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Wayne Smith

Head of Legal, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group & DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery
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Wayne Smith is a seasoned entertainment law expert with 24 years of experience at Warner Bros. Discovery, holding leadership roles in legal affairs and corporate law.
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Location
Burbank, California, United States, US
Skills
  • Copyright Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Patents
  • Legal Compliance
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Wayne Smith, a seasoned intellectual property and entertainment law expert, has spent 24 years 6 months honing his craft at Warner Bros. Discovery, where he currently serves as Head of Legal for the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group and DC Studios. Prior to this role, he held senior positions at Warner Bros. Discovery, including Senior Vice President, Corporate Legal, and Vice President, Senior Litigation & Chief Patent Counsel. Throughout his illustrious career, Mr. Smith has demonstrated expertise in copyright law, intellectual property, litigation, patents, and licensing, with a strong track record of success in commercial litigation and arbitration. He is a Registered Patent Attorney, certified by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With a strong educational foundation in law and industrial engineering, Mr. Smith holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.S. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Credentials

  • Registered Patent Attorney
    United States Patent and Trade Office Certificate Training

Experience

  • Warner Bros. Discovery
    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head of Legal, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group & DC Studios
      • Oct 2020 - Present

      Head of legal affairs for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group (Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema) and DC Studios

    • Senior Vice President, Corporate Legal at Warner Bros.
      • Jan 2013 - Oct 2020

    • Vice President, Senior Litigation & Chief Patent Counsel at Warner Bros.
      • Jan 2000 - Jan 2013

  • Squire Patton Boggs
    • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Partner
      • Nov 1992 - Dec 1999
      • Greater Los Angeles Area

      Partner with Graham & James, a general practice law firm based in San Francisco, CA - the firm merged into Squire Sanders in 2000, and later with Patton Boggs to become Squire Patton Boggs

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
    • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Senior Associate
      • Sep 1986 - Nov 1992
      • Greater Los Angeles Area

      General practice law firm based in Philadelphia, PA

  • Lyon & Lyon
    • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Associate
      • Aug 1984 - Sep 1986
      • Greater Los Angeles Area

      Intellectual property boutique law firm

Education

  • 1981 - 1984
    University of Michigan Law School
    J.D., Law
  • 1977 - 1981
    University of Michigan
    B.S., Industrial & Operations Engineering

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