Experience

One LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Partner at One LLP, an intellectual property, technology, media and entertainment law firm in Southern California, handling entertainment, media, copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, unfair competition, and business litigation, as well as entertainment and technology transactions. Partner at One LLP, an intellectual property, technology, media and entertainment law firm in Southern California, handling entertainment, media, copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, unfair competition, and business litigation, as well as entertainment and technology transactions.



Law Office of David C. Codell

• Los Angeles, California, United States

• Principal Attorney

  • Jul 2003 - Feb 2023

  Managed diverse litigation practice, handling trial-court, arbitration, and appellate matters, including entertainment, employment, intellectual property, commercial, securities, class action, constitutional, and U.S. Supreme Court litigation. Clients included major companies and prominent individuals in the entertainment, television, motion picture, advertising, recording, banking, and finance industries in disputes concerning First Amendment, copyright, antipiracy, internet, defamation, privacy rights, profit participation, contract, employment, securities, banking, antitrust, and insurance issues. Clients also included major national civil rights organizations in historic, precedent-setting constitutional litigation. Extensive experience managing complex litigation involving multiple law firms and legal organizations.



Bona Law PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2021

  Trial-court and appellate litigation concerning antitrust, constitutional, Lanham Act, and contract issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Trial-court and appellate litigation concerning antitrust, constitutional, Lanham Act, and contract issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts.



NCLR – National Center for Lesbian Rights

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Constitutional Litigation Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2015

  Managed constitutional litigation for national civil rights organization, focusing on litigation protecting LGBTQ+ persons in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. • Successfully represented Tennessee same-sex couples in litigation in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the U.S. Constitution requires all states to permit same-sex couples to marry. • Successfully challenged discriminatory marriage laws in Utah, Alabama, Florida, and Idaho. • Successfully defended in federal district court and the Ninth and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals two California and New Jersey statutes (the first of their kind) that prohibit state-licensed therapists from attempting to change the sexual orientation of minor patients.



Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law

• Los Angeles

• Visiting Legal Director and Senior Scholar of Law

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

  Served as legal director of prominent UCLA School of Law research institute focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy. Directed legal projects related to constitutional and public policy issues Presented guest lectures at various universities and for organizations concerning constitutional issues. Co-authored amici curiae briefs on behalf of legal scholars and women’s legal groups submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in marriage equality cases. Served as legal director of prominent UCLA School of Law research institute focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy. Directed legal projects related to constitutional and public policy issues Presented guest lectures at various universities and for organizations concerning constitutional issues. Co-authored amici curiae briefs on behalf of legal scholars and women’s legal groups submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in marriage equality cases.



Irell & Manella LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner

  • 1999 - 2003

  Handled and supervised litigation as part of the firm’s intellectual property, litigation, and appellate practice groups, first as associate, then as partner. Major clients included television networks and production studios, recording companies, advertising companies, and trade associations. Served as co-chair of pro bono practice. Advised on numerous entertainment intellectual property and contract issues, drafted profit participation contracts for a major television corporation, drafted proposed legislation and testified before a California legislative committee, and advocated for free speech rights of public high school students.



Law Office of Laurence H. Tribe

• Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Constitutional Litigation Attorney

  • Oct 1997 - Jan 1999

  Litigated constitutional cases with Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe in federal and state courts. Litigated constitutional cases with Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe in federal and state courts.



Supreme Court of the United States

• Washington, D.C.

• Law Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  • Aug 1996 - Aug 1997



U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

• Washington, D.C.

• Law Clerk to Judge David S. Tatel

  • Aug 1995 - Aug 1996