Tim Heafner is a go-to litigator and trusted advisor for clients in the entertainment and media industry, specializing in high-profile, complex litigation matters and profit-participation and licensing disputes. He has represented and advised major motion-picture studios, television studios, television networks, production companies, streaming platforms, and other entertainment and media companies in connection with disputes concerning dozens of hit television series and motion pictures, new technology, licensing and distribution decisions, accounting practices, and intellectual property issues, and guided clients to victories in state court, federal court, and arbitration.
Tim is also an experienced trial lawyer and has experience representing clients ranging from boxing promoters and superstars; to star athletes; to Fortune 500 companies, to non-profit organizations in a variety of complex commercial disputes.
Admissions
Education
- Loyola Law School, J.D.: magna cum laude; Sayer MacNeil Scholar; Order of the Coif; Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
- Loyola Marymount University, B.B.A.: magna cum laude
Professional Activities
Author
- "Does Remote Testimony Eliminate the 100-Mile Rule?," Law.com (October 13, 2022)
Externships
- Honorable Sandra Ikuta, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit