Gunnar Erickson

Gunnar Erickson graduated from Stanford University and Yale Law School and, while no longer practicing law, he was an active member of the entertainment bar for many years in Los Angeles. He currently adventures in remote parts of Mexico. Harris E. Tulchin is founder and Chairman of Harris Tulchin & Associates, Ltd., with affiliated offices worldwide. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Hastings Law School and has specialized in entertainment production, finance, distribution,...See more

Gunnar Erickson graduated from Stanford University and Yale Law School and, while no longer practicing law, he was an active member of the entertainment bar for many years in Los Angeles. He currently adventures in remote parts of Mexico. Harris E. Tulchin is founder and Chairman of Harris Tulchin & Associates, Ltd., with affiliated offices worldwide. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Hastings Law School and has specialized in entertainment production, finance, distribution, communications, and multimedia law since 1978. He has lectured extensively at forums such as UCLA; the American Film Institute; Independent Feature Project; The Sundance Producer's Conference; the Cannes, Toronto, Los Angeles Independent, Hollywood, Venice, Edinburgh (Scotland) and numerous other film festivals; and has published numerous articles on entertainment law. He has served as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel for Cinema Group, General Counsel and Head of Business Affairs for KCET Television, Senior Counsel for United Artists, Director of Business Affairs at MGM Television, and Counsel for American International Pictures and Filmways Pictures. In addition, Mr. Tulchin acts as an expert witness in entertainment litigation; has been an adjunct professor of law at Southwestern University Law School; is an Independent Film and Television Alliance (formerly the American Film Marketing Association) arbitrator; and serves as a producer's representative on scores of completed films and film projects; and has served as an Executive Producer or Producer of twelve feature films, including the critically acclaimed To Sleep With Anger, distributed by Sony and Goldwyn, and Guy, financed and distributed by PolyGram. He is also actively involved in sports law and business affairs and currently serves as a Managing Member and Executive Vice President of Player Personnel for the Orange County Flyers Professional Baseball Team. Mark Halloran is a principal of Halloran Law Firm. In his studio days, Mark was Vice President, Feature Business Affairs at Universal Pictures; and Business Affairs Counsel at Orion Pictures. In private law practice, Mark was a founding partner of Alexander, Halloran, Nau & Rose and Erickson, Halloran & Small. Mark specializes in entertainment financing, production and distribution; and acts as an expert witness in film, television and music litigation. Mark is coauthor of The Musician's Guide to Copyright (Charles Scribner's Sons) with Gunnar Erickson and Ned Hearn, and the current The Musician's Business and Legal Guide (Jerome Headlands Press/Prentice-Hall). He is co-chair of the USC/Beverly Hills Bar Association Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. See less