochetiere brings to the representation of his clients a familiarity with
the best and the worst of large law firm practice. Together with his colleagues
at Baute Crochetiere & Maloney LLP, Mr. Crochetiere is committed to the creation
and development of a law firm that provides intelligent, creative and cost
effective legal representation directed to achieve the goals of the client, not
the law firm.
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