O’Melveny Worldwide

Salvatore J. Cocchiaro

Counsel

New York Office
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Business & Commercial Litigation
Litigation & Investigations
Entertainment & Media
Overview Experience Insights News Credentials

Sal, a litigation counsel in O’Melveny’s New York office, has been described by his peers as having “the unbridled enthusiasm, dedication, and endearing moxie of a native New Yorker.”

Sal has significant litigation and investigations experience, successfully navigating clients from developing investigative plans and litigation strategy, to managing eDiscovery using nascent technology, to preparing for and facilitating witness interviews and depositions, to executing case-dispositive motions and settlement negotiations.

Among his broader commercial experience, Sal’s played a key role in investigations and disputes involving professional sport rule compliance, entertainment licensing rights, state and federal employment and discrimination law, and copyright termination law.

Sports & Entertainment

  • Representing major professional sports team in a confidential league investigation into rule compliance
  • Representing Disney and ESPN in a distribution licensing dispute against Dish Network
  • Represented major professional sports team in a confidential league arbitration over rule compliance
  • Defended Disney and Lucasfilm against California Labor Code claims asserted by actress Gina Carano relating to her role on The Mandalorian
  • Represented Marvel in a series of federal copyright termination litigations involving some of Marvel’s most iconic characters
  • Defended World Wrestling Entertainment against federal and state retaliation and discrimination claims brought by a former writer

Insurance Litigation

  • Representing insurers in various Illinois coverage disputes concerning environmental liabilities
  • Represented insurers at the intersection of insurance and bankruptcy law, including In re Boy Scouts of America and In re Imerys Talc America

General Commercial Litigation

  • Representing private homeowners in New York construction litigation
  • Represented cryptocurrency company in New York commercial litigation
  • Defended Envoy Air in resolving New York and Illinois federal and state discrimination claims

Languages

  • Italian (Beginner)
  • Spanish (Beginner)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Fordham University, J.D.: summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Fordham Law Review
  • Fordham University, B.S., Accounting & Information Systems: summa cum laude

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” in Entertainment and Sports Law in New York (2027)
Related Practices
Litigation & Investigations
Business & Commercial Litigation